Finally got through cleaning, function-checking, and cataloguing a huge camera collection I fell into in the middle of last year. 131 cameras of all types made between 1900 and 2009. Some are in great shape, and some don't work at all (and a few probably never did).
After I photograph the collection more seriously, most will hit the market.
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Unpacking new additions to my antique photograph collection, and here is Gerhard Hille, in 1913, decked out as a fraternity student.
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A seagull napping on a rocky shore in Acadia National Park.
4x5 Ortho litho film, 1850 Petzval lens on Graflex Speed Graphic. 180mm f3.7, 1/50s, ISO 6. Developed in df96 monobath.
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A very disappointing trip to visit the last outdoor flea market of the season yesterday. The covered market today. Paid one euro entry fee - never had that before - and decided to forget the planned snack and coffee, just look.
Found a small box of antique photographs on one stand, sorted through them, took out 60, made an offer which was accepted. I can, perhaps, get the rest next week even if it costs me an euro to get back in.
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A photo from Raven's Nest at Schoodic Point in Acadia National Park, taken with a bit too much tilt on my 1850 Petzval lens (too much because it led to the vignetting).
190mm, f3.7, 1/50s, Ortho Litho film rated as ISO 6, developed in df96 monobath.
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Finally getting around to cataloguing more of my photographic collection. Noted number 3400 today. Oldest in this set is from 1883, and ranging from Bremen to Mainz and beyond.
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My most unexpected(ly successful) photo from a week in upstate New York. An antique sleigh in an old barn, lit by the gaps in the barn walls.
Shot with Voigtlander Petzval from 1850 on a 4x5 Speed Graphic camera.
190mm f3.7, 3 seconds, Ortho Litho film. Developed in df96 monobath.
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My most successful daylight large format photo so far! Shot with my Voigtlander Petzval from 1850 mounted via 3d print to a Speed Graphic.
190mm f3.7, 1/50s, 4x5 Ortho Litho film
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Rare photo of Dr. F Bruce Russell and Dr. Daniel S. Bovee's team and the mummified giant from "ritual hall' discovered in a series of complex tunnels deep below Death Valley, 1931
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