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Hi all,
I was going to lead with a 12 step joke but decided that I would forgo that... I do have problem though. I have a bag of outdated B+W film that is not getting any fresher and I suppose I need some help with using it up.
I rotate my small cameras through three camera bags and, in honor of the new year, on Wednesday I up-ended them onto the bed and tidied up the contents. The result of this effort was four ziplocks worth of outdate B+W film. There was nothing particularly exotic unearthed, mostly Ilford and Kodak, mostly all 135. I ended up with one bag of 120, one bag assorted BPF, one bag major brands, and bag of asst.. I figure that I can handle the disposal of the odds bag, the rest I would like to give away to APUG'ers who would be interested in shooting some old film.
The catch is this: you have to actually shoot film, process it and proof the result. I am going to take my remaining bag, set out on the train after my coffee on 1/22 (or 22/1, if you are of that mind) and return after I have finished the whole cache. The last return train is at 12:01 the next day so that gives me 14-16 hours to make about 600 pictures. I propose that however takes the film follow my example: load the film up and shoot until the film is exhausted. The nature of using outdated film is that you must be prepared for random results. I suggest you embrace randomness and get to work. A classic canard advanced to support the superiority of "D" is that volume has a direct proportionality to learning. I have always argued that repeating the same mistakes over and over does not induce learning but I could be wrong. I do think that what separates artists from dilettantes is practice.
Anyway, if you are interested, post a note here with what you would do with a bag of film. I will cover postage to the winner but duty etc. is your problem.
Celac
I was going to lead with a 12 step joke but decided that I would forgo that... I do have problem though. I have a bag of outdated B+W film that is not getting any fresher and I suppose I need some help with using it up.
I rotate my small cameras through three camera bags and, in honor of the new year, on Wednesday I up-ended them onto the bed and tidied up the contents. The result of this effort was four ziplocks worth of outdate B+W film. There was nothing particularly exotic unearthed, mostly Ilford and Kodak, mostly all 135. I ended up with one bag of 120, one bag assorted BPF, one bag major brands, and bag of asst.. I figure that I can handle the disposal of the odds bag, the rest I would like to give away to APUG'ers who would be interested in shooting some old film.
The catch is this: you have to actually shoot film, process it and proof the result. I am going to take my remaining bag, set out on the train after my coffee on 1/22 (or 22/1, if you are of that mind) and return after I have finished the whole cache. The last return train is at 12:01 the next day so that gives me 14-16 hours to make about 600 pictures. I propose that however takes the film follow my example: load the film up and shoot until the film is exhausted. The nature of using outdated film is that you must be prepared for random results. I suggest you embrace randomness and get to work. A classic canard advanced to support the superiority of "D" is that volume has a direct proportionality to learning. I have always argued that repeating the same mistakes over and over does not induce learning but I could be wrong. I do think that what separates artists from dilettantes is practice.
Anyway, if you are interested, post a note here with what you would do with a bag of film. I will cover postage to the winner but duty etc. is your problem.
Celac
I have a darkroom in progress, but have access to the very nice darkroom at school for printing.
I stripped off all the packaging to save weight, but saved any info that was included. Bags should post tomorrow to: