Kodak Kodacolor

A screen shot (movie screen) of the mother ship in Close Encounters Of The Third Kind. Taken at the theater when the movie first came out in 1977. Camera: Kodak 35 RF rangefinder (made in 1948) Lens: Kodak Anastar 50mm, f/3.5 Film: Kodak Kodacolor, 100 ASA 35mm Exposure mode: Manual (of course!) Date: 1977 Location: Harrisburg, Illinois, U.S.A. KSF5035 01-2ef

This was my cousin Laurie, back in early 1978. She wanted me to take some portraits for her. Camera: Konica Autoreflex TC Lens: Hexanon AR 50mm f/1.7 Film: Kodak Kodacolor 100 Date: circa March 1978 Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Konica 5035 Laurie 03-2df

This is a shot of the television screen and it was an advertisement for the 1979 Lincoln Versailles. It was basically just a rebadged Ford Granada and Mercury Monarch and didn't sell very well.

Some flowers I shot while driving on country roads around my area back in 1978. Camera: Konica Autoreflex TC Lens: Hexanon AR 50mm f/1.7 Film: Kodak Kodacolor 100 35mm Date: October 1978 Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. KSF5035 Country Drive 06gf

My Mom and Dad taken on December 24th, 1983. I saw the faded, original photo in one of my Mom's family photo albums and thought I would do a new scan of the negative - it turned out much better. Camera: Minolta XD11 Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.2 Film: Kodak Kodacolor VR 100 ASA Date: December 24th, 1983 Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Minolta XD11 Kodak CP100-5094 04if

The episode of Star Trek, entitled "The Immunity Syndrome." The Enterprise and crew come upon this giant amoeba in space and have to defeat it. I ended up watching this very episode tonight! Camera: Minolta XD11 Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.2 Film: Kodak Kodacolor VR 100 ASA Date: December 31st, 1983 Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Minolta XD11 Kodak CP100-5094 24df

A nice sunburst I happened to catch. Camera: Kodak Brownie Hawkeye Flash (Made in 12/1957) Film: Kodak Kodacolor II, 100 ASA Aperture: F/16 (approximately) Shutter speed: 1/25 sec. (approximately) Date: 1978 Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. KBHF-1 KSF 6014 Arthur-2 09ff

My Mom and Dad taken on their 25th wedding anniversary. They ended up being married for 50 years, until the death of my Mom. Camera: Minolta XD11 Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.2 Film: Kodak Kodacolor VR 100 ASA Date: August 1984 Location: Evansville, Indiana, U.S.A. Minolta Kodak VR 100 1984 Anniversary 0df

My sister and dad, taken back in the mid-1980's. Check out that Eighties hair! Camera: Continental Tele-Flash T-52 110 pocket camera Film: Kodak Kodacolor 100 ASA, 110 film Date: August 1986 Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Continental 23d

The toy train was a Christmas present I got back in the early 1970s, but it was still being used into the mid-1980s. Camera: Minolta XD11 Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.2 Film: Kodak VR 100 Date: December 1984 Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. XD11 Kodacolor VR 100 Christmas 1984-2 06df

This was some Kodak Kodacolor-X film I found and developed it. They stopped making it in 1974, so it's on the order of 50 years old. I didn't notice until after I started developing it, but the 126 cartridge said it was C-22 - I used C-41, so I'm not sure how it turned out. It might have lost all the color or the colors could be shifted a lot. But, to me, it was pretty even, except for the top and bottom edges. I'm not sure what the structure is, but from looking at some other frames, it kind of looked like a coal mine, and it sat next to a railroad line. Camera: Kodak Instamatic 154 Film: Kodak Kodacolor-X 126 size Lens: 43mm Aperture: f/11 Shutter Speed: 1/90th of a second Date: 1960's/1970s Location: Unknown Developing Chemicals: Unicolor C-41 Water pre-soak: 1 minute at 102 degrees Developer: 3 ½ minutes at 102 degrees Water rinse: 2 minutes (to keep chemicals clean) Blix: 6 ½ minutes at 102 degrees Water rinse: 2 minutes at approx. 100 degrees Stabilizer: 1 minute at room temperature Water rinse: 2 minutes Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 minute Kodak Kodacolor-X 08ff

