SCP-4350

All three components of SCP-4350 lined up in order of their official designation.

Item #: SCP-4350

Object Class: Safe

Special Containment Procedures: All three components of SCP-4350 are to be kept in a standard Non-Sentient Object storage locker when not being used for testing or exploration. They are to be kept in vacuum sealed plastic bags to prevent dust or other external materials from compromising their mechanisms. The use of SCP-4350-a simply requires permission from foundation staff with a clearance level of 02 or higher, while the use of SCP-4350-b and c requires permission from a foundation staff member with a clearance level of at least 04-4350.

Description: SCP-4350 is the collective designation of three folding cameras which appear to
have been manufactured by the Eastman Kodak Company in the early 20th century. The cameras are designated SCP-4350-a, 4350-b, and 4350-c, as viewed from left to right in the picture above. All three cameras display their own unique set of anomalous properties, in addition to containing a seemingly infinite amount of film.

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SCP-4350-a: SCP-4350-a is tan in color, with an outer casing that appears to be made of some form of reptilian leather. Photos taken with SCP-4350-a appear to capture a distorted mirror-image of our reality. Living subjects, such as humans or animals, are entirely absent from their photographs, while captured structures are often destroyed or heavily dilapidated, if present at all. Landscapes and skies are notably darker, as the sun appears to have been obscured by a thick, dark layer of clouds.

The current theory as to the appearance of photographs taken with SCP-4350-a is that the camera’s anomalous properties cause it to produce images from an alternate universe (Henceforth referred to as SCP-4350-1), ravaged by what appears to have been an XK-class event. There is currently an exploration team traveling to various locations and examining their alternate counterparts via photographs with SCP-4350-a. -Dr. Thomassin

+ SCP-4350-a test log

TEST 1
Date: 11/██/████
Subject Photographed: Aerial view of Site 23
Results: Large crater in place of Site 23. Surrounding landscape is charred and devoid of > foliage.
Conclusion: It appears that at some point in SCP-4350-1, Site 23 underwent a containment breach severe enough to warrant the detonation of the onsite warheads.

I must say, I'm curious as to whether the XK scenario that took place in SCP-4350-1 was caused by this containment breach, or vice versa. Will attempt further photography of site 23. ~ Dr. Thomassin


TEST 2
Date: 11/██/████
Subject Photographed: Black box room of Site 23
Results: Black box device is visible, but appears to be severely damaged. Infrastructure of surrounding room is gravely compromised.
Conclusion: Gathering data from the version of Site 23 in SCP-4350-1 is deemed impossible as of right now.

Damn. I had hoped that we would be able to gather some information from this one. maybe if we could get there in person… ~ Dr. Thomassin


TEST 3
Date: 12/██/████
Subject Photographed: Nondescript forested area in ██████, ████████.
Results: Appears to be the same trees, but they are bare and charred. An unknown precipitate falls from a black sky. An unknown humanoid figure stands far from the camera in the trees. An instance of SCP-4350-1-1 stands far from the camera in the trees.
Conclusion: Life is apparently still present in SCP-4350-1, despite the widespread destruction.

TEST 4
Date:2/██/████
Subject Photographed: The New York City skyline
Results: Buildings are still present, although most are severely damaged.
Conclusion: Massive damage to the structure of society is evident. Search for the source of possible XK-Class will continue.

TEST 5
Date:2/██/████
Subject Photographed: Corner of ██th and ██th, New York City
Results: Buildings and streets are heavily dilapidated. The city is populated with dark humanoid figures with a smoky, apparition-like appearance.
Conclusion: It is currently unknown whether these creatures, hereafter referred to as SCP-4350-1-1, are remnants of the humans that were once occupying SCP-4350-1, or are the entities that exterminated them.


At this point, several more tests were conducted in high-traffic areas of the world, yielding similar results

I think I may have an idea as to how we may allocate the source of the initial event. Going to the 05 council with my proposition tomorrow. ~Dr. Thomassin




Permission granted ~05 Council

TEST 14
Date:1/██/████
Subject Photographed: The Earth, from orbit
Results: Planet surface is significantly darker, water levels are much lower.
Conclusion: The biosphere has been devastated by the events that have transpired in SCP-4350-1

Absolutely dismal… part of why I want so badly to find out what happened there is so that we can prevent it from ever happening in our world. ~Dr. Thomassin

TEST 15
Date:1/██/████
Subject Photographed: The Earth, from orbit (New section)
Results: [Data Expunged]
Conclusion: [Data Expunged]

Dr. Thomassin has been re-designated to SCP-4350-1-1. The cognitohazard resulting from Test 15 was thoroughly and efficiently destroyed. ~05-█

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SCP-4350-b: SCP-4350-b is black with a red folding bellows and a case that appears to be made out of standard bovine leather. Photos taken with SCP-4350-b are produced as garbled, fractellized images, and act as cognitohazards with effects relating to the content from the original picture. For instance, a photograph of a dog taken by SCP-4350-b may cause the viewer to believe that they are a dog, that they own a dog, or that they are being followed/pursued by a dog. D-class personnel have been acquired for testing the cognitohazardous effects of photographs taken with SCP-4350-b.

