35 mm Film

My sister-in-law had some old negatives of the family she found and I offered to scan them in. I had asked her if they were 35mm and she said no and that she didn't think 35mm had been around 'back in the day'. Well, that got my curiosity up because I knew it had been around for a while. I don't profess to know everything - I'm always learning something new about photography to keep my interest up.

I did a search on the internet and 35mm film was introduced in 1892 by William Dickson and Thomas Edison (using film stock supplied by George Eastman)!! Wow! Thomas Edison - who knew?! It was mostly used for movie films. So it wasn't until 1934 that the 135 (35 mm) was introduced by Kodak in the 'cassette' specifically for still photography use. The cassette was engineered for 'daylight' loading into the camera. Prior to the cassette, photographers had to load the film into reusable cassettes. This new cassette was developed specifically so that it could be used in both Leica and Zeiss Ikon Contax cameras, as well as, the Kodak Retina camera for which it was invented.

So there's your little tidbit of 35 mm film history for the day. There's alot more out there if this has peaked your interest - the internet is just a click away!