Pearl Harbor photos uncovered from an old Brownie

[F1GTR]

Sorry if this is a repost but I was just sent this link via email and I found these photos absolutely breathtaking. Apparently these shots were recently found inside an old Brownie camera that had been stored away in a foot locker. Such impressive picture quality for 1941.

http://www.pbnation.com/showthread.php?t=2076059

 

[mrarroyo]

Chances are he was using 120 or 220 film. If so that is a 2" by 2" negative, you can enlarge those to sizes that the best 35 mm would show a grain the size of an orange.

Pictures are amazing.

 

[mbriant]

Yes. My mother had a nice, fixed-lens brownie many years ago that looked and operated very much like a medium format rollei with a flip-up viewfinder and used a weird size of roll film. The black and whites it took are remarkable.

 

[Thelonious Monk]

real pictures but i highly doubt all of that was taken by the same person. he'd have to be on a ship, in a field, on a plane, etc etc while the attack was still in progress. nice nonetheless.

 

[warubozu]

The clarity of those pics is just incredible. I would agree that those photos weren't all taken by the same person orl taken from the same spot on the ship. Some of the pics were taken on Ford Island looking towards Pearl Harbor. Some were taken at Pearl Harbor looking toward Ford Island. One was taken at the dry dock at Pearl Harbor. Two of them seemed to be taken of the damaged aircrafts on the air strip at Ford Island.

 

[Lazarus Short]

After lens quality, film [not print!] size is everything. The old gear took some excellent photos. I have an Argus 35mm C-3, aka "the Brick," which my dad gave me. For general photography, [read: no telephoto or macro work] it takes great pix. My Olympus gear is only more versatile. I have even seen decent 35mm phots taken with Instamatics! Some of the best photos I have ever seen were taken with very large format cameras using 36" x 36" Polaroid film.

Laz

 

[Dimitris]

Am I the only one that started missing film?

 

[Lazarus Short]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dimitris /img/forum/go_quote.gif Am I the only one that started missing film?

Not at all! Let this be your cue for a POLL.

Laz

 

[Jahn]

ah, the internet, she is cruel.

http://www.snopes.com/photos/military/pearlharbor.asp

 

[Thelonious Monk]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jahn /img/forum/go_quote.gif ah, the internet, she is cruel. http://www.snopes.com/photos/military/pearlharbor.asp

sweet, they listed "ship, field, plane" in the same order i did.

 

[feh1325]

i was expecting something along the lines of this

 

[Dimitris]

Ups! I guess its not very reasonable that this guy could have walked around the island taking photos and then he left the camera in a drawer for 60 years.

 

[averydonovan]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jahn /img/forum/go_quote.gif ah, the internet, she is cruel. http://www.snopes.com/photos/military/pearlharbor.asp

My first thoughts were that page when I saw this thread title

 

[Fitz]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dimitris /img/forum/go_quote.gif Ups! I guess its not very reasonable that this guy could have walked around the island taking photos and then he left the camera in a drawer for 60 years.

why not? i did that once before

 

[xenochimera]

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