More old pics

[DrEntropy]

Copied prints using the DSLR, shot originally with a medium format camera, Tri_X. Settings lost to time.

 

[DrEntropy]

Local graveyard, Wampum, PA. Shot with 35mm Tri-X, "push-processed" in HC-110 (high contrast developer) and contact printed onto Kodalith (also a high contrast emulsion) film.

 

[DrEntropy]

Proposed promo shot, Tri-X in high contrast "soup" HC-110.

 

[GregW]

I like the cemetery reversed. Adds to the creep factor.

 

[DrEntropy]

Amongst the old negs, circa 1965. Not worth cleaning it up. My first SLR, a fixed-lens Mamiya.

 

[GregW]

Woo hoo, a left handed camera.

 

[DrEntropy]

Woo hoo, a left handed camera.

And with a built-in darkmeter!

 

[DrEntropy]

Some street shots, two in Ubon, Thailand. Motorcycle engine repair Thai style and a "luxury sedan" seldom seen on the streets of that place. And a San Francisco FD water manifold I found interesting.

 

[DrEntropy]

May 1973, looking at San Francisco from Coit Tower, Telegraph Hill.

 

[DrEntropy]

Woo hoo, a left handed camera.

I'd forgotten about this, my mentor had one. Heavy, awkward to hold and all bass-ackwards!

 

[GregW]

Didn't even know a left handed camera existed. Now your mirror selfies will fake us all out.

 

[DrEntropy]

In the movie "Rear Window" Jimmy Stewart uses an Exacta. Modern versions of the remastered flick have the trade-dress blurred out!

 

[Basil]

In the movie "Rear Window" Jimmy Stewart uses an Exacta. Modern versions of the remastered flick have the trade-dress blurred out!

I noticed that. Any idea why they would care?

 

[DrEntropy]

No idea why. Likely someone was concerned Pentacon would sue if the name appeared?

We certainly see the same thing when Nikons are in a scene.

 

[GregW]

Likely someone was concerned Pentacon would sue if the name appeared?

That is the exact reason. There have been lawsuits in the past, now there is a clearance department on every production. In our department (Set Decorating) we have to clear all artwork and electronics and some other types of dressing. It is a major pain. I was even asked to clear photo IDs on a show. I used Photoshop to alter those photos into people that didn't exist. Then supply the before and after shots to the legal staff. They had never seen what I did before.

 

[Basil]

That is the exact reason. There have been lawsuits in the past, now there is a clearance department on every production. In our department (Set Decorating) we have to clear all artwork and electronics and some other types of dressing. It is a major pain. I was even asked to clear photo IDs on a show. I used Photoshop to alter those photos into people that didn't exist. Then supply the before and after shots to the legal staff. They had never seen what I did before.

Is this why I often see movies in which a person clearly has an Apple computer, for example, on their desk, but the Apple logo is covered with a plain white circle?

 

[GregW]

Yes. It can get so stupid. I've worked on Sony TV shows where we got product placement TVs from Sony. That means they were cleared, Sony knew about it. We still put black electrical tape over the TVs logo. In the case of a TV show, the network doesn't know who an advertiser might be when the show airs. A movie doesn't have that limitation however that movie will eventually be on TV, like Rear Window.

 

[DrEntropy]

we have to clear all artwork and electronics and some other types of dressing. It is a major pain. I was even asked to clear photo IDs on a show. I used Photoshop to alter those photos into people that didn't exist. Then supply the before and after shots to the legal staff. They had never seen what I did before.

It'd be funny if it weren't such a PITA.

 

[DrEntropy]

On the program "American Restoration" they've taped over the Snap-On logos on toolboxes but I've seen Craftsman ones left alone. Odd, that.

 

[DrEntropy]

Forgot to mention, the first four photos in the thread are copied 11"x17" prints.