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Published: 2016-01-13 05:21:37 +0000 UTC; Views: 692; Favourites: 48; Downloads: 2
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It seems selfies go back further than I thought.I was 17, in 1967, playing with my, new to me, used camera. I knew it was overbuilt, a bit large and excellent, capable of anything. This is my only proof of how young I look and what the Zeiss Contarex looked like. While a 35mm SLR, it would allow interchangeable film backs, like it's larger brother, the Hasselblad. Scanning, I reversed the negative, Kodak Tri-X 135mm panchromatic, to appear true, taking the exposure with my right hand.
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eugene spiegel
Doing the mystery game again, finding something interesting in old negatives.
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Very cool to see yourself as a youngin'! That sure does look like a hefty camera. So interchangeable film backs.. does that mean capable of medium format as well as 35mm?
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There were a handful of multiple format cameras, and some which took film as well as digital. In this case the complete 135mm film was contained in the light tight magazine, so that you could interchange one film with another type, as in color transparency with color negative, or black and white. A great option, which few took advantage of, but you could if you wanted. This camera had many unique features. One was the camera's ability to widen the aperture as you focused closer, thus eliminating the bellows factor.
eugene
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Wow I had no idea that existed! Learn something new every time I chat with you
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This Photo remember me to the selfportrait of Stanley Kubrick
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The artist as a young man...
Ah for photogs and mirrors.
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True for most of use cameras without selfie-sticks.
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Such a serious young man and a great shot! Ah, we were all young once, but when we stay young at heart we're ageless. Wonderful capture of you! Do you still have that camera? Thank you for submitting to .
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Ah, and a sixties/beatles haircut too 
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