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OK, OK, I can tell you really care. Here we go. “It was never easy for me, I was born a poor black child." ~ Navin R. Johnson
100% hobby, zero pretense about art. Family snapshots, random self-directed projects etc. I dig rewarding processes. I don't require instant results, but I need outcomes to be improvable without huge learning curves.
Told myself I would never consider film again without developing it myself. Can't bear the cost otherwise. I would also like to learn how to do basic printing. I got 80% through my research on how I'll revamp my digital images database and editing methods and said, "Ya know, what if we just didn't complete that project yet?"
Film won't die because of film prices. It's subsidized! Hollywood makes it possible for Kodak to sell chems (and you thought they were a "photo film" company?) because Hollywood knows a pure digital workflow isn't the answer, for them. If that changes, Kodak is gone. No, death for the rest of us will come if the Pentax 17 or Jeff Bridges's Widelux X redux or a $50 disposable alternative is all there is. Those examples are all 35mm because that's what survived for consumers (see "100% hobby," above.) Hey, I once also owned the Canon ELPH brand-new. Didn't buy it because of dissatisfaction with 35mm. The ELPH was tiny, and metal-like in a sea of bland plastics, and the girlfriend wasn't gonna deal with any SLR.
Witness: eBay is riddled with "untested," or "parts only." Every YouTuber or blogger that introduces new audiences to old cameras misunderstands or likely, never knew that the old hidden gems were revealed in 1990s print magazines. That's OK. I read them, many years ago.
You have patience for reading that diatribe. I appreciate that you are here!
OK, OK, I can tell you really care. Here we go. “It was never easy for me, I was born a poor black child." ~ Navin R. Johnson
100% hobby, zero pretense about art. Family snapshots, random self-directed projects etc. I dig rewarding processes. I don't require instant results, but I need outcomes to be improvable without huge learning curves.
Told myself I would never consider film again without developing it myself. Can't bear the cost otherwise. I would also like to learn how to do basic printing. I got 80% through my research on how I'll revamp my digital images database and editing methods and said, "Ya know, what if we just didn't complete that project yet?"
Film won't die because of film prices. It's subsidized! Hollywood makes it possible for Kodak to sell chems (and you thought they were a "photo film" company?) because Hollywood knows a pure digital workflow isn't the answer, for them. If that changes, Kodak is gone. No, death for the rest of us will come if the Pentax 17 or Jeff Bridges's Widelux X redux or a $50 disposable alternative is all there is. Those examples are all 35mm because that's what survived for consumers (see "100% hobby," above.) Hey, I once also owned the Canon ELPH brand-new. Didn't buy it because of dissatisfaction with 35mm. The ELPH was tiny, and metal-like in a sea of bland plastics, and the girlfriend wasn't gonna deal with any SLR.
Witness: eBay is riddled with "untested," or "parts only." Every YouTuber or blogger that introduces new audiences to old cameras misunderstands or likely, never knew that the old hidden gems were revealed in 1990s print magazines. That's OK. I read them, many years ago.
You have patience for reading that diatribe. I appreciate that you are here!