Old Film

damonffdamonff Registered Users Posts: 1,894 Major grins
edited February 20, 2011 in Street and Documentary
OK, I know this isn't street; this is for the new film people.

I bought a 200 ft. roll of Kodak movie film from 1947 for 9 dollars. I was not expecting much but it gave me a result:

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So grainy, so unclear...but at the same time, it's real. It even smells bad. Really sour.

Kodak Eastman Negative S.B. Panchromatic motion picture safety film 35mm, 5214-72-01, D76, Contax G2, 45mm Planar

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  • lizzard_nyclizzard_nyc Registered Users Posts: 4,056 Major grins
    edited February 14, 2011
    is that you?
    so this is movie film? how exactly does this work?

    This could be a movie poster. I like it--no surprise there I'm sure.
    Liz A.
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  • damonffdamonff Registered Users Posts: 1,894 Major grins
    edited February 14, 2011
    It's me.

    You can use 35mm movie film as long as it's perforated; some of it isn't so check before you buy. I have read that 35mm movie film was the precursor to 35mm being used as a still camera format. Prior to that most used 120.

    Liz! You rock! So glad you like my film experiments.
  • jdryan3jdryan3 Registered Users Posts: 1,353 Major grins
    edited February 17, 2011
    Look Ma! No Photoshop! mwink.gif
    Very cool, love the effect.

    We have a decent amount of old postive & negative film, some decades old, that has sort of been well taken care that I have been wanting to shoot just to see how it would turn out. Even 2 or 3 shots that have a surreal effect would be worth it.
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  • damonffdamonff Registered Users Posts: 1,894 Major grins
    edited February 18, 2011
    Shoot it!!! I want to see it.

    Thanks jd.
  • swifteyeswifteye Registered Users Posts: 156 Major grins
    edited February 18, 2011
    damonff wrote: »
    I bought a 200 ft. roll of Kodak movie film from 1947 for 9 dollars. I was not expecting much but it gave me a result:

    So grainy, so unclear...but at the same time, it's real. It even smells bad. Really sour.

    Kodak Eastman Negative S.B. Panchromatic motion picture safety film 35mm, 5214-72-01, D76, Contax G2, 45mm Planar

    I would love to see some other shots from this film. Particularly a broader scene (Street/PJ of course!). Can you develop the film with less contrast? Were can I get my hands on this film?
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  • damonffdamonff Registered Users Posts: 1,894 Major grins
    edited February 18, 2011
    swifteye wrote: »
    I would love to see some other shots from this film. Particularly a broader scene (Street/PJ of course!). Can you develop the film with less contrast? Were can I get my hands on this film?

    Hey Jamie, I will post some more shots soon. I picked the film up on ebay. Someone bought a film kit from the 1940s and this came with it and they put it up for auction. The film seriously smells bad. Thanks for the input and the interest. I will also experiment with the developing. It had no ISO on the can so I shot some at 250 and at 50. Neither really worked. I will keep trying.
  • bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
    edited February 20, 2011
    damonff wrote: »
    OK, I know this isn't street; this is for the new film people.

    I bought a 200 ft. roll of Kodak movie film from 1947 for 9 dollars. I was not expecting much but it gave me a result:

    Untitled-3.jpg

    So grainy, so unclear...but at the same time, it's real. It even smells bad. Really sour.

    Kodak Eastman Negative S.B. Panchromatic motion picture safety film 35mm, 5214-72-01, D76, Contax G2, 45mm Planar

    Very cool - in weird way.
    bd@bdcolenphoto.com
    "He not busy being born is busy dying." Bob Dylan

    "The more ambiguous the photograph is, the better it is..." Leonard Freed
  • damonffdamonff Registered Users Posts: 1,894 Major grins
    edited February 20, 2011
    bdcolen wrote: »
    Very cool - in weird way.

    Weird works for me BD - thanks! Did I mention that this film smells like a can of old trash?
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