I'm the same way. I'm not so far away from the time I held a transistor radio to my ear and rode the magic carpet. Of course the quality matters. But so does all the prep work.
Same, same. I remember putting up the microphone to the radio and press "record" on the cassette-recorder (two buttons).
But you had to catch the right moment - very intricate! Otherwise the guy on the radio would talk into the next hit-song, and sh.......t.
And then, all over again next Wednesday night, when the charts would be played again on SWF3.
I was 12 yrs. old, I think.......... and I remember it like yesterday.
I have several friends who still shoot on 35mm and 120 film pretty often. Some of them have a darkroom, or access to one, others just send it for processing. There are some good labs around - I'm sure there must be good photo labs where you are too. The biggest change is that you don't get any "do-overs" or previews like you do with digital cameras. Depending on where or what they're shooting, the people I know may bring a digital camera and a film camera to a shoot. They can get lighting/value/composition previews with the digital then shoot with the film. I still have a few exposures left on my 35mm Minolta to finish up.
I do have a great respect and love for this. Same as for folks, who try to get the best out of analog music, like kurtster does. For me though, I think I am a bit too lazy for all this technological bustle anymore. While I have always kept cherishing the audio and the visual sense-input and their human make-of, both have been a hobby for most of my life, I think I'm getting too old to bother with all of this anymore today. I simply take advantage of newer tech. Maybe also, because I know my way around bits and bytes. Hey, my lifetime may be shorter than I think... not knowing, but that's why I'm kinda lazy with this.
I'm the same way. I'm not so far away from the time I held a transistor radio to my ear and rode the magic carpet. Of course the quality matters. But so does all the prep work.
I have several friends who still shoot on 35mm and 120 film pretty often. Some of them have a darkroom, or access to one, others just send it for processing. There are some good labs around - I'm sure there must be good photo labs where you are too.
The biggest change is that you don't get any "do-overs" or previews like you do with digital cameras. Depending on where or what they're shooting, the people I know may bring a digital camera and a film camera to a shoot. They can get lighting/value/composition previews with the digital then shoot with the film. I still have a few exposures left on my 35mm Minolta to finish up.
I do have a great respect and love for this. Same as for folks, who try to get the best out of analog music, like kurtster does.
For me though, I think I am a bit too lazy for all this technological bustle anymore. While I have always kept cherishing the audio and the visual sense-input and their human make-of, both of which have been a hobby for most of my life, I think I'm getting too old to bother with all of this anymore today. I simply take advantage of newer tech. Maybe also, because I know my way around bits and bytes. I've kept listening music based on mp3 for some twenty years exclusively... all my analog records and most of my CDs I gave away. (Same goes for my analog cameras.)
Hey, my lifetime may be shorter than I think... not knowing, but that's why I'm kinda lazy with this.
What old and cheap digital cameras and smartphones can do these days simply seems to be unbelievable when compared to older, analog ways of taking photos.
I still remember the days of my youth, when dad and I discussed potential ways of processing images in our basement. How to handle unfriendly, yet needed chemicals, the red light for a dark-room, etc. It all seemed a mighty challenge. - My first camera was a Voigtländer Bessamatic, only soon to be replaced by a Nikon F-801, both sponsored by dad.
Shortly after this, the digital revolution began, and it now keeps taking a hold of us all...
I have several friends who still shoot on 35mm and/or 120 film pretty often. Some of them have a darkroom, or access to one, others just send it for processing. There are some good labs around - I'm sure there must be good photo labs where you are too.
To me, the biggest change is that you don't get any "do-overs" or previews like you do with digital cameras. Of course, the resolution and detail is incredible compared to film as well. Depending on where or what they're shooting, the people I know may bring a digital camera and a film camera to a shoot. They can get lighting/value/composition previews with the digital then shoot with the film. I still have a few exposures left on my 35mm Minolta to finish up.
What old and cheap digital cameras and smartphones can do these days simply seems to be unbelievable when compared to older, analog ways of taking photos.
I still remember the days of my youth, when dad and I discussed potential ways of processing images in our basement. How to handle unfriendly, yet needed chemicals, the red light for a dark-room, etc. It all seemed a mighty challenge. - My first camera was a Voigtländer Bessamatic, only soon to be replaced by a Nikon F-801, both sponsored by dad.
Shortly after this, the digital revolution began, and it now keeps taking a hold of us all...
Sure was. Not tryin' to beat ya. But those fold-out smartphones, back in their day always reminded me of "Kirk here.."
I even answered some incoming calls like that, usually confusing the caller. - It was a funny thing to do at the time..
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What old and cheap digital cameras and smartphones can do these days simply seems to be unbelievable when compared to older, analog ways of taking photos.
I still remember the days of my youth, when dad and I discussed potential ways of processing images in our basement. How to handle unfriendly, yet needed chemicals, the red light for a dark-room, etc. It all seemed a mighty challenge. - My first camera was a Voigtländer Bessamatic, only soon to be replaced by a Nikon F-801, both sponsored by dad.
Shortly after this, the digital revolution began, and it now keeps taking a hold of us all...
I remember Dick Tracy and his wristwatch phone.
That could never happen.
What old and cheap digital cameras and smartphones can do these days simply seems to be unbelievable when compared to older, analog ways of taking photos.
I still remember the days of my youth, when dad and I discussed potential ways of processing images in our basement. How to handle unfriendly, yet needed chemicals, the red light for a dark-room, etc. It all seemed a mighty challenge. - My first camera was a Voigtländer Bessamatic, only soon to be replaced by a Nikon F-801, both sponsored by dad.
Shortly after this, the digital revolution began, and it now keeps taking a hold of us all...
Next year! That's behind my bro from another mo's house. Me and Peej grew up with him. He's our ex-sheriff and Betz' cousin. Great guy. I'm quite jelly of his new crib. lol