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Found Film: The Smith Family Celebrates Easter
Last week we met the “Smith” family (as I’ve decided to name them), celebrating Christmas in a series of moments captured on Kodacolor-X film – manufactured between 1963 and 1972 – on an unknown camera. Â This week it appears they’ve moved on to Easter. This fellow seems to be the favorite of the photographer, as
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Found Film: The Smith Family Celebrates Christmas
I have no idea who this family is, but now that I have developed a bunch of their pictures, Â I’ve gotten to know them a bit and it only seems appropriate to give them a name. Â I’m calling them the Smith Family. Â The Smiths were pretty good about photographing family events and trips, but it
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Return to the Dhobi Khana
Don’t like doing laundry? Â These people earn a living doing laundry the old-fashioned way. Â At various “dhobi khanas” in India, washing clothes – but more often things like sheets, towels, and occasionally uniforms – is still done by hand at facilities like this one by “dhobis” – who have been doing this for generations. This
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Found Film Friday: Brownie Hawkeye
This week’s found film comes from the inside of a Kodak Brownie Hawkeye. The Brownie Hawkeye is a camera made in the 1950s. Â It takes 620 rollfilm, and this camera contained a roll like the one below, which uses a process called C-22, no longer used nowadays (modern film is developed using the C-41 process).
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Vintage Camera Test: Franka Werke Bonafix
A few months ago I picked up this Franka Werke camera for “next to nothing” (20 bucks or so) that appeared from the photos to be in near-mint condition. Â When it arrived, it looked like it had been stored in its original box since manufacture some 65 years ago. Â The metal body is covered with