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Have you had much inflation with your photo staples?
rossb replied to invisibleflash's topic in Casual Photo Conversations
I'm always looking for a way to cut expenses in photography. Film plus darkroom can be relatively inexpensive for a hobby or a huge money pit. I keep it on the affordable side. -
I just have a folder on the desktop and I put my pictures in there. Every year I start a new sub folder. I separate the photos by topic and that way I can find my family photos fast as they are the most important. In addition I keep a duplicate folder on an external hard drive. Not very fancy I suppose. I average 1 roll of film a week more or less and out of the 24 photos I generally print 2 of those photos in the darkroom on 8x10's. I store the prints in Archival photo boxes that hold 50 prints which is about 1 year per box. Stacks very well lying flat. I do make 4x6 inkjet prints of the family and keep them in Pioneer Space Saver albums from BHPhoto. . The album slips into a hard cover and it stores upright just like a book.
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Have you had much inflation with your photo staples?
rossb replied to invisibleflash's topic in Casual Photo Conversations
I do not worry much about stuff I cannot afford and most of the stuff that I can. However my Leica M6 was free and it just works perfectly year after year. Just shot a roll of Arista 100 yesterday. I went over to what used to be Fort Ord and they are tearing down the old wooden Army barracks so I shot a roll of film of the beat up old buildings that are left. Photos look great and I printed out one in my darkroom. I did not stay in those buildings but I was stationed at Ft Benning in the late 60's and lived in barracks of the same design. They had coal fired heaters. -
Have you had much inflation with your photo staples?
rossb replied to invisibleflash's topic in Casual Photo Conversations
I agree. -
I recently bought a TT Artisan 50mm f1.4 to use with my Leica M6. I like the lens and the photo qualities are awesome. No clue if the photo quality would be satisfactory with a sensor camera. This one has a focusing tab and focus tension is perfect for my use. It has click stops that are solid and normal in 1/2 stop increments. The lens cap is a push on type which is new to me but it works perfectly. Threaded front for 49mm filters. I have no experience with the 7 Artisan but they are different companies probably from the same factory. The box says Shenzhen China.
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Have you had much inflation with your photo staples?
rossb replied to invisibleflash's topic in Casual Photo Conversations
Kodak and Illford films have a steep increase in price every year it seems. I have been cutting costs however over the last 2 years and have dropped 120 film, color film, Kodak and Illford films. I am now just shooting 35mm with Arista 100 which puts me under $5.00 a roll or about $2.50 a roll if bulk loading. I am using Arista RC paper in the darkroom and cannot really reduce the costs in that regard. I work with 8x10 prints only which keeps it simple and helps with the cost. Anyway prices are up every year but my spending is down. -
Are DSLRs doomed? Tony Northrup says no.
rossb replied to DrBen's topic in Casual Photo Conversations
I watched the video and Tony Northrup seems well informed. Sounds like the DSLR will stick around for a while. -
Are DSLRs doomed? Tony Northrup says no.
rossb replied to DrBen's topic in Casual Photo Conversations
The new tech that consumers are buying is the cell phone. -
Are DSLRs doomed? Tony Northrup says no.
rossb replied to DrBen's topic in Casual Photo Conversations
I went to my Granddaughters school play last week and there were hundreds of parents out there. Not a single regular camera among them. -
I think the Fuji XT30 would be worth a look. I am not familiar with the various P&S models available. I shoot MFT which can be very small and light to bulky depending on choices made within the system.
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Kodak UM400. Hiking at Henry Coe State Park, Ca. The park is vast and they allow Horseback riding, Mountain Bike riding, Backpacking and of course hiking..
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Film in camera bag organization
rossb replied to nick_s6's topic in The Wet Darkroom: Film, Paper & Chemistry
Japan Camera Hunter makes nice film holders for 35 or 120. -
Is a Prada bag a camera bag?