Veni, Vide, Visa

[John Kasaian]

I just got two fresh boxes of llford 5x7 film in the mail today!:D
I haven't bought any film in awhile because I wanted to use up some of the older stuff in the freezer, but I have a few projects better served by the 5x7 and I had already loaded what was left of my last box. I find there is something exhilarating about getting a box of film I the mail. I imagine it must be similar to a painter getting a blank canvas (or 50!) Aquinas would recognize these as having potential and reaching that end---whatever it may be---is so gosh darned exciting. I wanted to share it with you guys.
Does anyone else get this excited over a package of sheet film?

[lecarp]

Always, Its like receiving a box of magic.

[blueribbontea]

You bet, that and a deep sense of security (film security!)

[Mark Sawyer]

I get that feeling, but with me, it's lenses. Get a new-to-me old lens, and all I can see is how much potential it has. :)

Of course, no photographer ever lives up to the full potential of their materials or equipment. And there's something reassuring about that, always knowing so much more is there, waiting...

[jp]

Nope, new film gets bagged and goes straight into the freezer.

I am thankful to get it though.

[Jim Galli]

Yes, the potential for greatness, realized or (in my case) not is indeed a source of excitement. Probably more with Mark here. Love the lenses. Although in my case with somewhere between 100 and 200 if someone calculated the potential : realized it would be a depressing number.

Having said that though, I have enough film in the freezer to get me somewhere into the middle of the millenial reign of Christ before I run out. Maybe I'll figure it out yet ;~'))

[DrTang]

I get like that with lenses

I think: there it is...the silver bullet... the one that will change everything


and


sometimes it is

not a lens, but a robot camera I picked up at a thrift store CHANGED EVERYTHING to square

from there it was to 6x6 (rollei and hassy) and now to 5"x5" (cropped 5x7)

but yeah... little miracles from the postman

[David Karp]

I love a new box of film. Even an unopened one from out of the freezer. I am very lucky in that I can hop in the car and drive to Freestyle to look at lots of boxes of fresh film!

[bgh]

While I love to get a new box of film in the mail, my exhilaration tends to come once I've loaded the film into my holders, and have a full bag of holders ready to go. That is the wonderful feeling of potential for me.

Upon returning home with a bag full of holders with exposed film, however, the exhilarated sense of potential generally turns to stomach-churning anxiety.

Thanks for starting the thread, John!

Bruce

[Michael E]

Does anyone else get this excited over a package of sheet film?

Not me. I have a life :-)

When I receive fresh LF film in the mail, usually substantially more than a single box, I comfort myself with the thought that I will be using this film long after the pain is gone, the feeling of loss when I pay the (substantial) bill. Maybe I should get a life where I don't have to worry about money. I'm still working on that.

[ShannonG]

Yup ,,i get excited to get new film or open one from the freezer,,same thing when i get paper.