+ SCP-4350-b Test Log

TEST 1
Date: 2/██/████
Subject Photographed: One Canis Familiaris
Subject Viewing: D-44382, male, 29 Y.O.
Result: D-44382 began walking as if he were a quadriped and barking. Subject terminated after attacking Dr. █████

TEST 2
Date: 2/██/████
Subject Photographed: One guitar
Subject Viewing: D-44391, female, 41 Y.O. (Incapable of playing the guitar)
Result: D-44391 picked up the guitar and began to "play," despite the fact that she still could not. A later interview with D-44391 revealed that she did, in fact, believe that she could play the guitar. Subject was adamant in her "skills" and could not be convinced otherwise.

TEST 3
Date: 2/██/████
Subject Photographed: One human cadaver
Subject Viewing: D-44399, male, 31 Y.O.
Result: Subject instantly expired.

TEST 4
Date: 2/██/████
Subject Photographed: SCP-682
Subject Viewing: D-44403, male, 42 Y.O.
Result: Subject began to attack personnel in room with extreme violence. Subject terminated.

TEST 5
Date: 2/██/████
Subject Photographed: One human cadaver
Subject Viewing: SCP-682
Result: SCP-682 ceases all conscious functions but remains alive. Subject retained normal functions after four days.

Well, it was worth a shot.

TEST 6
Date: 3/██/████
Subject Photographed: D-44410, female, 29 Y.O.
Subject Viewing: D-44411, male, 29 Y.O.
Result: No immediate change in behavior. Later interviews did, in fact, reveal that D-44411 showed showed signs of gender dysphoria.

TEST 7
Date: 3/██/████
Subject Photographed: An existing picture of D-44411, taken before test 6.
Subject Viewing: D-44411, post-test 6
Result: No immediate change in behavior. Later interviews revealed that all traces of D-44411's gender dysphoria had vanished.

Now this is interesting. We now that you can take a picture of a pre-existing picture and yield the same effect as if it were a picture of the object itself. In addition to that, a picture of someone taken before they viewed an image from SCP-4350-b can restore them to their normal selves.

TEST 8
Date: 3/██/████
Subject Photographed: SCP-173
Subject Viewing: D-44419, male, 36 Y.O.
Result: Subject immediately froze in place, and did not move for approximately fifteen minutes. All staff members but Sgt. ordered to leave the room. Sgt. member ordered to blink. D-44419 attempts to leap towards Sgt. while he is blinking, but does so with little grace. Subject has clearly acquired no anomalous properties.

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SCP-4350-c: SCP-4350-c is brown and, like SCP-4350-b, appears to have an outer casing of bovine leather. Subjects who have their photos taken by SCP-4350-c undergo a visible increase in age, while the photographer undergoes the opposite effect; becoming noticeably younger. The “amount” of age transferred between the donor and the recipient is dependant on the focal range that SCP-4350-c’s lens is set to. Notably, the focal range is not actually changed by this process. Experiments and cross-tests with other SCPs regarding the aging effect of SCP-4350-c are underway

+ SCP-4350-c Test Log

TEST 1
Date: 4/██/████
Subject Photpgraphed: D-44567, male, 29 Y.O.
Subject Photographing: D-44568, male, 30 Y.O.
Camera Setting: 20 years
Results: D-44568 was reduced to biologically reduced to an age of approximately ten years. Further testing proved that D-44568’s mental ability had been reduced to that of a ten year old. D-44568 still retained all previous memories. D-44567’s age increased to approximately 49 years. Subject developed light wrinkles on face and hands, the beginnings of gray hair, and early signs of osteoarthritis.

Camera functioned as expected to, but I still have some questions. Things like wrinkles, grey hair, and arthritis aren’t just determined by age and genetics, but also by the subject’s lifestyle. How did the camera know to age the subject with these attributes? Did it somehow know how their life would turn out?

TEST 2
Date: 4/██/████
Subject Photpgraphed: D-44568, male, 10 Y.O.
Subject Photographing: D-45567, male, 49 Y.O.
Camera Setting: 20 years
Results: Both subjects returned to their original states. This includes age, cognititive abilities, and physical ailments attributed to aging.

