Xander ,'End of Days'
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There are a lot of digital SLRs that do that
It's not the digital I'm wondering about, so much as my traditional SLR for which I've already bought good lenses -- that's the compatibility angle I need to start shopping from.
I think it's a Nikon, but it's been in that bag forever. Since shortly before Burrell's first MonkeyPants was born, for sure.
Kodak to stop making B&W paper. I guess the digital SLR is looking better and better.
They aren't the only producers of B&W paper left are they? I think I usually used to buy AGFA.
I think the digitals would share lenses with more electronic SLR's than older manual SLR's
I think I usually used to buy AGFA.
I'm an Ilford girl myself. But it does sound like an early death knell.
But it does sound like an early death knell.
I have to admit that I bought an enlarger a fwe years ago, and I have never used it, because I don't have a suitable set-up and I'm leery of the chemicals.
I am leery myself of running my own shop for the same reasons -- so I really need to sign up for a community college class or something so I can get back to it. I like the dark room.
I think the digitals would share lenses with more electronic SLR's than older manual SLR's
It is a bit tricky exactly which lenses, but typically as long as it's a lens than can work with the autofocus system then they transfer. Canon and Nikon digitals both do this. However since the CCD on the digital cameras is smaller than the 35mm film plate it has the effect of changing the working length of the lens. I think it's around a 1.5 conversion. So a 300mm lens becomes a 200mm.
I loved having access to the department dark room when I was in grad school. I miss it.
I like the dark room.
Me too. I like printing picture much more than procesing film. My first teacher made us process on steel reels, and they were a bitch.
Once I got used to them, I much preferred steel reels to the plastic ones.
Processing film involved fuckups that couldn't be recovered from. I lived in fear of the scratched negative. You can't experiment!
Printing, on the other hand -- so much room to play.