MANIFESTO

[BlueMoonCamera]

Sometimes you have to draw a line in the sand, put a stake in the ground. Make a stand. Print a Manifesto. Here's our stand on analog photography.

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[jimjm]

I fully agree with your manifesto and have signed up for the newsletter. I consider myself to just be the caretaker of the cameras I own and those that I do not use are repaired (if needed) and passed on to someone else who will use them. The slower pace of analog and the fact that it can take a lot of work to create a good final print is the main source of satisfaction for me. A lot of folks my age have gone to digital for the convenience, but it's the actual process of analog photography that I love.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Thank you for the heads up.

 

[mshchem]

Manifesto?

 

[choiliefan]

That is an odd choice of words.

 

[BrianShaw]

Call it whatever you'd like. To me that's a repairman's version of an artist statement.

And as a marketing tool, it's a good one... got me to open the links and seriously consider what I was looking at.

 

[MattKing]

Okay - and I know that Andrew started this, but all this tariff discussion does not belong here, so I am deleting it.

 

[Arthurwg]

What's wrong with "manifesto"? After all, it's not the Communist Manifesto.

 

[mshchem]

What's wrong with "manifesto"? After all, it's not the Communist Manifesto.

I don't think there's any communists left. There all gone.

 

[Inomoxo]

It's a cool manifesto in all respects. Thanks for sharing, comrade

 

[BlueMoonCamera]

If you want some real fun, look up the Dada Manifesto. You'll scratch your head and smile!

 

[Inomoxo]

I will take a look! Love the Dadaists. I was just reading about Max Ernst the other day. While not a photographer, still very interesting and culturally relevant. There is a nice you tube film on him and his work by Peter Schamoni.

 

[BrianShaw]

It will make your eyes water.

 

[Arthurwg]

I don't think there's any communists left. There all gone.

They could make a comeback!

 

[Sirius Glass]

I don't think there's any communists left. There all gone.

I think that there are some hiding under my bed but I am afraid to look!

 

[mshchem]

I think that there are some hiding under my bed but I am afraid to look!

I'm waiting until I run out of money, then I'm all in comrade!

 

[F4U]

Wow, look at all the deleted posts. I'm a good boy. I make sure to keep off the moderator' radar.

 

[MattKing]

Wow, look at all the deleted posts. I'm a good boy. I make sure to keep off the moderator' radar.

They were deleted because they were off topic.
Hint, Hint!

 

[F4U]

I hope they know I'd be deleted too if I started talking about the GREAT job I just finished rebuilding a Revox A77 tape recorder a fellow gave me. It was nothing more than 2 total junk parts chassis, and I made a fully restored and complete machine with all new capacitors, rubber, and aligned it to factory specs. Plays flat from 30 to 15kc like charm. Not bad for a fellow who never saw one in his life. I THOUGHT about politics while doing it sometimes, because my mind wanders when I do tedious things.

 

[koraks]

@F4U ontopic please.

 

[Arthurwg]

I will take a look! Love the Dadaists. I was just reading about Max Ernst the other day. While not a photographer, still very interesting and culturally relevant. There is a nice you tube film on him and his work by Peter Schamoni.

Yes, Max Ernst! Should get more attention. Love his stuff.