{"id":496,"date":"2016-07-28T07:01:34","date_gmt":"2016-07-28T11:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/07\/classic-camera-revival-episode-19-the-great-yellow-father\/"},"modified":"2023-02-10T20:04:53","modified_gmt":"2023-02-11T01:04:53","slug":"classic-camera-revival-episode-19-the-great-yellow-father","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/28\/classic-camera-revival-episode-19-the-great-yellow-father\/","title":{"rendered":"Classic Camera Revival &#8211; Episode 19 &#8211; The Great Yellow Father"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/ccr-logo-leaf.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1681\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/ccr-logo-leaf-300x300.png\" alt=\"ccr-logo-leaf\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/uaayy-61522d?from=yiiadmin\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/uaayy-61522d?from=yiiadmin\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The 12th of July is the birthday of the Late George Eastman, one of the many who has brought this wonderful medium of photography to the masses. So in the film community, we call it Kodak Day. So this month we discuss all things Kodak! And we also welcome Andrew Hiltz, a resident of Rochester, New York, as a special guest co-host!<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Kodak Tower\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/axle81401\/27163712756\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/c5.staticflickr.com\/8\/7753\/27163712756_76d2a9eac0_b.jpg\" alt=\"Kodak Tower\" width=\"1024\" height=\"810\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n <em>Kodak World Headquarters in Rochester, New York<br \/>\n Intrepid &#8211; Schneider-Kreuznach Symmar-S 1:5.6\/210 &#8211; Kodak TMax 100 @ ASA-32 &#8211; Kodak Xtol (1+1) 8:00 @ 20C<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cameras Featured on Today&#8217;s Show&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/camera-wiki.org\/wiki\/Kodak_Signet_35\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kodak Signet 35<\/a><\/em> &#8211; The Signet 35 was the top dog in Kodak Rangefinders following the Second World War. An all metal camera mounting the top glass of the day, the Kodak Ektar. This camera clearly does not disappoint.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Kodak Signet 35\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/photosblia\/8953331897\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/4\/3699\/8953331897_260976267b_b.jpg\" alt=\"Kodak Signet 35\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/8\/7238\/7049795833_6266771cb9_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Kodak Signet 35 was probably one of the best of the small 35mm fixed lens rangefinders. I mentioned about the sunny 16 plate on the back of the camera. Here shows you the films depending on speed.. What type of light, and how the shutter and aperture lineups should work out.<br \/>\nYou can easily change the names of the film to film speeds.<br \/>\nKodachrome can be ISO25<br \/>\nPan-X is 32 (or 50)<br \/>\nPlus-X is 100 (125)<br \/>\nSuper-XX is\u00a0200 (250)<br \/>\nThe speeds there are rough estimates, well not really, and will give you the speeds you need. You can adjust from there and correlate your shutter and aperture accordingly.<\/p>\n<p>Make: Kodak<br \/>\nModel: Signet 35<br \/>\nType: Rangefinder<br \/>\nFormat: 35mm, 35&#215;24<br \/>\nLens: Fixed, Kodak Ektar 44mm f\/3.5<br \/>\nYears Manufactured: 1951-1957<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Old Rusted Chainguard\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/photosblia\/7520187896\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/9\/8148\/7520187896_b42aec503c_b.jpg\" alt=\"Old Rusted Chainguard\" width=\"1024\" height=\"686\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Frame #19\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/photosblia\/7575708024\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/9\/8142\/7575708024_63e1659dec_b.jpg\" alt=\"Frame #19\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/camera-wiki.org\/wiki\/Kodak_Retina_IIa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kodak Retina IIa<\/a><\/em> &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Make: Kodak<br \/>\nModel: Retina IIa<br \/>\nType: Rangefinder<br \/>\nFormat: 35mm, 35&#215;24<br \/>\nLens: Fixed, Schneider-Kruzenack Xenar 50mm 1:2<br \/>\nYears Manufactured: 1939-1954<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/retina_iia.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2479\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/retina_iia.png\" alt=\"retina_iia\" width=\"800\" height=\"632\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/retina-pic.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2477\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/retina-pic.jpg\" alt=\"retina pic\" width=\"688\" height=\"1088\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The George Eastman House<\/strong> &#8211; The former home of George Eastman the man behind Kodak is now a museum and archive dedicated to teaching about Mr. Eastman and preserving photographic history with a vast collection of cameras, motion picture films, and photographs from all the great masters of the craft.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"The George Eastman House\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/axle81401\/27197286425\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/8\/7327\/27197286425_a460af8ee1_b.jpg\" alt=\"The George Eastman House\" width=\"1024\" height=\"809\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n <em>The main entrance to the George Eastman House<br \/>\n Intrepid &#8211; Fuji Fujinon-W 1:5.6\/125 &#8211; Kodak TMax 100 @ ASA-32 &#8211; Kodak Xtol (1+1) 8:00 @ 20C<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"George Eastman House - Gardens\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/axle81401\/26922483300\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/c5.staticflickr.com\/8\/7522\/26922483300_419289ca1b_b.jpg\" alt=\"George Eastman House - Gardens\" width=\"1024\" height=\"790\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<em>It&#8217;s not just cameras, photography, and motion pictures, the GEH has some beautiful gardens around the house.