johnelstad Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 April Fool's! Sorry, I couldn't resist. My apologies also to international users who might not know that today in the day in the US when we play tricks on each other. So, to keep this thread from being a complete waste, why not add your own April Fool's headline? By the way, my runner-up headline was, "LF or digital P&S for first wedding assignment?". I hope you all have a great day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhananjay_n Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 Kodak announces shutdown of all conventional film plants.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_owen Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 Kodak announces launch of all its films, colour and black and white in sizes 4x5 up to and including 20x24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce watson Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 Kodak announces Tri-X 4x5 sheet film in Readyload packaging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gene m Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 God announces removal of all dust and lint in the universe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen hazelton Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 ALL POSSIBLE PICTURES HAVE NOW BEEN TAKEN AND CAN BE DOWNLOADED FROM THE INTERNET- NO FURTHER NEED FOR CAMERAS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex_hawley Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 Kodak renounces digital!! Press release says Big Yellow pledges to revive interest in film with renewed emphasis in the large format genre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnps Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 New 450 roll film format from Fuji. To coincide with the release of the new Velvia 100F in all formats Fuji are to release a new film format - the 450 roll film. A new RFH will also be available to hold the new film. The film is basically the daddy of 120. Just over 4 inches wide and 10 feet long the film will handle just like 120 and shoot 20 shots per roll. A 4x10 RFH is expected early in 2004 for shooters of ULF panaramics. Prices not yet available but expected to be somewhere in the region of astronomical. Rumours of an 810 roll film have been denied by Fuji, "Now, that would be silly", a rep was heard to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_bradley1 Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 Nikon introduces full frame 11MP digital SLR to compete with EOS-1Ds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill_howell2 Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 Kodak announces it will start putting silver back in their films! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pat_kearns1 Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 Kodak announces new sheet film that can be loaded into film holders in total daylight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnelstad Posted April 1, 2003 Author Share Posted April 1, 2003 Great responses thus far. Here are a few more: All future buildings to be built wider towards the top to prevent converging verticals when photographed. Canon announces entry into large format with auto-focus, auto-tilt, auto-rise, auto-shift, and auto-swing view camera. Cost: $499 with 65-300mm zoom. Discovery at Ansel Adams' lab: all photos originally taken with Kodak Brownie. NASA discovers two additional zones, world economy revived as billions buy new spot meters. Leica owners formally admit superiority of Canon and Nikon. Also reveal that they have never actually used their cameras, but just taken them out of the box a few times to admire them. And my favorite: Photographers run out of questions at Photo.net. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_gagnon Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 I don't know how many of you have older, leather covered cameras, but I thought I'd pass this on. Macro-Tools, Inc. now sells a cream called ZBR that is supposed to remove those dreaded "Zeiss Bumps" that form under the leather on Speed Graphics, Zeiss plate cameras, Kodak Recomars and the like. The beauty of this product is that now, instead of removing the leather, sanding down the metal, and regluing, just apply the cream to the leather directly where the bumps are, and the are removed overnight while you sleep. This has got to be the best invention since Hypo-Check. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael_veit Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 Anna Pagnacco swears off cheap digital eye candy effects and announces she'll take an actual photograph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
struan_gray Posted April 2, 2003 Share Posted April 2, 2003 I used to think that photographers had no sense of humour. Now I *know* that photographers have no sense of humour. FWIW, I have one of the Arca underwater ballheads. A very nice piece of kit. They are sold under the 'Orca Swiss' brand name here in Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueviews Posted April 2, 2003 Share Posted April 2, 2003 Actually the headline is not that much of a joke. Apparently, Cathy Church was interested in getting a housing built for some large format underwater camera for some B&W stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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