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Today, the idea of taking a photograph and never seeing the result is hard to comprehend, as we shoot away with our digital cameras or smartphones, instantly sharing photos we take. But wind the clock back to the time when photography was an analogue process, and the delay between taking the picture and seeing the prints could be many months, even years - long enough to forget. And for one roll of film, at least, the wait has been about 70 years.
Camera collector William Fagan obtained a number of film cassettes some years ago, when he bought a Leica IIIa.
And though he knew one contained film, he only recently set out to develop it.
Camera collector William Fagan obtained a number of film cassettes some years ago, when he bought a Leica IIIa.
And though he knew one contained film, he only recently set out to develop it.
A 70-year-old photographic mystery
Posted from bbc.com
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Lord, I miss the days of Tri-X, D-76, Ecktachrome and E-6, 4x5 cut film, I can go on and on. Digital has made it easy for people to get a useable image. Still takes a true photographer to “make” an image. I see a ton of people pointing and pressing a button calling themselves a photographer who have no clue about the art and science behind it.
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