Dave said: "Someday we might see ourselves having to order film from places like B&H because finding a good selection if any downtown might be tough. And we might become dependent on mail order processing, which for the most part is the way slides always have been. But I doubt we will see film literally disappear. I'm considering trying to process color negatives at home. But that part only and then scan the negs as usual."
Dave, you just explained my life, LITERALLY. I have to order all of my film from Photocontinental in Brisbane, which is a complete pain in the butt. I order propacks by the dozen, which means CONSTANT mail ordering, and BIG outlays of money at any one given time - a normal film order for me is in excess of au$300, and I do this at least once or twice per fortnight. It drives me completely in sane - particularly as I am a "touch and see" type of person and I like to be able to browse everything that is available to me, pick it up, turn it over etc, but with my film, I have to go by whatever the salesperson on the phone tries to tell me. It also means that I have to know at least 2 weeks in advance for all of my bookings to allow time for me to order film in specific to the job. The only film I can buy in town is Fuji Superior 100, 200 and 400, (which I have used MANY a time, when I have been "stuck"), Kodak Select Black and White (which I HATE), and the new Kodak High Definition (which only comes in equivalent to ISO 200 in Australia, I *think*). ALL of my processing is also mail order, which means it takes 2-3 weeks for my prints to come back from the time I sent them off. Just had a nice surprise this morning, got back some prints from a shoot I did on Frid. 21 Nov - exactly 2 weeks ago! Woohoo! That was QUICK by my standards. I too, have been considering processing my own colour negs at home, but have decided against standing there inhaling chemicals all day, and plus the *istD is imminent, so I won't NEED to worry about silly little things like film anymore! tan. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Miers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 5:25 AM Subject: Re: Silly Digital Survey > Someday we might see ourselves having to order film from places like B&H > because finding a good selection if any downtown might be tough. And we > might become dependent on mail order processing, which for the most part is > the way slides always have been. But I doubt we will see film literally > disappear. I'm considering trying to process color negatives at home. But > that part only and then scan the negs as usual. Unlike some here I actually > enjoy the process of scanning and working on my photos. I cannot deny the > urge for the digital gear but truly wonder if that's mostly gearitis rather > then need or even should. I'm not running a production line here but > lovingly pursuing my hobby ya know. > > If I could do that it would eliminate the trip and the wait for the > processing and remove me from being dependant on the market. I'm going to > take a class in college on photography next semester and although they deal > with B&W only there, I'm hoping the instructor can also guide me through > color film processing. > > Dave > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rob Studdert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 8:56 AM > Subject: Re: Silly Digital Survey > > > > On 29 Nov 2003 at 9:59, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > > > > With fond memories of surveys past <g>: > > > > > > > > > 1) How many > > > > Catching up again: > > > > Unfortunately I fit none of the categories offered. I haven't moved to > digital > > but for snaps as I'm not yet comfortable with the level of K mount camera > > offered by Pentax. I do however see myself eliminating my use of film in > the > > 35mm realm given a suitable body. And I'll still be pushing film through > my MF > > bodies as long as it's produced and supported. > > > > Rob Studdert > > HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA > > Tel +61-2-9554-4110 > > UTC(GMT) +10 Hours > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ > > Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 > > > >
