Jim wrote:
> dj_nme wrote:
>> Brian Pears wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> I wonder if anyone could please help identify this negative
>>> format - film width 61.5 mm, frame size 42.5 X 42.5 mm, frame
>>> numbers along lower edge. Here's a scan
>>>
>>> http://www.geocities.com/brianpears2003/
>>>
>>
>> The film itself looks like 120 format Ilford FP4, a B&W ISO 125 (DIN
>> 22) negative film.
>> A link to the modern version "FP4 Super" is here:
>>
<http://www.ilfordphoto.com/products/product.asp?n=6&t=Consumer+%26+Professional+Films>
>>
>>
>> The neg seems to have a very rough rebate around it, almost as though
>> the film gate of the camera was masked with a piece of card or
>> something to make a smaller neg.
>>
>> Most 120/220 format cameras have a 6x6cm negative size (usually really
>> 5.5x5.5cm once the film gate is taken into account), some are 6x4.5cm
>> neg size and others are 6x9cm neg size.
>>
>> On second thought, the neg looks like it was taken in a 6x4.5cm neg
>> size camera, the top and bottom of the image look like they were
>> blocked by shooting the picture through a gap in something or rather.
>
> Might it be a copy of another print?
I'd go for that; a copy shot of a print. I loaded the image into
Photoshop and inverted it to a positive. It has the typical flattened
tonality of a copy shot, and the bottom corners look as if they are
curled up a little, as if the print wasn't flat.
Colin D.
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