Something that was Normal In The 1990s but is Rare Now
Jul 20, 2022 09:11:44 #
JD750 wrote:
"Taking your camera film to get developed, an... (show quote)
I disliked those film days and almost stopped shooting. Once I went digital I put away the film cameras and never used them again. Never even developed my last exposed roll. That was 17 years ago. The joys of digital photography.
Jul 20, 2022 10:00:41 #
JD750 wrote:
I miss those simpler times sometimes. But my gear is better now.
I find digital simpler. I always have "film," and I don't have to wait or pay for processing.
Jul 20, 2022 10:05:09 #
Jul 20, 2022 11:37:45 #
JD750 wrote:
So you learned how to get your photos to come out the first time you used a camera? That's great.
I'm certainly not that skilled. I'm still trying. I also still love the surprise of finding a photo I forgot about when I get the roll developed. Do you still shoot film?
I'm certainly not that skilled. I'm still trying. I also still love the surprise of finding a photo I forgot about when I get the roll developed. Do you still shoot film?
Yes, I still shoot film regularly.
The first time I used a camera (a Kodak Instamatic), most of the frames came out great, which encouraged me to continue shooting. It was on a vacation trip to Spain, I was about 11 then.
Jul 20, 2022 11:49:39 #
Jul 20, 2022 12:28:08 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
Nowadays, I take exposed rolls and add them to a zip lock bag in the fridge. I send off groups that might cover 6 months of shooting. So even today, yesterday in fact, I get rolls back, where even with my notes in my calendar, I don't remember every last frame / roll even when I see them again.
Everything in the nineties was better. Why? Because we were 30 years younger and we made it through. Today, making it through is not a given. And getting even older is a certainty.
But I'll take it as I am about 600% happier now than i was then.
Jul 20, 2022 12:29:35 #
rmalarz wrote:
To both JD750 and Paul. I never had to wait longer than it took me to get to my darkroom. I also pretty much what I was going to see when the film was developed.
--Bob
--Bob
Bob, your methods and resources allow that. Mine did as well, for the many years when I had a darkroom. Now my Lightroom fits in an inter-office envelope…
Jul 20, 2022 13:20:55 #
Jul 20, 2022 13:44:28 #
zug55
Loc: Naivasha, Kenya, and Austin, Texas
JD750 wrote:
I miss those simpler times sometimes. But my gear is better now.
I am glad that you caught the contradiction in your post. Everything is simpler now. And better.
I learned photography with my father's Rolleiflex, developed film in his dark room, made my own prints. We might romanticize all of this. But I do not miss any of it. Mirrorless digital photography rules. My switch to the Sony A7 III four years ago truly rekindled my joy in photography. I am not looking back.
Jul 20, 2022 14:00:42 #
As a past photo lab owner, it was enjoying on our end too, watching people shuffle through their photos and finding that unexpected "great shot".
Jul 20, 2022 14:10:44 #
Jul 20, 2022 14:12:20 #
RayF
Loc: New Jersey
My Dad was a Naval Photography during WW11. When I was young he had a dark room in the basement of my grandparents home where we lived
Jul 20, 2022 15:26:17 #
When you mentioned your Argu C-3, I immediately remembered my Dad's only camera, that he took with him on his 23 year tour of duty as a Navy Corpsman. The old slides of Vietnam, Japan, Philippines, Hong Kong, and the hundreds of Kodachrome shots of Navy jets, being shot off 3 different Aircraft Carriers in the Pacific. The Marines and Navy guys sitting around camp, pulling deadly snakes out of the brush, were great photos.
All that C-3 camera took, were ASA 25. The days of Blue Dot Flash bulbs are history.
The colors (Kodachrome) were awesome for the time.
I still have that Argus in it's original leather pouch. Range finder cameras, still have their place.
(especially), when my eyes are not 20/20 any more.
My favorite times with that camera were being able to take double or triple exposures, simply by not advancing the film roll.
The salt air and moisture from the far east, have not effected that camera, to this day.
Thanks for the memory.
All that C-3 camera took, were ASA 25. The days of Blue Dot Flash bulbs are history.
The colors (Kodachrome) were awesome for the time.
I still have that Argus in it's original leather pouch. Range finder cameras, still have their place.
(especially), when my eyes are not 20/20 any more.
My favorite times with that camera were being able to take double or triple exposures, simply by not advancing the film roll.
The salt air and moisture from the far east, have not effected that camera, to this day.
Thanks for the memory.
Jul 21, 2022 00:03:36 #
JD750 wrote:
"Taking your camera film to get developed, an... (show quote)
"Someday my prints will come."
Jul 21, 2022 17:58:07 #
When we married, a relative shot the event on film. Months went by and we received a package of film canisters without the film tails showing. I asked and the ‘photographer’ liked to hand crank the take up and ‘leave the tail for the store to make processing easier’. Bad idea if you don’t keep the new away from the used!
When we received the developed shots, some rolls weren’t printed because the film had not been exposed and the others were double exposure. The highlight of the set was the wedding cake, looking like it was floating in Lake Tahoe…
When we received the developed shots, some rolls weren’t printed because the film had not been exposed and the others were double exposure. The highlight of the set was the wedding cake, looking like it was floating in Lake Tahoe…
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