Questions tagged [vintage]
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How do you get that kind of dreamy vintage blur?
Also those sparkles!! How can you realize that effect with a modern camera?
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What are these straight bright lines in the negative and scans?
I ran a test roll of Fujicolor C200 through a newly acquired Voigtländer Vito II.
Upon closer inspection, all the photos have bright straight lines (take a look at the top 20% of the picture where the ...
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Usefulness of a batteryless (selenium etc.) light meter
Considering the recent Why are my film photos coming out so dark, even in bright sunlight? where the problem might have been a degraded light sensor in a classic 35mm SLR or might have been the wrong ...
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What's the effect in photography that these paintings are trying to replicate?
What's the effect in photography that these paintings are trying to copy where the colors get blown out and faded at the edges, and the colors start to get all wonky (full album, two examples below):
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Identify vintage negative 50 x 60 mm image on 70 mm wide filmstock
Trying to determine what film size these old negatives are. The filmstock width is 2-3/4" (70 mm). There are no sprocket holes. The image size is 2" x 2-3/8" (50 mm x 60mm). I have run ...
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What type of lighting would provide a hazy, low-contrast look?
I'm somewhat new to film photography, and had to have some brief questions about achieving a particular look.
Here's what I'm talking about: https://i.sstatic.net/5a94u.jpg (NSFW content)
The specific ...
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How does one achieve a low-contrast, somewhat overexposed, soft, hazy, look on film?
I'm new to film photography (~4 months in) and happened to have questions regarding on how to achieve a particular look. I'm not necessarily looking to emulate the look, rather, understand what went ...
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Do you know a lightroom vintage preset for portraits?
That's the portrait whose vintage atmosphere I'd like to simulate in my "normal" portraits.
Do you know a default or a famous (and available on the web) preset which provides similar ...
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Identify a manufacturer and year of manufacture of an old folding wooden camera
I would like to know what is the factory of this old folding wooden camera, and what is the probable year of production?
From a photographer who uses this camera, I have learned that it is probably ...
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What vintage slide projector can I use to view 70mm formatted slides?
1960 Rollei camera, made slides which I would like to view but can't find the correct size format for purchasing a slide projector.
*I've converted inches to mm: 2 3/4" = 69.85mm or 70mm
*What ...
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metal slide binders
I recently purchased a box of glass slides and metal binders, also in the box were some very thin frames that when folded were the size of the the metal binder. I am trying to date them and determine ...
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Can I use a restored 55-year-old fixed-lens film camera without working aperture blades?
I have a Yashica Electro 35, which was inactive for 32(!) years. Now I have restored the camera perfectly, but there is a big problem: rust is on four of the five aperture blades. The rust granules ...
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Could someone help me identify what this piece of film might be used for
I worked at NASA for a number of years. This item was thrown away when NASA closed a photolab facility in the late 80's. I believe it's a piece of film showing the iconic "Blue Marble" ...
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Replacement for flash bulb
I have this cool dish shaped flash thingy. It's from before the dinosaurs so it takes flash bulbs that burn up in one go. I'm hoping I could modify it to a pure electric flash.
I though some ...
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Help in identifying type film used that produced old black white negatives
I have found some very old, like late 1940s, black and white negatives. The size is 2 1/2 by 1 5/8ths.
Can anyone tell me what film was used to produce these?
Just along the edges of the negatives ...