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It's tricky. I got one that was full bright standard colour... from 1912. Normal contrast and hue and saturation, no noise. I assume recoloured later?

There are bw photos from 70s and colour photos from 50s. Contrast and noise and hue can give clues, but nothing stops a photographer from using old film in new times. I ended up going for cars and styles more when possible.



> I assume recoloured later?

Color capable film has been around since the late 19th century.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_color_film_systems


Sure, but the character of the saturations and hues is different. I think that’s what parent is talking about.


Fair point! Maybe I just got lucky and my 5 or so photos were all time accurate to their development methods!




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