Should I sell all of my 70mm gear and film?

[analoguey]

Isnt the whole point of going to class to learn, for yourself?
How's getting a format that everyone wants to use/is using vs a format you want to use help?
Conformity for the sake of teacher having it is easy, or because everyone else's doing it, seems stupid - in higher education.

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[PKM-25]

I had some 70mm Techpan, a nice reel and tank and a back for my Hasselblad. I sold it because I felt it would be techy dabbling and techy dabbling does not help one make better photographs.

Always the golden rule, the most important image quality is the talent & vision behind the camera, everything else is a distant second or beyond.

 

[jerrybro]

I have too much stuff. The reasons are probably familiar to many of you. I may need that some day. I plan to use that for my (insert name here) project. That's still good. I can fix that. That is just missing a part that's lying around here somewhere. Do you know how much that cost? That belonged to great uncle whatshisname. One of the kids may want it someday. It took me years to find that. I'll finish it when I retire. They were practically giving it away.

I'm making an effort to change that. I've sold off my Leica kit because I wasn't using it anymore. I will not bring home another enlarger. I am only buying gear I will use, I don't care how cheap it is. If I'm not using it and it has value, I'm selling it. If it has no value I'm either giving it away or tossing it.

 

[StoneNYC]

I have too much stuff. The reasons are probably familiar to many of you. I may need that some day. I plan to use that for my (insert name here) project. That's still good. I can fix that. That is just missing a part that's lying around here somewhere. Do you know how much that cost? That belonged to great uncle whatshisname. One of the kids may want it someday. It took me years to find that. I'll finish it when I retire. They were practically giving it away.

I'm making an effort to change that. I've sold off my Leica kit because I wasn't using it anymore. I will not bring home another enlarger. I am only buying gear I will use, I don't care how cheap it is. If I'm not using it and it has value, I'm selling it. If it has no value I'm either giving it away or tossing it.

I went through a period when I first got into large-format for bike ride, where I sold off a lot of my Polaroid gear, I just wasn't shooting Polaroid on the 4x5, it seems silly to be spending all this extra time setting up and taking images that were of low-quality grain, maybe interesting a little bit, but too expensive, it just wasn't worth it, I sold off all of my remaining 4x5 Fuji Polaroid film and just kept the 3.25x4.25 stuff, I have on pack of FP-3000B and a pack of expired Polaroid 690, i've been trying to find something useful to shoot it with, I specifically want a model shoot, but I just can't find the right model, I know that seems silly but at least with this stuff there is some kind of right model out there I know it, but I wish she would get here soon so I could get rid of this back because I don't need the back anymore once these two packs are gone. I'll keep one of the MamiyaRZ67 backs because they aren't worth very much and why not just keep one in case I run into some film for some crazy reason, but other than that I'm going to get rid of it all that I know for sure, and have no remorse about it. But the 70mm is all really good film, Tech Pan and fresh HP5+ that last one is the worst, it cost a lot and I had to fight really hard to get it made, and by the time it ended up in my hands I had moved on...

It just seems like a learning lesson, I just can't figure out how to learn it the less-hard-way.

I've pulled all the film from my fridge and freezer, I'll let it de-thaw safely and then go through it all.

Fun times, thanks guys. I think what I'll end up doing is just taking the gear with me, at least 70 mm stuff and using it on this wedding trip that I'm going on, and then when I'm done with that I'll sell whatever's leftover, seems like the best option?

 

[Truzi]

Isnt the whole point of going to class to learn, for yourself?
How's getting a format that everyone wants to use/is using vs a format you want to use help?
Conformity for the sake of teacher having it is easy, or because everyone else's doing it, seems stupid - in higher education.

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If you are to learn for yourself, wouldn't that contra-indicate taking a college course?

There is a reason most college courses require, for example, specific editions of a given text. True, many do not always follow that, and it can cause problems (been there, done that). There is a reason that college courses require students have a certain level of competency in the language the course will be taught in. That is how higher education works.

An apprenticeship, on the other hand, can work quite differently.

Would it be stupid for a student to insist on using color film when taking a course that will print on black and white paper? It can be done, but would create certain inhibitions to the process of learning in that particular class.

 

[removed account4]

Isnt the whole point of going to class to learn, for yourself?
How's getting a format that everyone wants to use/is using vs a format you want to use help?
Conformity for the sake of teacher having it is easy, or because everyone else's doing it, seems stupid - in higher education.

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its the difference between being a student there to learn
and someone who
is there to show off his or her exotic gear and give impressions.

i agree with truzi it will slow down the class
and id the person with the exotic gear isnt thick skinned
classmates and teachers alike will think they are better than they
are and grill them alive in critique sessions.

as i said this was the case years ago when i was a student ..
a guy had an impressive and expensive camera, made the class think
he was better than he was ( by having expensive and exotic gear )
and from his first to final critique he came out bloodied and bruised.
this guy has skin as thick as a motorcycle jacket and could take it ..
but if he was thin skinned, got all pissed off and pouty when he was
criticized or joked about he would have dropped out ... i lost touch with him 20+ years ago
but last i read he was producing work and feeding himself well ...

maybe we are all jumping to conclusions and stone isnt going to school in the fall

 

[StoneNYC]

Hi, There is a bit of fresh 70mm film that is brand new for sale, an Agfa Aviphot product B&W film, no need to wait for Ilford to offer their HP-5 once a year with their ULF annual ordering program. look at this: http://www.macodirect.de/rollei-infrared-400sbr70mm-305m-p-428.html

I have always been toying with the idea of getting the 70mm back for the Hasselblad, good prices on ebay lately.

Trying to sell stuff on this forum can be a real waste of time because of the high content of "Forum Rats" and people who are broke, better off with ebay

Thanks, I don't have time to wait on eBay, when I get back if there's anything left I'll list it ok eBay then.

But I did decide to list some of it here...

(there was a url link here which no longer exists)

 

[k.hendrik]

I started with photographic equipment when I was 14(6x9 Zeiss Ikon box Tengor)now 49 years later still have it; with all of the good memories. Never sold anything btw only adding. Keep your stuff and stop whining

 

[StoneNYC]

I started with photographic equipment when I was 14(6x9 Zeiss Ikon box Tengor)now 49 years later still have it; with all of the good memories. Never sold anything btw only adding. Keep your stuff and stop whining

I've already sold most of it now that I'm willing to sell, kept a few rolls for myself and that's it.

I'm not whining, just asking for advice. Lol