I went to visit my sister the other day and she gave me this camera...it was hers when she was little and now it's my new treasure!
I took a pic and had a play in Photoshop and then went to PhotoScape to add the frame and scratches.
@deborah63 not as big as it looks Deb...the camera is only 8.5cm tall, the exciting bit is that when I opened it there is an exposed roll of film :) now to find somewhere that develops!
Oh, wow, that looks like the first camera I ever had! I remember trying to figure out how it worked, so naturally I opened the door to see where the film was and how it worked. Learned pretty harshly that film that isn't rewound makes for a lousy photo when the door is opened. Very nicely processed.
Brownies used to be quite ubiquitous and synonymous with amateur picture taking before the likes of the Instamatic camera came out. That's quite a stylistic piece of design. Kind of like all those people who collect early transistor and clock radios from the 50"s and 60's. I like what you did with the processing of the picture.
@mbrutus thanks for your comment and follow :) my first camera was an instamatic :) hoping the film inside it which is probably close to 50 years old can be processed.
@winshez It can definitely be processed. I found a roll of film from my wedding day maybe 20 years later. It was black and white film and turned out more fine for my memory purposes. The worse that can happen is that you'll was the price of developing. The film itself might be what they call flashed. That is because, photo film is constantly "developing "itself over time. But the process is very, very slow. The chemicals used in film processing speed this process up greatly to a convenient extent. What might happen is that your photos might have less contrast than otherwise. Of course color film is a good deal more complicated. But it might work out. Are you sure there are exposures on the film. It could be blank. I would definitely have it processed. Good luck. Let me know how it turns out.
@mbrutus I took the film to be processed yesterday, unfortunately the place I went to don't develop that type of film. I've emailed a company on the eastern side of Australia but haven't heard back from them as yet. Fingers crossed someone, somewhere in Australia can process it.
@deborah63 I took the film to Fitzgerald Photos yesterday, unfortunately they don't develop that type of film. I've emailed a company in Melbourne but haven't heard back from them as yet. Fingers crossed someone, somewhere in Australia can process it, otherwise Fitzgeralds suggested USA!
Sorry for taking so long to get back to you. I've had unexpected company due to the airport closures due to the winter storms on the East Coast of the States. (My daughter's boyfriend returning from a wedding in Australia, as luck would have it.) Do you know what format and type of film the camera used? You could likely use Google to find a developer. Good luck. And thanks for keeping me posted.
@mbrutus hope all is ok with you now, I've traced someone down on the other side of Australia (Melbourne) so I'll send it off to them in the next couple of days :)
That will be exciting to see. Do you know for sure there are images on the film. (Did you have to rewind the film very far before you unloaded it?) Hopefully, you're in for a real nostalgic treat. Good luck.
March 17th, 2017
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