On Oct 11, 2011, at 7:31 PM, 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?
Turn on the darkroom safelight while loading film in the developing tank after having one cocktail too many. > > Tom C. > > -- > 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.
