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Return of the Rondinax
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well gone are the days when digital photographers looked at our film cameras in disgust and say Can you still get film for them old cameras , now when people see my film camera they are generally very interested in it. and people are investing in film photography and that's a good thing
talk about a old twit ,I have just been trying to delete a full stop about five times then I realised it was a dot of dirt on the screen ,,silly old sod I am..... www.essexcockney.com |
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When I first started in photography around 1958 with Leica M3s, I used a Leitz 35mm Rondinax. I never had a bad development result even though I didn't have a clue what I was doing. It even had a built-in thermometer with blue fluid that allowed me to make sure it was on 20C. I used one-shot chemicals (FR brand), very convenient. Then the negs went into my Focomat Ic enlarger for prints up to 20x24". That all changed when I switched to ss reels, however.
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Target reached in 3 hours ...needed 70,000 euros now over 200,000 !
Who said film is dead.
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I think it's wonderful that film is being embraced by a whole new generation who were brought up on digital. That this product makes the whole process a little less arcane has to be good; I'm a little sceptical about processing on the coffee table though!
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Trying to read between the lines of comments that were made by Harman before it became Pemberstone I got the impression that this was its main worry too. My other fear is whether the interest in film by the newcomers is sustainable. Do they see it as "retro-chic" where the process is part of the fun albeit involving extra effort with the danger that the fun element eventually wears thin. I suspect that for most of us analogue is in our DNA. We were spawned in the right ocean when analogue was a way of life. This is largely not true of anyone the wrong( or is that the right? ) side of 30 years old Mike |
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However, to look on the bright side, statistically some of these new users will continue to use film, and some will create a darkroom, so as far as I'm concerned it's all good. Amusingly, I have met one or two young photographers in the past year who do 'proper' prints, and were surprised that I did...(probably thought i was too old to do 'cool' stuff like this) |
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I hadn't shot a roll of film in 20 years until I bought a Leica M6 3 years ago. I set up my own darkroom around Christmas time and to be honest I really regret now not doing it much earlier as its a shame to shoot B&W film but not print it analog, my Minolta 5400dpi film scanner now sits on a shelf and will probably be sold.
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