70-year old found film - BBC article

Kodachromeguy · Dec 2, 2020

https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-54175441

Interesting article about film that a photographer found in an old LTM Leica.

cliveh · Dec 2, 2020

Yes, a dream come true. It's stories like this that make photography the nearest we have come to a time machine.

moggi1964 · Dec 2, 2020

Wonderful and how good did those images look for being such an old film.

I recently came across a partially used film in a P&S I bought. I developed it and i think the pictures are from the 90's in the North West of the UK. I am trying to track down the people in the images but no joy so far. Fingers crossed.

Paul Howell · Dec 2, 2020

Mid 30s, more like 80 to 85 years old, impressive job of developing, mid 30s films had a much lower film speed, 100 and 200 were considered fast, impressive technique he controlled the fog really well.

Sirius Glass · Dec 2, 2020

Nice. Thank you.

Kodachromeguy · Dec 2, 2020

Paul Howell said:
Mid 30s, more like 80 to 85 years old, impressive job of developing, mid 30s films had a much lower film speed, 100 and 200 were considered fast, impressive technique he controlled the fog really well.

If you read further in the article, it shows some pictures of 1950s cars. Someone was driving this BMW 315 in the 1950s, which is rather neat. Still, he did an amazing job with controlling fog on these negatives.

Film really IS a time machine. It was at the place at a certain date where photons changed the silver molecules and/or dye clouds. You can change the output (print or scan) in the lab or on the computer, but the film tells you what was there.

BAC1967 · Dec 3, 2020

I love finding old film like that. I found these in a Leitz FILCA cassette, shot around 1948 based on the date of the magazine in one of the photos. Interestingly they were shot with a half frame camera, possibly a rare Leica 72. Not sure if any other half frame cameras used FILCA cassettes.

https://www.flickr.com/search/?user...ate-taken-desc&text=FILCA found 72&view_all=1

Tel · Dec 3, 2020

BAC1967 said:
I love finding old film like that. I found these in a Leitz FILCA cassette, shot around 1948 based on the date of the magazine in one of the photos. Interestingly they were shot with a half frame camera, possibly a rare Leica 72. Not sure if any other half frame cameras used FILCA cassettes.

https://www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=60348236@N07&sort=date-taken-desc&text=FILCA found 72&view_all=1

Nice work, Bryan. Your film is probably older than the stuff in the BBC article and your results are better. I love the "gee whiz" spin they put on the amazing achievement; something many of us have done ourselves and continue to do. I remember the days when the Beeb reported facts rather than spin.

albireo · Dec 3, 2020

Kodachromeguy said:
https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-54175441

Interesting article about film that a photographer found in an old LTM Leica.

Incredible. Thanks for sharing.

Arcadia4 · Dec 3, 2020

Kodachromeguy said:
https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-54175441

Interesting article about film that a photographer found in an old LTM Leica.

Thanks for sharing, some great pics particularly the woman posing by the lake. A view into the life of the wealthy in 1950s (well it was taken on a leica!). Some interesting details on mikes blog particularly feedback from a fashion shop.

Pentode · Dec 3, 2020

I just developed a roll found in a friend's box camera. Verichrome Pan with four exposed frames. There's a lot of fog but it should print okay. I'm pretty sure the photos are from the mid/late 1950s.

Louis Nargi · Dec 3, 2020

Great and interesting

relistan · Dec 4, 2020

Tel said:
I love the "gee whiz" spin they put on the amazing achievement; something many of us have done ourselves and continue to do. I remember the days when the Beeb reported facts rather than spin.

This is an article for the general population, many of whom knew little about film when it was the general mode of picture taking, and know even less now. I’d say the tone is right for the audience: this is not a photo journal. On top of which, the guy did better than most people would have, especially given the obvious damage to the film, not just fog.

Kodachromeguy · Dec 4, 2020

Tel said:
I remember the days when the Beeb reported facts rather than spin.

What spin? Where? This is an article about a guy who found 60-year old film in a camera cassette.

YoIaMoNwater · Dec 4, 2020

Wow they had way cooler film canisters back then!

BAC1967 · Dec 4, 2020

YoIaMoNwater said:
Wow they had way cooler film canisters back then!

Those FILCA cassettes were made to last forever. They'll still be around for hundreds of years after film is gone and forgotten.

70-year old found film - BBC article

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