Kodakchrome, Fujichrome, and Agfachrome

[David]

So my girlfriend can get to know her dad better, I've been scanning his 5,000+ slides lately. I'm almost through the third (of three) boxes of Chicago slides. Here are a few that stand out.

All were taken with his (now my -- yay!) old Spotmatic SPII and 50mm 1:1.4 Takumar. I don't think he had any other lenses.


Brand new Sears Tower right after construction ended.


Buckingham Fountain in front of a MUCH different skyline than seen today.


70's pants were the best.


Back when carnival freak shows weren't considered insulting.


Time machine. Each film negative or slide ever captured is a time machine.


Fujichrome, and it held its color well.


Best shot I've found yet.


Agfachrome. Of the films I've identified in these boxes so far -- the three listed in the title plus Ektachrome -- the Agfachrome has held its color better than any others. In fact, many of the Agfachrome slides needed no color restoration.


A good shot to close on.

I'm taking a BUNCH of these shots back when we go in a couple weeks and the girlfriend and I are spending one of our days tracking down some of the places where these were shot and re-taking the photos. Also planning to do a half-frame-of-each-type-thing where part of the original slide is in the image surrounded by the current scene. That should be fun if it's not too windy.

[Hood]

Stunning!
Slide film shows why it is still king again!
No. 3 is the standout for me...it looks soooo 3d, awesome!

[poilu]

great job, #5 has the more 3D for me

[mo]

Thanks for sharing these,He took some great building photos...does he still take photos?

[LucisPictor]

[Yebisu]

#3 is a great shot. It's great to see all these old slides. Well done.

[David]

Hey, Mo,

He does not. He gave his Nikon N80 to my GF and me his Spotmatic SPII, Pentax SF10, Tokina 35-70, and Takumar 50/1.4. I think he had toyed with getting a DSLR for a while but elected not to.