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faberryman said:
I like the haptics of my XE2 and XT2. They handle like my film cameras so it's easy for me to move back and forth. Is there another camera that still has an aperture ring on the lens?
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To me, having a fake aperture ring (it's not connected to the aperture) is a vastly overrated aspect of the camera. I can shoot just fine from a dial. It makes no difference to me.
 
faberryman said:
I like the haptics of my XE2 and XT2. They handle like my film cameras so it's easy for me to move back and forth. Is there another camera that still has an aperture ring on the lens?
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Shoot Nikon and use manual focus, or the original auto-focus glass with the aperture ring ?

RattyMouse said:
To me, having a fake aperture ring (it's not connected to the aperture) is a vastly overrated aspect of the camera. I can shoot just fine from a dial. It makes no difference to me.
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I don't mind dials... as long as i'm not having to use them in combo with a button press. I've got a Canon EOS 300x which I'm probably going to end up getting rid of - one dial only (and a tiny viewfinder)
 
Ste_S said:
. I've got a Canon EOS 300x which I'm probably going to end up getting rid of - one dial only (and a tiny viewfinder)
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the "rebel T2" is a slightly later version. I find the Rebel Ti to be slightly nicer to use, while being the same basic unit
 
Kumar,
If people here on Photrio were serious about using ACROS 100, they would have cleaned out your entire stock offering of this particular film on your separate thread.
Apparently though that hasn't happened.
 
Poisson Du Jour said:
Kumar,
If people here on Photrio were serious about using ACROS 100, they would have cleaned out your entire stock offering of this particular film on your separate thread.
Apparently though that hasn't happened.
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Here's half of what I bought last week.

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If Kodachrome ever appeared again, most likely it would be due to some change in the current reality that would make it possible for lots of other films to continue or be brought back as well.
So hoping for it is fine. Pining for its return - not so much.
 
mooseontheloose said:
Well, Fuji does have a history of bringing back films that they have discontinued, so I don't think it's out of the realm of possibility. That said, as per the article mentioned above, if they cannot find a way to reduce production while keeping the costs manageable, I doubt it'll happen. But I now have several years supply of Acros sitting in my fridge (no room in the freezer) so if they do bring it back I'll really have to start shooting more of it (or get a bigger freezer). It would be nice if they brought back both the 400 and 1600 films as well, but that's probably wishful thinking.
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We still have Ilford!
 
RattyMouse said:
I bought so much Acros film that I won't be buying Ilford for a loooooong time.
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And no reciprocity correction needed for a looooooooong time.
 
We'd better get used to analog photography products being discontinued. Let's face it: it's a niche market and there are still too many players around with too many different products, competing on a very small market. We would be better off with, say, 2 or 3 manufacturers really committed to analog photography. Much better than the current state: too many manufacturers, too many products, as a result noone is making good business. Let's say: Ilford, Kodak and Adox (or Foma) survive, all the rest is history. Let's face it: with the products these 3 companies produce, every photographer in the world should be able to make great photo's!
 
Ron789 said:
We'd better get used to analog photography products being discontinued. Let's face it: it's a niche market and there are still too many players around with too many different products, competing on a very small market. We would be better off with, say, 2 or 3 manufacturers really committed to analog photography. Much better than the current state: too many manufacturers, too many products, as a result noone is making good business. Let's say: Ilford, Kodak and Adox (or Foma) survive, all the rest is history. Let's face it: with the products these 3 companies produce, every photographer in the world should be able to make great photo's!
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Except that no other manufacturer has been able to replicate the reciprocity characteristics of Acros, which is what makes it special.
 
I've said this before & I'll say it again: from the way that the defenders of Acros trumpet across the landscape, you'd think that no one made successful night-time/ long exposure images before it was introduced in the late 1990's...
 
Ron789 said:
We'd better get used to analog photography products being discontinued. Let's face it: it's a niche market and there are still too many players around with too many different products, competing on a very small market. We would be better off with, say, 2 or 3 manufacturers really committed to analog photography. Much better than the current state: too many manufacturers, too many products, as a result noone is making good business. Let's say: Ilford, Kodak and Adox (or Foma) survive, all the rest is history. Let's face it: with the products these 3 companies produce, every photographer in the world should be able to make great photo's!
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You live in a fantasy ignoring the reality that Kodak is today in very very serious financial trouble. Just last week Kodak floated the idea that they would sell off the most profitable part of their business in a last ditch effort to pay outstanding debt. The company is STILL not financially viable years after emerging from bankruptcy. The stock price has been declining 2-5% per day for weeks now. The rats are starting to bail from the ship. Kodak warrants have lost 95% of their value. Investors are that certain that the loans will not be repaid back.

If we are honest, it should have been Fujifilm that should have been the last man standing between the two film producers. Fujifilm is an exceptionally stable company, far stable than Kodak could ever dream of. Fujifilm at one point was committed to film. They aren't now, but they used to be. Fujifilm had it all at one point, ISO100 and 400 monochrome film. ISO160, 200, 400, 800, and 1600 color film AND two flavors of E6 film.

THAT is the company people should have rallied behind, not a dying company preparing to dismember itself. Sure, losing Portra would have sucked, but people would have moved on. They always do.

Well, we had our chance, but it was not to be.
 
Lachlan Young said:
I've said this before & I'll say it again: from the way that the defenders of Acros trumpet across the landscape, you'd think that no one made successful night-time/ long exposure images before it was introduced in the late 1990's...
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Certainly. But when exposures of 120~1000 seconds with Acros need only a half-stop correction, it makes life much easier.
 
What you say RM is not just 100% true but by far the biggest threat to the continuation of colour analog photography. I am surprised more people are not worried by this, I could go B&W only but I really don't want to. I would probably end up hauling a digicam again and that then just creates my own existential threat to analog all over again.
 
RattyMouse said:
You live in a fantasy ignoring the reality that Kodak is today in very very serious financial trouble. Just last week Kodak floated the idea that they would sell off the most profitable part of their business in a last ditch effort to pay outstanding debt. The company is STILL not financially viable years after emerging from bankruptcy. The stock price has been declining 2-5% per day for weeks now. The rats are starting to bail from the ship. Kodak warrants have lost 95% of their value. Investors are that certain that the loans will not be repaid back.

If we are honest, it should have been Fujifilm that should have been the last man standing between the two film producers. Fujifilm is an exceptionally stable company, far stable than Kodak could ever dream of. Fujifilm at one point was committed to film. They aren't now, but they used to be. Fujifilm had it all at one point, ISO100 and 400 monochrome film. ISO160, 200, 400, 800, and 1600 color film AND two flavors of E6 film.

THAT is the company people should have rallied behind, not a dying company preparing to dismember itself. Sure, losing Portra would have sucked, but people would have moved on. They always do.

Well, we had our chance, but it was not to be.
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Absolutely. If Fujifilm do pull out and Kodak is left as the sole supplier of C41 it leaves colour film photography on very shaky grounds.
Fuji had a much better film portfolio until the culls started happening. After using Natura 1600 at my wedding I'm missing it now it's gone.
 
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