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Milepost 140 (2) - American Gypsum factory and Northern Sawatch Range.

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Been away for a bit.

Liverpool amusements.

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M4, 35 Summaron 2.8, XP2.

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in Zürich,

Leica MP with Voigtländer Nokton 50mm f1.2 and Portra 400

in Zürich by Dirk R., auf Flickr

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vor 2 Stunden schrieb Sparkassenkunde:

One can't leave you alone in this thread :)  It is awesome, how much dynamic is to be found here! To keep up with the diversity shown here, I was digging even deeper in time...

This weekend I spent in Vienna and while shooting some snaps with my Ricoh GR1 by chance I found myself at Westlicht in the Alison Jackson exhibition "Fake Truth". Afterwards I saw an ad for the Vienna Photo Fair the other day and you guess what happened there - I bought another camera 😇 I didn't want to, but a tiny bit of history caught my attention. I hadn't heard anything about the Kodak Duo 620 line before, but when I saw it there at one of the dealers displays, I had to take it in my hands. I swear, I only wanted to have a look and nothing more, but when I saw the shiny chrome of this art deco beauty I had to try the shutter. Unfortunately everything worked like a charm - all the times and the bulb mode, the lens is clean and free of marks and scratches, the bellows seem free of failure, the focussing is smooth and the overall appearance is clean and complete. My decision to buy the camera came instantly the moment I opened the back, as I found an exposed, age-old Ilford film inside. I dealt with the seller, gave away 30 € and went with another nice folder (the second so far in my collection).

First thing I did yesterday was developing the found film. As I didn't have much hope to find anything on this ancient roll, I used my usual routine and opted for stand development in Rodinal. I left the film in the developer for roughly 90 minutes and afterwards fixed for 15 minutes. When I opened the Paterson tank, I was disappointed at first, as it looked as if nothing was on the emulsion. The emulsion itself was wobbly and dissolved from the carrier material. It was very fragile but I managed to free it from the spiral and hang it to dry. There I saw, that surprisingly there where pictures visible. Despite the age and the conditions of the emulsion I managed to scan these treasures and hope someone feels a bit of the joy I had when I first saw these ancient pictures. From the clothes and overall appearance these pictures seem almost as old as the camera itself. These Kodak DUO 620 where produced from 1933 to 1939 only. As there are no objects on the pictures to more accurately estimate the time of origin, I can only guess the period and think they might be from the 1930s to the early 1950s. Any hint is much appreciated.

 

This is really a great story James! Congrats to your new camera! Sometimes you have to admit to yourself that in very special situations you are weak! And that's very good! The cherry on the top is the film inside. You did a perfect job!

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2 hours ago, Sparkassenkunde said:

One can't leave you alone in this thread :)  It is awesome, how much dynamic is to be found here! To keep up with the diversity shown here, I was digging even deeper in time...

This weekend I spent in Vienna and while shooting some snaps with my Ricoh GR1 by chance I found myself at Westlicht in the Alison Jackson exhibition "Fake Truth". Afterwards I saw an ad for the Vienna Photo Fair the other day and you guess what happened there - I bought another camera 😇 I didn't want to, but a tiny bit of history caught my attention. I hadn't heard anything about the Kodak Duo 620 line before, but when I saw it there at one of the dealers displays, I had to take it in my hands. I swear, I only wanted to have a look and nothing more, but when I saw the shiny chrome of this art deco beauty I had to try the shutter. Unfortunately everything worked like a charm - all the times and the bulb mode, the lens is clean and free of marks and scratches, the bellows seem free of failure, the focussing is smooth and the overall appearance is clean and complete. My decision to buy the camera came instantly the moment I opened the back, as I found an exposed, age-old Ilford film inside. I dealt with the seller, gave away 30 € and went with another nice folder (the second so far in my collection).

First thing I did yesterday was developing the found film. As I didn't have much hope to find anything on this ancient roll, I used my usual routine and opted for stand development in Rodinal. I left the film in the developer for roughly 90 minutes and afterwards fixed for 15 minutes. When I opened the Paterson tank, I was disappointed at first, as it looked as if nothing was on the emulsion. The emulsion itself was wobbly and dissolved from the carrier material. It was very fragile but I managed to free it from the spiral and hang it to dry. There I saw, that surprisingly there where pictures visible. Despite the age and the conditions of the emulsion I managed to scan these treasures and hope someone feels a bit of the joy I had when I first saw these ancient pictures. From the clothes and overall appearance these pictures seem almost as old as the camera itself. These Kodak DUO 620 where produced from 1933 to 1939 only. As there are no objects on the pictures to more accurately estimate the time of origin, I can only guess the period and think they might be from the 1930s to the early 1950s. Any hint is much appreciated.

 

What a treasure you have discovered and liberated James! To not breathe new life into this gem as a passionate student of fine things would have been the crime! And imagine all those people in these  photographs, waiting all those years, like Aladdin’s genie, to be freed and given light and life. No more latency for them! A wonderful story and, I’m sure, a wonderful new companion for your travels. Thank you so much for sharing this.

 

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4 hours ago, Sparkassenkunde said:

One can't leave you alone in this thread :)  It is awesome, how much dynamic is to be found here! To keep up with the diversity shown here, I was digging even deeper in time...

