No sign of the famous monster was found on the camera that had been in Loch Ness for 55 years.

An underwater camera set up 55 years ago to try and photograph the Loch Ness Monster has been found by accident by a robot submarine.

The ocean-going yellow sub - called Boaty McBoatface - was being put through trials when its propeller snagged the mooring for the 1970s camera system.

It is believed it was lowered 180m (591ft) below the loch’s surface by the Loch Ness Investigation Bureau, a group set up in the 1960s to uncover the existence of Nessie in the waters.

No footage of Nessie has been found on the camera, but one of the submarine’s engineers was able to develop a few images of the loch’s murky waters.

  • AJ1@lemmy.caEnglish
    13·
    3 days ago

    I had that exact same camera when I was a kid. My favourite part was putting in new flash cubes. Dude when the Kodak Disc came out we were wetting our pants, that thing had INFINITE FLASH

    • frezik@midwest.socialEnglish
      1·
      1 day ago

      Helps when you’re a kid, and not the one paying $2/picture for the flash.

      Source. Take the cost based on a 12-pack of Magicubes, divide in 4 because there’s 4 shots per cube, and adjust for inflation.

    • AFK BRB Chocolate@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      2 days ago

      It’s the camera my mom used, too. It was super popular, it seems like every family had one.

      Taking pictures was such a different experience in those days, knowing you only had as many pictures as was on the roll (like 20 I think it’s what we bought), and you couldn’t see how they came out until you had them developed.