Post the most ridiculous comments you've received with a big lens on!

WMS wrote in post #11371181
Hay film is film isn't it? Now whether or not your local newspaper still has the equipment, chemicals (which are not out of date) and a staff member who remembers how to develop film is an entirely different question.

I suspect that they don't .....

The equipment may not have been sold, but the chemicals were ether used up or have expired and the trained photographers who had the knowledge were layed off or have retired...

Wayne

They can go to WalMart and ask for a free CD because they don't have a budget

Mike R wrote in post #11372233
They can go to WalMart and ask for a free CD because they don't have a budget

Ya lots of luck with that one.....

Wayne

Well, my stupidity has nothing to do with a large lense (budget has yet to come with a zoom or Tilt-Shift.

But, my friend and I were out and about in a park near me and got talk with someone else because I was taking photos . . . . of plants.

They were surprised I was using film. They thought it was gone and away. I think they had a small kodak P&S.

Digital is great and I like it, but there is something about taking B&W photos, doing the developing and seeing the results of your days work. Either good or bad.

Now, only if I can afford that SuperTelephoto 400mm from Canon. . . ..


~ Christopher

WA_PilotGeek wrote in post #11391087
Digital is great and I like it, but there is something about taking B&W photos, doing the developing and seeing the results of your days work. Either good or bad.
~ Christopher

Well, going out to hand-crank your car was probably better than having to clean up after horses too! While I can still chop wood for a fire, the invention of modern gas heating where one finger can raise or lower temperture is more attractive. I don't feel any "better" about not using modern conveniences!

I developed all my B&W film starting back in high school, so I know how. We poured all our old chemicals down the sink in the lab. Do that today and you'll be in jail!

But today, why bother?

Embrace technology! The "good old days" weren't really that good, plus it's far easier to hit "delete" than to clean up your mess in the darkroom!

basroil wrote in post #1781392
............... my pictures came out nicely exposed and fairly good for only having that lens for about 2 weeks. all his images had giant shadows in the background and looked like a giant p&s did it... probably an effect of his green box setting

I can't imagine a worse insult to a photographer, "Green box" shooting

Darkwand wrote in post #11391473
I can't imagine a worse insult to a photographer, "Green box" shooting

The dial should have an automatic locking cap. One can only access the green box under strict conditions!

I've been asked what the "P" stands for a couple of times on my old Sony CD-500. I told everybody "professional", and the worst is they believed me!

I'm glad I learned how to shoot with all manual equipment. At least I was forced to learn the basics as there was no "automatic". My first program camera was a Canon AE-1 Program. I upgraded about a year later to an A-1, and rarely shot in full program mode with either.

However, most people aren't looking to "expand their photographic horizons" and use their equipment for basic snapshots. If that's what they want, it really can't be considered "wrong".

I still laugh at the people that had Kodak Disc cameras that they swore took "great pictures". It's too bad that over the years what looked like "great pictures" then were so grainy they look like a beach now. AND, there's no going back...

richardfox wrote in post #11391412
Well, going out to hand-crank your car was probably better than having to clean up after horses too! While I can still chop wood for a fire, the invention of modern gas heating where one finger can raise or lower temperture is more attractive. I don't feel any "better" about not using modern conveniences!

I developed all my B&W film starting back in high school, so I know how. We poured all our old chemicals down the sink in the lab. Do that today and you'll be in jail!

But today, why bother?

Embrace technology! The "good old days" weren't really that good, plus it's far easier to hit "delete" than to clean up your mess in the darkroom!

Yes, but for me I still love doing my B&W in my darkroom. Everyone here on POTN has their loves and dislikes in photography.

I have a very small mini-fridge full of colour and B&W film. I will keep with it until no one ever again makes it.

I learned my photography on a Canon camera that dated back to the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.

To each their own.

~ Christopher

What kind of telescope is that...100-400 on my T1i fully extended

Successfully yours,

WA_PilotGeek wrote in post #11396156
Yes, but for me I still love doing my B&W in my darkroom. Everyone here on POTN has their loves and dislikes in photography.

I have a very small mini-fridge full of colour and B&W film. I will keep with it until no one ever again makes it.

I learned my photography on a Canon camera that dated back to the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.

To each their own.

~ Christopher

No doubt, and I agree with your summary. Who ever thought Kodachrome would ever be taken off the market? (Other than Paul Simon! His Momma didn't take his Kodachrome away; KODAK did!)

1984? That made my A-1 look antique already! I'm glad I learned with film and having to set everything manually. Taught me a lot, and as I didn't have an option, taught me well too!

I, as I'm sure many, many others feel the change to digital opened up an entire new world of the craft. I've not said film is "bad", it's just left behind by technology. I dropped film some time back, and haven't regretted it for a minute.

However, the mistique of having images appear on wet paper in a room with one red light bulb still amazes me today.

Will film ever stop being produced?
I'm sure the'll be a small market for film even down the road

Darkwand wrote in post #11396307
Will film ever stop being produced?
I'm sure the'll be a small market for film even down the road

That's a million-dollar question. If you look at the overall financial health of Kodak today, it can make one worry.

Ever is a very strong word! Once the market for film as we know it today becomes too expensive to produce without huge increases in pricing to the consumer, it will be gone. So many photo processing labs have dried up and blown away over the past decade it isn't funny. Suppose a 36 exposure roll of Kodak 100 cost $25.00. Would you buy it? Then, who would develop and print?

richardfox wrote in post #11396354
That's a million-dollar question. If you look at the overall financial health of Kodak today, it can make one worry.

Fuji and Ilford seem to be hanging in there...

I wonder how medium format and large format film makers and developers are faring? I get the impression that MF and LF shooters are still working a lot with film due to the expense of digital bodies?

tonylong wrote in post #11396865
I wonder how medium format and large format film makers and developers are faring? I get the impression that MF and LF shooters are still working a lot with film due to the expense of digital bodies?

I use mine when I get sick of my 5D mark II and 1Ds mark III...(Believe it or not, there ARE tonal issues that I've encountered in those otherwise superb bodies. (But maybe I have expectations that are $30K too high...)

Got my lenses yesterday, so it was my first day out and about with my 450D and 18-55 IS.