Is the film craze dead?

[MattKing]

That would likely be turned down because voters know that introducing a sales tax will not reduce income tax or property tax.

The HST here in this province is wonderful. Take the case of building a house. An entity buys a piece of property, they pay HST on it. They buy materials and pay HST. They hire subcontractors and various services and pay HST on those. And they sell the house - and charge HST. Now, that entity gets to remove the HST for all their expenses from the HST they collected during the house sale, to recover what they have spent. However, in the meantime, all those expenses have added up during the construction phase and increased the base cost of every next step, since everybody at every step of the way needs to cover their own expenses, at the time they are incurred, which includes paying HST for everything they buy or every service they need to pay.

It is naive to think such a tax will not raise the actual end price of everything.

It certainly made a positive difference to our service based business - being able to get all of the GST we paid back right away from our clients, and only having to remit the net amount once each quarter.
And yes, long term projects that only result in income at the end do create cash flow issues but in construction, at least the federal sales tax was no longer influencing some of the costs.

 

[Rob Skeoch]

I wouldn't even say an F6 or F5. I have an F6, recently 'discovered' the N80/F80 and it does everything that could be needed. I haven't touched my F6 since. The N80s now can be had for $20-$30, the F6 about $1000.

I owned the F6 with motordrive but found it too heavy since I was no longer shooting sports with film and didn't need the features the F6 brought to the table. I thought it was the nicest working pro camera I ever owned (not counting the Ebony 810 I guess) but in the end it was too much camera for my film needs, and most pro work had switched to digital. The camera just came out to late, its customer had moved to digital by the time it arrived.

 

[Cholentpot]

I owned the F6 with motordrive but found it too heavy since I was no longer shooting sports with film and didn't need the features the F6 brought to the table. I thought it was the nicest working pro camera I ever owned (not counting the Ebony 810 I guess) but in the end it was too much camera for my film needs, and most pro work had switched to digital. The camera just came out to late, its customer had moved to digital by the time it arrived.

Wouldn't say no to one myself though...

Carrying an F with the motordrive and enough AA batteries to jumpstart a car is pretty heavy too. And yes, I do that. Why? Who knows.

 

[madNbad]

Wouldn't say no to one myself though...

Carrying an F with the motordrive and enough AA batteries to jumpstart a car is pretty heavy too. And yes, I do that. Why? Who knows.

Do you have the huge action finder on it too? When I moved west, that was the camera that came with me.

 

[Cholentpot]

Do you have the huge action finder on it too? When I moved west, that was the camera that came with me.

Nope. Just the unmetered finder. That action finder looks like it would be great for someone with glasses.

 

[madNbad]

Nope. Just the unmetered finder. That action finder looks like it would be great for someone with glasses.

Worn glasses just about my entire life. Used with a "E" screen, the one with the grid. Could hold it a couple of inches away from my eye and still see the whole screen. Hey, at least were not discussing taxes!

 

[Huss]

Wouldn't say no to one myself though...

Carrying an F with the motordrive and enough AA batteries to jumpstart a car is pretty heavy too. And yes, I do that. Why? Who knows.

Builds character.

 

[Cholentpot]

Worn glasses just about my entire life. Used with a "E" screen, the one with the grid. Could hold it a couple of inches away from my eye and still see the whole screen. Hey, at least were not discussing taxes!

The right side of my glasses frame has all the paint worn off. I've done this to countless pairs over the past decade. I've accepted that I'm going to ruin my glasses due to my hobby/profession.

Also, 'No Taxation' - Abraham Washington

Builds character.

Wasn't enough so I got a Mamiya C33.

 

[madNbad]

Wasn't enough so I got a Mamiya C33.

Diane Arbus used a Mamiya with a flash attached amd she was only about five feet tall.

 

[Don_ih]

in construction, at least the federal sales tax was no longer influencing some of the costs.

In construction, HST doubled the tax revenue. All stages of all real construction cost much more since it was implemented.

 

[Huss]

Diane Arbus used a Mamiya with a flash attached amd she was only about five feet tall.

When she started she was 6'2"

 

[madNbad]

When she started she was 6'2"

Back to photography! This was staring to look like a world wide forum for CPA's.

