"Undeveloped"

A little explanation for your younger readers:

Waaaaay back in the day, like, the year 2003 and before, cameras had stuff called "film". This "film" reacted to the light coming through the lens and captured a picture. There would usually be 24 pictures you could take on one "roll" of "film", but sometimes more, and sometimes less. Most cameras would count how many pictures you had taken and display the number in a little window. When the entire "roll" of "film" was used up, you would take it to the store and pay them to "develop" the "film", where they would treat it with chemicals so that it wouldn't react to light anymore, and print each picture out on special paper. Then they would give you the prints and the developed film back.

Hope that helps, and wasn't too sarcastic.

Please don't let it be "artistic" nudes...

Don't make me cry, Dave Kellett. I don't know where this storyline is going but it better not make me cry.

Whatever you do Dave, do NOT make that film Kodachrome. You'll get yelled at for gross continuity errors.

Because of declining demand and it being a complex finicky many-step PITA to process, Kodak discontinued the ISO 25 film in 2002 (and it was hoarded) ISO 200 in 2007 (ditto) and ISO 64 film 1n 2009.

The last K-14 Process lab announced they would shut down that machine at the end of 2010 - their chemicals supplies made it to mid-January 2011.

You still have a roll like that hanging around, all is not lost - BUT. They can only develop it as Black & White, and it'll cost you.

Oh oh. Time to bust out the Kleenex. Hope Gramp doesn't have too much trouble finding a place that knows what to do with that "film" stuff.

OOH OOH I'm excited. We happen across half-exposed or undeveloped rolls of film every now and again. We had one that was in some uncle's camera and the film literally showed my cousin growing up -- my uncle had apparently taken about one photo a year.

Developing story, developing pictures. We can only guess what pictures are on there. Presumably Grandma took the pictures herself?

started reading this comic maybe two years ago at least. never felt the need to comment on anything.

with a single comic, with no spoken words, i am 100% emotionally invested in this story line.

you are magnificent Dave.

Indeed. Welcome to the relatively small community (compared to, say, the entire population of the universe) that understands this fact.

I'm sitting on at least a half dozen rolls myself. 400 speed! Action shots! Or maybe poorly executed still life's with overpriced film.

So, he's never seen any pictures his wife took in the past? Maybe he has. Roll the dice gramps!

I have certainly had cameras that showed a little number in a window on the back for what picture you're about to take, but never on a camera that looked like this one. The frame counter would usually be a dial next to the film advance lever at the top. No reason some particular camera couldn't have one on the back I suppose.

I need to start reading these comics in the evening. Otherwise I might end up crying into my cheerios!

Meh. If they're terrible photos, so what? The real danger is the memories they could bring back.

As a former Kodak employee, let me tell you, Gramps knows of what he speaks! We had signs posted over the restroom sinks that read "Kodak water, do not drink." One day, all the cars in the parking lot were covered with a chemical ash. Ooh, and then there was the day the sink hole opened up and ate my supervisor's car! Yay!

In all seriousness, I was psyched for this storyline from the first installment. I'm looking forward to every new strip.

It really did lose something though. Film captures differences digital can't, especially with the sad little lens that the digital cameras most people use. People can learn more about the process and see the process first hand through Eastman House. http://www.youtube.com/user/GeorgeEastmanHouse/vid eos?view=0

1) It's "specK" of time

2) Outstanding ironic use of "as you know..." I normally hate that, but in this context it was hilarious.

I love this storyline! (said the person who recently pulled her film camera out of the closet to take REAL photos of her kid's birthday.) I'm a sucker for these nostalgic stories.

Today's strip put a smile on my face and made me think fondly of my childhood growing up in the Rochester, NY area. Back then Kodak was THE place to work, and Fuji was the worst four-letter word out there.

Re: Oct. 24th comic -
Transcribe? Are you kidding me? Oh, HELLS NO!

I think photos tended to be less "terrible" back when it actually cost money to press the shutter button. People thought about what they were shooting. Now everyone takes a thousand mindless photos then never looks at them, because who wants to wade through a thousand mediocre photos?

Heh. "The Circle of Tech" cracked me up!

Grampa's name is Seamus! And we get to see Grandma, and mom and dad. Wow this was quite an emotional posting. I can see why Gramps would be so upset.

::sniffle::

Seamus, yup i can so see him as a Seamus.

Wow that made me cry, from the second my eyes hit the first panel i started to tear up.

Oh, Dave...

Why man? Why you go and make an old man ready to have a stroke?

I'm talking about Gramps, not me! ;-)