I agree with this statement.Who cares who agrees ...
or disagrees?
After we finish trashing Digital and Film, when can we start trashing photography using cell phones which seems to be what is now taking over from the other two? Will it cause Digital cameras to go down in price like Digital did to Analog?.....Just Wondering!.....Regards!Three months? I found it to take much less time.
Not really. After many years in the darkroom I still am learning better methods and techniques. That is why I go to workshops I have not even touched carbon prints, platinum paladium, color tinting, and emultions making.
After we finish trashing Digital and Film, when can we start trashing photography using cell phones which seems to be what is now taking over from the other two? Will it cause Digital cameras to go down in price like Digital did to Analog?.....Just Wondering!.....Regards!
i just wish people could figure out
the extreme and almost unknown art of editing !
Cell phones are the Brownies of our day. Remarkable cameras. Our challenge is the nearly infinite spread of vapid vision and purposing.
And, until the very end of the film boom, the joy of snapshooting kept film afloat.
I often go out with a 35mm SLR around my neck. By now I am well accustomed to complete strangers asking all manner of questions...as I'm sure all of you are too...
"Is that a film Camera?"
"Can you still get film for that?"
"Is that a black and white camera?" ---- yes, people really ask me this.
"Why don't you go digital?"
I occasionally get the devout digital imager that, essentially, informs me that they went digital, I should too, I'm dumb if don't ...but this doesn't really seem to happen too much any more.
This past weekend I experienced a new one...I was out in the woods and a digital imager confronted me. He asserted (wasn't asking but telling ) that...
"You cannot get film for that anymore."
"You cannot get it processed anymore."
I was just so blown away, I didn't even know what to say....I just shrugged my shoulders and said, "good to know. Thanks." and walked away.
When I'm out and about, the most common thing I encounter is "Is that a film camera?" followed up with (usually) "Kodak is still in business?" and then "where do you even get that processed?" and then sometimes "I switched to digital a while ago, it's just easier" or something like that. I've not encountered anybody who took it upon themselves to tell me that I can't shoot film because it's not available any more, but I have encountered a handful of people who take it upon themselves to try to convince me that digital is superior to film. I assume that they're relatively ignorant of the pros and cons of each and respond appropriately. Every once in a while I'll get somebody who genuinely wants to have a conversation about film or photography in general, and those are pretty enjoyable conversations.
Geez, guys, when someone comments it is just small talk, not the end of the world. Photographers are terrible at letting info just go.
Nah, I just handle people differently. Maybe it is the trend to thinner skin that people seem to have these days. Trolls and jerks are just that and not worth worrying about.It is very obvious that in the past you have not experienced the years of verbal comments and abuse from digital users both in person and on the internet. Maybe you should be more understanding of the experiences that other have had.
In 2002 film use was up to about a billion rolls a year. In 2005 a friend spoke to a Kodak rep who said that 98% of the film used was by Mom, Dad, Bus, Sis and Aunt Betty. The rest was pros and industry types.I think that maybe movie studios might have also contributed.
Geez, guys, when someone comments it is just small talk, not the end of the world. Photographers are terrible at letting info just go.
In 2002 film use was up to about a billion rolls a year. In 2005 a friend spoke to a Kodak rep who said that 98% of the film used was by Mom, Dad, Bus, Sis and Aunt Betty. The rest was pros and industry types.
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