This weekend I spent in Vienna and while shooting some snaps with my Ricoh GR1 by chance I found myself at Westlicht in the Alison Jackson exhibition "Fake Truth". Afterwards I saw an ad for the Vienna Photo Fair the other day and you guess what happened there - I bought another camera 😇 I didn't want to, but a tiny bit of history caught my attention. I hadn't heard anything about the Kodak Duo 620 line before, but when I saw it there at one of the dealers displays, I had to take it in my hands. I swear, I only wanted to have a look and nothing more, but when I saw the shiny chrome of this art deco beauty I had to try the shutter. Unfortunately everything worked like a charm - all the times and the bulb mode, the lens is clean and free of marks and scratches, the bellows seem free of failure, the focussing is smooth and the overall appearance is clean and complete. My decision to buy the camera came instantly the moment I opened the back, as I found an exposed, age-old Ilford film inside. I dealt with the seller, gave away 30 € and went with another nice folder (the second so far in my collection).

First thing I did yesterday was developing the found film. As I didn't have much hope to find anything on this ancient roll, I used my usual routine and opted for stand development in Rodinal. I left the film in the developer for roughly 90 minutes and afterwards fixed for 15 minutes. When I opened the Paterson tank, I was disappointed at first, as it looked as if nothing was on the emulsion. The emulsion itself was wobbly and dissolved from the carrier material. It was very fragile but I managed to free it from the spiral and hang it to dry. There I saw, that surprisingly there where pictures visible. Despite the age and the conditions of the emulsion I managed to scan these treasures and hope someone feels a bit of the joy I had when I first saw these ancient pictures. From the clothes and overall appearance these pictures seem almost as old as the camera itself. These Kodak DUO 620 where produced from 1933 to 1939 only. As there are no objects on the pictures to more accurately estimate the time of origin, I can only guess the period and think they might be from the 1930s to the early 1950s. Any hint is much appreciated.

 

wow, James.  This is beyond cool.  I'll bet you got your money's worth simply by seeing these images appear.  Wow, so much to study in these images.  They look like they could be from a rural environment yet possibly somewhat affluent (?)  I think the sitting guy's long knee sock fashion statement is the key to the time period.  One thing is for sure, it is not from any period during my lifetime :)

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From last night's scanning...

Washington Square Park, NYC

M3, 28mm elmarit pre-asph, Portra 400

 

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14 hours ago, adan said:

Spent a day crossing the mountains and filling in gaps in my Transect series - still have three rolls to process, but if they come out, I only have two more locations to visit (out of 46).

Milepost 130 - Upper reaches, Glenwood Canyon

Mamiya 6, Sekor G 50mm, red filter, TMax 400 in HC110

 

Beautiful series, Andy.  This one in particular is really lovely, and it reminds of the terrain that I faced while hiking in the Sodom region in the Dead Sea area :)

SWC and Veliva 50

 

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5 hours ago, Sparkassenkunde said:

One can't leave you alone in this thread :)  It is awesome, how much dynamic is to be found here! To keep up with the diversity shown here, I was digging even deeper in time...

This weekend I spent in Vienna and while shooting some snaps with my Ricoh GR1 by chance I found myself at Westlicht in the Alison Jackson exhibition "Fake Truth". Afterwards I saw an ad for the Vienna Photo Fair the other day and you guess what happened there - I bought another camera 😇 I didn't want to, but a tiny bit of history caught my attention. I hadn't heard anything about the Kodak Duo 620 line before, but when I saw it there at one of the dealers displays, I had to take it in my hands. I swear, I only wanted to have a look and nothing more, but when I saw the shiny chrome of this art deco beauty I had to try the shutter. Unfortunately everything worked like a charm - all the times and the bulb mode, the lens is clean and free of marks and scratches, the bellows seem free of failure, the focussing is smooth and the overall appearance is clean and complete. My decision to buy the camera came instantly the moment I opened the back, as I found an exposed, age-old Ilford film inside. I dealt with the seller, gave away 30 € and went with another nice folder (the second so far in my collection).

First thing I did yesterday was developing the found film. As I didn't have much hope to find anything on this ancient roll, I used my usual routine and opted for stand development in Rodinal. I left the film in the developer for roughly 90 minutes and afterwards fixed for 15 minutes. When I opened the Paterson tank, I was disappointed at first, as it looked as if nothing was on the emulsion. The emulsion itself was wobbly and dissolved from the carrier material. It was very fragile but I managed to free it from the spiral and hang it to dry. There I saw, that surprisingly there where pictures visible. Despite the age and the conditions of the emulsion I managed to scan these treasures and hope someone feels a bit of the joy I had when I first saw these ancient pictures. From the clothes and overall appearance these pictures seem almost as old as the camera itself. These Kodak DUO 620 where produced from 1933 to 1939 only. As there are no objects on the pictures to more accurately estimate the time of origin, I can only guess the period and think they might be from the 1930s to the early 1950s. Any hint is much appreciated.

 

Hello Sparkassenkunde,

Nice photos. Nice developing & printing.

The build of the people in the photos look like they are more likely from the 1950's than the 1930's. The 2 darker women's costumes look like they could be from the 1930's or earlier. The darker man's costume could be what it is over a long time period.

The woman in the bottom right photo seems to be wearing a 1950's outfit. And her pocketbook also appears to be from that time. Pocketbooks are sometimes diagnostic of time periods. If you look for pocketbooks at various time periods you may well find it.

Best Regards,

Michael

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St. Pauls Ilford HP5+ 35mm summicron Leica MA

 

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Dublin Ireland HP5+ 35mm summicron

 

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