"Should I abandone film because of air travel use of CT scanners at the Security check, and be a turncoat and use a digital camera?!"
It isn't a question about betrayal (being a turncoat),"Should I abandone film because of air travel use of CT scanners at the Security check, and be a turncoat and use a digital camera?!"
Judging from the attitudes of a lot of analog photographers, someone who uses even a Hybrid workflow is close to a turncoat.It isn't a question about betrayal (being a turncoat),
It is a question about being effectively prevented from using what you want to use.
I would suggest doing what you can, enjoying what you can, and advocating for what you prefer.
Judging from the attitudes of a lot of analog photographers, someone who uses even a Hybrid workflow is close to a turncoat.
Not according to most of the film shooters and darkroom printers I know - who are comfortable in their analogue preferences, while using digital when and where the situation mandates it.Judging from the attitudes of a lot of analog photographers, someone who uses even a Hybrid workflow is close to a turncoat.
I don't disagree at all, and I have wholly embraced digital...they keep getting rid of my favorite emulsions, my favorite color print paper, 220 format, Polaroid for 4x5,..almost driving me away!Not according to most of the film shooters and darkroom printers I know - who are comfortable in their analogue preferences, while using digital when and where the situation mandates it.
Or in many cases, happily incorporate digital elements in a complex, multi-disciplinary environment.
Use what brings you joy, in the circumstances that permit that use.
And seek out opportunities to expand the availability of things that are hard to find.
In response to George Mann, there are labs local to me that will make analogue prints for me. They just aren't cheap, because they only do so on a custom basis.
First world solution #1: dictate a description of the photo and the equipment used into your smartphone.
First world solution #2: Use a digital camera and lens system that automatically records metadata for each shot.
Judging from the attitudes of a lot of analog photographers, someone who uses even a Hybrid workflow is close to a turncoat.
Yes, its a real shame. I remember Pearl Paint on Canal Street. I used to buy Rapidografs and India Ink supplies there. They closed in 2014.Photographers aren’t the only ones to suffer from narrowing choices of material. In just a few short years NYC lost all real art supply stores. They died off just as rapidly as camera and photography stores.
"Should I abandone film because of air travel use of CT scanners at the Security check, and be a turncoat and use a digital camera?!"
Ain't nothin good left in this world!
Amtrak goes overseas now? When did that start?
Don't give up ... move backwards.
Bob
Now that is the very essence of a first world problem!Ain't nothin good left in this world!
Since they built the North Atlantic tunnel of course.Amtrak goes overseas now? When did that start?
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