Kodak Kodacolor

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

"What is it?" As soon as I can find my notes for this roll, I'll let you know. Until then, I haven't the foggiest notion of what it was, other than that it was photographed close up and out of focus like this intentionally. I left part of the film edge in the photo because I thought the grooves at the top left of the frame looked interesting. 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: 1976 Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Age of photographer: 15 First Roll 12if

Some of the wildflowers that grow in Southern Illinois. These daisies were growing just outside my hometown. To light this shot, the sun peeked through a tiny area at the top of a tree across the lane from these flowers and mainly shined on the flowers themselves, while leaving the background in shadow. Camera: Minolta XD11 Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.7 Filter: Hoya HMC 55mm Skylight (1B) Film: Kodak Gold 100 ISO color 35mm film Shooting program: Aperture priority Aperture: F/3.3 Shutter speed: 1/250 sec. Date: July 7th, 2010, 3:47 p.m. Location: Norris City, White County, Illinois, U.S.A. Rokkor Daisys 1gf

Taken at Pounds Hollow, circa 1978. I used a Konica camera and lens. Camera: Konica Autoreflex TC Lens: Konica Hexanon AR 50mm f/1.7 Film: Kodak Kodacolor 100 Date: 1978 Location: Pounds Hollow, Shawnee National Forest, Southern Illinois, U.S.A. Konica TC Pounds Hollow - 21-3gf

A nice looking Dodge Charger I saw back in 1978. I'd say it's around a 1973 model. Camera: Konica Autoreflex TC Lens: Konica Hexanon AR 50mm f/1.7 Film: Kodak Kodacolor 100 Date: 1978 Location: Evansville, Indiana, U.S.A. Dodge Charger 2ef

A Ford Model A 1/24th scale model kit I customized by chopping the top and adding a huge engine with a blower and 3 dual Stromberg carburetors. Okay, so maybe the blower and manifold/carburetor setup doesn't really work, but hey, I was a young kid at the time! Camera: Konica Autoreflex TC Lens: Konica Hexanon AR 50mm f/1.7 Film: Kodak Vericolor II 160 Date: 1978 Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Konica TC Models 21if

Just a timed exposure of a full moon. Camera: Konica Autoreflex TC Lens: Konica Hexanon AR 50mm f/1.7 Film: Kodak Kodacolor 100 Date: 1978 Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Konica TC 05cf

In early 1978, there was an accident quite near my house. It was some friends of mine who had been out cruising and slid off the road due to snowy conditions and into the ditch that ran along Division Street. Nobody was hurt, but I've always had my suspicions that it was more than snow involved. This picture seemingly paints a different story. Camera: Konica Autoreflex TC Lens: Konica Hexanon AR 50mm f/1.7 Film: Kodak Kodacolor 100 Date: 1978 Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Konica TC Littlefield 01ff

This was Barbara, who also worked on the high school yearbook staff with me. She was a year ahead of me in school, so this would have been for the 1977-1978 school year. Taken at a home basketball game. She is fixing Polaroid prints that ended up in that year's yearbook. Camera: Konica Autoreflex TC Lens: Konica Hexanon AR 50mm f/1.7 Film: Kodak Kodacolor II 100 Date: 1977/1978 Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Konica TC Barbara 12-3ef

These were some of the cheerleaders at the basketball game I covered for my high school yearbook. From the opposing team, of course! 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: Approx 1977 Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Kodak 35RF Basketball 10if

My sister posing for my Kodak Brownie Hawkeye Flash camera, back in 1977. Camera: Kodak Brownie Hawkeye Flash (Made in 12/1957) Film: Kodak Safety Film 6014, 100 ASA Aperture: F/16 (approximately) Shutter speed: 1/50 sec. (approximately) Date: October 1977 Location: Carmi, Illinois, U.S.A. KBHF Kodacolor II 100 1977 08ff

For The Sunday Challenge group, whose theme this week was Sunsets/Sunrises. Taken approximately 1978. Camera: Minolta XD11 Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.2 Film: Kodak Kodacolor 100 Date: November 1978 Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Multi 01-ef

I saw this Ford Model A in Sault St. Marie, Ontario, in July 1980. It was attending the 2nd Annual Color Run, sponsored by the Soo Street Rod Association. Camera: Minolta XD11 Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.2 Film: Kodak Kodacolor, 100 ASA 35mm Date: July, 1980 Location: Sault St. Marie, Ontario, Canada

On the right, is the second guitar amplifier I ever owned. A friend of mine, who recovered it in the fake leather you see here, sold it to me when he got another, better bass amplifier. It is a Fury amplifier, looks like. That's my old Zenith console television, which I customized. Taken with my Minolta XD11 and Kodak Kodacolor VR 100 Gen 1 film in 1982.

My family travelled to Ontario, Canada in the Summer of 1980 for a vacation. We had a swell time and here is our rig - a 1979 Ford F-150 with a camper shell and an Apache pop-up trailer it pulled behind. Taken with my Minolta XD11 and Kodak Kodacolor 100 film.

A snow scene one winter in my little town. It was taken directly across the highway from where my house was. Camera: Kodak No. 2A Cartridge Premo Model B (made in 1919) Film: Kodak Kodacolor, 100 ASA 116 film Aperture: f/16 (most likely) Shutter Speed: 1/25 of a sec. (approximately) Date: 1977 Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. 116-1-2df

This is what my Fall tree looked like back in 1982. Camera: Minolta XD11 Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.2 Film: Kodak Kodacolor II 100 Date: October 1982 Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. 1982 KSF 5075 18ef