Vintage camera collection – photo's from old cameras
Every now and then, when I buy an old camera to add to my collection, I will find one which still has a film in it. I’ve been saving these up and yesterday I took a few of these films into my local high street photography chain to have them developed and scanned. Today I collected the developed films.
Of the 5 films I took in only 3 had any images on them and most of them were blank. It’s a fact that most of the films found in these circumstances are not completed films but ones forgotten and with only a few exposures made. Also most of the pictures which had been taken were not very good photographically with poor focus and colour balance, but for some reason there is a real interest in looking at these pictures of people and places that you will never know. You wonder who the people in the picture are and what they did in their lives. It’s also interesting trying to date the pictures from the decoration, furniture and items in the room. For example, the third picture has a CRT television so it was obviously taken before LCD panels became ubiquitous.
I have one other film which I’d misplaced, but I’ve found that now and will get that developed soon. I hope it has better images than these, but whatever they are there will still be that excitement of seeing pictures which no one has seen since the unknown photographer took the pictures all those years ago. Quite a few of these pictures have multiple exposures and because of that I have cropped a couple of the pictures.
Update: Oct 7th.
I took another film in to be developed today and found some much better exposures on this film. I’ve added them to this post.
![Vintage camera collection - photo's from old cameras 1 Photos from film found in old cameras - half a frame of an interior](https://simon.hawketts.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/photo04_1-1024x687.jpg)
![Vintage camera collection - photo's from old cameras 2 Photos from film found in old cameras - dark interior shop of a family](https://simon.hawketts.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/photo05_2-1024x687.jpg)
![Vintage camera collection - photo's from old cameras 3 Photos from film found in old cameras - dark interior shop of a family](https://simon.hawketts.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/photo06_3a-1024x687.jpg)
![Vintage camera collection - photo's from old cameras 4 Photos from film found in old cameras - people arriving at a pub](https://simon.hawketts.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/photo07_4a-1024x687.jpg)
![Vintage camera collection - photo's from old cameras 5 Photos from film found in old cameras - a picture of a back garden lawn](https://simon.hawketts.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/photo08_5a-e1412700187532-687x1024.jpg)
![Vintage camera collection - photo's from old cameras 6 Photos from film found in old cameras - a village lane with a thatched cottage](https://simon.hawketts.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/photo09_6a-1024x687.jpg)
![Vintage camera collection - photo's from old cameras 7 Photos from film found in old cameras - a thatched cottage](https://simon.hawketts.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/photo10_7a-1024x687.jpg)
![Vintage camera collection - photo's from old cameras 8 Photos from film found in old cameras - a dog in a back garden](https://simon.hawketts.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/photo11_8a-1024x687.jpg)
![Vintage camera collection - photo's from old cameras 9 Photos from film found in old cameras - a back garden or possible a pub garden](https://simon.hawketts.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/photo12_9a-1024x687.jpg)
![Vintage camera collection - photo's from old cameras 10 Photos from film found in old cameras - a back garden in a thatched cottage](https://simon.hawketts.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/photo13_10a-1024x687.jpg)
![Vintage camera collection - photo's from old cameras 11 Photos from film found in old cameras - a woman playing with a dog in a garden](https://simon.hawketts.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/photo14_11a-1024x687.jpg)
![Vintage camera collection - photo's from old cameras 12 Photos from film found in old cameras - a woman outside a pub](https://simon.hawketts.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/photo15_12a-1024x687.jpg)
![Vintage camera collection - photo's from old cameras 13 Photos from film found in old cameras - two women outside a pub](https://simon.hawketts.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/photo16_13a-1024x687.jpg)
![Vintage camera collection - photo's from old cameras 14 Photos from film found in old cameras - a lawn in a back garden](https://simon.hawketts.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/photo17_14a-e1412700127874-687x1024.jpg)
![Vintage camera collection - photo's from old cameras 15 Photos from film found in old cameras - a cricket match](https://simon.hawketts.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/photo18_15a-1024x687.jpg)
![Vintage camera collection - photo's from old cameras 16 Photos from film found in old cameras - a cricket match](https://simon.hawketts.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/photo19_16a-1024x687.jpg)
