[rollei_list] Re: Old film
- From: "Max Weisenfeld" <max_weisenfeld@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 28 May 2005 23:49:14 -0400
Thanks to all for the comments. Yes, Dad's notes indicate two Photofloods.
His note on the film is actually "Ver." I was thinking Verichrome Pan, but
I am not up on films from the 50's, so I will defer to the wisdom of the
list.
Max
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From: "John A. Lind" <jalind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2005 8:57 PM
Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Old film
> At 04:39 PM 5/28/2005, Max wrote:
>>Recently, there was a thread about old film. Here are a few scans from my
>>Father's negatives. They were shot in 1947, 1950, and 1951. Although he
>>used Kodak chemistry, I do not know precisely what. As you can see, they
>>are in quite good shape. These are new scans.
>>
>>http://www.leica-gallery.net/max3/folder-7973.html
>
> Marvelous photographs of the period. Someone else mentioned lights. From
> the shadows on the wall and catchlights it appears there were two floods
> being used.
>
> Other than objects that date the period, I'm thinking the lighting methods
> create much of the appearance photographs have from that time. Other than
> a few objects (most notably the chair) being almost black, they have the
> classic look of nearly everything being in the midtones.
>
> -- John Lind
>
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