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Oliver Barns and NO1 Pocket Codak with mystery negativity. Photo: Oliver Barns |
Here is an interesting entry for the film Friday: Oliver Barns, a 20 -year -old antique camera fan, was in a salicebury antique shop, when he discovered a bag by hiding a bag in the corner. There was a NO1 pocket codak inside the bag, a camera that went into production in the 1920s. This would be an exciting enough discovery, but once they worked how to open the camera, they discovered the film, as BBC report,
“I was completely in shock; I was very worried that I had exposed the film because they are very, very light sensitive,” he said. “This, as is 100 years old, so I was not expecting this to come out of the film.”
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In some pictures, a crowd of people and television crew is seen outside the Portkulis hotel in peeling Sedbury. Photo: Unknown / Oliver Barns |
No. 1 Pocket Codak used 6x9cm negative, resulting in a decent level of expansion from simple contact prints for photographers at that time. Of course, it is not as straightforward to develop such a negative today as it used to happen. Barns brought negative to the Fujifilm Salisbury Photo Center, where Ian Scott helped reduce some details related to images. Scott knew that the film inside the camera was not produced until the late 1950s, when images could be taken, it provided a more accurate timeline.
Given the age of negative, it was surprising how well they came out. “They are really good quality of how old they are,” I said, “I was not really expecting anything.” Developed images detected more mysteries, however. Some pictures show some kind of event. Barns did some sleeping and discovered that the photo was taken from the upper floor of a building in Portolis Hotel and The War Memorial. A television crew appears on the edge of the frame.
Images have attracted a lot of interest in an attempt to identify the incident. Local photographer Richard McDono said, “It is a lot of disturbance on the social media round here. It was literally shared everywhere.” “We have all kinds of people who are coming with speculation and different ideas what it could be.” Some have estimated a marriage, while others have proposed a program related to the US Army, which was posted nearby during WWII. “There are many different landscapes,” said Bairy Townsand, the volunteer of the tourist center.
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This photo is believed to be two students at the Swilacan Bridge at St. Andrews University, although both people have not been identified. Photo: Unknown / Oliver Barns |
Another image shows two youth on a bridge that has not yet been identified. However, he is considered two universities of St. Andrews Students. Barns and others are expected to find answers that sharing images can increase one’s memory. Even if the details remain a mystery, it is definitely a fun to stumble. It is also a good reminder of how you open a throwed film camera; You never know which gems you can find.
