Posts tagged: film
I got interviewed by Scott Sheppard for the Inside Analog Photo podcast. If you’ve got a half-hour and don’t mind hearing me talk about film and photography, give it a listen.
These images, by photographers of the Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information, are some of the only color photographs taken of the effects of the Depression on America’s rural and small town populations. The photographs are the property of the Library of Congress and were included in a 2006 exhibit Bound for Glory: America in Color. (via Captured: America in Color from 1939-1943 – Plog Photo Blog)
Just got 22 rolls of E100G for $40. Unreal.
Then the owner had me sign and date the last box so he could keep it. The last box of Kodak E6 he ever sells.
Talk about bittersweet.
There is More to See.
Yesterday I asked if anyone had any info on why medium format film is commonly called ‘120’. I knew that the notion that it had something to do with 120 millimeters was simply not true, but I couldn’t seem to find a source for why it had taken on the moniker of ‘120’ in the first place. A few kind folks did some better googling than I did and found the definitive answer. Here it is, in a nutshell:
According to this article…
[Kodak] … decided that … roll films … would be numbered in the order of introduction, starting with … number 101.
This system was gradually phased in as new film boxes and camera instruction manuals were printed … [and] numbers 101 through 129 were used.
I also liked this passionate plea:
Please, please, please, don’t mistakenly call this size “120mm.” Even B&H’s online store has been known to get this wrong. The film is actually about 63mm wide, and the 120 is just an arbitrary number from the dim mists of Kodak history.
Now we all know!
Cabinet Doors are Overrated.
Many a splendid meal has been prepared on that hallowed stove and counter-top and with those tools and spices. It’s like looking into the brush bag of a great painter. It all looks simple until you try doing it yourself.
Anyone have a link or care to share, if you know, precisely WHY 120 film is called “120”? (If you say 120 millimeters you’re automatically disqualified.)
I’m curious about the origin of the name. I know it’s “just called that,” but I assume there must be a reason, and I can’t seem to find anything on it.
An Old Soul
Remember when “jumping” used to be so much fun?
Looking Up.
Gasworks Park. Seattle.
What we look like (apparently) when we go for coffee & steamers. Ha! :)
My little brother, Matthew.
If you haven’t seen these yet, go do it. Somehow, this gives me a whole new appreciation for photography in general.
—by Ben Delaney
I love taking pictures of trees.
