Kodak Chemistry disruption

[fdonadio]

So it makes plenty of sense to me.

Sorry to quote only this single bit, but you wrote so much and I would need to “cherry pick” the parts I wanted to reply to.

Nowadays, it’s impossible to completely avoid computers. Like I wrote before, the smartphones in our pockets are just that: little computers. I talk to friends and family through “messengers” like Telegram and WhatsApp. We even have a family group, where we get in touch, invite one another to meals (not so much because of the pandemic), exchange photos… we get to see nieces and nephews that live far away more often. That’s the good part.

My real job, that pays for my cameras, film and chemicals, is in the IT area. I’m a “mobility specialist”, in the highly-specialized field of AIDC (pretty much barcodes and RFID). I configure barcode printers and scanners, and also work with related equipment, like networking. Recently, I got this one time gig to develop a software for Android-based barcode-enabled mobile computers. I’ve been pulling my hair out for two weeks now. Thankfully, I’m testing and working on the last details. It should be shipped by Monday.

And after that, I’m here talking to you guys, who are pretty much the only people I can have a decent talk about photography.

It’s a brave new world, indeed.

 

[markjwyatt]

...I did and still have several of the legendary Nikkor 105mm f/2.5 so I was not ignorant of the usefulness of the 105mm focal length, ...

I have one of the Sonnar types in Contax mount. It is quite bulky on the Contax iia, but I like the lens.


stump by Mark Wyatt, on Flickr

 

[markjwyatt]

Sorry to quote only this single bit, but you wrote so much and I would need to “cherry pick” the parts I wanted to reply to.

Nowadays, it’s impossible to completely avoid computers. Like I wrote before, the smartphones in our pockets are just that: little computers. I talk to friends and family through “messengers” like Telegram and WhatsApp. We even have a family group, where we get in touch, invite one another to meals (not so much because of the pandemic), exchange photos… we get to see nieces and nephews that live far away more often. That’s the good part.

My real job, that pays for my cameras, film and chemicals, is in the IT area. I’m a “mobility specialist”, in the highly-specialized field of AIDC (pretty much barcodes and RFID). I configure barcode printers and scanners, and also work with related equipment, like networking. Recently, I got this one time gig to develop a software for Android-based barcode-enabled mobile computers. I’ve been pulling my hair out for two weeks now. Thankfully, I’m testing and working on the last details. It should be shipped by Monday.

And after that, I’m here talking to you guys, who are pretty much the only people I can have a decent talk about photography.

It’s a brave new world, indeed.

From what I read here, quite a few of us are in tech fields. That may just be a sign of the times, but I also wonder of that also drives to appreciate analog. When you work on computers all day, the last thing you want is to take one out on the weekend!

 

[MattKing]

From what I read here, quite a few of us are in tech fields. That may just be a sign of the times, but I also wonder of that also drives to appreciate analog. When you work on computers all day, the last thing you want is to take one out on the weekend!

It probably worked the other way as well.
After all, film photography was once one of the cutting edge tech fields for many.

 

[Sirius Glass]

From what I read here, quite a few of us are in tech fields. That may just be a sign of the times, but I also wonder of that also drives to appreciate analog. When you work on computers all day, the last thing you want is to take one out on the weekend!

I have felt that way for years. I started programming the IBM 7094 in October 1963.

 

[mshchem]

Regarding chemistry issues. I ordered C41 Fujicolor developer from Unique Photo in New Jersey, delivered to my residential address in Iowa in 3 days, UPS ground. I have enough color chemistry to last until 2024 .

Fujifilm is still alive and well, hopefully the SinoPromise folks can get the transportation issues resolved. I'm hoping!

 

[MattKing]

I started programming the IBM 7094 in October 1963.

I started grade 2 in September 1963.
Thanks for making me feel young .

 

[Donald Qualls]

I started grade 2 in September 1963.

And I started grade 1 in Sept. 1966.

 

[Donald Qualls]

Donald, if I could suggest a Nikkor lens in that range that is often (nearly always imo) overlooked is the Ai-S 105mm f/1.8

I've bookmarked this post, but I have a question. I think I recall that AI-S lenses will work on pre-AI bodies, as long as they have the "rabbit ears" installed -- but they don't normally come with those and some later ones don't even have the holes drilled and tapped to install such. Am I recalling this correctly? My Nikkormat FT2 would like to know...

