• Letto@reddthat.com
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      Color film was, and still is, considerably more expensive than black and white. Probably just what they had in their camera!

      Also most news papers didn’t swap to color photography until the late 90s, so if it’s a reporter it’s likely they had black and white film

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        Color film also requires more light. By making all elements of the film sensitive to all visible light, your essentially triple it’s sensitivity to light vs color.

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          Unfortunately the only cameras that still use 35mm for sale on the market are point and shoots and leicas as far as I know. There is definitely a great variety of tested and we’ll maintained cameras for sale online.