Category: Found Film
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More Found Film
I posted yesterday about “found film” – exposed film found in old cameras. If you’re also intrigued and interested in seeing other “found film,” you can check out the following websites: – Westfordcomp.com – a no-frills website listing “found film” – along with bunches of snarky comments – Nerd’s World – a growing collection of…
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Six-16 Brownie Special with Found Film?
I’ve mentioned it before, and I still can’t tell you why: I like taking old rolls of film I come across, and getting them developed to see what secrets they hold. It costs much more than modern film, and probably half the time there are no pictures to be salvaged. People think it’s weird –…
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Found film: Cowboy Outfit – Yellowstone!
One more installment in the “found film” series. This series of photos came to us via eBay from an unknown camera. The first and fourth photos feature a little girl – one posing in a cowboy (-girl) outfit, and the other is from what looks like a camping trip perhaps. They appear to be from…
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Found Film: Day at the Beach
The latest photos in my “found film” series is a set of four 6 x 6 cm photos from an unknown camera. These show a family trip to the beach – possibly but not necessarily memorable – but they won’t be remembering them from the photos they took that day, because they never saw their…
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Found Film: Gone Fishing
I’ve published a few posts recently about “found film” – old rolls of film that pop up from time to time, of unknown age and origin.  This set of photos seems to be from a family fishing trip  They are all 6 x 6 cm negatives on 120 film, which means there would have been…
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Found Film: Check out my Hat
Here’s a fun thing to do. Well, I think it’s fun. Most people I talk to just give me an odd look when I tell them about “found film”. Occasionally on eBay you’ll see a listing for “exposed film” from an unknown age and camera. Or, like what happened to me, you’ll find a roll…
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Found Film: the Fun Begins
So in all of this business of acquiring really old cameras, here’s something I recently learned. Â There are lots of old cameras lying around in peoples’ attics that still have film in them. Â And frequently they end up on eBay or in collectible shops, without anyone checking if there is still film inside. Â This happened…