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So I had high hopes when I received the camera, with its roll of film that had been wound to exposure number 3. I was hopeful that numbers 1 and maybe even 2 would turn out. I quickly snapped a few photos to use up the roll and sent it off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While we wait for the film to be developed and return, a bit more background: the camera itself was manufactured between 1938 and 1942. It took negatives that were 2.5 inches by 4.25 inches – compare that to 12o film which takes 6 x 9 cm exposures (2.4 by 3.6 inches) and 35mm film, which takes 24 x 36 mm exposures (less than one inch by 1.4 inches). The Brownie Six-16 had a trapezoidal shape to accommodate the wider-than-normal exposure, as seen in the photos below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n You could turn the camera either way – to take landscape-like photos, or very tall photos. The switch under the lens would change the focus to over\/under 15 feet, and there was also a switch to leave the shutter open for an extended period. I have a couple of these, and I’ve noticed that the mechanism to prevent the shutter release from accidentally being pushed, 80 years after the camera was manufactured, sometimes makes it difficult to release the shutter on purpose. It’s a heavy camera, made of metal, and on many of them (like this one) the leather strap on top is damaged or missing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So back to the photos. It turns out that the years were not kind to the photos that had been taken by the previous owner. It could also be that no photos were taken, and someone advanced the film with the camera open, curious to see how it worked. But I wish I had paid more attention when I snapped the additional photos, because those actually turned out. Though the film was manufactured all the way through the 1980s, the Kodacolor-X film used in this camera was manufactured between 1963 and 1974. That means that this film was at least 40 years old. The C-22 process was discontinued years ago, and the film was processed as black and white film. I think it’s remarkable for an 80-year-old camera using 40-year-0ld film:<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n