I was hesitating whether or not this is a topic for E&P or for the lounge, but since it pertains to photography, I've posted it here at the risk of being banned to the lounge ;-)
Here, in the neck of the woods called Holland, older people with cameras often tell us that 'naturally' they have a camera especially for use with slide film and one for use with negative film. This is always said with an air of authority, as if we're all supposed to have been let into this secret photographic knowledge. This 'mythical' distinction between the world of slides and the world of negs finds an echo in photography magazines from the fifties and sixties - at least one article per month mentions this difference. I've come across columns titled 'color & slide' - and they weren't about color slide film, oh no!
To us, the modern generation (haha) this sounds like a load of crap. I wouldn't even want to consider having two sets of cameras for each type of film, no thanks, bloody hell, our gear is heavy enough as it is.
But what we wonder is (and you don't have to answer this question): where does this local folklore stem from? Does it have any footing in reality? Or is this a genuine example of the Dutch having fabricated a fabulous myth? -- (and because the Dutch 'always know best' -one of our least well known, yet very pervasive national characteristics - , this myth never gets eradicated)
Has anyone come across this 'myth' outside of Holland? Or can you tell what would be the typical bogus story about photography in your neck of the woods? Consider this question as a very important bit of field work in the area of cultural anthropology of analogous photography...all right, you can skip the last sentence, been reading too many governmet documents on cultural heritage lately...
But... I am looking forward to your tales of lore,
Norm
Here, in the neck of the woods called Holland, older people with cameras often tell us that 'naturally' they have a camera especially for use with slide film and one for use with negative film. This is always said with an air of authority, as if we're all supposed to have been let into this secret photographic knowledge. This 'mythical' distinction between the world of slides and the world of negs finds an echo in photography magazines from the fifties and sixties - at least one article per month mentions this difference. I've come across columns titled 'color & slide' - and they weren't about color slide film, oh no!
To us, the modern generation (haha) this sounds like a load of crap. I wouldn't even want to consider having two sets of cameras for each type of film, no thanks, bloody hell, our gear is heavy enough as it is.
But what we wonder is (and you don't have to answer this question): where does this local folklore stem from? Does it have any footing in reality? Or is this a genuine example of the Dutch having fabricated a fabulous myth? -- (and because the Dutch 'always know best' -one of our least well known, yet very pervasive national characteristics - , this myth never gets eradicated)
Has anyone come across this 'myth' outside of Holland? Or can you tell what would be the typical bogus story about photography in your neck of the woods? Consider this question as a very important bit of field work in the area of cultural anthropology of analogous photography...all right, you can skip the last sentence, been reading too many governmet documents on cultural heritage lately...
But... I am looking forward to your tales of lore,
Norm