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  1. 25th January 2017, 12:56 PM #1
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    Film is not dead

    Traditional film photography makes a comeback in digital age - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)


    Good to hear. I love using my medium format camera.


    Who else uses film?
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  2. 31st January 2017, 01:24 AM #2
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    Still using my Canon 100 with my stock of Kodak T-Max B&W film.

    I hope that the internal light sealing foam will not degrade and become stuck to the shutter because as spare parts are not available any more, I have changed it a some years ago and it was a very difficult sourcing it.
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  3. 31st January 2017, 07:05 AM #3
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    Tell that to Eastman,,
    "How long since you've visited The Good Oil?"

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    Film has reached the same stage of life as classic-shaped Landrovers. They aren't making any new ones but people still appreciate driving the old ones, even if some of them only do it on special occasions.
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  5. 31st January 2017, 10:00 AM #5
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    I've got heaps of absolutely MINT Pentax Screw Mount (Super Multi Coated, last series) equipment, plus two cameras,...still trying to work out what to do with all of it, I suppose I'll give ebay a go one day, but what a pain it will be,....anyone know a better way?
    Pickles.
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    I'm the same, I have a Nikonos 1V-A underwater camera with a dedicated SB-101 strobe.
    Originally cost a lot of money, takes fantastic photos on land as well.

    I would sell it to an enthusiast at a proper price but I'm not giving it away....it can go with some of the 19th century stuff I have if no one appreciates it.

    at least my 'children' are educated to these things, they will always have a home.
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    Back from the Dead . . .

    Rejoice ! Ektachrome is rising from the grave...

    https://fstoppers.com/film/kodak-bri...mmakers-160222

    and ...

    https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora...-reversal-film

    But, while KODAK brings something back, ZEISS is ending an era...
    - https://petapixel.com/2012/12/09/end...-be-shuttered/


    For the older photographers...
    https://petapixel.com/2017/02/04/ber...ancro400-film/

    And to think I chucked out my LPL enlarger a couple of years ago...
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  8. 6th February 2017, 09:21 PM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pickles2 View Post
    I've got heaps of absolutely MINT Pentax Screw Mount (Super Multi Coated, last series) equipment, plus two cameras,...still trying to work out what to do with all of it, I suppose I'll give ebay a go one day, but what a pain it will be,....anyone know a better way?
    Pickles.
    Yes, go back to Basics.... shoot and develop your own B&W film... Or, if you'd rather not, then send it here:- http://fotofast.com.au/about-us.html

    Doubt if you'd get anywhere near what they're worth, maybe in 10 - 20 years time when 'Photographic Nostalgia' is in full swing
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  9. 7th February 2017, 01:00 PM #9
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    It's great, it puts the skill back into composition and none of the snap,snap,snap,snap pick one of the best and edit post.
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    Back in The Day, when I worked at WA Newspapers, we shared a floor with the Photographers.
    They were just coming off the 5x7" sheet film Speed Graphics / glass flashbulbs, and a Photog would go out on a job with three double-sided film-holders, some flashbulbs in the other jacket pocket and a bus ticket.

    - He'd shoot maybe 2 or 4 pics, come back, develop the film and sent the proof-sheet up to Editorial, who would select ONE pic for the story.

    Then they graduated to Mamiya 220 and 330's, the ones with interchangable lens-boards... and Bell & Howell Electronic flashguns.
    He'd go out on a job with maybe a second lens-board (different focal length) and perhaps a second roll of 120 film... Just in case.
    He'd shoot whatever, up to 12/20 shots, develop and print a proof sheet.
    - One pic would be used...

    Then we made a giant leap into 35mm with NIKON SLR's, like the rest of the civilised world... The now geriatric Photog would stagger out on a job with a large shoulder-bag, two bodies, a couple or more lenses (depending on job) a METZ electronic flash and a dozen rolls of 36 exp. film By then Photogs were allowed to drive Company Cars...
    He'd shoot a roll, come back to develop / proof sheet 36pics.
    The Editors again would use the best one...

    When I left, the younger generation of starry eyed snappers would go out on a job with a couple of DSLR bodies, some lenses, flashguns, handful of memory cards, laptop, mobile phone and iPad

    He/she would shoot 100 or more happy-snaps, bring them back and put them all up on the Internal Browser.
    Editor would trawl through....

    And pick ONE photo Or three if the journalist hadn't written enough coherent words for the story......

    That's called progress, and you can guess at the artistic 'quality' of the pictures
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