Point taken. I guess there are a lot of variables and it depends on the venue and the act on stage and how it is lit as to what the effect of using flash in the balcony at a concert will be.
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With respect to the compact cameras at least ....
In the days of Instamatics and the like, people would often try that with flashcubes or small built in flashes. Funnily enough, it actually helped. Not because there was enough light from the flash, but rather because a lot of those cameras would engage either a larger aperture or a slower shutter speed when the flash was used - thus increasing the ambient light exposure.
What cracks me up is seeing people in the balcony with their iPhones or compact cameras shooting with flash. The light from the flash goes about ten feet and the performers are about a half a mile away. It runs down the battery pretty quickly too.
The last time I was at a concert in a large venue, the guy checking bags for bombs and cameras said they allowed cameras with fixed lenses in, because given the distance between the seats and the performance stage, you couldn't get any decent photos of the performers without a large telephoto or zoom lens. Of course, different venues may have different policies.
What cracks me up is seeing people in the balcony with their iPhones or compact cameras shooting with flash. The light from the flash goes about ten feet and the performers are about a half a mile away. It runs down the battery pretty quickly too.
Not unusual to see folks using flash to light up the Manhattan skyline from the Jersey side of the Hudson River.
I recall being in the stadium during the steroid era when Sammy Sosa was about to hit his record breaker. Every pitch a few thousand flash bulbs would pop in the stands. Every. Single. Pitch.
My friends and I all had a good laugh at how the upper deck was sparkling with people trying to get that historic photo.
But that's OK. Especially now, people being interested is far better for me than people not being interested. And I've made more than a few mistakes along the way to my workflow, even posted a lovely shot of my own finger I took last week.
I have a darkroom.
I do not see a upsurge in demand for self processing film equipment nor have I seen , other than over priced asking prices, a demand for film cameras.
Asking prices on E,Bay are not bellwether indicators, just wishful thinking.
It's the 'fake news' of the film era!!
TB
I have a darkroom.
I do not see a upsurge in demand for self processing film equipment nor have I seen , other than over priced asking prices, a demand for film cameras.
Asking prices on E,Bay are not bellwether indicators, just wishful thinking.
It's the 'fake news' of the film era!!
TB
What would you consider a "bellwether indicator"? If you follow (say) a $2500 medium format body listed on ebay and it is sold and then you check the feedback history of the seller and it says that he sold it for $2500, is that fake news?
Reputable U.S. dealers are selling top shelf stuff--Leica, Mamiya, Hasselblad, etc--for the same high prices as are listed by ebay sellers. A Hasselblad repairman I use told me that the cameras he sells have about doubled in price in the last 5 years. Is he also making this up?
I guess I'd want to know what evidence you have to the contrary.
I do not see a upsurge in demand for self processing film equipment nor have I seen , other than over priced asking prices, a demand for film cameras.
Nevertheless, I am shooting film only these days and for the snap shots the smartphones are doing okay job and also wish for more filme and paper.
I don't know anyone who still plays music using vinyl records on a turntable. But apparently, there's a huge market for them. Of course, compared to other methods like streaming music, it's a tiny market.
I think it's similar with film.
If you can claim the know me, then you know one who still plays vinyl on a turntable. Just yesterday I was playing 45 rpm records (Kay Starr). The day before I was playing 8-tracks. Today (sort of snowed in with 8 degrees F) I’ll be playing some reel-to-reel tapes while in the darkroom.
I don't know anyone who still plays music using vinyl records on a turntable. But apparently, there's a huge market for them. Of course, compared to other methods like streaming music, it's a tiny market.
I think it's similar with film.
Really good point. The essential crisis in a post-truth world: if I don't see it, it's not true.
To your subordinate point: I have a friend who owns a company that makes $15k turntables: he can't make them fast enough and is very wealthy.
I don't know anyone who still plays music using vinyl records on a turntable. But apparently, there's a huge market for them. Of course, compared to other methods like streaming music, it's a tiny market.
I think it's similar with film.
What would you consider a "bellwether indicator"? If you follow (say) a $2500 medium format body listed on ebay and it is sold and then you check the feedback history of the seller and it says that he sold it for $2500, is that fake news?
Reputable U.S. dealers are selling top shelf stuff--Leica, Mamiya, Hasselblad, etc--for the same high prices as are listed by ebay sellers. A Hasselblad repairman I use told me that the cameras he sells have about doubled in price in the last 5 years. Is he also making this up?
I guess I'd want to know what evidence you have to the contrary.
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