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1956 and big news from Kodak as their films continued to be improved<\/p><\/div>\n

Toronto<\/strong>. George Dunbar recently sent me an email regarding this Kodak ad in the April, 1956 issue of Popular Mechanics. It brought back many memories. I used all the films noted at one time or another.<\/p>\n

As far as I know, Verichome was one of the first B&W films to have two emulsion layers; one ‘fast’ and the other ‘slow’. The idea was to ensure more printable photos from negatives exposed in box cameras and cheap folders with their f\/16 or f\/22 lenses.<\/p>\n

Kodachome and Ektachome gave different colour renditions of a scene. The type F Kodachome was a nod to indoor shots with flash. No filter or coloured flash bulbs needed. I first used Kodachrome at around ASA 10. The results were very high contrast and to my eye rather gloomy colours. I didn’t realize at the time that strong but muted sunlight was necessary for good exposure.<\/p>\n

Various Kodak B&W films offered different speeds and contrast. Tri-X at what is now a puny ASA (ISO) 400 was a big deal at the time. My Exakta set to f\/1.9 at 1\/25th second gave decent results under commercial florescent lighting. Earlier fast Kodak B&W film which I also used was rated around ASA 160\/200. Tri-X at 400 could be ‘pushed’ to ASA 600 or so with longer development.<\/p>\n

Ahhh, those were the days of film and carefully framed and exposed shots (to keep costs down). A big thank you to my good friend George for finding this ad and sharing it with us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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