And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
I had a Crown Graphic that was given to me by a wealthy uncle back in the early 1960s when he decided to transition to a Hasselblad. It used 2&1/4 x 3&1/4 sheet film and I had access to a darkroom to do the developing. Good times.
I to miss film cameras. Bought a 35mm Pentax Spotmatic in in early 1967 when I first got to Vietnam. Carried it everyday flying or otherwise until the I bought two Olympus OMs in Fort Worth in the early 80s and still have them sitting on a shelf. Looking at a full frame DSL now. I also have learned that there are a new wave of film cameras now in production along with film. Kodak has said they are back in the film production, developing and other services in a big way as long as there is a demand for it nad that does appear to be the case. Lots of info on the internet for those that are interested. i;, not that much of a purist and damn sure not a professional so digital it will be. Also a cheap ass when i comes to buying film and pay for processing and prints. Digital takes care of all that. That's my story and I'm sticking to it!
House fire in 2004 forced my conversion to digital. I lost Nikons, Cannons, Rolliflex, Bronica... and thousands of images and boxes of slides. No backups or cache of images outside of the house. Life is cruel.
My dad’s print shop had a 4” x 5” Crown Graphic with a couple lenses, one was a good Schneider. I went through a few cartons of Plus-X and Tri-X film. I had my own darkroom and enlarger. Good times.
I also have a couple of 35 mm cameras, a Mamiya and a Canon A1. I was buying reels of Plus-X and Tri-X and loading my own film canisters, buying gallons and gallons of developer and fixer solutions. Time in the darkroom was quite therapeutic , but I was a bit OCD about that stuff. Going digital saved me time and money.
I miss film cameras.
ReplyDeletetalked with a fellow using a Leica 35mm last weekend.
DeleteI had a Busch Pressman long ago, wish I had it now.
ReplyDeleteI had a Crown Graphic that was given to me by a wealthy uncle back in the early 1960s when he decided to transition to a Hasselblad. It used 2&1/4 x 3&1/4 sheet film and I had access to a darkroom to do the developing. Good times.
The things weighed a ton, but they took an incredible image. And you can’t beat large format film for enlargement.
ReplyDeleteI to miss film cameras. Bought a 35mm Pentax Spotmatic in in early 1967 when I first got to Vietnam. Carried it everyday flying or otherwise until the I bought two Olympus OMs in Fort Worth in the early 80s and still have them sitting on a shelf. Looking at a full frame DSL now. I also have learned that there are a new wave of film cameras now in production along with film. Kodak has said they are back in the film production, developing and other services in a big way as long as there is a demand for it nad that does appear to be the case. Lots of info on the internet for those that are interested. i;, not that much of a purist and damn sure not a professional so digital it will be. Also a cheap ass when i comes to buying film and pay for processing and prints. Digital takes care of all that. That's my story and I'm sticking to it!
ReplyDeleteHouse fire in 2004 forced my conversion to digital.
ReplyDeleteI lost Nikons, Cannons, Rolliflex, Bronica... and thousands of images and boxes of slides.
No backups or cache of images outside of the house.
Life is cruel.
My dad’s print shop had a 4” x 5” Crown Graphic with a couple lenses, one was a good Schneider. I went through a few cartons of Plus-X and Tri-X film. I had my own darkroom and enlarger. Good times.
ReplyDeleteI also have a couple of 35 mm cameras, a Mamiya and a Canon A1. I was buying reels of Plus-X and Tri-X and loading my own film canisters, buying gallons and gallons of developer and fixer solutions. Time in the darkroom was quite therapeutic , but I was a bit OCD about that stuff. Going digital saved me time and money.