 

[removed account4]

I would be fun to have a list of goodprocessing chemicals made from household supplies. Does that exist somewhere?

not sure,
I can think of a handful
vit c
tylenol
drain cleaner (lye)
baking soda
coffee
tea
beer
wine
salt
pine needles
shallots
vinegar (clean plain )
fruit wash (citric acid )
and then there is the whole of darkroom-experimente 's thread. ... ( https://www.photrio.com/forum/threads/edible-film-developers.33501/ )

 

[Donald Qualls]

I'd add washing soda and borax to that list -- in the US, at least, both are readily available in the laundry aisle of most supermarkets.

 

[removed account4]

I'd add washing soda and borax to that list -- in the US, at least, both are readily available in the laundry aisle of most supermarkets.

I forgot about borax! I figured baking soda + heat makes the washing soda + H20.
but yea probably easier to get the box of washing soda

 

[takilmaboxer]

I was in fourth grade in 1965 when I picked up my Dad's Agfa folder and started shooting. It died many years ago but I now have a whole closet of folders. An excellent antidote to our computer saturated existence.

 

[Donald Qualls]

I now have a whole closet of folders. An excellent antidote to our computer saturated existence.

Yep, more than half the cameras I own have a bellows -- actually, probably 70% or higher. Of course, that includes the RB67 and my two Graphic Views (original and II), not really properly folders. Bakelite body is another nice anodyne.

 

[faberryman]

I was in fourth grade in 1965 when I picked up my Dad's Agfa folder and started shooting. It died many years ago but I now have a whole closet of folders. An excellent antidote to our computer saturated existence.

I am not sure how having a whole closet of folders is an antidote to our computer saturated existence.

 

[Donald Qualls]

I am not sure how having a whole closet of folders is an antidote to our computer saturated existence.

Try it. You'll like it!

 

[faberryman]

+1. In fact all that clutter would stress me out more than my iPhone does.

It is sort of like saying having a closet full of rotary phones is an anecdote to our cellphone saturated existence. The anecdote to our cellphone saturated existence is to moderate your use your cellphone.

 

[removed account4]

I am not sure how having a whole closet of folders is an antidote to our computer saturated existence.

maybe it has to do with the pot belly stove .. and radon

 

[MattKing]

I am not sure how having a whole closet of folders is an antidote to our computer saturated existence.

I was going to say something here about coming out of the closet, but that is ripe for misunderstanding!

 

[Sirius Glass]

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I started grade 2 in September 1963.
Thanks for making me feel young .

And I started grade 1 in Sept. 1966.

I was in fourth grade in 1965 when I picked up my Dad's Agfa folder and started shooting. It died many years ago but I now have a whole closet of folders. An excellent antidote to our computer saturated existence.

Thank you for making me feel even older, but I still do not want to spend any more time behind a computer.

 

[faberryman]

Thank you for making me feel even older, but I still do not want to spend any more time behind a computer.

Then don't. There are probably a couple things you need to do on a computer each day but not many.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Then don't.

Hence a darkroom.

 

[faberryman]

Hence a darkroom.

Exactly.

 

[Moose22]

Sorry to quote only this single bit, but you wrote so much and I would need to “cherry pick” the parts I wanted to reply to.

Nowadays, it’s impossible to completely avoid computers. L...
And after that, I’m here talking to you guys, who are pretty much the only people I can have a decent talk about photography.

It’s a brave new world, indeed.

Exactly.

And I'm glad you're here.

I do a lot in isolation. I jut go at it. But sometimes it's nice to be inspired by like minded folks, and it gives me confidence to have resources.

One relevant example -- It was places like this that got me to choose to develop at home and what processes to use. When I wasn't sure about which to use I was able to ask about fixers, and to know that the eco stuff is the same as kodak x-tol, and to understand what each step of the process did. That gave me the confidence to move to that step in the hobby knowing I had advisors a click away.

I can learn a lot of that from a book, too, but something's cool about not only learning it, but also connecting with the people telling me about it.

 

[fdonadio]

And I started grade 1 in Sept. 1966.

And I was born in August ‘77.