People who can play with cameras to enjoy themselves.
I understand the sentiment, but I think that denigrates those of us who are "artists" -- or strive to be.
Me, not included.
People who can play with cameras to enjoy themselves.
Why do people love corks instead of screw-caps, when it comes to wine bottles?
Why do hobby chefs use expensive Japanese knives which no pro would ever use in the daily grind of a gourmet restaurant?
Because they love them, irrationally.
I will take an educated guess and say that in this forum, probably 60-70% are hobbyists. People who can play with cameras to enjoy themselves. Let them have their fun; their preferences are likely to be different from people who have to earn money with cameras.
Why shoot analogue colour photos?
Why not?
Here's what the TSA says about film:
Film
Carry On Bags: Yes
Checked Bags: Yes
We recommend that you put undeveloped film and cameras containing undeveloped film in your carry-on bags or take undeveloped film with you to the checkpoint and ask for a hand inspection.
For more prohibited items, please go to the 'What Can I Bring?' page.
The final decision rests with the TSA officer on whether an item is allowed through the checkpoint.
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Film | Transportation Security Administration
We recommend that you put undeveloped film and cameras containing undeveloped film in your carry-on bags or take undeveloped film with you to the checkpoint and ask for a hand inspection.www.tsa.gov
Does anyone know if checks are waived if you are in TSA Pre-Check or TSA Trusted Travelers programs?
None of them is fiddling in the darkroom, or is using ancient tech.
When I began I shot slides because I didn't do the printing myself. Now that I no longer have a darkroom I shoot slides because I can't do the printing myself. So actually shooting slides is to reduce the workflow down to shooting and viewing and bypass the processing step. I pushed process the Ektachrome once back in the late 70's but no more as I hate the result. So I just have my slide film processed as per manufacturer intended. I view my slides with a projector just like I view my digital on the computer screen. I never show my photos to anyone unless I was asked to do so.
The inconvenience of bringing film
The few pros I know are 100% focused on their "project", being on location, capturing images. None of them is fiddling in the darkroom, or is using ancient tech.
Sounds like some awfully boring galleries, Milpool ... same inkjet media everywhere. Why bother to restore the paint on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel when the Venetian Casino in Las Vegas can do the same thing with mass-produced digitized wallpaper? Sure, precisely hanging huge sheets of wallpaper way up high is a skilled craft in its own right; but who will give a damn when it's all torn down a decade later?
But my way is actually multiple ways. Not dismissing any of the ways: ramifications of assuming digital as a minaturized, compact and simple workflow with baked in processing. Again YMMV as everyone has a different use/perspective/workflow.I can go on and on about the inconvenience of digital -- but I won't.
It's as big a PITA as film.
What did Frank Sinatra sing?????????????.
What's nonsensical about it? Many still appreciate a degree of hands-on craft, even in its quirkiness. Others might simply appreciate the tactile experience of working in a darkroom, as opposed to punching more keys. Frankly, the best inkjet prints I've ever seen were made by people with a lot of color darkroom experience prior to that - but the inkjets never gave the same impression, even if allegedly "better" due to a higher degree of "control". In other words, I prefer their pre-digital work more, and apparently so do others. There seems to be a lot more individual touch to it.
I live in the heart of Tech Land. You'd be amazed at how many times I've had high paid digital imaging pros and even CEOs bump into me on the trail with my tripod set up, who expressed a wish they could have the opportunity to work with a view camera too, and print in a real darkroom. Why would they want just more of the same ole "day job" on their time off?
There are qualitative reasons as well, Milpool. An optical print has a different look than a digital one, capable of being more nuanced. Yeah, a highly skilled operator of an expensive laser printing device can hypothetically do something similar, especially in color, but might not have the schedule or insight to print with the same impact. Often there is simply no substitute for slow careful personal home cooking.
Does that mean that it's safe for the film to put it into checked baggage, or that the TSA has no problem with you destroying your film that way?
Wasn't this not going to be a digital vs film argument?
There are qualitative reasons as well, Milpool. An optical print has a different look than a digital one, capable of being more nuanced. Yeah, a highly skilled operator of an expensive laser printing device can hypothetically do something similar, especially in color, but might not have the schedule or insight to print with the same impact. Often there is simply no substitute for slow careful personal home cooking.
But the question is (I think) if it is a given the final thing to be viewed will not be a darkroom print, why shoot color film and then scan it etc. vs just shooting with a digital camera in the first place.
But the question is (I think) if it is a given the final thing to be viewed will not be a darkroom print, why shoot color film and then scan it etc. vs just shooting with a digital camera in the first place.
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