found film photo - sailing dinghy
I did not take this photograph. Last week I found a Brownie 127 camera in an "Antiques Centre". It was priced at £5, which is more than I would normally pay for one of these, in fact I already have several so don't need anymore, but this one had a partially used film in it, so I decided it might be fun to see if there was any life left in it.
The film was already on exposure number six, there are eight exposures on a roll in the "full frame" 6cm x 4.5cm 127 format, so I might get two negatives if I was lucky. I could see when I wound the film on that it was Verichrome Pan, which despite the name is a black and white film. It was introduced in 1956, and the 127 version was discontinued in 1995. This version of the camera was made from 1952-1955.
It was entirely possible that the film had already been taken out and fogged, but I had nothing to loose, and as it was a bright day I used the remaining two shots. When it came to unloading the camera, there was evidence of "fat roll" which would have been compatible with the film having already been re-rolled and replaced, and I revised down my hope of finding anything on it, but nevertheless developed it in Ilfosol 3 at a dilution of 1:14 for 14 minutes, in fact so low were my expectations that I didn't even mix up a fresh batch, but reused some diluted developer from last week.
Much to my surprise there were images on the film! My two, complete with light leaks, and one and a half images at the beginning of the roll, the rest was fogged, which suggests that somewhere along the line, curious would be buyers had opened the back to have a look inside, but not completely removed the film.
The photo from the original owner is a fascinating snapshot of two young men in a sailing dinghy. The images are mottled and show other signs of deteriorated film, but I really like the atmosphere of them, the light leak has added something unexpected to their quality.
found film photo - sailing dinghy
I did not take this photograph. Last week I found a Brownie 127 camera in an "Antiques Centre". It was priced at £5, which is more than I would normally pay for one of these, in fact I already have several so don't need anymore, but this one had a partially used film in it, so I decided it might be fun to see if there was any life left in it.
The film was already on exposure number six, there are eight exposures on a roll in the "full frame" 6cm x 4.5cm 127 format, so I might get two negatives if I was lucky. I could see when I wound the film on that it was Verichrome Pan, which despite the name is a black and white film. It was introduced in 1956, and the 127 version was discontinued in 1995. This version of the camera was made from 1952-1955.
It was entirely possible that the film had already been taken out and fogged, but I had nothing to loose, and as it was a bright day I used the remaining two shots. When it came to unloading the camera, there was evidence of "fat roll" which would have been compatible with the film having already been re-rolled and replaced, and I revised down my hope of finding anything on it, but nevertheless developed it in Ilfosol 3 at a dilution of 1:14 for 14 minutes, in fact so low were my expectations that I didn't even mix up a fresh batch, but reused some diluted developer from last week.
Much to my surprise there were images on the film! My two, complete with light leaks, and one and a half images at the beginning of the roll, the rest was fogged, which suggests that somewhere along the line, curious would be buyers had opened the back to have a look inside, but not completely removed the film.
The photo from the original owner is a fascinating snapshot of two young men in a sailing dinghy. The images are mottled and show other signs of deteriorated film, but I really like the atmosphere of them, the light leak has added something unexpected to their quality.