Stumbled on this Youtube series. Each part is 1 hour and I'll admit I only just watched a bit here and there. Later when I have some evening down time I think I'll watch the whole thing. Really amazing stuff.
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How Kodak film is made.
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It's still actually sort of metal working content in that it involves machines. And watching machines do things in itself is fascinating.
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I've been in both Kodak plant (Toronto and Brampton) while they where operation in the mid 90's the operation in Toronto where amazing to see.
Agreed, he's got some great content. He gets too goofy for me a lot of the time, firing stuff out of air cannons and lots of giggling, but love this content.
Interesting the resurgence in analogue cameras. Unless you are using large format view cameras or such, I have to wonder why. The low cost of digital photography is imo one of the great advantages of being alive in this era.
Yes I wonder too if it is not just a fad, although I have not yet watched the entire video. I remember when digital quality couldn't even touch 35mm film but now since that has really isn't an issue digital still winds hands down for cost of image and the instant result.
Maybe it's a good thing I kept my old 35mm equipment this long....it might be worth something again finally.
Might be like analogue sound, hearing/seeing something that isn't really there but gives one a sense of exclusivity or uniqueness, rising above the crowd. Thats my Sunday morning amateur psychoanalysis
- probably worth what you paid for it. I remember reading once something like the difference between a professional photographer and an amateur is a 1,000 rolls of film. Practice and experience; digital gives us amateurs a chance to catch up.
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Dont know if it is still a "thing of importance" but the BIL owned the last camera shop in Calgary that had a developing machine for film photo's. He made an excellent living with just that one machine, he claimed that digital photography had no standing in any legal usage at all as it was so easy to photo shop the images to make them look like what was wanted. He had some very good accounts with law firms, insurance companies and every municipal & law agency in the area.
Interesting, I would think you could also take the digital image and alter how you wish and then take a picture of that with a film camera.
Do you crack safes too?
I new a guy back in the mid 80s the Calgary Herald ran a full page on him Police said he was Canadas #1 safe cracker. Ron Prune told them he could design better safes but until he was caught who would believe him! Apparently turned in by his cohort that was fooling around with his wife so after jail he was deported back to the Netherlands.