Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/08/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My crystal ball predicts $15 for a roll for TriX in 2015...if it survives. On Sat, Aug 24, 2013 at 5:21 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > I'll have my flatbed set up right to the right of my desk in a day or so > I'm > getting rid of my tuner. The only music I listen to is through earphones or > headphones now. Same with my neighbors now. It seems like a trend. You > don't hear me I don't hear you. One of these days I'll get less than > perfect > neighbors and have to invest in some noise cancelling ones. But my Harman > Kardon tuner is like a big black obelisk laying on its side next to my > right > hand which serves as a too large table to place my iPhone, iPod, wallet, > watch and notepad on top of. The Epson flatbed will do better. I think it > cost me some real money like 4 or 5 hundred bucks. I hope I don't have to > thing cleaned. > > For us to weigh in on our attitudes towards our personal continued film > use > is nice calling the thread " Is film making a comeback?" I'd call ill > chosen. > Film is not going to fall off the edge of the planet to never return. There > are millions of cameras out there which many people would not see just used > ass bookends. The fact that some people continue to use film does not mean > its making a comeback. I think in another four to eight years they may be a > full circle thing where a lot of people who've been using digital will give > film another shot having not used it in a decade. But its too soon now. > Most people are way too excited about the images they are making with this > late breaking every exciting technology to move into a nostalgic mode. > > No longer is there the academic thing being foisted upon people to the tune > of "the only real photography is film photography". Those teachers have > died off or not gotten tenure. Or just been embarrassed out of existence. > Digital has been a boom for photography use and interest. > Some of these people caught up in this image making boom are going to want > to also explore other avenues. > Like Platinum, Carbon, Salt prints, Daguerreotypes, and silver gelatin. And > a dozen other printing and photographic technologies that never died off > after looking first prominence.. > There are people who use dry glass plates and wet plates. > A quick search and you can find out where to get the materials and how to > go > about using them like which workshop to take or which book to get. Or which > website to key into. > > But film is not making a comeback. The percentage of workers using film vs. > digital is going to continue to go down. > Was more film sold this year than last year? I doubt it. > I think the price of film will continue to climb and we'll have a limited > selection of emulsions. But we'll still have some. > I have keyed into a local source of film photography use. The Lomo people. > Lomography Gallery Store > 41 W 8th St, New York, NY > (212) 529-4353 ? lomography.com > They are selling along with an interesting array of film cameras; film and > processing and other services. And there is an atmosphere of positive > energy > on film use surrounding the place. And some really good not too expensive > cameras. And an atmosphere of experimentation. > http://shop.lomography.com/us/belair-city-slicker > The Belair X 6-12 City Slicker has got my attention. > A 6x12 fielder for $249.00 which also shoots 6x9 or 6x6. > 6x12 is my favorite format. And my flatbed would do well with film that > size > on it. This new format for me with my off my right hand scanner might > easily > get me into shooting more film. As would a few of my other medium format > classics I still have on hand. > But less so 35mm. For some reason film wise I have less interest in that > sized format and feel I'm doing real will digitally on that. > > -- > Mark William Rabiner > Photographer > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Chris Saganich www.imagebrooklyn.com