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Post by geoffr on Jan 27, 2023 18:29:40 GMT
Anyway they tend to win arguments simply by standing tall and looking big (they are tall and big).
And they have the additional advantage that - if there's a lack of cogency in their argument - they can just flatten you.
Which means pretty much what would happen to anyone hit with a Nikon F5. |
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Post by John Farrell on Jan 27, 2023 18:47:47 GMT
Prompted by this thread, I updated my film camera database yesterday. 83 cameras...I do have 2 digital cameras in use.
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Post by don on Mar 18, 2024 11:44:30 GMT
I’ll stick with digital, my last film ended up costing near on thirty quid Anyone else finding it so expensive to use film? What is the average cost for developing printing a colour film in 2024 as I said before it ended up costing me nearly thirty quid. |
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Post by spinno on Mar 18, 2024 12:00:35 GMT
I’ll stick with digital, my last film ended up costing near on thirty quid Anyone else finding it so expensive to use film? What is the average cost for developing printing a colour film in 2024 as I said before it ended up costing me nearly thirty quid. I looked the other day. A fiver for a roll for developing only, it's the prints that cost. |
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Post by zou on Mar 18, 2024 15:16:00 GMT
Anyone else finding it so expensive to use film? What is the average cost for developing printing a colour film in 2024 as I said before it ended up costing me nearly thirty quid. I looked the other day. A fiver for a roll for developing only, it's the prints that cost. Wait to see the price of scans! |
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Post by spinno on Mar 18, 2024 15:49:04 GMT
I looked the other day. A fiver for a roll for developing only, it's the prints that cost. Wait to see the price of scans! That as well! I scan my own so it's not so bad. |
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Post by zou on Mar 18, 2024 18:51:50 GMT
Wait to see the price of scans! That as well! I scan my own so it's not so bad. Same, but I hear the new to film folk are often only interested in scans. |
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Post by spinno on Mar 18, 2024 19:22:29 GMT
That as well! I scan my own so it's not so bad. Same, but I hear the new to film folk are often only interested in scans. Gullibility at play? Probably not but relatively easy money to make. |
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Post by JohnY on Mar 18, 2024 23:44:49 GMT
I see the point of using film and analogue printing. Its too much bother to me but I do see its appeal.
I use digital cameras and when I print I am happy to have inkjet prints, or even laser for some dtp.
I have never understood the need to use film and then scan.If you are going to print or display digitally then just take a digital picture.
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Post by Chester PB on Mar 18, 2024 23:51:43 GMT
I don't understand the point of using a film camera and then only scanning the negatives or transparencies. Before finally settling on Kodachrome, I did my own monochrome for a few years, and the best bit was always making prints and watching the image develop in a darkroom lit by a safelight. However, temporarily blacking out the kitchen was never easy, and my trusty Soviet 'enlarger in a small suitcase' only enabled relatively small enlargements. I even experimented with Cibachrome prints from Kodachrome slides, but the success rate was low and hence the cost per print high. I still have one of my successes in a 10x8 inch frame on display.
My use of Kodachrome lasted until I could no longer buy it, and my last roll had to be posted to Rochester in the USA which was the last lab to close. Since then I have been using a DSLR. |
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Post by John Farrell on Mar 19, 2024 1:38:07 GMT
I don't understand the point of using a film camera and then only scanning the negatives or transparencies. Before finally settling on Kodachrome, I did my own monochrome for a few years, and the best bit was always making prints and watching the image develop in a darkroom lit by a safelight. However, temporarily blacking out the kitchen was never easy, and my trusty Soviet 'enlarger in a small suitcase' only enabled relatively small enlargements. I even experimented with Cibachrome prints from Kodachrome slides, but the success rate was low and hence the cost per print high. I still have one of my successes in a 10x8 inch frame on display.
My use of Kodachrome lasted until I could no longer buy it, and my last roll had to be posted to Rochester in the USA which was the last lab to close. Since then I have been using a DSLR. I like to use the relics I buy, and fix up, but rarely do I produce a negative I would want to print. I do want to see the results of my shooting, however, so scanning the negatives is an easy way to do this - I don't have a darkroom. If I do have a printable negative, I can take the scan to a photo shop, and have them print it. |
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Post by spinno on Mar 19, 2024 11:48:24 GMT
I understand why people think it's a faff scanning negatives or slides, but for me it's a reminder of how hands on my photography was for a while, with the excitement of the the negative and print producing "something from nothing".
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Post by don on Mar 20, 2024 15:05:37 GMT
It is so many years since I last developed anything that it seems like another lifetime. I do remember the thrill of watching an image develop in front of me. Digital has made photography more accessible and popular/possible for so many more people. It’s virtually ‘free’ nowadays. Everyone has a phone and most people have digital devices to mess around with images ie print crop or ‘shop’ it only gets expensive when it comes to printing. That’s why film is expensive but then we all know that and I’m just stating that obvious. I’m going to stop now because I’m not actually achieving anything by blathering on.
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Post by willien on Mar 20, 2024 16:00:32 GMT
It is so many years since I last developed anything that it seems like another lifetime. I do remember the thrill of watching an image develop in front of me. Digital has made photography more accessible and popular/possible for so many more people. It’s virtually ‘free’ nowadays. Everyone has a phone and most people have digital devices to mess around with images ie print crop or ‘shop’ it only gets expensive when it comes to printing. That’s why film is expensive but then we all know that and I’m just stating that obvious. I’m going to stop now because I’m not actually achieving anything by blathering on.I can't help but feel you have not fully got the hang of Social Media.  |
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Post by spinno on Mar 20, 2024 16:02:31 GMT
It is so many years since I last developed anything that it seems like another lifetime. I do remember the thrill of watching an image develop in front of me. Digital has made photography more accessible and popular/possible for so many more people. It’s virtually ‘free’ nowadays. Everyone has a phone and most people have digital devices to mess around with images ie print crop or ‘shop’ it only gets expensive when it comes to printing. That’s why film is expensive but then we all know that and I’m just stating that obvious. I’m going to stop now because I’m not actually achieving anything by blathering on.I can't help but feel you have not fully got the hang of Social Media. Do you have a valid source for this opinion? |
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