TEST 3
Date: 4/██/████
Subject Photographed: D-44582, male, 32 Y.O. Subject has broken arm.
Subject Photographing: [Unimportant]
Camera Setting: 2 years
Results: Subject was effectively cured of his broken arm, in addition to attaining minor signs of aging. X-rays of subject’s arm showed signs of a previous breakage that has since healed. Subject’s arm was anomalously re-broken when the test was reversed.

Interesting, SCP-4350 can act as a cure for certain ailments, at the cost of a few years on your life. Probably shouldn’t try it with progressive or degenerative diseases though.

TEST 4
Date: 5/██/████
Subject Photographed: D-44599, female, 44 Y.O. Subject was recently diagnosed with Stage 1 pancreatic cancer.
Subject Photographing: [Unimportant]
Camera Setting: 5 years
Results: Subject collapsed upon having her picture taken. Upon examination, subject’s cancer had progressed to advanced stages and had spread to other areas of the body. Test reversed, subject's cancer regressed to previous state.

Did you people even read my last note? I thought it was pretty obvious what would happen. Don’t try and pull this [Expletive removed] again.

TEST 5
Date: 5/██/████
Subject Photographed: SCP-343
Subject Photographing: D-44612, male, 66 Y.O.
Camera Setting: 40 years
Results: No change in SCP-343. D-44612 was de-aged as expected.

SCP-343 is a very viable option as an unlimited source of age regarding further testing with SCP-4350-c. D-44612 was returned to his natural age per SCP-343's request.

TEST 6
Date: 5/██/████
Subject Photographed: D-44621, male, 20 Y.O. and D-44622, male, 20 Y.O.
Subject Photographing: D-44623, male, 40 Y.O.
Camera Setting: 20 years
Results: D-44623 was de-aged by 20 years, as expected. D-44621 and D-44622, however, were aged by only ten years each.
TEST 7
Note: SCP-343 normally refuses any further testing with SCP-4350-c, but was willing to cooperate for this particular test.
Date: 5/██/████
Subject Photographed: SCP-682
Subject Photographing: SCP-343
Camera Setting: 100 years (max setting)
Results: SCP-682 began to vibrate slightly or several minutes. No other effects.

Damn, thought we might be able to age the [Expletive Removed] to death.

Foundation Staff associated with Project 4350 has been issued an official warning to refrain from using unprofessional language in our notes. There will be consequences for those who do not comply.

TEST 8
Date: 6/██/████
Subject Photographed: D-44647, male, 34 Y.O. Taking his own photo through a mirror
Subject Photographing: D-44647
Camera Setting: 10 years
Results: No observable effect.

My guess is that the camera simultaneously added and removed ten years to his life, and that the two effects cancelled each other out.

TEST 9
Date: 6/██/████
Subject Photographed: D-44655, male, 35 Y.O.
Subject Photographing: Researcher ███████, via a button designed to remotely trigger the camera.
Camera Setting: 10 years
Results: D-44655 ages 10 years as expected, researcher ███████ is de-aged 10 years, despite being several kilometers away from the site of Test 9.

It seems that the camera has a sense of who is responsible for its activation, even if that person is not present.

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WARNING. CLASSIFIED INFORMATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO ACCESS WITHOUT CLEARANCE.

The following tests were conducted by a small team of researchers with direct supervision from certain members of the 05 council. The Ethics Committee was not notified that these tests were taking place.

Begin Classified Test Log for SCP-4350-c

TEST 1
Date:
Subject Photographed: D-44721, male, 68 Y.O.
Subject Photographing: D-44722, male, 64 Y.O.
Camera Setting: 50 years
Results: D-44722 de-ages to the age of 14 as expected. D-44721's age is increased to 118 years. D-44721 remains alive, but is incredibly weak and experiences severe pain.

TEST 2
Date:
Subject Photographed: D-44721, male, 118 Y.O.
Subject Photographing:D-44736, female, 66 Y.O.
Camera Setting: 50 years
Results: D-44736 de-ages as expected. D-44721 immediately expires, and his corpse rapidly decomposes on the floor. Test could not be reversed.

TEST 3
Date:
Subject Photographed: D-44740, male, 21 Y.O.
Subject Photographing: D-44736, male, 16 Y.O.
Camera Setting: 17 Y.O.
Results: D-44740 ages as expected. D-44736 is de-aged to a fetus in the second trimester of development.

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Addendum: It has come to the attention of the foundation that this SCP has certain similarities to SCP-978. Any possible relation between the two entities is being investigated.