 

[AnselMortensen]

When she started she was 6'2"

Coffee...now on the keyboard it is.

 

[Cholentpot]

was 6'2

Diane Arbus used a Mamiya with a flash attached amd she was only about five feet tall.

Self defense camera. Shock and awe.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Or because the cost of accepting credit cards is quite high.
A fair number of small businesses around here accept cash or Interac - a Canadian electronic payment/debit system that charges the vendor much lower fees.

Then include it in the cost of doing business. That would be wise.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Film craze.

A pack of expired non-frozen gold 200 just sold on this site for more than I would have paid fresh 3 years ago.

The film craze is not dead.

It was never a craze for me. I just did it.

 

[Cholentpot]

It was never a craze for me. I just did it.

I mean after digital took over you had to be a bit crazed to stick with film. I'm not judging harshly as I'm also still using the stuff but I think it is a current fad to a degree among people of a certain age.

 

[madNbad]

I tried using a digital camera for actual photography and never bonded with the experience. Now I use the same camera to photograph negatives from my film camera. I never ventured away from film but I wanted a way to take control of the process. The labs were charging too much for mediocre results and a darkroom was out of the question. Many of the newer film users are on the same path, building a better way to to it. Like any fad, many try it and a few remain and even fewer embrace it. Wet plate photography has survived until today, kept alive by users who want to be involved with the photographic process. The craze faze may be fading but there are enough new users to keep the manufactures busy.

 

[MattKing]

Then include it in the cost of doing business. That would be wise.

One of the motivators for recent changes is that the charges paid by the retailers vary with the types of cards. If a customer uses a card with high associated "rewards", the retailer ends up paying more. And the retailer has no say in that.

 

[madNbad]

One of the motivators for recent changes is that the charges paid by the retailers vary with the types of cards. If a customer uses a card with high associated "rewards", the retailer ends up paying more. And the retailer has no say in that.

Not to drag the thread off track, again but there was an article in the New York Times about how the interest from the card holders who are making the minimum payments each month is funding the rewards programs.

 

[BrianShaw]

I mean after digital took over you had to be a bit crazed to stick with film. I'm not judging harshly as I'm also still using the stuff but I think it is a current fad to a degree among people of a certain age.

I’m sure that you are right, but what age is that “certain age”?

 

[madNbad]

I’m sure that you are right, but what age is that “certain age”?

It ranges between the ones that have had a phone in their hand their entire life and helped fuel the craze. On the other end, the curmudgeons who have been too stubborn to give it up.

 

[Alan Edward Klein]

One of the motivators for recent changes is that the charges paid by the retailers vary with the types of cards. If a customer uses a card with high associated "rewards", the retailer ends up paying more. And the retailer has no say in that.

In New Jersey, so far it"s only some of the restaurants that add a fee to the bill of 3-4% if you use a charge card. Other retailers and stores have not yet taken up the practice. It could be that restaurants in particular are under a lot of pressure to keep their costs down as patrons stop eating out. They'd rather add this fee as an option rather than raise prices of the meals.

 

[Alan Edward Klein]

Not to drag the thread off track, again but there was an article in the New York Times about how the interest from the card holders who are making the minimum payments each month is funding the rewards programs.

Yes and no. Since charge card companies charge the retailer 2 to 3%, when I buy film, they are giving me back 1% in rewards stil leaves a profit for the charge company even if I pay the full monthly charge amount and there is no interest. The rewards is basically being paid by the retailer.

Of course the charge companies make additional profits from those who don't pay the full monthly charge. At roughly 20% interest, that's a lot of extra money as people are charging and not paying off the charges more than ever.

Of course retailers are getting in on the charge profits as well and offering discounts if you use their card. I regularly get ten percent discounts from Macys because I have their card. B&H Photo picks up the sales tax if you use their card.

 

[Don_ih]

Think of that credit card fee as an incentive to use cash at a restaurant. The card company charges their fee not only on the base price but also on the tip (which reduces the amount of the tip). Furthermore, the tip gets recorded in the transactions and the staff needs to report it as income. (Frankly, who would blame any restaurant worker for not reporting their cash tips as income?)

Restaurants charging this fee may just indicate that it is getting more difficult to make a decent living owning or working in a restaurant.