Why film?
Apr 21, 2024 23:29:14 #
Jerry Coupe
Loc: Kent, WA
A few years ago I was given a Mamiya RB67 Professional with a 90mm lens.
Just recently I loaded a roll of film and have exposed 9 frames so far. I will send it out for development and have the frames scanned so I can work with them in LR or PS. I do not plan to shoot film too often, but it is intriguing to me at this time.
Nice thing is, WE HAVE A CHOICE, and it is not right or wrong, either way.
Just recently I loaded a roll of film and have exposed 9 frames so far. I will send it out for development and have the frames scanned so I can work with them in LR or PS. I do not plan to shoot film too often, but it is intriguing to me at this time.
Nice thing is, WE HAVE A CHOICE, and it is not right or wrong, either way.
Apr 21, 2024 23:31:03 #
Ysarex wrote:
Music is a major part of my life -- considered it as a career long ago, and listening to music now is of daily critical importance to me. The deprivation and impoverishment I would experience if I had to rely on vinyl is intolerable to imagine.
Back in 1988 when Sony came out with their digital tape recorder that changed everything. Before that the big reel to reel audio tapes were expensive and only ran for about 15 minutes. The machine was expensive and fussy. The with R-DAT we could record for hours on a 6 dollar tape with no distortion ad then "look" at it and edit it on a computer screen. That was exciting. A good room, a good mic and an R-DAT deck and you had a studio. It was heaven.
Apr 21, 2024 23:35:56 #
Blenheim Orange wrote:
Back in 1988 when Sony came out with their digital tape recorder that changed everything. Before that the big reel to reel audio tapes were expensive and only ran for about 15 minutes. The machine was expensive and fussy. The with R-DAT we could record for hours on a 6 dollar tape with no distortion ad then "look" at it and edit it on a computer screen. That was exciting. A good room, a good mic and an R-DAT deck and you had a studio. It was heaven.
And now it fits in your pocket and costs about the same as a kit lens.
Apr 21, 2024 23:38:16 #
User ID wrote:
The act of documenting something is just one excuse for making images. Any excuse is just as good as the next. If your documentation is also *interpretive*, then you are creating as well as documenting. One need not proceed from a blank canvas to be creative. OTOH, if you dont really care to interpret your subject then yes, youre a straight up documentarian.
I do try to make it pretty - find the best example, include some of the surroundings for context, add light, compose the frame, etc.
Apr 22, 2024 01:28:23 #
Ysarex
Loc: St. Louis
Blenheim Orange wrote:
Back in 1988 when Sony came out with their digital tape recorder that changed everything. Before that the big reel to reel audio tapes were expensive and only ran for about 15 minutes. The machine was expensive and fussy. The with R-DAT we could record for hours on a 6 dollar tape with no distortion ad then "look" at it and edit it on a computer screen. That was exciting. A good room, a good mic and an R-DAT deck and you had a studio. It was heaven.
By 1988 I had long since made my career choices and was already working full-time in a college Art dept. as the photography instructor. Music was administratively housed under the Art dept. and I hung out there a lot. I wasn't real familiar with everything in the recording studio but I enjoyed helping out as I was involved with their hardware purchasing. They told me we need this and I bought it.
Over many decades I have amassed a library of between 2500 - 3000 CDs. I've seen public libraries with collections that are pitiful compared to mine. Long ago I stopped playing CDs and ripped everything to computer hard drives. The original CDs wound up in boxes stored in the guest bedroom -- that's a lot of boxes. My wife complained periodically but I had this hangup with the I've got to be legal thing -- had to have the originals. About a decade ago I finally got past that a gave 90% of them away. Still have two boxes of the ones I can't part with. The overwhelming majority of what I have has never been released on vinyl. 80% of my library goes poof! Oh no! If I was left with 20% in vinyl how would I listen to it? My entire library fits on a 2.5 inch solid state hard drive that fits in my shirt pocket. Earlier this evening I spent a delightful hour listening to the Krasni Quartet play Vissarion Shebalin string quartets -- wonderful! And not available on vinyl. My son laughs at his old man and his music library because it's all out there on streaming services. I've looked, he's right but I don't need them. One thing's for sure it's not out there on vinyl.
Apr 22, 2024 05:44:43 #
User ID wrote:
And as a documentarian, you would have no reason to play with film. Digital suits the job. Just imagine the Hubbel parachuting tons of Ektachrome down to JPL every day !
Of course, Hubble doesn't do that.
But back in the 1960s, satellite images were captured on film, developed and scanned in space. Your tax dollars at work.
It didn't take long for Kodak to realized that digital sensors would be a much better way to go.
Apr 22, 2024 05:59:59 #
Apr 22, 2024 06:11:13 #
For whatever reason I like people to use film so the film manufacturers have incentive to continue making film.
Apr 22, 2024 06:31:19 #
Blenheim Orange wrote:
You are one of the exceptions I mentioned; I just didn't want to name names I do try to make it pretty - find the best example, include some of the surroundings for context, add light, compose the frame, etc.
How 'bout this ninebark? https://flic.kr/p/2mP4Vbj Exquisite beauty!
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Apr 22, 2024 06:55:23 #
DRM
Loc: NC
Blenheim Orange wrote:
Hard work and happy accidents: why do so many of u... (show quote)
I still sell several images from my film days (landscapes from 2006 and before, shot primarily on Fujichrome Velvia 50). Far more of my sales are images from digital cameras ranging from an 8mp Canon 20D to the 45mp R5. In conversation with customers and camera enthusiasts who visit the gallery, I often tell them that, for me, film was much more rewarding because it was more difficult, more demanding. Digital, on the other hand, is far more productive in terms of creating quality images; it's far easier, far more forgiving than my slide film.
If/when I "age out" of actively selling, I might drag out my favorite film camera for fun. As long as I am selling, however, give me digital, and mirrorless.
Apr 22, 2024 07:09:16 #
Apr 22, 2024 07:41:35 #
Blenheim Orange wrote:
…Interesting article…
Excellent ! Thank you for sharing..
Apr 22, 2024 08:11:31 #
In defense of documentors, a picture of your mother at age 14 is priceless regardless of whether it was "artfully" composed or not.
Apr 22, 2024 08:22:35 #
efnelson wrote:
"Documentors" need no defending, especially in the category of irreplaceable and dear memories of loved ones.In defense of documentors, a picture of your mother at age 14 is priceless regardless of whether it was "artfully" composed or not.
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Apr 22, 2024 08:27:48 #
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