Kodak 35 RF

My first camera, a Kodak 35 RF. I got it in 1976. Camera: Minolta X-9 Lens: Minolta MD Zoom 28-70mm, f/3.5, @ 28mm Film: Kodak Ektar 100 (expired 06/2019) Aperture: f/22 Shutter Speed: “B” (bulb), 5 seconds Date: October 24th, 2020, 1.10 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 Minolta X-9 Ektar 100 Fall Tree 2020 36ff

This is the very first camera I have ever had. It was given to me by my friend and neighbor, but it didn't work. I got it to working and learned a lot about photography using it. Since you had to adjust everything: Shutter speed, aperature, focus, etc., it gave a good grounding in the basics of the art of photograpy.

This is the very first picture I took that turned out usable. It was actually the fourth frame on the first roll of film I ever shot. And I was already trying advanced techniques by panning with the vehicle to blur the background. 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: June 1976 Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Kodak 35RF KSF5035 04mf

I was 15 years old, it was 1976, and this was from the first roll of film I ever shot in my very first camera - a Kodak 35 RF. And by the sixth frame of that 36 exposure roll, I'm already taking selfies! It took the eighth frame to get one to turn out, though. It's a little out of focus, because arm's length was closer than it could focus. But, I was actually just testing to see how close the camera would focus. Yeah, that's the ticket. 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: June 1976 Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Kodak 35RF KSF5035 08if

This is Rend Lake, located in Franklin County in Southern Illinois. Considered one of the "7 Wonders of Illinois." This is, of course, a full-frame shot from the first roll of film I ever shot. I left part of the film edges in because of the three little notches in the frame at the top left of the image that identify the camera. 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: Rend Lake, Franklin County, Southern Illinois, U.S.A. First Roll 15-4hf

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

"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

This photo of the St. Louis, Missouri skyline and the Gateway Arch was from the first roll of film I ever shot. 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: July 1976 Location: St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A. Kodak 35RF KSF5035 27gf

This old fire truck was spotted in St. Louis, Missouri. It's a photo from the first roll of film I ever shot. 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: July 1976 Location: St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A. Kodak 35RF KSF5035 30ff

I remember we were driving driving in your car The speed so fast I felt like I was drunk City lights lay out before us And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder And I had a feeling that I belonged And I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone You got a fast car. Tracy Chapman, 1988. . . Camera: Kodak 35 RF rangefinder (made in 1948) Lens: Kodak Anastar 50mm, f/3.5 Film: Kodak Kodacolor, 100 ASA 35mm (converted to b&w) Aperture: ? (I haven't found my notes for this roll, yet. Shutter speed: ? Exposure mode: Manual (of course!) Date: 1976 Location: St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A. This is an image from my first roll of film. Converted to black and white from the original color negative. First Roll 08f

My Dad tilling his garden. This is one of my first pictures, and the camera had some focussing issues. Camera: Kodak 35 RF rangefinder (made in 1948) Lens: Kodak Anastar 50mm, f/3.5 Film: Kodak Kodacolor II, 100 ASA 35mm Exposure mode: Manual (of course!) Date: 1977 Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Kodak 35RF 07gf

A picture of my little brother looking thoughtful. He was lit using available light from the window to the right, (his left.) Camera: Kodak 35 RF rangefinder (made in 1948) Lens: Kodak Anastar 50mm, f/3.5 Film: Kodak Kodacolor II, 100 ASA 35mm Exposure mode: Manual (of course!) Date: 1977 Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Kodak 35RF KSF5075 24gf

The front façade of my house back on a night in 1977. Taken with my first camera, a Kodak 35 RF. 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: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Kodak 35RF KSF5075 23-2df

The marquee for the motion picture "Close Encounters Of The Third Kind" when it first came out in 1977. I saw it then and it's still one of my favorite movies. Taken with my very first camera, a Kodak 35 RF rangefinder. (I still have it, too.) Camera: Kodak 35 RF rangefinder (made in 1948) Lens: Kodak Anastar 50mm, f/3.5 Film: Kodak Kodacolor, 100 ASA 35mm daylight film Exposure mode: Manual (of course!) Date: 1977 Location: Harrisburg, Illinois, U.S.A. Kodak 35RF KSF 5035 CE3K 17if

To say that I was eagerly awaiting the release of Close Encounters Of The Third Kind back in 1977 would be an understatement. I had read up on it, seen magazine articles and promos and when it came to a local theater on it's release, I went prepared. As I recall, it was a scene from the movie very close to this one that was used in the newspaper ads for the film and I wanted to recreate it for my own collection. Back then, nobody cared if you had a camera with you and since the one I used didn't have a flash, they must have assumed I couldn't take any pictures in a darkened theater. But, the screen itself provided all the light I needed for the shot. I used my trusty Kodak 35 RF rangefinder camera and was able to achieve my objective. 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.

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

Movie marquees from 1977 - both featuring a movie starring Richard Dreyfuss. 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. CE3K 4df