This was some Kodak Kodacolor-X film I found and developed it. They stopped making it in 1974, so it's on the order of 50 years old. I didn't notice until after I started developing it, but the 126 cartridge said it was C-22 - I used C-41, so I'm not sure how it turned out. It might have lost all the color or the colors could be shifted a lot. But, to me, it was pretty even, except for the top and bottom edges. I'm not sure what the structure is, but from looking at some other frames, it kind of looked like a coal mine, and it sat next to a railroad line. Camera: Kodak Instamatic 154 Film: Kodak Kodacolor-X 126 size Lens: 43mm Aperture: f/11 Shutter Speed: 1/90th of a second Date: 1960's/1970s Location: Unknown Developing Chemicals: Unicolor C-41 Water pre-soak: 1 minute at 102 degrees Developer: 3 ½ minutes at 102 degrees Water rinse: 2 minutes (to keep chemicals clean) Blix: 6 ½ minutes at 102 degrees Water rinse: 2 minutes at approx. 100 degrees Stabilizer: 1 minute at room temperature Water rinse: 2 minutes Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 minute Kodak Kodacolor-X 09hf

Remember when these distinctive and iconic Holiday Inn signs were everywhere? A welcome sight to a weary traveller. I know my family stayed at Holiday Inns a lot whenever we were travelling. I remember their slogan at the time was, "Your Host from Coast to Coast." We even stayed at this one. Camera: Konica Autoreflex TC Lens: Konica Hexanon 50mm f/1.7 Film: Kodak Kodacolor, 100 ASA 35mm Date: June 1978 Location: Muddy, Illinois, U.S.A. Konica 5035 Laurie 16ff

A Cadillac that wasn't all that old when I photographed it back in 1978. Camera: Konica Autoreflex TC Lens: Konica Hexanon AR 50mm f/1.7 Film: Kodak Kodacolor, 100 ASA 35mm Date: 1978 Location: Fairfield, Illinois, U.S.A.

This was Linda Aud, the Homecoming Queen of the 1977-1978 NCO school year, with her escort David Norris. Taken with a Kodak 35 RF, using available light and Kodak Kodacolor II 100 ASA film. Kodak 35 KSF 5075 06ef

This photograph just happens to have been one of the pictures I took on the first roll of film I ever shot. Pictured are my 13 year old sister and some other girls her age at camp. Taken with a Kodak 35 RF rangefinder 35mm camera, this image was taken in June 1976, just after I had gotten the camera to work and started using it. To me, a very special image from a long time ago in my long photographic learning curve. My friend and neighbor, Dan, gave me this camera and that's his wife pictured in the background behind the truck. Camera: Kodak 35 RF rangefinder (made in 1948) Lens: Kodak Anastar 50mm, f/3.5 Film: Kodak Kodacolor, 100 ASA 35mm Aperture: ? (I haven't found my notes for this roll, yet. Shutter speed: ? Exposure mode: Manual (of course!) Date: June 1976 Location: Lake Sallateeska Camp, Pinckneyville, Illinois, U.S.A. Kodak 35RF KSF5035 13-2ff

This is a shot of the traffic passing by my bedroom window on the highway in front of our house. I remember resting the camera solidly on the window sill and taking a long, timed exposure. This resulted in the streaks of light. Even on this first roll of film I ever shot, I was pushing my equipment to see what the limit was. Camera: Kodak 35 RF rangefinder (made in 1948) Lens: Kodak Anastar 50mm, f/3.5 Film: Kodak Kodacolor, 100 ASA 35mm Aperture: ? Shutter speed: Bulb Exposure mode: Manual (of course!) Date: 1976 Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. First Roll 10cf

This was my Dad studying more seed catalogs, back in 1976. Camera: Kodak 35 rangefinder (made in 1948) Lens: Kodak Anastar 50mm, f/3.5 Film: Kodak Kodacolor, 100 ASA 35mm Exposure mode: Manual (of course!) Date: Late 1976. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Kodak 35RF Dad 1976 1cf