Watching the final print come up in the developer under a safelight (B&W of course) is magical. I have not experienced that in a long time... Seeing scanned images reversed and tweaked is the best I get these days (and is also magical, because it is the first glimpse of the results).
That's good. If it starts fading out you can take your tubes to Thrifty and plug 'em into the tube tester there.
I have a Roku TV, and watched Antenna TV on it for 2 years before figuring out it could connect to the internet. That's turned out to be a huge step backwards. In many ways its worse than Antenna TV because the TV/internet/"smart" phone/laptop are all one now. Advertisers hound and track me day and night.
It's ridiculous. I don't see the benefits. Cable at least was reliable. Streaming works only as well as your connection at that moment in time.
We have a Thrifty's here, but it's a grocery chain
I think Thrifty was bought by Albertsons grocery stores and they changed all the Thriftys to Rite Aid. I kind of miss the tube-testers they used to have in-store. Not that I have anything with tubes anymore, either.Thrifty was (is) a drug store in the Western US. Got bought by CVS or one of the other big chains.
They used to also have a photo lab in every store, and sell ice cream by the scoop. I think there are still Thrifty ice cream places in the rebranded stores, and it's good stuff. But in the 70s they also had a stand with tubes and a tube tester where you could bring the tube from your TV, see how much life it had left in it, and if it was bad buy a new one.
When I was a kid my oldest sister would go pick up her photos and we'd get an ice cream cone on the way out. I suppose they're more expensive than 25 cents now.
Thrifty was (is) a drug store in the Western US. Got bought by CVS or one of the other big chains.
They used to also have a photo lab in every store, and sell ice cream by the scoop. I think there are still Thrifty ice cream places in the rebranded stores, and it's good stuff. But in the 70s they also had a stand with tubes and a tube tester where you could bring the tube from your TV, see how much life it had left in it, and if it was bad buy a new one.
When I was a kid my oldest sister would go pick up her photos and we'd get an ice cream cone on the way out. I suppose they're more expensive than 25 cents now.
I think Sirius meant the demographics of NBC. Which are old. Boomers and older. Anyone younger than that doesn't watch analog TV news. The irony being that the elderly crowd is getting a story about what's trendy, not the younger folks who actually tend to hop on trends.
I actually think it isn't millennials. At least where I live, it's GenZ, the 20 somethings and younger, who are all into the film. But that's just my small circle, of course.
Here's an interesting graph that agrees with the statement above: Electronic devices by age. Among the young crowd, it looks like smartphones are replacing TV sets.
Anyway, it's good to hear that film is coming back, as happened with vinyl records.
And I don't care much who is shooting the film. Or how they're shooting it.
Let's hope it isn't too late yet for the retired generation to teach the younger folk to repair older camera's
Pro8mm used to service the Canon 1014XL-S but the only person that could do it passed away and he didn't pass on his skillset. I don't get why Pro8mm didn't have him write everything down or teach someone else. A real pity ):
I liked the Thrifty ice cream.
When it was announced that Kodak was discontinuing UltraColor 400 film, I walked over to Thrifty and asked the manager if I could just buy all the film in the UltraColor section to free up his shelf space. I no longer remember what I paid, but I bought 5 feet of shelf space, three rows high for not much money per roll at the time. I still have that film frozen in my freezer.
Ditto that. Whether you call them Gen Z or whatever, the net result is 300 new jobs at Kodak.+1, just let them at it.
Shut the lights off.I second that! I started darkroom printing about half a year ago at age 18. I remember the first time seeing the image appear on a whole sheet of paper. Such a magical moment. Scanning can be amazing as well (the first time scanning a 6x7 colour negative blew me away) but its just not as intimate as darkroom printing
$50 for and antenna one time with over 200 channels plus free Roku all free versus up to $200US a month with cable and all the subscriptions.
I liked the Thrifty ice cream.
Unlike others here, seeing a print appear in the developer holds no magic for me. But having a GOOD print hanging on the wall, ah, that's a different story. It's a lot harder than one would think, so when it happens it's something special.
the demographic mostly driving this already knows because they're on insta and the other k3wl social network apps. Now the old farts also know thanks to NBC. I just hope the differing groups don't put each other off. though what I see here in Photrio suggests that many of us old stalwarts will try gatekeeping.
When I am out and about shooting film, it's the youngsters who ask what I'm shooting...and the old farts who ask "is that even loaded? can you even get film?". Probably helps that guessing my age is very difficult. I have one of those appearances people guess anything between late twenties and a very well preserved 60.
Young people, those 30 and under especially, haven't been watching actual TV much for years now.
What I take from this is that the film revival is real and sustained....for now at least....and that Kodak is taking steps to ensure it can continue. That is all good. And I don't care much who is shooting the film. Or how they're shooting it.
space, three rows high for not much money per roll at the time. I still have that film frozen in my freezer.
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