Problems with FEDEX
Jun 16, 2016 04:12:33 #
Heather Iles
Loc: UK, Somerset
Mogul wrote:
The difference is that when you're local, planning on returning to the same spot (or at least able to join the bus the next day), you have the option of skipping one day and finding a store where you can buy what you need. OR, if you're returning to the same hotel, hostel, gasthaus each night, you can have a part shipped (overnight almost anywhere in the world) to the concierge desk.
I know, but not everyone is as savvy as you. You appear to be well travelled. Thanks for your courtious response.
Jun 16, 2016 05:41:54 #
lamiaceae wrote:
I have a few like that. A 4x5" wooden field camera, a 4x5" studio view camera, a Pentax K1000, a Pentax Spotmatic, an old German Kodak 35mm camera, and a vintage Certo 35mm "USSR Occupied Germany" labelled camera. But dang it, the hand held light meters use batteries! 
The sunny 16 doesn't :)
Considering how overexposed film can be and scan nicely it's not only not a big deal but a HUGE advantage over digi. You just gotta be in the ballpark and then open up a stop or two or three.
Jun 16, 2016 05:43:29 #
billnikon wrote:
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Film cameras that don't have electronic shutters or anything that stops them from shooting if they don't have a battery.
Jun 16, 2016 05:46:20 #
Heather Iles wrote:
It was obvious that you know Bill well, and I don't, but I really wanted to thank you for explaining what I had no idea what was meant by no batteries, but to be truthful, I didn't want to ask and look a fool with thousands of members looking in (smail). Thanks again. Some little things do make a difference at times. It is all part of the learning process.
Don't worry about that. If you are worried, there's always the Private message feature.
After lugging a huge DSLR around with a bag of lenses and batteries, and chargers and SD cards and....and....I just decided that I'd like to simplify; a camera, a roll of film and fun.
Jun 16, 2016 06:20:07 #
Heather Iles
Loc: UK, Somerset
rpavich wrote:
Don't worry about that. If you are worried, there's always the Private message feature.
After lugging a huge DSLR around with a bag of lenses and batteries, and chargers and SD cards and....and....I just decided that I'd like to simplify; a camera, a roll of film and fun.
After lugging a huge DSLR around with a bag of lenses and batteries, and chargers and SD cards and....and....I just decided that I'd like to simplify; a camera, a roll of film and fun.
Thanks for your suggestion. I will bear that in mind.
Does that mean that you still have a Dark Room?
Jun 16, 2016 07:10:39 #
Heather Iles wrote:
Thanks for your suggestion. I will bear that in mind.
Does that mean that you still have a Dark Room?
Does that mean that you still have a Dark Room?
Actually I do but it's certainly not necessary; lots of folks just use a scanner as the end of their film process...digital files. I do that but sometimes I also darkroom print.
I have a scanner that can scan a whole roll of 35mm film in about 4 or 5 minutes automatically, hands off and I have a film dryer (like a tube with desiccant and a fan that blows slightly warm air across the negatives)
I can shoot, develop, dry and scan and have finished digital files in less than 2 hours start to finish.
One huge advantage is that with film, you can overexpose massively (think 8 or 9 stops) and have perfectly good images after scanning. That means that you can go outside and just set the camera by using the sunny 16 rule (very sunny, sharp edge shadows = f/16 and a shutter speed of 1/film ISO) No meter necessary and as long as you don't underexpose, your negatives will be bullet proof! No blown out highlights...nothing bad.
Plus..most of my cameras cost less than 100.00.
Chemicals to develop are incredibly cheap too.
I love the results and I love the process.
Jun 16, 2016 08:19:34 #
Heather Iles
Loc: UK, Somerset
rpavich wrote:
Actually I do but it's certainly not necessary; lo... (show quote)
Wow! I like the sound of that. Perhaps you should spread the word and set up a photographic group and show others how it is done.
Jun 16, 2016 08:23:08 #
Heather Iles wrote:
Wow! I like the sound of that. Perhaps you should spread the word and set up a photographic group and show others how it is done.
Lol..anyone who wants to know just PM me. I'll explain it all. The truth is...I'm not unique, lots of folks do it this way. Shooting film these days is a lot different than earlier days...it can be a nice hybrid experience.
Folks get all excited about "full frame" here on the 'hog but I shoot full frame with $10.00 cameras every day! :)
Jun 16, 2016 18:17:59 #
Heather Iles wrote:
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Does that mean that you still have a Dark Room?
Does that mean that you still have a Dark Room?
I guess that depends on if you turn the light on. Darkrooms are different.
Jun 16, 2016 20:37:51 #
35mm & MF roll film shooters don't need a darkroom anymore; just a changing bag/tent and a kitchen sink.
Jun 17, 2016 04:54:49 #
Heather Iles
Loc: UK, Somerset
Mogul wrote:
35mm & MF roll film shooters don't need a darkroom anymore; just a changing bag/tent and a kitchen sink.
Thank you for responding so sensibly.
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