Memories from film days
Oct 27, 2020 20:36:22 #
flip1948 wrote:
I too had both the print dryer and stabilization processor. Despite it's limitations the stabilization processor saved me a ton of time in the darkroom.
I had the stabilization processor which I used for time sensitive images at the TV station where I was working. I may have had the print dryer too.
Oct 27, 2020 20:49:56 #
RodeoMan
Loc: St Joseph, Missouri
Longshadow wrote:
I do too and found this: Fred Spira
Thanks for the link. I remember seeing Spirotone ads in the back of photo magazines. It was also good to see Herbert Keppler mentioned. He carried the banner for the regular fellow who just liked to get out and about with his camera and make images.
Oct 27, 2020 23:24:10 #
Does anyone remember Lester Bogen in magazine ads sitting on top of one of his tripods to show how strong it was? I believe that in some way Bogen became, or was eaten up by, Manfrotto. >Alan
Oct 27, 2020 23:24:41 #
srt101fan wrote:
Might have been "cheap photo junk" but it matched my photographic talent! 😁
Yep. It was sometimes what this 1960s student could afford!
Oct 28, 2020 07:19:11 #
aellman wrote:
Does anyone remember Lester Bogen in magazine ads sitting on top of one of his tripods to show how strong it was? I believe that in some way Bogen became, or was eaten up by, Manfrotto. >Alan
Bogen tripod always made by Manfrotto. Bogen was the USA distributor for Manfrotto. Both Manfrotto, Bogen and Gitzo were bought out by another company now.
Oct 28, 2020 10:48:41 #
BebuLamar wrote:
Bogen tripod always made by Manfrotto. Bogen was the USA distributor for Manfrotto. Both Manfrotto, Bogen and Gitzo were bought out by another company now.
Thanks for the info. I knew there was some kind of connection. The Lester Bogen schtick was so 1970s.
Oct 28, 2020 12:51:28 #
aellman wrote:
Thanks for the info. I knew there was some kind of connection. The Lester Bogen schtick was so 1970s.
When I purchased this heavy-duty Manfrotto tripod back in the early 198os for my 8x10 view camera, the salesman's "sthick" was "you can put a house on this tripod". My retort was "well- maybe a small truck"? Turns out, the problem is you need a small truck to haul it around.
Back in the day, I guess that Lester could probably perch on one of his tripods. Those oldies were not made of thin tubular aluminum, magnesium, or that newfangled carbon-fibre stuff. I have an old Majestic, I think patrs of it are made of cast iron- I have barbells that are lighter than that thing.
Oct 28, 2020 13:17:58 #
E.L.. Shapiro wrote:
When I purchased this heavy-duty Manfrotto tripod ... (show quote)
Laughing out loud. I guess it couldn't be called a "travel tripod," unless you were traveling in an RV.
Oct 28, 2020 13:50:10 #
E.L.. Shapiro wrote:
I have contemplated loaning out my 3050 (1981) as an engine hoist to my local garage. When I purchased this heavy-duty Manfrotto tripod ... (show quote)
My mechanic declined my offer because he said he did not want to get it greasy!
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