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http://www.edp24.co.uk/content/edp2...nd=EDPOnline&tCategory=xDefault&itemid=NOED07 Aug 2009 17%3A59%3A02%3A580
Alan Brooks, from Hempton, near Fakenham, is a retired RAF navigator, who has travelled the world taking mapping and reconnaissance photos.

The 76-year-old photographer and collector bought the camera for £28 on Fakenham market because he wanted its telephoto lens and used up the remaining few shots before having the film developed.

When his prints were returned, he discovered the pictures of the well-tended grave of Percy Guy Marrison - a bombardier with the Royal Field Artillery, who died aged 24 on April 19, 1917.
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Oh, and it would appear he's one of 'us' even if he's got an SLR here and not a rangefinder.

“If I had lost these pictures, I would have been heartbroken,” he said. “But then, I never sell a camera; I always keep them.”

Mr Brooks says although he owns a top-of-the-range digital camera, he prefers the quality of traditional film photography and has collected a dozen old cameras, with five times as many lenses.
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The links not working, just brings up an empty page, has all the heading/boarders etc.. Just no actual story.
 
I can't believe people see cameras without taking their film out first. It opens up slices of time and history for the finder though.
 
Don Parsons said:
I can't believe people see cameras without taking their film out first. It opens up slices of time and history for the finder though.
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You never know the reason a camera has been sold with the film still in it. The owner could have lost it, or could have passed away, or the camera could have been stolen. There are many reasons a camera might still have film in it.
 
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