On Oct 11, 2011, at 8:15 PM, John Francis wrote: > On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 07:55:57PM -0400, Mark Roberts wrote: >> Tom C wrote: >> >>> we had to: >>> >>> Use a bulky non-renewable medium called film, >>> Worry because it was temperature sensitive, >>> Worry that it would get accidentally exposed to light, >>> Worry that it wouldn't bind in the camera and strip the sprocket holes, >>> Purchase it at additional cost for each photo outing, >>> Make a trip to get it processed, >>> Pay to have each and every roll processed, >>> Make a trip to pick it up after it was processed, >>> Handle/discard it's packaging, >>> Find a way to store the originals, >>> Find the physical space to store the originals, >>> Scan the medium if we wanted to share an image online, >>> Use or waste the remainder of a roll if we desperately needed to >>> change light sensitivity, >>> Wait for hours, days, or weeks to see our images after the medium was >>> exposed, >>> Totally miss a shot because we couldn't see a preview, >>> Use tripods more often when there was no image stabilization, >>> Use a camera for years because it had a realistic lifespan of >>> desirability that lasted over 3 sols, >>> >>> What else? >> >> Worry about the hassle of boarding a plane without getting film >> x-rayed >> Worry about getting brilliant shots but having the lab screw up the >> processing (happened to me) > > And even if the lab didn't screw up the processing, they could still > scratch the film (either in the developing, or when getting prints made). > > Plus if you had prints made the old-fashioned way (rather than scanning > the film as an intermediate step) you had to deal with the dust spots, > dodging, burning, etc. for every single copy you made of every print.
And if you mailed the film to Kodak or whomever, the lab or USPS might lose the film. But if you took the film to your local guy for him to send it to Kodak, the lab or USPS or the courier service might still lose the film. -- 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.
