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These were shot in 1942. Consider the primitive nature of the gear:
* No strobes
* No softboxes
* No lightmeter
* No autofocus
* No chimping for immediate feedback
* No histogram
* No blinkies warning of blown highlights
* No custom white balance
Using a 4x5 camera (Probably a Graflex Speed Graphic)
* Image appears upside down and reversed on ground-glass focusing screen
* Camera weighed up to 10 lbs. and is at least 15 times bulkier than an SLR
* Shooting 24 frames requires a dozen film holders with darkslides -- enough to fill a shoulder bag. To shoot a hundred frames would require a suitcase full of film holders.
* Tripod probably weighed at least as much as the camera
* Kodachrome ASA (now ISO) speed of 25 (though most 4x5 work over the decades was shot on Ektachrome, not Kodachrome)
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I really enjoyed them, though I was surprised about the colour images for some reason I expected black and white was colour just new or had it been around for awhile in 1942 sorry for the newb question.
I really enjoyed them, though I was surprised about the colour images for some reason I expected black and white was colour just new or had it been around for awhile in 1942 sorry for the newb question.
There was the Autochrome process available around 1903 or so I think, and then there was that Russian guy who did what we do, coloured filters to get RGB and then combined them later to get colour. These colour images are from 1908 onwards!
Utterly enjoyable Humayun, thanks! Rather special, not only from a photographic viewpoint, but also to see this machinery in a completely new state. I'm so used to seeing it belted up and oxidised. A wonderful journey down the lanes of history.
Oh, yeah! The Prokudin-Gorskii stuff. That archive of images makes the hair on the back of my neck stand on end. Incredible stuff.
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Originally Posted by Poita
There was the Autochrome process available around 1903 or so I think, and then there was that Russian guy who did what we do, coloured filters to get RGB and then combined them later to get colour. These colour images are from 1908 onwards!
-it felt like I just stepped outside the 'Tardis',viewing these one can really feel as if they are almost in the scene.Fantastic link-all should scroll through and view all images.