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Froupie:
but i doubt i'll ever get a digital camera unltess they become really cheap or i win the lottery.
(Tue Jun 22, 2004 - 4:15:34 pm)
Queenie:
I should send you all my old camera bits, I'll never use them.
(Tue Jun 22, 2004 - 4:17:02 pm)
Froupie:
well, my next step is learning the technical side, i'm really into it.
(Tue Jun 22, 2004 - 4:17:59 pm)
Froupie:
i'm hoping its not going to turn into a mega-expensive hobby, but i have to keep myself occupied or i go a little bananas.
(Tue Jun 22, 2004 - 4:19:07 pm)
Queenie:
because they are, essentially useless but who knows what you could find to do with them.
(Tue Jun 22, 2004 - 4:19:27 pm)
Froupie:
what are they?
(Tue Jun 22, 2004 - 4:19:49 pm)
Queenie:
I can't stop eating peanut butter, which is unfortunate cause it's super fatty. low sugar tho.
(Tue Jun 22, 2004 - 4:19:59 pm)
Froupie:
peanut butter is ok once in a while. you should never totally deprive yourself thats when you start to crave.
(Tue Jun 22, 2004 - 4:20:47 pm)
Queenie:
couple of old screw mount bodies that don't work for various reasons, I think the one just needs a battery, and a humongous zoom lens also screw mount that weights fifty pounds and works great except it's got some moisture inside which makes the mold grow which makes those hairline etches on the glass so it's considered worthless but I used it anyway, I never noticed anything appearing on the prints from it, and anyway stuff like that, stuff I can't use cause my new camera is bayonette mount.
(Tue Jun 22, 2004 - 4:21:43 pm)
Queenie:
once I had a screw-to-bayonete mount adaptor but I sold it on ebay for like $50
(Tue Jun 22, 2004 - 4:22:24 pm)
Queenie:
I also have a big collection of non-functioning polaroid land cameras but I'll never part with them. the only real thing I collect... and they're worth like $2 each, woo!
(Tue Jun 22, 2004 - 4:23:28 pm)
Froupie:
i'm hoping i can still use the college darkroom facilities after i finish up next week. that part of it i really love. shame its a dying art, someone needs to keep it going.
(Tue Jun 22, 2004 - 4:24:33 pm)
Froupie:
theres a guy in spitalfield market who sells these tiny japanese polaroid cameras, so cute i really want one just to play with
(Tue Jun 22, 2004 - 4:25:21 pm)
Queenie:
have you ever seen that large format polaroid machine? it's like as big as a volkswagen and you can rent it for thousands of dollars and take like poster-sized instant photos. that's my big dream, to get my hands on that sucker for a day.
(Tue Jun 22, 2004 - 4:31:22 pm)
Chewing Wax:
I loved working in the dark room. The magic of seeing the print appear in the developer.
(Tue Jun 22, 2004 - 4:32:57 pm)
Froupie:
havent seen it, if you get it, share it with me!
(Tue Jun 22, 2004 - 4:33:15 pm)
Queenie:
it is a dying art, and sadly I think that the wave of digital technology means that photojournalism archiving will be a thing of the past, because journalists will just overwrite photos that they don't think are good or relevant at the moment, basically erasing history. I remember reading an interview with the guy who took that famous photo of monica lewinsky with clinton, where she's wearing a beret, and he's a print purist and he said that if he'd been shooting digital like all the other journalists, he would have long ago deleted the photo cause they didnt' think it was important cause the scandal happened some time later, but because of that, he was only one of a few to have an archived negative of the pres and her together.
(Tue Jun 22, 2004 - 4:33:40 pm)
Froupie:
yeh the darkroom is awesome, i wanna set up my own in the flat. i got the space.
(Tue Jun 22, 2004 - 4:34:08 pm)
Queenie:
40 x 80 Camera
Built by Polaroid in 1976, the 40 x 80 Camera, the world's largest instant camera and the only one of its kind, produces prints measuring 44 inches wide and up to 100 inches long. The 40 x 80 Camera is now hosted in Manhattan at Moby c, a 2500 square foot studio in the East Village. Studio director and photographer Mark Sobczak has been operating the camera since 1994.
(Tue Jun 22, 2004 - 4:35:17 pm)
Queenie:
here's the 20 x 24, isn't it dreamy??
(Tue Jun 22, 2004 - 4:36:06 pm)
Froupie:
i used both manual pentax and a digital canon to learn on in college, and i much preferred the manual. it just kindof makes sense to learn that way. i like setting the aperture and focus. maybe thats why i couldnt get into driving a manual car.
(Tue Jun 22, 2004 - 4:36:21 pm)
Froupie:
wowza. we gotta get one!
(Tue Jun 22, 2004 - 4:36:44 pm)
Queenie:
I remember a heated lounge debate about whether the real art of photography was in the shooting or the printing. but it was so long ago that now I can't remember who was on which side.
(Tue Jun 22, 2004 - 4:37:00 pm)
Queenie:
I miss my old pentax, it had a little needle in the viewfinder. needle goes up, overexposed. needle goes down, underexposed. so simple. After three years I still don't understand how to read all the dials and crap on this new pentax.
(Tue Jun 22, 2004 - 4:37:51 pm)
Queenie:
I love 35mm but polaroid is really my format of choice.
(Tue Jun 22, 2004 - 4:38:30 pm)
Froupie:
i learnt on that old pentax! that needle was my friend.
(Tue Jun 22, 2004 - 4:38:32 pm)
Froupie:
and its built like a tank.
(Tue Jun 22, 2004 - 4:39:56 pm)
Queenie:
ooh I've never seen one of these before
(Tue Jun 22, 2004 - 4:40:12 pm)
Russel:
I think some digital photos will be around for ever and ever and ever
(Tue Jun 22, 2004 - 4:41:03 pm)
Froupie:
me either.
(Tue Jun 22, 2004 - 4:41:11 pm)
Froupie:
if korda had taken this on a digital camera it wouldve been lost long ago
(Tue Jun 22, 2004 - 4:41:40 pm)
Queenie:
a quick ebay search reveals that the polaroid 600 SE is a bit more expensive, and "used by the pros for proofing".
(Tue Jun 22, 2004 - 4:42:17 pm)
Queenie:
it's the flash bulbs for the land cameras that are so hard to find. they're like gold. last year I got on ebay 70 flashbulbs for like $40, I still have many of them left.
(Tue Jun 22, 2004 - 4:44:28 pm)