There's something wrong in your post on an Analog forum, why is investing in film based equipment a sink-hole?
There's something wrong in your post on an Analog forum, why is investing in film based equipment a sink-hole? Ive bought a large amount of film based equipment in the last 10 years and almost all is worth a hell of a lot more today compared to when I bought it.
Personally I think buying Digital equipment and constantly try to keep up is the sink-hole if you're not careful. Buying far more than you need is universal maybe that's what you mean.
Now I'm speaking as someone that has deliberately bought a lot of duplicate, triplicate, and more equipment in the time frame you are talking about and at a low cost. In my case it's an investment. A sink-hole would be a big drop in value.
My criticism is because we need more positive posts and attitudes. My local pub/bar is a place of hope, it's very small but in the top 4 Real Ale (beer) pubs in the UK this year, has 15 different beers, 4 ciders and a craft Lager) but has some youngsters into film photography. They need our encouragement.
Ian
You obviously haven't been paying attention. For some months now the media area has been freely available to both subscribers and non-subscribers alike. There is no pay wall.And the biggest impediment to this site encouraging film use is hiding the examples of film photography behind a pay wall.
You obviously haven't been paying attention. For some months now the media area is now freely available to both subscribers and non-subscribers alike. There is no pay wall.
You don't really need pitch black for printing, just much darker than the light from the enlarger.
Why not fix the “problem” and change the title to:A sink hole is just an analogy for something that consumes a lot of money. As mentioned earlier I've spent a good $10k on analogue gear. Counting digital and it hits close to $14k. In my book that's a sinkhole. In my usage, it's an objective term, without comment as to being good or bad. It just is. In my post, I CLEARLY stated I thought my money spent on photography gear was positive. I dont know why you had to throw a fit over this post.
There is no well on the outside of the house for each window. They are at knee level from the ground when viewed from the outside. Painting the windows is the best solution I can come up with to make a dark room but I'm not going to do that. I've given up ever being able to print. There are no public dark rooms where I live and I'm not leaving this house for a good 10 years or so.
You don't really need pitch black for printing, just much darker than the light from the enlarger.
Photography is cheap compared to anything to do with horses or motor cars, which then seems to go up exponentially when one races them. I used to race cars, my last season was 2013. That year one of the guys out of our race shop of about 1/2 dozen spent £46K. For my part I did it on minimal expenditure but I can remember one race weekend at Silverstone costing me over £2K. That was it for me.
Like others have said its the printing and framing that racks it up as its money spent every time you do a print or frame a print. I am only an occasional printer but it must be costing me a good few hundred a year in paper and framing. Surely if you are not printing yourself you must be getting prints done by the hybrid route?
If someone wants to make a room dark they will...if it is not important to them, they will not.
Normally "sinkhole" has negative connotations -- nothing comes back out of one.
ratty
https://www.amazon.com/Eroica-Black...=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B00MQADTVY
it is fabric you can attach with velcro. it doesn't take much effort to turn a room dark ...
I have had two contractors come out and tell me I'd have to remove part of my ceiling (i.e. the floor of my living room) to get full access to my window. I can't get to the window because the support beams of the floor run parallel to the window. In addition, I'd have to reroute the plumbing from my hot water heater which travels right in front of that window as well. I am not going to do that. My wife would kill me. That does NOT make it unimportant to me.
For the intellectually challenged, I clearly stated I had no negative meaning in my text. Didnt matter, the poor snowflakes were offended anyway.
For the intellectually challenged, I clearly stated I had no negative meaning in my text. Didnt matter, the poor snowflakes were offended anyway.
fyi- The gallery was recently made viewable to allAnd the biggest impediment to this site encouraging film use is hiding the examples of film photography behind a pay wall.
fyi- The gallery was recently made viewable to all
My criticism is because we need more positive posts and attitudes.
naaahYOU REALLY NEED TO GET INTO FILM CAUSE ITS FUN11!!!! AND EASY AND YOULL NEVER HAVE A SET BACK, CAUSE FILM IS FOREVER AND EVERYTHING WILL ALWAYS BE AVAILABLE OR A BETTER OPTION YOU WILL LIKE JUST AS WELL IS OUT THERE LOOK FOR IT. YOULL NEVER BE DISAPPOINTED, I PROMISE11!!!!
That what you mean?
YOU REALLY NEED TO GET INTO FILM CAUSE ITS FUN11!!!! AND EASY AND YOULL NEVER HAVE A SET BACK, CAUSE FILM IS FOREVER AND EVERYTHING WILL ALWAYS BE AVAILABLE OR A BETTER OPTION YOU WILL LIKE JUST AS WELL IS OUT THERE LOOK FOR IT. YOULL NEVER BE DISAPPOINTED, I PROMISE11!!!!
That what you mean?
naaah
its the whole positivity breeds positivity thing //
not all caps but just something like " jepers crow, i just took inventory of my stuff i sold and it was like 10grand ! woo hoo ! so glad i sold it though
i wasn't using it all, and i could just pass on all the positive vibes the cameras gave me, i LOVED those cameras, to the next person to shoot magnificent images
and an extra bonus is extra cash ! woo hoo woot !! "
instead of the whole debbie downer thing ...
There's something wrong in your post on an Analog forum, why is investing in film based equipment a sink-hole? Ive bought a large amount of film based equipment in the last 10 years and almost all is worth a hell of a lot more today compared to when I bought it.
You do not need a sink. I do the print washing in a bathtub with the lights on. I put the Jobo processor on the kitchen counter so it can drain into the sink in daylight.
You want dark? Just staple some black sheet plastic to that support beam.
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