The
above photos courtesy of Peter Trounce of Toronto, who migrated to Canada in
1948 from Worthing. When he sent me these photos for the website, he said:
"The thing about cameras at that time is that nothing was
automatic.
Focussing, exposure, film advance - all manual, and you had to get used to the
camera and the film to get a half-decent photo.
Cameras now, though, are way better for the ordinary person. Well, let me
say that although I am now ancient, I think that most things are better now for
the average person.
I recall that at that time you got your films back from the chemist next
day as negatives and made your own sepia prints with printing paper in a wooden
frame exposed to the sun and then washed ("fixed") in hypo inside the
beach hut. I have several sepias which have survived intact."
Peter Trounce
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