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When I was in school, we had a teacher who was really into photography. He liked to show us collections of slides of photos he'd taken throughout the 70's, 80's

When I was in school, we had a teacher who was really into photography. He liked to show us collections of slides of photos he'd taken throughout the 70's, 80's and 90's with his vintage camera equipment. Honestly, we all groaned every time he'd bust out a slide reel, but the pictures were beautiful. Some of the best pictures I've ever seen. I'm not a huge photography buff or anything, I've learned some of the basics of photography, but that's about it. I'm really not even sure why, but, they were just nice to look at. Not just the composition of the pictures, but the colours and the saturation, they just felt good to the eye. I'm not really sure how exactly to describe it.

Sunspark 5y ago
I'm thinking zoom factor may have played a role. 50-58mm lens with a 35mm film negative is not far from what you see yourself. Lenses that are wide angle (e.g. 28mm) make things look farther away and distorted, and lens that are telephoto compresses things and makes them look closer. A lot of photos taken today are "wide". It's true about the colors though. Kodachrome and Velvia had very distinct looks.
dreamcompiler 5y ago
Your description sounds like Kodachrome. Nothing in nature looks as great as the saturated colors of Kodachrome slides.