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I don't print out photos anymore - just send 'em or post them electronically.
Digital allows you to stay in what I call 'idiot' mode...
I'm surprised that it's as early as 2002/3 that digital cameras overtook film. Hm, but, well, now that I think about it, I did already have a digital camera then A Canon 2MP, still got it somewhere Film used to be easier than digital is now. Maybe I was less fussy in those days. Just drop the roll off and an hour later you've got prints. Need a larger one, just tell them the number. No mucking around with post processing, printer inks, clogged jets, backup drives, etc etc.
Being 64 yrs old, and having gone thru many, many cameras, film, darkroom etc.....digital is a blessing.........I would not go back to Film....even as nostalgic as it is even for me...Time marches on with our without us smiling!Alex
it was one of those Sony 1.3MP one that record on floppy disk
Hey! This is a big one.... at least for some like me who started out in photography back in the old day of film. http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/01/19/eastman-kodak-files-for-bankruptcy/ The ironic thing about this that Kodak invented the digital photography............................ ....
Always, changes are hard to accept. Life goes on. Don't look back. That's why I'm not looking back at vinyl.... For some, it's STILL a good feeling to be driving around a '56 Ford, right?
I caught this thread in passing and couldn't help but smile at this. I'm STILL using one of those! Being completely honest, I've just been to cheap/lazy to replace it. The CCD is starting to get a little bad, the ancient Dell laptop that I'm using as a big, ugly floppy to USB drive converter is in about as rough shape as the camera, the rechargeable battery only holds a charge for about an hour, and I've only got a handful of working floppy disks left. . .. . . but we continue trudging on! (. . . but seriously, I really do need to finally pony up for a new camera. . .)
Just found this thread. I am depressed about some of my favorite films going away. The end of Kdoachrome was bad, but my other two staples E100Vs and Fugi Velvia 50 (in sheet film) gone. I still have some stock in my freezer (which is why I am just discovering these films gone), but when I found out about it I lost sleep...I do also shoot digital (just received a new digital camera yesterday even), but it does not replace of the experience of shooting with film for me.
And my film of choice is still Tri-X... I think I will cry if Kodak stop making Tri-X :>
Hey! Well, time to say goodbye to another film. This time is the Kodak BW400CN....http://www.popphoto.com/gear/2014/08/kodak-officially-discontinues-bw400cn-film It's a C41 B&W film, so you can drop it off at any color lab that do color C41 even at the drugstores. Although I've never use this film, since I like to use the real traditional B&W film and develop it myself... still it is sad to see another Kodak film gone. Anyway, there is another C41 B&W film available and that is Ilford XP2 and look like Ilford is still dong well and have more B&W films available. Sadly I'm not much of Ilford films fan, I like the edginess of Kodak film better. But it is good to know that there is an alternative out there. Take care,Buddy
It is sad about Kodak. If you lived during any film/negative photography era, you might understand this. For me, I did shoot film slr, and made the leap to digital. To be able to see, instantly, the settings you made compared to the final image on the small LCD screen on the camera helps one to understand topics like f-stops or aperture, the effects for various shutter speeds to capture motion and over exposure vs under exposure. It is easier, I think, to learn about how cameras control light, to the point one can capture an image on a sensor.I also agree with an earlier post, darkroom activities used to be very messy. Not to mention, toxic to one's self and the environment. The digital darkroom can be overwhelming, but amazing too. I always thought digital photography would make photographs in the courtroom as evidence, obsolete.
I worked for Kodak for 15 years until our division was sold to J&J. I used to go up to Rochester and Kodak park was a city within the city. Now KP is a wasteland, they demolished most of the buildings so they wouldn't have to pay taxes on them...Johnhttp://www.wired.com/2012/11/robert-burley-disappearance-of-darkness/#slideid-494002
This is such a sad passing of things past. Film along with cassettes and other such things, just makes me think of the time passing by. At least vinyl is alive and kicking. I actually saw some newer Polaroid cameras....Perhaps they want to use the nostalgia thing in order to sell some cameras made in the Far East.
I have to admit that I don't miss the cassettes but it kills me every time I see film being discontinued,seriously. Every time I walk pass by the shelf in my apartment full of my film cameras, some of them are mechanical beauties to me. I can't help thinking of how long will I be able to buy film for them. It is a sad thing for me to think about it
