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[Tin Can]

On this forum many complain about hobby collectors

hoarding

Using too cheap a film

not using film

DIY

wrong processing

incompetence accusations

many suggest we give away most things

some do

where did the 'must have' pay teachers go

soon blind leading blind will be criminal

I know someone who purchased a refurbished single-shot DT repro system with a 100mp sensor, and dedicated lens/shutter module. He does digitization work, and formerly used a Linhof m679 with Phase One back on it. The system ran him around $50k, and it was a couple years old already. But a large job digitizing both film and prints for a collection(around 2,000 pieces/frames in total) paid for the system, so with the right jobs, it can be profitable. But yes, it isn't cheap.

But then again, I've met hobbyists who aren't afraid of spending $30k+ on a custom run of Kodak film cut to their desired sizes. Paid up front, didn't even balk at the price. One quipped "It is what it is, my other hobbies cost more(in his case, fancy shotguns and precision competition big-bore rifles)"

[bmikiten]

Hobbyists drive markets. As someone who has been (and is) on both sides of this equation, I've manufactured and designed products that were brought to market only because there is a group of people that appreciate quality and, often, being first. Cost is not an issue. A great example of this is Graham Nash without whom, we may not have digital printing or digital photography. Thank goodness there isn't a test to approve your work, skills, etc before purchasing that new Hasselblad or that 62' Stratocaster! (Speaking from personal experience).

On this forum many complain about hobby collectors

hoarding

Using too cheap a film

not using film

DIY

wrong processing

incompetence accusations

many suggest we give away most things

some do

where did the 'must have' pay teachers go

soon blind leading blind will be criminal

[Bernice Loui]

Tin Can:

On this forum many complain about hobby collectors
~Jealousy.

hoarding
~Greed.

Using too cheap a film
~Penny "wise" pound foolish, lesson to be learned.

not using film
~Destructive tribalism.

DIY
~Good or not so Good, variable.

wrong processing
~Ignorance, possible knowledge/wisdom gained or learning resistant.

incompetence accusations
~Ego or internet/web mythbusting.. If proven, Egos get dented.
~"Rumors/Gossip stops at a wise individual's ears."

many suggest we give away most things
~"Best things in life are not "things"...

some do
~Yes indeediee.

where did the 'must have' pay teachers go
~No longer fashionable.

soon blind leading blind will be criminal.
~"It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere."

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Question, why not keep the entire image process digital instead of scanning film to the limits of any film scanner?

Or, keep film as film "wet" process to the finished print?


Bernice

[Peter De Smidt]

Or, why not just do whatever you'd like?

[Tin Can]

I do

I seldom tell others what to do, at least I think I don't

I try to answer questions, as many are ignored until I stick my foot in

I don't have a DIGI printer, I either use DIGI straight to 'friends' or save as

I try to have fun, but I got/git beat up here many times

Hence TIN CAN

Photography is very competitive if you want

I don't

Or, why not just do whatever you'd like?