I just dumped a load of images from my digital camera to the laptop. I save a folder of images of each rod I make just because it's pretty easy to do that. I name the folder with a date code and brief description so I can fairly easily find what I'm looking for when the need arises. I have folders going back to 1999, probably tens of thousands of digital images, But I still kinda miss film.
Kodak quit making 35mm slide projectors in 2004. I have one in a box somewhere, I promise I will sort that last shoe box of loose slides and show some on a bed sheet hanging from a curtain rod (I don't know what happened to the fancy, folding movie screen).
Maybe it's just too simple now - set the Camera to "A" for all things automatic, push the little button, plug the little card into the printer, push the "instant fix" button and E-Mail the picture to Aunt Betty.
Kodak quit making 35mm slide projectors in 2004. I have one in a box somewhere, I promise I will sort that last shoe box of loose slides and show some on a bed sheet hanging from a curtain rod (I don't know what happened to the fancy, folding movie screen).
Maybe it's just too simple now - set the Camera to "A" for all things automatic, push the little button, plug the little card into the printer, push the "instant fix" button and E-Mail the picture to Aunt Betty.
What happened to the neat little black plastic cans with the colorful film cartridges inside. Opening the camera and carefully aligning the sprocket holes on the film and then the gentle tension as you ratcheted the film advance lever until #1 came into the window. The lady in the PhotoMat Booth who took your stuffed envelope and promised real pictures in 3 or 4 days. I actually spent a little time in a home darkroom with an enlarger, 8X10 photographic paper and trays of developer and fixer. Watching the images eerily appear is still a mystery to me. I kinda miss it.
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