Not sure how that relates to film. Probably doesn't.
It doesn't always have to be a shallow "better than" equation, like computer geek's addiction to hardware bake-offs. Can one not like and respect tubes for the same reason one likes and respects the guitar itself (hardly a modern instrument)?
To look at it this way is very apropo.
s-a
So what does this have to do with stocking up on Kodak?
With respect to Kodachrome, I used to be a heavy Kodachrome user until I went back to school in 2005. Between 2005 and 2009 when I was in college, my film use dropped off almost completely because I had no money and no time. Unfortunately, it probably means I contributed in a small way to Kodachrome's discontinuation.
I finally go the student debt situation under control just over a year ago and got back into photography just as Kodachrome processing was winding down so I moved over to various E6 films. I've been trying to stock up on Kodak film for several weeks now because I go on vacation on Friday but every time one of the stores I go to gets an order in, they've either sold out quickly or been near sold out. The result is that I've been getting a few rolls of Kodak film here and there but not in the quantity I've been hoping for. However, the big upside to this is that Kodak's products are moving and sales are being made which is far better than the alternative of film languishing on shelves or in refrigerators slowly going stale.
In town this morning, going to work. I passed a young man (20s) who had a Rollieflex laying on the sidewalk, shooting up, I would imagine. I said 'Nice rollie' and he thanked me. Stupid me. That was a bake-off, writ small. I should have held up the F I was carrying and said 'Thanks for shooting film young man'.
s-a
our local store carries 35mm, 120, 220, 8x10, 11x14. all kinds of obscure formats. they probably have a better selection of non-35mm format.
Ok, color me clueless, but what the hell is a "bake off?" I never heard the term before this thread. I took it to mean a competition between two devices or modes, but what was he comparing to his Rollei? Or...did you mean it was a chance to compare with your Nikon? But how could you do that without seeing the results?
Sorry, I just don't get it.
You folks can actually walk into a store and buy film?
Yes, a bake-off is a competition, coined by the computer realm and usually referring to a head-to-head competition to find the "best" computer, graphics card, database engine, etc.
I condemned my own remark to the man because the quality of his camera was of no bearing to my reason for saying something to him; he was shooting film, that was what was important. I'm glad he took it as a complement, it was a nice Rollie, but it was not what I really wanted to say. I stumbled there. Whatever camera I was carrying was irrelevant too. What was important there was that I was a fellow analog photographer. If I wasn't late for work I would have stopped for a bit and asked about what he was "after", but I was late, alas.
s-a
Walked into a local retail store a few days ago. Bought five rolls of 35mm Provia 100F. Got is out of a self-serve refridgerator. That fridge was about six or eight glass doors long. Checked out the other doors. Ilford, Kodak, Fuji everywhere. 35mm, 120, 4x5, 5x7, 8x10, 6.5x8.5 (whole plate), 4x10, and other oddbal sizes of sheet film. 100-foot bulk rolls of b&w in many different flavors. Pro packs, individual rolls, Fuji color papers. And on and on and on. All right there for the taking...
I think you need to move to the Pacific Northwest.
Ken
[Transcribed by Ken's new occupational therapist after he chopped off both of his hands in post #113 in (there was a url link here which no longer exists).]
Distribution's an interesting point because I recall hearing bits and pieces when Kodak did sell directly to stores that they could sometimes be a difficult company to deal with. Getting rid of their in-house distribution system does explain why Kodak Canada demolished their office building at Eglinton & Black Creek Dr. I could understand tearing down the factory buildings but I couldn't figure out why the office building since they'd have to rent space elsewhere to accommodate the staff that worked there. If they ditched the internal distribution arm and other administrative functions and laid off the staff, that'd explain why they didn't need the office space.
I've been trying to stock up on Kodak film for several weeks now because I go on vacation on Friday but every time one of the stores I go to gets an order in, they've either sold out quickly or been near sold out. The result is that I've been getting a few rolls of Kodak film here and there but not in the quantity I've been hoping for. However, the big upside to this is that Kodak's products are moving and sales are being made which is far better than the alternative of film languishing on shelves or in refrigerators slowly going stale.
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