My oldest slides 1971

[Rolf]

Hi,

due to the bad weather we have actually here I decided to grab some old boxes with slides to scan these into my Mac. I found a box out of 1971 and I remember that I stored in this old box my first slides ever made in 1971.

I was at that time a poor student and I worked hard during the semester breaks to get some money for my first SLR - a Praktica Super TL and a cheap Meyer lens.

With my girl friend at that time I visited then a Motor Cross event nearby to shot some first images. The film was also very cheap so the result were terrible.

Because it was my first slide film I decided at that time to keep the images - and here they are (few of them). The film became not better within the last 40 years so I tried to make some "artwork" with the images. Not my common presentation.














Thanks for viewing and - if you like - any comments.

[peterqd]

Wow! Lomography meets MFL!

[Rolf]

I hope you will forgive me my gaffe !

[peterqd]

[eeyore_nl]

The last one is EXCELLENT!!

In 1971 I wasn't even in primary school yet, let alone taking pictures

[Attila]

You got maximum as possible , nice series!

[Rolf]

At first I thought to use a frame like this one and the image converted to b&w

[Attila]

B&W looking better with this frame even more!

[nemesis101]

FINALLY!

Now we know who invented 'Holga'

Doug

[woodrim]

Thanks for sharing, Rolf. You've inspired me to sort through my scans from slides and see if there's anything worth sharing. I find more memories there than worthwhile photographs. I don't recall if it was 1971 or 1972 that I bought my first real camera - a Kalimar SLR with Helios 44-2. Not only was the lens manual, but the camera had no meter. However, I do know that it was 1971 that I bought my first car, a used 1968 VW Beatle.

[-halli-]

I love them!

[mmelvis]

Nice set, catching a rally on slide film is a challenge.

[bazza59]

Rolf - lovely memories to have and thanks for sharing.

I bought my first "proper" SLR in Bochum (Langendreer) when I was a Student arbiter bei Opel. It was a Canon AV-1 with standard lens - if I remember correctly there were several of us (at least 3) and we all bought the same model in order to get a good discount.

[Orio]

These images have a character indeed.

[danikatia]