Let's All Print (or Maybe Scan) One Negative 2025

[tezzasmall]

That's good enthusiasm!

I aim to please Don!

Hi, Terry
Glad to see you back in the exchange related activities.

Yes, it's been a while Bedrof. But the cost of sending many bits around the world from the UK has become a bit too expensive. Also, I was lucky if I received one reply from the Postcard exchange, with the majority not even acknowledging receipt of my work...

The 1 to 1 swaps were fine though, so I may return to those. I'll have to investigate.

Why am I not surprised that the UK is behind here?

LOL. Like posted earlier, I can get something to Europe in just a few days, but sending something local, in the same town, and it takes a week or more...?

Oh, and before I forget, which is the main reason for signing in, was to acknowledge receipt of the negative. Many thanks again! I hope to have a spare period early next week. I'm looking forward to printing it, as doing something with someone else's negative, is always fun. And the wait to see what others are doing will probably give me a couple of sleepless nights!

Can you all tell how excited I am by this challenge?

Terry S
UK

 

[Don_ih]

Can you all tell how excited I am by this challenge?

I'm glad you're excited and I look forward to seeing what you do.

As for the postcard exchange, it currently seems to be pretty close to a 100% sending and received rate. Or I haven't had any complaints. Most people seem to reporting when they receive a card.

The expense, though, is pretty significant.

 

[snusmumriken]

My negative has arrived at last! It doesn’t seem so very dense. I’m going to the dentist tomorrow, and I had expected I would have to ask them to x-ray it. But I think I can cope with my normal wattage enlarger bulb. Hoping to have a go next week.

 

[Don_ih]

It doesn’t seem so very dense.

It's not impenetrable but it is on the overcooked side.

 

[Kenny Harrelson]

There have been a few traveling cameras....

Does anyone remember back in 2010 when a group was created on Flickr called "One Rokkor Around The World?" A 50mm Minolta Rokkor lens travelled around the world, one user at a time. Each participant received the lens from the previous partricipant, documented his area with it, on 35mm film, then sent it along to the next one on the list. It was great fun! It was tried again a couple years later with a 35mm prime Minolta Rokkor lens, but I don't think that one finished it's journey and arrived back home.

 

[gbroadbridge]

Does anyone remember back in 2010 when a group was created on Flickr called "One Rokkor Around The World?" A 50mm Minolta Rokkor lens travelled around the world, one user at a time. Each participant received the lens from the previous partricipant, documented his area with it, on 35mm film, then sent it along to the next one on the list. It was great fun! It was tried again a couple years later with a 35mm prime Minolta Rokkor lens, but I don't think that one finished it's journey and arrived back home.

We had a few travelling cameras years ago, but the logistics of shipping cameras and lenses internationally became too difficult.
And of course the longer the chain, the less likelihood of a device ever arriving at its destination.

It would be almost impossible these days, unless limited to a single geographic area.

 

[koraks]

In a small group that also included @gary mulder, we did an exchange of negatives a few years ago. Everyone shot one roll of 35mm film, and then every participant got to print one negative (of their choice) from each roll. This means that the negatives traveled in a circle past every participant. This worked only because @gary mulder diligently monitored where every set was and pushed people to adhere to the agreed-upon planning. Our group was 6-7 people as I recall, and the process took a few months to complete. It was a fun exercise, but the logistics involved would just not scale up to an international forum and a larger number of participants - negatives would get 'stuck' somewhere and ultimately lost. Btw, we did this exercise during the Covid restrictions; we came together to view the resulting prints when the restrictions had lifted.

 

[rduraoc]

Yesterday the letter with the precious content arrived (in good nick). I might be able to get some printing time this weekend, as I already have some ideas on how to tackle the challenge. Thanks again to @Don_ih for this initiative!

 

[BHuij]

In a small group that also included @gary mulder, we did an exchange of negatives a few years ago. Everyone shot one roll of 35mm film, and then every participant got to print one negative (of their choice) from each roll. This means that the negatives traveled in a circle past every participant. This worked only because @gary mulder diligently monitored where every set was and pushed people to adhere to the agreed-upon planning. Our group was 6-7 people as I recall, and the process took a few months to complete. It was a fun exercise, but the logistics involved would just not scale up to an international forum and a larger number of participants - negatives would get 'stuck' somewhere and ultimately lost. Btw, we did this exercise during the Covid restrictions; we came together to view the resulting prints when the restrictions had lifted.

This sounds like fun.