<br \/>\nIntrepid &#8211; Schneider-Kreuznach Symmar-S 1:5.6\/210 &#8211; Kodak TMax 100 @ ASA-32 &#8211; Kodak Xtol (1+1) 8:00 @ 20C<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"George Eastman House - May 2016\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/axle81401\/27253941065\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/8\/7442\/27253941065_c8168a2772_b.jpg\" alt=\"George Eastman House - May 2016\" width=\"602\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n <em>A Copy of George Eastman&#8217;s suicide note, reads: My friends, my work is done. Why wait? GE<br \/>\n Sony a6000 &#8211; Sony E PZ 16-50mm 1:3.5-5.6 OSS<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kodak and the Lumenizing Process<\/strong> &#8211; Andrew and Alex take a chance to discuss Kodak&#8217;s first lens coating technology known as Lumenizing. The process was developed in the early 1940s for some military purposes once the USA entered the Second World War, but lenses did not have with the tell-tale L until 1946. The process would improve contrast and colour reproduction in an often poorer quality lens and only make their top lenses, the Kodak Ektar even better. If you want to read more <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bnphoto.org\/bnphoto\/KodakID_db.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">check out this blog<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><em>Alex&#8217;s Kodak Ektar 203mm f\/7.7 with the L marking visible<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Leftovers\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/axle81401\/12737478654\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/c7.staticflickr.com\/8\/7416\/12737478654_e012dfca1d_b.jpg\" alt=\"Leftovers\" width=\"1024\" height=\"813\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<em>Modified Anniversary Speed Graphic &#8211; Kodak Ektar f:7.7 203mm &#8211; Kodak Ektar 100<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"52:320TXP - Week 05 - The Lone Tree\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/axle81401\/12281145575\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/c8.staticflickr.com\/4\/3679\/12281145575_35f4609b42_b.jpg\" alt=\"52:320TXP - Week 05 - The Lone Tree\" width=\"1024\" height=\"789\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n <em>Modified Anniversary Speed Graphic &#8211; Kodak Ektar f:7.7 203mm (Orange 22) &#8211; Kodak Tri-X Pan (320TX) &#8211; PMK Pyro (1+2+100) 10:30 @ 24C<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Working for Kodak<\/strong> &#8211; We are of course rather lucky to have a former Kodak employee on our team. That&#8217;s right, Donna is a former employee of Kodak Canada located in Toronto, Ontario. During her time there she worked in various roles. However these days there isn&#8217;t much left of the Toronto plant as it was closed and mostly demolished save the historic Building 9.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Building 9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/axle81401\/4475122976\/in\/album-72157623659876726\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/5\/4065\/4475122976_5e7dace04a_b.jpg\" alt=\"Building 9\" width=\"1024\" height=\"753\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<em>Pentax 645 &#8211; SMC Pentax A 645 75mm 1:2.8 &#8211; Kodak Ektar 100<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Smoky\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/axle81401\/4474346017\/in\/album-72157623659876726\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/5\/4056\/4474346017_25631e39e2_b.jpg\" alt=\"Smoky\" width=\"1024\" height=\"743\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n <em>Pentax 645 &#8211; SMC Pentax A 645 75mm 1:2.8 &#8211; Kodak Ektar 100<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Returned To Kodak\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/photosblia\/14972348618\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/c3.staticflickr.com\/4\/3842\/14972348618_07f412b1bf_b.jpg\" alt=\"Returned To Kodak\" width=\"1024\" height=\"804\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<em>Calumet CC400 &#8211; Kodak Ektar 127mm \u0192\/4.7 &#8211; Ilford FP4+ @ ASA-125 &#8211; Rodinal (1+50) 15:00 @ 20C<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Looking for a good spot to get your gear and material fix&#8230;check out <a href=\"http:\/\/burlingtoncamera.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Burlington Camera<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.downtowncamera.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Downtown Camera<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmplus.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Film Plus<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/bellarte.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Belle Arte Camera<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.camtechphoto.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Camtech<\/a>, if you&#8217;re in the GTA region of Ontario, if you&#8217;re on the West Coast (British Columbia) check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beauphoto.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beau Photo Supply<\/a>. Additionally you can order online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.argentix.ca\/index01.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Argentix<\/a> (Quebec), the <a href=\"http:\/\/filmphotographyproject.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Film Photography Project<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freestylephoto.biz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Freestyle Photographic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Also you can connect with us through email: <a href=\"mailto:classiccamerarevivial@gmail.com\">classiccamerarevivial[at]gmail[dot]com<\/a> or by Facebook, we&#8217;re at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/classiccamerarevival\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Classic Camera Revival<\/a> or even <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ccamerarevival\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter @ccamerarevival<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 12th of July is the birthday of the Late George Eastman, one of the many who has brought this wonderful medium of photography to the masses. So in the film community, we call it Kodak Day. So this month we discuss all things Kodak! And we also welcome Andrew Hiltz, a resident of Rochester, New York, as a special guest co-host! Kodak World Headquarters in Rochester, New York Intrepid &#8211; Schneider-Kreuznach Symmar-S 1:5.6\/210 &#8211; Kodak TMax 100 @ ASA-32 &#8211; Kodak Xtol (1+1) 8:00 @ 20C Cameras Featured on Today&#8217;s Show&#8230; Kodak Signet 35 &#8211; The Signet 35 was the top dog in Kodak<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/28\/classic-camera-revival-episode-19-the-great-yellow-father\/\"><span>Read More &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[35,34,36],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=496"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3010,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496\/revisions\/3010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}