The idea behind it was that there is a small strip of carbon paper that allows light from behind the film to etch itself onto the negative. Autographic film was one of these, being discontinued in 1932. Once the parentals found out I was into cameras – and after showing them a couple of antique ones I’d picked up mostly for display – they bought me an antique Autographic 2a camera.Īutographic? I guess if you read the history of Kodak, you will see that over the years, they introduced several film formats that came and went. I also recently ‘graduated’ to starting to develop at home. Perhaps a post for another time?Īs seems to happen with many people who do the same, I started to acquire lots of random cameras, gear and experimenting with different film formats and film. I obviously still have it and I guess I should put a roll of film through it now that I managed to un-stick the focus that had frozen up after being left in storage for a few decades. I’ve always loved to ‘take pictures’ and remember becoming so obsessed with my grandfathers old Agfa Isolette that he left it to me when he passed.
Searching for a hobby, I re-discovered photography.
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