![Vintage camera collection - photo's from old cameras 17 Photos from film found in old cameras - a cricket match](https://simon.hawketts.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/photo20_17a-1024x687.jpg)
![Vintage camera collection - photo's from old cameras 18 Photos from film found in old cameras - a cricket match](https://simon.hawketts.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/photo21_18a-1024x687.jpg)
![Vintage camera collection - photo's from old cameras 19 Photos from film found in old cameras - docklands in London](https://simon.hawketts.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/photo22_19a-1024x687.jpg)
![Vintage camera collection - photo's from old cameras 20 Photos from film found in old cameras - docklands in London showing crane used to unload ships](https://simon.hawketts.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/photo23_20a-e1412700149377-687x1024.jpg)
![Vintage camera collection - photo's from old cameras 21 Photos from film found in old cameras - The Gun Pub](https://simon.hawketts.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/photo24_21a-1024x687.jpg)
![Vintage camera collection - photo's from old cameras 22 Photos from film found in old cameras - A boy on the phone](https://simon.hawketts.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/20140930-photo89_33-1024x687.jpg)
![Vintage camera collection - photo's from old cameras 23 Photos from film found in old cameras - A woman at a cooker](https://simon.hawketts.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/20140930-photo90_34-1024x687.jpg)
![Vintage camera collection - photo's from old cameras 24 Photos from film found in old cameras - A young girl](https://simon.hawketts.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/20140930-photo92_36-1024x687.jpg)
![Vintage camera collection - photo's from old cameras 25 Photos from film found in old cameras - A woman standing in an interior doorway](https://simon.hawketts.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/20140930-scan0453-1024x679.jpg)
![Vintage camera collection - photo's from old cameras 26 Photos from film found in old cameras - A dog asleep in sunlight under a table](https://simon.hawketts.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/20140930-scan0448-1024x679.jpg)
![Vintage camera collection - photo's from old cameras 27 Photos from film found in old cameras - A dog asleep in sunlight under a table](https://simon.hawketts.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/20140930-scan0449-679x1024.jpg)
![Vintage camera collection - photo's from old cameras 28 Photos from film found in old cameras - A dog in sunlight](https://simon.hawketts.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/20140930-scan0447-1024x679.jpg)
![Vintage camera collection - photo's from old cameras 29 Photos from film found in old cameras - A dog in sunlight](https://simon.hawketts.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/20140930-scan0445-1024x679.jpg)
![Vintage camera collection - photo's from old cameras 30 Photos from film found in old cameras - A dog in sunlight](https://simon.hawketts.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/20140930-scan0446-1024x679.jpg)
![Vintage camera collection - photo's from old cameras 31 Photos from film found in old cameras - A baby with a toy on a sofa](https://simon.hawketts.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/20140930-scan0442-679x1024.jpg)
![Vintage camera collection - photo's from old cameras 32 Photos from film found in old cameras - An armchair](https://simon.hawketts.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/20140930-scan0444-1024x679.jpg)
![Vintage camera collection - photo's from old cameras 33 Photos from film found in old cameras - A man holding a baby](https://simon.hawketts.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/20140930-scan0443-1024x679.jpg)
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![Vintage camera collection - photo's from old cameras 37 Photos from film found in old cameras - A picture of an oriental building](https://simon.hawketts.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/20140930-scan0439-1024x679.jpg)
![Vintage camera collection - photo's from old cameras 38 Photos from film found in old cameras - A baby with a toy on a sofa](https://simon.hawketts.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/20140930-scan0435-679x1024.jpg)
![Vintage camera collection - photo's from old cameras 39 Photos from film found in old cameras - A baby with a toy on a sofa](https://simon.hawketts.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/20140930-scan0436-1024x679.jpg)
![Vintage camera collection - photo's from old cameras 40 Photos from film found in old cameras - An armchair](https://simon.hawketts.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/20140930-scan0433-1024x679.jpg)
![Vintage camera collection - photo's from old cameras 41 Photos from film found in old cameras - A man holding a baby](https://simon.hawketts.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/20140930-scan0434-1024x679.jpg)
![Vintage camera collection - photo's from old cameras 42 Photos from film found in old cameras - A woman in an armchair](https://simon.hawketts.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/20140930-scan0432-1024x890.jpg)
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