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Tom_cheshire
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Username: Tom_cheshire
Post Number: 56
Registered: 04-2009
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - 05:56 pm: | 
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Is it just me or do any of you also find it annoying and questionable when someone says things like "I've never seen or used a film camera before" or "I've never used anything other than digital", etc.?
Really? Cameras were invented over 160 years ago. Digital really hasn't become mailstream (and worth using) until about 7 or 8 years ago and, even then, film cameras were still being sold. Has family unity deteriorated so much that no one has ever been photo'ed by their parents or grandpa? Surely, they all used film cameras.
All those people who say things like that should know it is just as lame as the people who say they don't know anything about Abe Lincoln because "it was before my time". |
Alex
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Username: Alex
Post Number: 78
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, July 01, 2009 - 01:12 am: |
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I have had people come up to me when out and about with a film camera, wanting to squint at the back to see the pictures. |
Harryrag
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Username: Harryrag
Post Number: 86
Registered: 05-2008
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, July 01, 2009 - 12:34 pm: |
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The only thing that worries me a bit, just a bit, is that you wonder about how inextricably ignorant people can be. |
Tom_cheshire
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Username: Tom_cheshire
Post Number: 57
Registered: 04-2009
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, July 01, 2009 - 12:42 pm: |
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Worry a lot. I found out when the results of the '04 election were announced. |
Paul_ron
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Username: Paul_ron
Post Number: 160
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, July 05, 2009 - 04:52 pm: |
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Tell them it's a new format replacing digital. |
Mndean
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Username: Mndean
Post Number: 157
Registered: 08-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, July 05, 2009 - 08:16 pm: |
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I had a ready-made excuse if I were ever stopped by an annoying young security guard if he saw me taking shots "where I wasn't supposed to" - I never take them in spots where it's illegal, but with security it's better to give them something than argue. I have an SD card that just fits where the film box end is supposed to be. I'd just tell him it's an old DSLR from before they had the video backs and I'll reluctantly hand him the memory card and leave. If he sees me wind it, I'll tell him it's just to move the mirror into place between shots. He may fall for it, others (not security) have already. |
Marty
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Username: Marty
Post Number: 30
Registered: 11-2008
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, July 06, 2009 - 02:33 pm: |
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More often than not, I'm the only one at family gatherings, etc, shooting film anymore. I don't argue, I just admit to being a luddite, then go home and listen to some LP's. |
Alex
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Username: Alex
Post Number: 79
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, July 09, 2009 - 01:21 am: |
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The 'dud SD card' trick made me laugh. My approach is slightly different ; where I live, security guards have no right to confiscate anything, and I'd politely decline any such instruction to hand anything over, and ask them to produce the court order. Handing things over may reinforce in their minds that they have the right to confiscate physical and intellectual property. Of course, if he's a seven foot wide sumo wrestler with muscles in his spit, you may want to consider that more pragmatic deceit... |
Mndean
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Username: Mndean
Post Number: 158
Registered: 08-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, July 09, 2009 - 10:21 pm: |
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That's why I do it, an uninformed uniformed officer who's young wouldn't know the difference. I have a bunch of SD cards from a digital that keeled over two years ago. I found they fit, and I thought up the clever idea. Of course it doesn't work with every camera I have. My Miranda and my Minolta SRT 102 don't have the box end holder.
P.S. I tried a DSLR at a shop and was shocked how long it took between shots. I figured weak batteries or something. I'm scared of spending that kind of money only to lose another digital to a bad chip or other problems. $1k will buy a lot of film and processing. |
Elwrongo
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Username: Elwrongo
Post Number: 22
Registered: 05-2008
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, July 15, 2009 - 11:53 pm: |
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I've met a lot of people who say they've thrown out their film cameras because they thought they couldn't buy film anymore. The Uni where I work threw 20 Nikkormats into a skip when the school went digital(!!). I didn't find out until too late. I've stuck a 3cmx3cm photo of my dog on the back of my Super Isolette to show people who ask to see my shot on the LCD screen. Give security guards nothing. Remind them that they are paid company employees with no jurisdiction over anyone. |
Tom_cheshire
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Username: Tom_cheshire
Post Number: 77
Registered: 04-2009
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, July 20, 2009 - 04:59 pm: |
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Twenty Nikkormats. Man, that just hurts to hear it. |
Liam51
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Username: Liam51
Post Number: 1
Registered: 07-2009
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, July 21, 2009 - 04:09 am: |
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Twenty Nikkormats in a skip!! hell I am crying!! |
Chiccolini
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Username: Chiccolini
Post Number: 43
Registered: 06-2009
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, July 21, 2009 - 03:56 pm: |
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Almost as bad as the woman who told me she put a Rolleiflex in the garbage. |
Rollei35guy
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Username: Rollei35guy
Post Number: 8
Registered: 04-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, July 30, 2009 - 04:54 am: |
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I found an Nikon FTN and an F2 at a thrift store for $15 ea. The FTN works great (after a couple tweaks). The F2 may yet still have life. Both have normal lenses and working metering prisms Truly amazing what people will throw out
When I'm out shooting I have a stick figure drawing I tape to the back of the camera for digital people to look at. |
Tom_cheshire
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Username: Tom_cheshire
Post Number: 163
Registered: 04-2009
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, September 02, 2009 - 01:02 pm: |
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You guys have inspired me to tape a pic. of a nude woman on the back of my film camera. If someone asks to see the LCD screen I just tell them "I'm shooting in X-Ray mode".  |
Msiegel
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Username: Msiegel
Post Number: 129
Registered: 03-2008
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, September 06, 2009 - 08:01 am: |
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Seems very much the same technology as the X-Ray goggles advertised in magzines when I was a kid (just below the the Italian wonder shoes) |
Fredster
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Username: Fredster
Post Number: 39
Registered: 06-2009
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, September 06, 2009 - 08:44 pm: |
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A skeleton might be a bit safer. |
