They say taking selfies is a popular thing these days.

In case you do not know how, I found a simple instruction by the late inventor, cartoonist etc. Rube Goldberg.

:)))))))))))) he he he he he he he he he :)

I don't "do" selfies... have you seen what happens to everyone's lips when they do do selfies?! *boggle-eyed mode* it's the same effect the moon has on the oceans...

*smack anniet's hand* I apologise everyone... that was a gross generalisation :)

As a young child, there were only two things I was interested in the news paper. The first was the comics and the second was Rube Goldberg's view of the world. The man had an incredible imagination along with a good sense of humor. It took study to understand how one of his assemblies could produce the desired result. I think indirectly his work may have influenced my work as I always try to make things as simple as possible.

As for selfies, I do a far better job of looking into the viewfinder than I do looking into the lens. I have a massive number of pictures I have taken over the years but very few of myself. Those very few were taken by others.

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I inherited a Kodak 620 (w/bellows) camera from my father. Nothing electronic
about it (1940's), but it had plenty of settings, controlled, in part, by
brass gears. One would set the camera for, say F11, on a sunny day, perhaps
F8, and. . .wait for the film to be developed in a week, or so.

Its sterling characteristic, however, was that it could be set on a table, for
instance, cocked, the "start" button depressed, and. . .hurrying back to join
the rest of the family, take your own group picture. I suppose today's
cameras can do that, electronically. Have not checked it out, actually.

There's still a couple of undeveloped color rolls, which have been kept in the
refrigerator for several years. Once, a few years back, I took a few
pics with it, in a local park. It drew a crowd (remember, it had a bellows).

Am not sure if I can purchase 120 film (the old film that the professionals
used to use), and cut it down to fit. There are still shops which can
develop it. The fine-grain quality of the pictures was quite good. Will consider, although it's a lot easier, certainly, to use my Power-Shot Canon, load into the computer, and send photos off to friend and foe.

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I inherited a Kodak 620 (w/bellows) camera from my father. Nothing electronic
about it (1940's), but it had plenty of settings, controlled, in part, by
brass gears. One would set the camera for, say F11, on a sunny day, perhaps
F8, and. . .wait for the film to be developed in a week, or so.

Its sterling characteristic, however, was that it could be set on a table, for
instance, cocked, the "start" button depressed, and. . .hurrying back to join
the rest of the family, take your own group picture. I suppose today's
cameras can do that, electronically. Have not checked it out, actually.

There's still a couple of undeveloped color rolls, which have been kept in the
refrigerator for several years. Once, a few years back, I took a few
pics with it, in a local park. It drew a crowd (remember, it had a bellows).

Am not sure if I can purchase 120 film (the old film that the professionals
used to use), and cut it down to fit. There are still shops which can
develop it. The fine-grain quality of the pictures was quite good. Will consider, although it's a lot easier, certainly, to use my Power-Shot Canon, load into the computer, and send photos off to friend and foe.

One of my favorite supply stores B&H Photo still carries 120 film. One warning however, some of the film they still stock is professional film which is far better quality that the stuff you used to buy over the counter. If you are not going to use it right away, store in in the freezer until you are ready to use it and then get it developed as soon as possible. I haven't worked with what they currently sell, but I loved the color mix of the older kodak products. The color was much deeper without being brassy

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Nice to know that 120 is still available, Dena. I remember a black-&-white
of my mother, taken at a beach in southern Rhode Island. She was about 22,
at the time, and had on a late 30's dress (with moderate frills), and a
stylish (if I may say so), wide-brimmed hat (for avoidance of too much sun; a
peaches-&-cream look was much in vogue, then). I was about 6-7 mos old,
at the time, and in the pic, was very animated with a pair of sun glasses
she had placed on my nose (beach blanket scene). The picture was a classic.

In those days, black-&-whites were tinted-up, if desired (expensive), and
there are a few, still, with various family members.

Not many shots, per roll -- I think the 620 took only six. However, people
weren't very flush with money, then, so just a few pics had to satisfy.
They usually were taken during special occasions, not indiscriminately, the
way they are, today.

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Nice to know that 120 is still available, Dena. I remember a black-&-white
of my mother, taken at a beach in southern Rhode Island. She was about 22,
at the time, and had on a late 30's dress (with moderate frills), and a
stylish (if I may say so), wide-brimmed hat (for avoidance of too much sun; a
peaches-&-cream look was much in vogue, then). I was about 6-7 mos old,
at the time, and in the pic, was very animated with a pair of sun glasses
she had placed on my nose (beach blanket scene). The picture was a classic.

In those days, black-&-whites were tinted-up, if desired (expensive), and
there are a few, still, with various family members.

Not many shots, per roll -- I think the 620 took only six. However, people
weren't very flush with money, then, so just a few pics had to satisfy.
They usually were taken during special occasions, not indiscriminately, the
way they are, today.

I have been archiving the family photos with a scanner and some predate the civil war. Most are civl war vintage or latter. There are a few tin types, many that had to be wet plate photos and all nature of kodak box cameras. I have yet to start on my personal collection. The biggest problem that all should be aware of is for most I know the last name of the person in the picture but I don't know the first name. At present I am unable to put many of the faces in the correct location on the family tree. Many of the pictures have aged well but the lack of names is a disappointment.

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That's truly amazing, Dena. I think a major library/university/Smithsonian should be considered. They might offer some valuable assistance -- and, you'd
be doing the general public a big service. I always wondered how many of
Civil War photos/photos of that era, might still reside ("undiscovered")
with the private citizenry.

Good luck, on whatever approach you take!

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That's truly amazing, Dena. I think a major library/university/Smithsonian should be considered. They might offer some valuable assistance -- and, you'd
be doing the general public a big service. I always wondered how many of
Civil War photos/photos of that era, might still reside ("undiscovered")
with the private citizenry.

Good luck, on whatever approach you take!

These are family and not battle field photos. Dating them was pretty easy because several of them had civil war tax stamps on the back of them. The stamp was intended to pay for the cost of the Civil war and had to be attached to any photo taken in the some odd 4 years the tax was active. While I grew up with the tail of famous relatives, but after tracing the family tree, I found they were family fiction and I had to go way back to find royalty. But don't worry, the money and title were gone a long time ago.
By the way, because I was scanning in high quality mode, many of the pictures run about 100MB in size and I have about 45TB scanned on my fathers side of the family. I have produced a distribution disk that fits on one DVD but still contains some pretty big JPEG files. People can have the distribution disk for free but they may need to pay me for the distribution media if they want the full 45TBs of data.

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I almost took my first selfie yesterday at the end of my work at the museum, but I chickened out and settled for a shot of my shirt after I took it off. I will post it in an appropriate thread soon.

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David
Sitting on my butt while others boldly go,
Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.

My oldest makes selfies all the time. I'm not that familiar with the concept although I think my profile pic on Milyways is a selfie:))

http://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/view_profile.php?userid=90452

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My oldest makes selfies all the time. I'm not that familiar with the concept although I think my profile pic on Milyways is a selfie:))

http://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/view_profile.php?userid=90452

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David
Sitting on my butt while others boldly go,
Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.

My oldest makes selfies all the time. I'm not that familiar with the concept although I think my profile pic on Milyways is a selfie:))

http://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/view_profile.php?userid=90452

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Yup, saw that too, pity:( Here's the pic in question, taken 5 years ago:

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