fotorabia Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 My studio mate Rachel found boxes of these old slides at our local dump..so i thought id share the shite....ive got a negative scanner...late 1960s i reckon...not as much cars as planes ,ships and weddings.. the beautiful bride escapes her ugly parents..or vice versa.. Morrie overlooking lake Wakatipu towards Glen Orchy.. seaplane ... off to Vietnam..back from Vietnam... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mouseflakes Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 How sad that these were all discarded.Love the boat/plane/flyingboat/floatingplane thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torsten2001 Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 That is soooo sad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Station Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 There's such a difference between natural film photography and digital. Those looks so warm, I hate digital. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tony Hayers Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 There's such a difference between natural film photography and digital. Those looks so warm, I hate digital.That is so so true. In another pastime of mine involves mucking about with cameras and no matter how many buttons and settings my Fuji DSLR has it cant give pictures with a natural warm look as my old 35 mm Canon EOS. The only advantage of the Fuji is to quickly chuck pictures up on a forum.Love the bagpipes on the back of the boat"FFS keep it on an even keel, your disturbing my natural balance!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Wonderful pics. Now they are available to everyone forever on AS! I like the bagpipes one best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mouseflakes Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 There's such a difference between natural film photography and digital. Those looks so warm.Warm and fluffy in the case of this one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VWPowered Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 wow great slides them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 That was a great find by your Studio mate!, I love the colours of them, So much better then todays digital age photos.Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 How sad that these were all discarded.Agreed, perhaps they all got scanned and saved to CD first before being binned due to lack of shelf space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotorabia Posted July 8, 2009 Author Share Posted July 8, 2009 yeah..i also love slide film...but expense for many such as i and all..means that we become digital whores..im retaining my Canon F1N collection..more for B&W film which is still cheap..and i doubt very much these would have been scanned prior...im probably the only person in town with a neg scanner.and the time and cost to restore these slides puts it beyond economic viability hence..binned... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AXrescuer Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Those slides most likely belonged to someone who had died and so been dumped by uncaring family members after the big vulture fest that seems to follow every death in this country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotorabia Posted July 8, 2009 Author Share Posted July 8, 2009 yep..that be true...and its very much a European tendency here in NZ..where as the Maoris always retain their family photos..genealogy is very important to them..where as the Europeans just dump them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pompei Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Heard last week that they're going to stop making Cibachrome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigstraight6 Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Isn't it sad that these pics that obviously meant so much to someone had been dumped That flying boat thing is rather splendid! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Reverend Bluejeans Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Morrie overlooking lake Wakatipu towards Glen Orchy.. That's superb. Not only is Scotland a beautiful place once you get past Glasgow, but you can hear that Minor PAAAARP-PAAARPPPP-PAAAARP'ing around the Lochs. 948cc of A Series gristle is all you need up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitevanman Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Anorak moment...........the flying boat is a Grumman J4F Widgedon.................right I'm off to hind behind the couch now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooters Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Morrie overlooking lake Wakatipu towards Glen Orchy.. quote] The big clue to it being New Zealand and not Scotland is that it's not pissing with rain so it can't be Scotland Us sweaties settled on south island in large numbers and many place names ie Glen Orchy and Dunedin (old name for Edinburgh///"dun"= fort "Edin" = edwin - "Edwin's fort" - Edwin was a dark age King of Northumbria who built his capital on the castle rock long before there were countries called scotland and England). Fotorabia....do you think that is a New Zealand built Moggy? I know they built some out there but I think they also imported some. really nice old photos - shame they got binned , the story of a family Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AXrescuer Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Anorak moment...........the flying boat is a Grumman J4F WidgedonG-44A Widgeon! They were used to ferry passengers between Invercargill on NZ's South Island and Stewart Island. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotorabia Posted July 9, 2009 Author Share Posted July 9, 2009 Morrie overlooking lake Wakatipu towards Glen Orchy.. quote] The big clue to it being New Zealand and not Scotland is that it's not pissing with rain so it can't be Scotland Fotorabia....do you think that is a New Zealand built Moggy? I know they built some out there but I think they also imported some. really nice old photos - shame they got binned , the story of a familyYeah they did assemble them here..in Nelson..up until 1974..which is 3 yrs longer than the UK..their still plentiful and relatively cheap here..as they should be..in my anorak moment i did a search on the one in the photo..but its not listed so obviously long gone....theres a cache of them for sale in Nelson just now which ive seen..about 40 of them...but at $25000..he gonna be lucky...http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motor ... 945458.htm and Dunedin actually is based on the Edinburgh street plan..although they forgot to consider the hills in Dunedin... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitevanman Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Anorak moment...........the flying boat is a Grumman J4F WidgedonG-44A Widgeon! They were used to ferry passengers between Invercargill on NZ's South Island and Stewart Island.Ahh now I've always known them as J4F ( forgive the spelling errors.as usual ) as they were for Us military service to begin with and then got used by other services before being retired to civil use.....http://ww2photo.mimerswell.com/air/us/grumm/j4f.htmdo I take it your a fellow aircraft anorak ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotorabia Posted July 28, 2009 Author Share Posted July 28, 2009 Theres actually 100s of these old negs to get thru..latest are the Japanese Ladies Mountain Climbing expedition..whats the car..its awesum.....and more planes...circa 1962 quicker way of getting to the top of Mt Cook.. its dark now and my eyesight is strained...but ive got Stirling Moss and Lotus at Teretonga racetrack along with Danny Hulme..Bruce Mclaren ..your gonna have to wait for that FOTORABIA exclusive... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michiel Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 Wowz! I think that's a Prince, probably an early Skyway/Skyline van. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 That station wagon / estate initially flummoxed me, as it appeared LHD - until I noticed the NZ flag the wrong way round! Up until then, I thought something Japanese would be most obvious, possibly Toyota. So I hunted out this book: And this is what I found: Judging by the front lights, quarterlights and the area between the bonnet and windscreen, I reckon it must be a version of this. And to think that these slides would no longer exist if you hadn't been around - top saving skills! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotorabia Posted July 28, 2009 Author Share Posted July 28, 2009 ive scanned it around the wrong way!@^&$...duh..ill reverse New Zealand... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnthonyG Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 Great pictures. I didn't know NZ sent soldiers to Vietnam? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotorabia Posted July 28, 2009 Author Share Posted July 28, 2009 Great pictures. I didn't know NZ sent soldiers to Vietnam?yep we shure did..along with Australia..but we got out soon enough..so casualties were in the 100s..and another little known fact was guess where they mixed up that good old Agent Orange..here..in New Plymouth..and when the stuff was taboo...they simply sold it onto the farmers here who sprayed an equal amount on the gorse as they did back in Nam..creepy...cancer clusters NZ anybody.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotorabia Posted July 28, 2009 Author Share Posted July 28, 2009 That station wagon / estate initially flummoxed me, as it appeared LHD - until I noticed the NZ flag the wrong way round! Up until then, I thought something Japanese would be most obvious, possibly Toyota. So I hunted out this book: And this is what I found: that book is the biz....! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Station Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 I need to get myself a negative scanner! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 What wonderful pics! Proper atmospheric. Give us more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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