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Perhaps my worst picture ever

Genster

Genster

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The Kodak Junior 620 is manufactured from 1933 to 1939. When I became the camera this year (2011), there was an empty film it. So it is possible that the film was inside for about 50 - 70 years. No wonder that the picture quality is not very good. Perhaps I must be happy that something to see at all :D
Here is my camera:
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And here is a Kodak-Junior-620-photo of my dog Tanja:
tanja1.jpg
 
Interesting grain!
I recently scanned some family photographs (from negatives) taken in 1977 taken with a Kodak Instamatic and film and was dismayed to see how much degradation the film had suffered. I made almost passible black and whites from them, but colour proved impossible.
So I think your effort is actually very good!
Andy
 
somewhere I found a website from a guy who collects old cameras, sometimes with films in them. Interesting pieces of a time jump.....
 
Genster, such kind of photography allows the viewer a huge amount of imagination. :mrgreen:

Peter
 
Orol":2pl1jpd4 said:
Genster, such kind of photography allows the viewer a huge amount of imagination. :mrgreen:

Peter
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That is also a way to look at it Peter :D
Thanks for the reply!
 
I think it's truly awesome that you could actually take a picture with such an old camera and such an old film, and you can even detect your dog (looks cute) on the picture (to be honest, you have to know there's a dog in the picture, then you see it). It is a testament of simple, but robust technology and the fantastic silver halide film process (I'm a chemist by training so can appreciate this part very much). Don't get me wrong, I shoot only digital and for me it has so many advantages over film, but definitely no digital technology will be as robust as what you've shown here. Thanks for sharing this, Genster, this is impressive.
 
Thank you for your reply frank_b.
Much appreciated.

Of course digital have a lot of advantages over film, but I think film is much more fun :D
 
Hi Genster,
I've been scanning film and slides for a while. Mostly Kodachrome but some other stuff like Agfachrome. One family source had some cheap off brand chrome from the 50's and that had the worst colour drift. My dad has a bunch of chromes and they are quite good considering their from the 50/60s. I will post a few samples in a day or two. I still have a box of 126 format images, probably the first I've ever taken and these would date 1960s but are still good.

Perhaps your image of the dog may not have been "fixed" properly, who knows for sure? but its good to re-live what you can from what remains - memories of another time.
 
Thanks for your reaction Tim. Ik love too see some old pictures from you soon :D
My picture was taken just about 3 weeks ago, but the film was already about 50 - 70- (?) years in the camera.
 
Hi Genster,

I hope Tanja is in much better condition, as on the photo ;-)

Congratulation to your the "new" tool. I myself collect older cameras as well, eg. Zeiss, Kodak, Agfa, Rollei...

Cheers,
JONIE
 
JONIE":1w1b4oze said:
Hi Genster,

I hope Tanja is in much better condition, as on the photo ;-)

Congratulation to your the "new" tool. I myself collect older cameras as well, eg. Zeiss, Kodak, Agfa, Rollei...

Cheers,
JONIE
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Thanks for the reply JONIE
 
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