TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

I could, and I have the later color data guides as well, but (a) there are several developing time/temperature and reciprocity calculators that are actually movable wheels that would be useless (and they are some of the most useful info), (b) there are actual prints on various Kodak papers, and (c) it is copyrighted material. You can buy these from eBay and Amazon (and probably other UHH members that no longer have darkrooms) for fairly low prices, so I think that would be a better route. I just Googled “Kodak Darkroom Dataguide”, and there are dozens available from $4 to $12. Another publication worth getting if you ever consider assembling a darkroom is Kodak’s How to Build a Darkroom Guide.

Cheers

bodiebill

Do you have any information on vintage contact film printers? looking for one

EdR Loc: Gig Harbor, WA

I have several from film days. Still full of useful information that translates to digital!

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

Are you going to actually use it (and for what size negatives?) or collect it for a vintage darkroom?

bodiebill

do you have any information, references or photos of vintage contact film printers?
My father had a light box contact film printer that I used as a boy.

bodiebill

just ordered on on Ebay
Thanks

bodiebill

collect for vintage dark room

TomHackett Loc: Kingston, New York

Wow! I loved those books. My favorite was "Color As Seen and Photographed." It has a ton of timeless information on the nature of light, color vision, etc. Digital photographers need to know this stuff just as much as film photographers. Another favorite of mine was "Filters for Black and White and Color Pictures." I think as a teenager I fell in love with the picture on the cover. I have never had much luck, though, duplicating the effect.

I actually have duplicates of these two publications. If you send me a private message or leave a comment with your contact info on my website, I'll be to send you a copy (United States addresses only, first come, first served). http://TomHackettPhotography.com

MtManMD Loc: Beaverton, Oregon

I have a couple of those in the bookcase next to me. Keeping for sentimental reasons.

Mac Loc: Pittsburgh, Philadelphia now Hernando Co. Fl.

No.

BebuLamar

For these guides it's better to buy them because they have many dials in them and it's difficult to reproduce just by scanning.

MrPhotog

I love the irony that having a Kodak guide gets you thinking of buying an Ilford product. :)

johfoley

I have several of these booklets and I am confident that they all came from the "Friends of the Library" sections of local libraries...the place where donated books are sold for a buck or two as a support. The situation has obviously changed but as soon as people started ditching their film cameras in favor of digital it was very easy to get analog cameras and related items for cheap. It's a little tougher now because the supply has dwindled, but if you keep your eyes open these books are still readily available if you are patient at estate sales, thrift stores, yard sales, etc. (Same with Ansel Adam's and the "Life Library of Photography" series).

As a side note, I was just reminded of an incident from a few years back...
When it came time for me to get a better digital camera (I had an Argus 640K pixel as my first...actually it was my second...my first was a Mattel "Barbie" cam.) I decided upon a Pentax because I had a boatload of lenses for my film cameras (Pentax and Minolta) and I was on a limited budget. The Sony was appealing (used some of my Minolta lenses) but I ultimately went the way of Pentax cameras because they supported every PK lens ever manufactured and a few more if you included M42 with an adapter. I was apprehensive about Sony because my experience with them was they were the first on the market with innovative products...that they dropped support on very quickly. I guess that I wasa wrong. Sony is definitely supporting their cameras.
Anyway, I purchased the Pentax and was on a quest to find lenses at the thrift and used photo stores. One day on my search I remarked at a "used camera store" that I needed to find some old guy that was getting ready to shuffle...and had all kinds of old camera equipment. I then realized, I AM that guy.

spaceytracey Loc: East Glacier Park, MT

My dad worked in Kodak OD as well. Sad that both are gone. They still make some film though, right?

Mac Loc: Pittsburgh, Philadelphia now Hernando Co. Fl.

The books pertain to photography not Kodak products. Looking through them got me to thinking about shooting film again. I liked the grain HP5 offers, especially for B&W street photography.