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 jackcarter » Fri, Nov 04, 2022, 2:12 PM UTC

Evidlo wrote: post #3

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

I don't know the answer, but there's a famous lost camera owned by a team that perished on Everest before Hillary/Norgay successfully climbed it. It's possible that the camera contains proof of an earlier first ascent: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Mallory#Reaching_the_su...

Kodak has published instructions for how to protect the camera and develop the film, if it's ever found: https://web.archive.org/web/20130303001517/http://www.veloci...

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

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Post by i_am_jl » Fri, Nov 04, 2022, 5:29 PM 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.

What impressed me most about this story is that Teton Gravity Research isn't actually a research company, they're a action sports film production house with a funny name. They make (very good) movies of snowboarders, skiers, and mountain bikers.

https://tgrtv.tetongravity.com/

You're not entirely wrong, the article is pretty much an ad, but it's for the upcoming film about the search and the recovery.

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

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Post by treeman79 » Fri, Nov 04, 2022, 6:38 PM 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

My daughter decided to take photography in college. She came home crying everyday when she realized just how hard professional level work is.