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This is my sister's dog Ace. That's my sister over to the left. Camera: USC Reflex III Lens: Plastic Film: Kodak Plus-X Pan 125 ISO black and white 620 film (respooled 120 by Kodak) Aperture: Fixed Exposure length: approx. 1/25 sec. Date: February 13th, 2011, 1.30 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing specifics (chemicals at 72 degrees): D-76: 5 mins. Ilford Ilfostop stop bath: 1 min. Kodak fixer: 7 mins. Water Rinse: 5 mins. Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 min. USC Reflex III 01ef

This was my Grandfather’s funeral in 2000. Camera: Polaroid 200 Bf Film: Polaroid 400 Date: January 2000 Location: Saline County, Illinois, U.S.A. Polaroid 200 Bf Polaroid 400 Grandpa's Funeral 2000 00hff

Taken at a local Mexican restaurant where I was being treated to a birthday dinner. I used a Magicube attached on the Instamatic for the lighting. This shot was taken with my eighteenth camera, which I've had since the 1970s. The owner of the restaurant saw my Instamatic with the flashcube attached and came over and commented on it. He said he used to have one just like it back in the late 1970s. I said I did, too, and this was it. Camera: Kodak Instamatic X-15 No. 1 (Camerosity code YTSC - Period 09/71) Film: Agfa Photo Vista Plus 400 (35mm film reloaded into a 126 cartridge, expired on 10/2018) Shutter Speed: 1/45th of a second (1/90 without a flashcube attached) Aperture: f/11 Date: February 27th, 2023, 7.21 p.m. Location: Carmi, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing Chemicals: Unicolor C-41 Water pre-soak: 1 minute at 102 degrees Developer: 3 mins. and 40 secs. 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 X-15-1 Vista Plus 400 2023 24ef

My band played at a Halloween gig and this is a couple showing off their costume for me and my camera. It was taken at Clay City, Illinois. They were dressed as those cartoon characters, The Flintstones. Camera: Canon Sure Shot Max Date point and shoot 35mm Film: Polaroid 400 (expired for about 20 years) Date: October 29th, 2016, 8.57 p.m. Location: Clay City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing Chemicals: Unicolor C-41 Water pre-soak: 1 minute at 102 degrees Developer: 3 ½ minutes at 102 degrees Water rinse: 1 minute (to keep chemicals clean) Blix: 6 ½ minutes at 102 degrees Water rinse: 3 minutes at approx. 100 degrees Stabilizer: 1 minute at room temperature Canon SS Max Date Polaroid 400 11ff

The clown mascot at a certain fast food restaurant. Camera: Flocon RF 222 (Diana clone) Film: Kodak Portra-160VC 120 film Aperture: F/11 Focus distance: 6 ft. to 12 ft. Shutter speed: Approximately 1/50th sec. Date: November 8th, 2010, 2.40 p.m. Location: Carmi, Illinois, U.S.A. Flocon 02df

Taken one night when I had to stop by the local Pizza Hut. As it was an old Kodak Instamatic camera, I didn't know if it would turn out, but I got what I was hoping for. Taken with an old Kodak Instamatic camera with 35mm film reloaded into an old 126 cartridge. Camera: Kodak Instamatic X-15 No. 1 (Camerosity code YTSC - Period 09/71) Film: Agfa Photo Vista Plus 400 (35mm film reloaded into a 126 cartridge, expired on 10/2018) Shutter Speed: 1/45th of a second (1/90 without a flashcube attached) Aperture: f/11 Date: February 27th, 2023, 7.51 p.m. Location: Carmi, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing Chemicals: Unicolor C-41 Water pre-soak: 1 minute at 102 degrees Developer: 3 mins. and 40 secs. 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 X-15-1 Vista Plus 400 2023 21if

This was my Grandfather’s funeral in 2000. Camera: Canon Sure Shot Owl Film: Kodak Gold 100 Date: January 2000 Location: Saline County, Illinois, U.S.A. Canon Gold 100 Grandpa's Funeral 2000 02rf

This is the reservoir for my town. People can fish, camp and have picnics here - it's a pretty scenic little place Camera: Bell+Howell BF35 Film: Fuji Film 200 Date: June 11th, 2016, 3.00 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. B+H Fuji 200 20ef

Taken at the Fairfield Pumpkin Fest, held on October 13th, 2012. There were pumpkins everywhere! Camera: Kodak Easy Load 35 KE25 Film: Kodak Ultramax 400 35mm Focus: Fixed Date: October 13th, 2012, 12.49 p.m. Location: Fairfield, Illinois, U.S.A. Kodak EL-35 Ultra Max 400 06gf

