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Image of a camera misfire
Original 35mm black and white negative taken by an unidentified Dallas Times Herald staff photographer. The image is a camera misfire. The figures of reporters and Dallas Police Captain J.W. 'Will' Fritz are barely visible, standing in front of the door to the Homicide and Robbery Bureau at the Dallas Police Department.Photographers would sometimes snap a photo of nothing in particular just to make sure that the film was advancing through the camera properly. It is not known whether this misfire was deliberate or accidental.
Image of a camera misfire
11/23/1963
Film
15/16 x 1 7/16 in. (2.4 x 3.6 cm)
Dallas TImes Herald Collection / The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
1989.100.0043.0017
Pictures are overexposed when too much light enters the aperture, producing images that are washed out and lacking detail. Most of the images on this strip appear overly bright because they were overexposed. When Museum staff scanned this negative strip in 2012, they used photo editing software to try to correct the overexposure, allowing us to see some detail in the images that was not visible before. - Lindsey Richardson, Curator of Collections
Image of a camera misfire
Original 35mm black and white negative taken by an unidentified Dallas Times Herald staff photographer. The image is a camera misfire. The figures of reporters and Dallas Police Captain J.W. 'Will' Fritz are barely visible, standing in front of the door to the Homicide and Robbery Bureau at the Dallas Police Department.Photographers would sometimes snap a photo of nothing in particular just to make sure that the film was advancing through the camera properly. It is not known whether this misfire was deliberate or accidental.
Image of a camera misfire
11/23/1963
Reporter
Police
Photographs
Fritz, Will
Dallas Times Herald
Homicide and Robbery Bureau
Dallas Police Headquarters
Dallas Municipal Building
Dallas Police Department
Dallas
Film
15/16 x 1 7/16 in. (2.4 x 3.6 cm)
Dallas TImes Herald Collection / The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
1989.100.0043.0017
Pictures are overexposed when too much light enters the aperture, producing images that are washed out and lacking detail. Most of the images on this strip appear overly bright because they were overexposed. When Museum staff scanned this negative strip in 2012, they used photo editing software to try to correct the overexposure, allowing us to see some detail in the images that was not visible before. - Lindsey Richardson, Curator of Collections
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