William Robb <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, perhaps that's a little dramatic, but..
It's definitely the way things are going, if we like it or not. No, I'm not saying that analog photography is dead but it is getting more complicated and more expensive by the day. My Jobo processor has gone, two weeks ago, and so has a whole big frigde/freezer combo full of film. Two main reasons: First, Noblex have stopped production of their panoramic cameras and they haven't even kept a stock of spares. Second, C-41 chemicals have become too expensive in the small quantities I can still use up within reasonable time. So, the Noblex, the processor and the film had to go. Preparing developer in batches of 5 liters and then throwing away 4.5 liters a few months later just didn't make sense. Risking a failure of the Noblex and then trashing it instead of selling it now (still got around 900 euros for it) wasn't very appealing either. I'm still keeping the rest of the lab gear with tanks, enlarger and everything needed to do b/w, more out of nostalgy than any intention to do much with it in the future. Not been doing much photography anyway, in the last months. I'm stuck between the K-7 that I'll probably never really will be friends with and my K10D that I've outgrown somehow. Stupid situation. So, if you've been wondering why there hasn't been much news and pics from my end, lately, you now know why. Still hoping it'll change again, some day. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Web : http://www.fotoralf.de -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