Lego sculptures at the Children's Museum, located in St. Louis, Missouri. Camera: Keystone Easy Shot Focus Free 35mm Film: Kodak Gold 200 ASA Date: January 4th, 2013, 12.14 p.m. Location: St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A. Keystone Easy Shot 08ef

This was a friend of mine working under his car. 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 06-2ff

Looking like eerie fingers, I shot this cloud on 110 film. Camera: Continental Tele-Flash T-52 Film: Kodak Ultra 400 (expired on 06/2008) Date: October 31st, 2020, 2.43 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. 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 Stabilizer: 1 minute at room temperature Water rinse: 2 minutes 3-110-1 Kodak Ultra 400 2020 01hf

The day was cloudy and overcast as this storm front moved through. Camera: Agfa Agfamatic 126 camera Film: Kodak Gold 100 Date: April 8th, 1992 Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Agfa Kodak Gold 100 24ef

A sunset over my back yard. The ball of the sun shows in a strange manner due to the instant film being overloaded. Camera: Kodak Handle instant camera Film: Kodak Instant Color Film PR10 Date: circa 1977 Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Kodak Handle Sunset 1ff

A still life on my dining room table featuring a pineapple, banana and bell pepper. I didn’t want to get too close, because who knows how close a trashcam like this can focus? Camera: Imatic LT-002 Lens: New Optical Lens, 50mm, f/5.6 Film: Super G VX400 (expired, rebranded Konica VX400) Flash: Asahi Pentax AF-16 Aperture: f/16 Shutter Speed: Approx. 1/60 Date: December 5th, 2017, 10.59 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing Chemicals: Unicolor C-41 Water pre-soak: 1 minute at 102 degrees Developer: 3 ½ minutes at 102 degrees Water rinse: 1 minute (to keep chemicals clean) Blix: 6 ½ minutes at 102 degrees Water rinse: 3 minutes at approx. 100 degrees Stabilizer: 1 minute at room temperature Water rinse: 2 minute Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 minute Imatic Super G VX400 01hf

This bare tree, shining in the sunlight, (it was actually much brighter out than it looks like here), reminded me of the one in the final Lord Of The Rings movie, “The Return Of The King.” This was another camera in my collection that I didn’t think I would ever be able to use. Kodak stopped making film for it in the mid-1980s, and the special “J” battery they used is also no longer made. But I did have an old, empty cartridge that I loaded with some 120 film and managed to get it to take a picture. Without the battery, the shutter only had one speed and it was much too fast for the 400 speed film I used. The original film had an ASA rating of 150, so 400 should have been plenty enough speed, but it wasn’t. The camera really needs the battery so that it can set the right shutter speed. One thing I haven’t tried is to push some 400 speed film to 800 or 1600 and see if that works better. The negative for this image came out almost blank, it was so faint. By having to darken it up so much, it came out much too grainy. It looks like a picture from the 1800s! But I did get the camera to produce an actual image. Camera: Kodak Handle No. 3 Film: Foma Fomapan 400 B&W, cut down 120 (expired 04/2015) Date: June 29th, 2023, 12.54 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing chemicals at 68 degrees F Adox Adonal – 11 minutes (1:50 – 2 tsps. of Adonal and 500 ml. of water) Water rinse – 1 minute (to keep the chemicals clean) Ilford Ilfostop stopbath - 1 minute Water rinse - 1 minute Kodak Kodafix fixer - 9 minutes Water rinse – 1 minute Kodak Handle-3 Foma 400 2023 01if

This historical marker details about the man who founded Eldorado, Illinois. It was almost impossible to get to use this camera. Film is no longer made for it by anyone and nobody even makes the special "J" battery it takes. But I said almost impossible. I happened to have an old, empty instant film cartridge these used and was able to put some cut-down 120 film into it and get it to work. The things we photographers have to do sometimes! Camera: Kodak Handle No. 2 Film: Holga 400 B&W, cut down 120 (expired 02/2018) Date: May 2nd, 2023, 1.15 p.m. Location: Eldorado, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing chemicals at 68 degrees F Adox Adonal – 11 minutes (1:50 – 2 tsps. of Adonal and 500 ml. of water) Water rinse – 1 minute (to keep the chemicals clean) Ilford Ilfostop stopbath - 1 minute Water rinse - 1 minute Kodak Kodafix fixer - 9 minute Water rinse – 1 minute Handle-2 Holga 400 2023 01ef

Somebody was doing some work downtown and this was parked near where the work was being done. Taken with my thirty-fifth camera. Camera: Kodak Ektra 200 pocket 110 camera Film: Fukkatsu Color 400 110 film (expired 6/1/18) Date: March 26th, 2023, 4.25 p.m. Place: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. 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 Stabilizer: 1 minute at room temperature Water rinse: 2 minutes 4 110 Cameras Fukkatsu 400 2023 05ff