Ironically, I'm scanning some film tonight. Probably the first time in
a couple of years. I was looking through some negative envelopes
earlier today, and I ran across my trailer park shots. Looking at them
now, I realize I missed some of the better shots first time through.
So I'm having a bit of fun. I need a break from work.
Paul
On Feb 3, 2009, at 11:58 AM, Charles Robinson wrote:
On Feb 3, 2009, at 10:42, Bruce Dayton wrote:
Hmmmm....I don't miss dealing with proof books, I don't miss dealing
with wedding orders (massive amount of time), I don't miss the
inability to shoot on speculation (cost of goods prohibitive), I
don't miss wondering if I got the metering right in tricky
situations, I don't miss shelling out lots of money to buy film and
pay for processing (on my 67 it was about $1.35 per shot for film,
develop, proof), I don't miss wishing I had a different speed film in
the camera at a given moment, I don't miss trying to decide if I
should 'burn' the roll out to get it in for processing because I
wanted some of the pictures on it, I don't miss laboriously scanning
negatives and slides.
I do miss the fleeting feeling of handing the film over to the lab
(thinking all my work was done - NOT).
I guess I don't really miss film all that much.
Amen!
I miss film in a tactile way.. just like I miss that feeling of
picking up an LP from the turntable and deftly flipping it over to
side two.. setting it down, cleaning it with the Discwasher, zapping
it with the Zerostat, and setting the needle down on it.
I miss how it FEELS, but it was a pain to deal with in comparison to
now. Film and vinyl... same thing. Nostalgic about some aspects
but there is a lot I do NOT miss.
-Charles
--
Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com
Minneapolis, MN
http://charles.robinsontwins.org
--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.net
http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above
and follow the directions.
--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.net
http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow
the directions.
