Ron from Bed'th

[Ron Clark]

Hello all

I registered with APUG yestreday but haven't had time to fully explore it all yet but have managed to find this one at least. So then ...

I'm more or less retired now but in reality I'm my wife's carer although I have my own mobility problems too now. We live in Bedworth, Warwickshire in the UK and have done so for the last 7 years. My wife Jan and I are always going off on day trips all over the place and our last one was to North Wales last week. And guess what - I did something that I have never done before ... I put a new film in my camera and off we went but today I realised that it hadn't caught up on the wind on spool properly I've no 35mm shots from our day. More than a little disapointing that!!!

I'm a bit of an inbetweenie when it comes to photography cos I have a Minolta XD7 (plus a number of lenses, filters and so on and plan to start processing my own black and white films in the near future), and I also have a Konica Minolta Z5 digital. There's room for both mediums in this world guys n gals and I intend to make the best of both. Mind you, I read something in Amatuer Photographer that digital is now accounting for over 50% of Kodaks busness and the CEO said that if it carries on then film will be something he 'won't have time for' - what ever he means by that. Dunna sound good anyway.

So that it then ... see you all around.

Ron

 

[AeisLugh]

I'm a bit of an inbetweenie when it comes to photography cos I have a Minolta XD7 (plus a number of lenses, filters and so on and plan to start processing my own black and white films in the near future), and I also have a Konica Minolta Z5 digital. There's room for both mediums in this world guys n gals and I intend to make the best of both. Mind you, I read something in Amatuer Photographer that digital is now accounting for over 50% of Kodaks busness and the CEO said that if it carries on then film will be something he 'won't have time for' - what ever he means by that. Dunna sound good anyway.

So that it then ... see you all around.

Ron

It's going to be a sad day if film cameras and products go out of production altogether. Minolta has already announced that it is ceasing operations in the film camera field. I can see others doing the same thing, eventually. Analog photography, I think, may be headed towards becoming a niche market.

I completely agree with you that there is a place for both analog and digital cameras in the world. As someone who is fairly environmentally conscious, I know that when it comes to the run of the mill "shutterbug", Digital cameras do a hell of a lot to reduce waste. Less chemicals are used in processing, less paper needed to produce spoiled shots, etc. The digital cameras allow them to snap away at anything they want, and not clutter up the landfills.

However, people who are more seriously into photography, or who are more hands on, nothing beats an analog camera, the quality and possibilities, I think, still drastically outweigh the convenience of a digital medium.

Welcome to the Community!

 

[roteague]

Welcome Ron from Hawaii. You have found the friendliest group on the net.

 

[pentaxuser]

Welcome. Nice to see the Midlands being strengthened yet further

Pentaxuser

 

[Dave Miller]

Welcome Ron, enjoy the forum. When I used 35mm I often shot 48 on a roll; which was blank when developed.

 

[roy]

Hello Ron and welcome.

 

[Ron Clark]

Thank you all for the welcome. It's good to know we Brits are well represented in APUG - and that I'm not alone in the Midlands.

Ron