Feature #28:
Camera: ca. 1929 Kodak Autographic 1A with Kodak f/7.9 lens.
Film: 1954 vintage Kodak Verichrome (orthochromatic version)
Locale: Frederick and Sharpsburg, MD
I've sort of taken my "Autographic Experiments" with the Kodak 1A and upped the ante with this roll. I realized that I greatly enjoyed shooting the 1A as the 116 format camera that it was designed to be, and wanted to try it again. At the same time, I had been challenged to try again with true "old school" ortho film that is more in line with the type of film used in these cameras in their heyday. Since I'd not too long before gotten into developing my own black and white negatives, and since I had a tank and reel that could accommodate 116 format, I elected to give it ta try. Below are the results.
I developed this long developed film in a "cold brew" of HC-110 at a rather high concentration of about 1 part direct developing solution with 9 parts water, refrigerated for about 45 minutes before developing, and developed for about 9 minutes of nearly constant agitation. The results rather pleasantly surprised me, as some show effects that would be largely impossible to replicate from a digital starting point.
I've sort of taken my "Autographic Experiments" with the Kodak 1A and upped the ante with this roll. I realized that I greatly enjoyed shooting the 1A as the 116 format camera that it was designed to be, and wanted to try it again. At the same time, I had been challenged to try again with true "old school" ortho film that is more in line with the type of film used in these cameras in their heyday. Since I'd not too long before gotten into developing my own black and white negatives, and since I had a tank and reel that could accommodate 116 format, I elected to give it ta try. Below are the results.
I developed this long developed film in a "cold brew" of HC-110 at a rather high concentration of about 1 part direct developing solution with 9 parts water, refrigerated for about 45 minutes before developing, and developed for about 9 minutes of nearly constant agitation. The results rather pleasantly surprised me, as some show effects that would be largely impossible to replicate from a digital starting point.
I started this roll with a shot taken in early Spring of a stone bridge near Boonsboro, MD. As this was the outermost exposure on the roll, it suffered from the highest degree of fogging over the 60 years it sat dormant, but there is certainly a discernible result that gives off a wildly vintage feel.
