This weekend left me feeling a little outdated myself (well, at least suck
in the 1970s). I went to Disney World with two five year olds who kept
grabbing my Om-2n and looking at the at the back in disappointment.
"Where's the picture?" I watched their eyes glaze over when I told them I
have to take the film to the store to get the pictures.
Nonetheless, I love taking pictures with a camera that doesn't beep at me.
Dean
-----Original Message-----
From: Walt Wayman [mailto:hiwayman@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 12:54 PM
To: Oly List
Subject: [OM] Satisfying sounds
I've been here of late shooting a lot of 6x9cm Efke 100 sheet film. I don't
think anybody makes 2¼x3¼ in. sheet film holders anymore, but I've got a
dozen in excellent condition I've had for years, so I'm good to go.
I suppose, at least in part, the motivation behind my renewed use of sheet
film is because a certain amount of nostalgia has taken hold of me. I had
forgotten how wonderful is the sound of a film holder being slammed home
into a Graflok back, that seriously professional and satisfyingly solid,
old-timey ker-plunkity-clunk-chunk, a sound nearly as pleasant and
reassuring to the ear as the snickety-clack-chunk-ker-plunk of jacking a
round of 00 buckshot into the chamber of a 12 gauge pump shotgun at 3:00
a.m. after hearing the sound of breaking glass in the basement.
And the basement is where I'm heading right now. That's where the darkroom
is, and I've got a dozen film holders to unload so a half gallon of D-76 can
work its magic on the film I shall remove therefrom. Then I'll just reload
and do it all again, maybe tomorrow.
I probably won't need to take the shotgun -- at least, I hope not, although
since I haven't used the darkroom in some time, there may be a large and
vicious spider or two lurking in a corner waiting to pounce. Better safe
than sorry.
Old retro farts can have fun too.
Walt
--
"Anything more than 500 yards from
the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston
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