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Article #624243Re: Computers, anyone?
From: Brian Reay
Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2018 08:07
Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2018 08:07
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On 29/06/2018 18:26, hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote: > On Friday, June 29, 2018 at 6:19:46 AM UTC-4, Peter Flass wrote: > >> Getting ready to sell my Olympus in a garage sale, and there's a good >> possibility no one will want it. I want to cry. That camera took wonderful >> pictures, even with my limited knowledge of appropriate settings, but >> dead-tree pictures are in the past now. >> >> I think you can get good digital SLR cameras, but the cost is about the >> same as a good film camera, you're paying for the optics. > > I gave up film when Kodak stopped developing it. I was finding > the cost of buying film going up, plus harder to find the type > I wanted. I got a digital SLR. > > Admittedly, I miss my film camera, though generally, the digital > can do more (like easily adapt to different light sources, motor > drive, good auto focus/auto exposure, time/date stamp, and instant > view.) > > I think film handled high contrast situations better than digital. > > A friend offered me his old Nikon F, a real classic, but I realized > I'd have no use for it and it would just gather dust, so I declined. > > Note--last time I checked, the chain drugstore still sold Tri-X, > even though Kodak no longer makes processing chemical or print paper. > > Kodak also has a Kodachrome magazine: > https://www.kodak.com/US/en/kodachrome/default.htm > > However, I tried finding still film on their website but couldn't. > > I still have the kit to do BW processing (it was something I taught our children) and some 35 mm cameras, including a couple of CRFs. I get the urge every now and them to load up a film etc but the whole process is just to tedious. Not so much the actual processing - that is quite quick- but getting the improvised darkroom ready etc. -- Suspect someone is claiming a benefit under false pretences? Incapacity Benefit or Personal Independence Payment when they don't need it? They are depriving those in real need! https://www.gov.uk/report-benefit-fraud
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