erichsande Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 I came across a film on Netflix last night called "Camera Store", starring John Larroquette. It wasn't so much about photography as it was similar to "Glengarry Glen Ross" - a couple of older guys working in a mall camera store owned by an a-hole on Christmas Eve. Watching it, I may have missed when it was supposed to take place but the Wikipedia page says 1994. A guy comes in with an Apple QuickTake, saying that it's the future of photography. There's an error in that scene because Larroquette takes a picture with it and there's a preview, which that camera did not have. One confusing scene was a very nervous photojournalist bringing in "an F3 with a digital back" to rescue 4 photos. If he'd have said N90s it would have made some sense. I enjoyed the film. No CGI, just acting, which is what I'm more interested in anymore. Here's the trailer: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_bill Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 Thanks erich, It is also for rent on amazon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trigger_Happy Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 Oh, what a pity. It's not available on Netflix where I am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim_Lookingbill Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 Reading the Youtube comments many don't understand the plot of the movie from watching the trailer which I'm finding puzzling and a bit sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erichsande Posted August 28, 2017 Author Share Posted August 28, 2017 Yes, Tim - most people don't have any point of reference to the retail camera business anymore. I came across the movie because I browse instantwatcher.com and the one sentence synopsis there included "with the digital revolution around the corner". That confused me a bit as far as figuring out the time period of the film because "digital revolution around the corner" said ~2000 to me. Christmas Eve 1994 was when film was still king and had many more years of superiority. I'm a Nikon guy and the F5, F100 and F6 were still to come! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeBu Lamar Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 There is an F3 with digital back before an N90 with digital back. It's the DCS-100. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James G. Dainis Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 That film was made two years before Kodak launched the real photo revolution - the Advanced Photo System (APS) with film like Advantix. James G. Dainis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erichsande Posted August 29, 2017 Author Share Posted August 29, 2017 Wow, I've honestly never heard of the F3 being rigged up to be digital. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bebu_lamar Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 Wow, I've honestly never heard of the F3 being rigged up to be digital. It was the first Kodak DCS 100 - Camera-wiki.org - The free camera encyclopedia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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