Cameras abandoned 85 years ago by photography pioneer found on glacier • Hacker News Board

Re: Cameras abandoned 85 years ago by photography pioneer found on glacier

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Post by throwawaysleep » Fri, Nov 04, 2022, 7:25 AM UTC

gaganyaan wrote: post #9

It's an ad for some company that tracks glacier movement, but honestly it's not too bad. If the prerequisite for sponsored content is that you have to prove yourself by mounting an expedition, I'm OK with that.

If you can find cameras in an area where entire large aircraft have been lost without a trace, you deserve your ad.

Re: Cameras abandoned 85 years ago by photography pioneer found on glacier

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Post by justsomehnguy » Fri, Nov 04, 2022, 7:52 AM UTC

Evidlo wrote: post #3

So is there undeveloped photos in the cameras, or is the film blank/unrecoverable?

Even if the film was unexposed there is still corrosion and water damage.

Re: Cameras abandoned 85 years ago by photography pioneer found on glacier

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Post by saiya-jin » Fri, Nov 04, 2022, 8:44 AM UTC

divbzero wrote: post #10

A few striking examples of Brad Washburn’s photographs: https://www.michaelhoppengallery.com/artists/47-bradford-was...

those are some fine pictures that any current pro would be glad to be author of

Re: Cameras abandoned 85 years ago by photography pioneer found on glacier

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Post by sendfoods » Fri, Nov 04, 2022, 9:56 AM UTC

Visually, "The Sanctity of Space" [0], starring huge amounts of Washburns archival footage, was absolutely stunning. As a movie, I found it to be a bit too long winded

[0] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9806166/

Re: Cameras abandoned 85 years ago by photography pioneer found on glacier

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Post by lm28469 » Fri, Nov 04, 2022, 10:59 AM UTC

saiya-jin wrote: post #13

divbzero wrote: post #10

A few striking examples of Brad Washburn’s photographs: https://www.michaelhoppengallery.com/artists/47-bradford-was...

those are some fine pictures that any current pro would be glad to be author of

Nah you need at least 40mpx to be a pro /s

Re: Cameras abandoned 85 years ago by photography pioneer found on glacier

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Post by lm28469 » Fri, Nov 04, 2022, 11:08 AM UTC

Re: Cameras abandoned 85 years ago by photography pioneer found on glacier

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Post by tokai » Fri, Nov 04, 2022, 11:09 AM UTC

lm28469 wrote: post #15

saiya-jin wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

those are some fine pictures that any current pro would be glad to be author of

Nah you need at least 40mpx to be a pro /s

Medium format film is well above being 40mpx equivalent.

Re: Cameras abandoned 85 years ago by photography pioneer found on glacier

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Post by lm28469 » Fri, Nov 04, 2022, 11:22 AM UTC

tokai wrote: post #17

lm28469 wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nah you need at least 40mpx to be a pro /s

Medium format film is well above being 40mpx equivalent.

The /s indicates sarcasm, I myself shoot 35mm and 120 film

Re: Cameras abandoned 85 years ago by photography pioneer found on glacier

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Post by tokai » Fri, Nov 04, 2022, 11:57 AM UTC

lm28469 wrote: post #18

tokai wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Medium format film is well above being 40mpx equivalent.

The /s indicates sarcasm, I myself shoot 35mm and 120 film

Yes I know. It chances nothing for my comment.

Re: Cameras abandoned 85 years ago by photography pioneer found on glacier

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Post by actionfromafar » Fri, Nov 04, 2022, 1:00 PM UTC

divbzero wrote: post #10

A few striking examples of Brad Washburn’s photographs: https://www.michaelhoppengallery.com/artists/47-bradford-was...

Amazing pictures. Looks like an alien planet. Several of them had me do a double take on the scale. I have seldom seen a more useful "human for scale".

I judged off the scale 10 to 100 times before I saw the humans in the picture. There seem's to be something fractal about the appearance of rock and snow, or maybe I'm just not familiar enough with the subject matter.