Canon ends film camera sales
Even though I haven't shot film in decades, it's still sad. I do miss my AE-1.
Even though I haven't shot film in decades, it's still sad. I do miss my AE-1.
Leica just announced last week the end of the film versions of the numbered M series. https://petapixel.com/2018/05/25/the-leica-m7-has-been-discontinued M7 was their last, but they have two M film cameras left (MP and M-A). I'm currently shooting a roll of film in the Leica M3 my dad bought right before I was born. First film I've shot in close to 25 years and probably the last roll I'll shoot.
It has been an interesting experience. Everything is manual. I'm checking settings two or three times for each shot.
I spent several years running movie projectors as well. It is weird how satisfying that was (threading the film through the "brain" in the platters to the projector and back).Passing of film is doubly sad for me. Worked at the camera shop and the movie theater. I have no idea how many miles of film have passed through my hands. Gotten some chances to thread projectors in the years since I left and I can still almost do it with my eyes closed and every bit of it is still just as satisfying.
I spent several years running movie projectors as well. It is weird how satisfying that was (threading the film through the "brain" in the platters to the projector and back).
And I did do it with my eyes closed just to see if I could....
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I spent several years running movie projectors as well. It is weird how satisfying that was (threading the film through the "brain" in the platters to the projector and back).
And I did do it with my eyes closed just to see if I could....
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We didnt, and I can't imagine that many people would've at the time. I would think the cost to have an extra film for each theater would be prohibitive. The older theaters that still used reels would have two projectors, and they started the next reel when the dots appeared in the corner for the previous reel. The theaters I worked at used platters where you combined all the reels together and ran through in one piece.Was it true you had two films running at the same time so if one broke you just switch the bulb on the other one for a seamless show to the audience? Always wondered about that 'wives tale'.
The old arc light projectors at the palace theater in georgetown used carbon arc lighting to project the image.