And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Great cameras, think of all the photos those old rigs shot, and all the effort into tuning them up for the perfect exposure. Now we just need a thump and an eyeball, superb shots made easy.
I remember reading somewhere that the biggest format Kodachrome film was available to the public in was 4 x 5. The bigger formats, like 8 x 10, were reserved for government use because the exquisite detail Kodachrome produced for aerial surveillance spying.
Brother developed film in Omaha, Guam & Hawaii during the '70s & '80s. It was all roll film 9" -11" (If I remember right, always roll film.). The public got the JUNK, while the USAF had the good stuff locked into a 20yr contract.
When wife & I started a darkroom business, he advised NOT using any Kodak film, chemicals or paper - tarring issues. Boy it was a serious problem in photo processing. We switched to Roll paper from Agfa, but the paper lots were too small, quality varied too much. 3m out of MN, had the most stable, we bought paper by the pallets, single lot, so once we got the colors dialed in on the enlargers, it'd come out perfect every time. Our lab was 3m's largest customer, so they said. We did 11x17 prints by the thousands, aerial photographs.
Kodachrome was cool to mess around with occasionally, but Tri-X was the best for this darkroom photographer. As fun as all that was, I was happy to chuck it all in the early 2000s for digital.
In Vietnam, we mostly had P.O.S. Kodak "point-and-shoot" Instamatic cameras. If a fellow Marine had a 35 mm camera like this, he was considered "moneyed" or perhaps a photojournalist.
Everything looks worse in black and white.
ReplyDeleteGreat cameras, think of all the photos those old rigs shot, and all the effort into tuning them up for the perfect exposure. Now we just need a thump and an eyeball, superb shots made easy.
ReplyDeleteI read a thing the other day that said Kodak invented digital photography but hid it away as a danger to their film business.
ReplyDeleteAnd now they are out of business. Adapt or die.
DeleteMomma don't take my Kodachrome away.
ReplyDeleteI used Canon equipment and I am unfamiliar with the metal doodad (lower left). What does it do?
ReplyDeleteCannon T1 and T50, full manual or full automatic.
Delete....give us those nice bright colors...
ReplyDeleteLove to have the Leica M5...but the Tri-x?....never saw it in a blue canister...
ReplyDeleteI remember reading somewhere that the biggest format Kodachrome film was available to the public in was 4 x 5. The bigger formats, like 8 x 10, were reserved for government use because the exquisite detail Kodachrome produced for aerial surveillance spying.
ReplyDeleteBrother developed film in Omaha, Guam & Hawaii during the '70s & '80s.
DeleteIt was all roll film 9" -11" (If I remember right, always roll film.). The public got the JUNK, while the USAF had the good stuff locked into a 20yr contract.
When wife & I started a darkroom business, he advised NOT using any Kodak film, chemicals or paper - tarring issues. Boy it was a serious problem in photo processing. We switched to Roll paper from Agfa, but the paper lots were too small, quality varied too much. 3m out of MN, had the most stable, we bought paper by the pallets, single lot, so once we got the colors dialed in on the enlargers, it'd come out perfect every time. Our lab was 3m's largest customer, so they said. We did 11x17 prints by the thousands, aerial photographs.
Kodak sued Paul Simon for copyright infringement. They lost.
ReplyDeleteKodachrome was cool to mess around with occasionally, but Tri-X was the best for this darkroom photographer. As fun as all that was, I was happy to chuck it all in the early 2000s for digital.
ReplyDeleteIn Vietnam, we mostly had P.O.S. Kodak "point-and-shoot" Instamatic cameras. If a fellow Marine had a 35 mm camera like this, he was considered "moneyed" or perhaps a photojournalist.
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