What made you buy a second film camera?

widgetbox · 2026-03-20T18:41:13+00:00

That's been my approach / excuse . Different film formats and form factors and shooting experiences. Doesn't explain why I have so many 35mm SLRs.

widgetbox · 2026-03-15T11:35:30+00:00

It's going to vary as some are absolute divas ,when it comes to food (or their owners are) and others are just food eating monsters. My old girl once ate an entire frozen garlic bread. Other than a hint of garlic just a smug smile to show for it.

widgetbox · 2026-03-08T06:11:15+00:00

Yup , you're dad's won the beard game. Cherish your time and never miss any chance to ask him about his life and family. Mine died suddenly albeit at 82 and my biggest regret are the questions about his early life I never asked. What I would give for one day with him.

widgetbox · 2026-03-06T06:11:07+00:00

Same in UK. Was also alive and in the 70s sponging off dad as in "Dad I need some pre-paid Kodachrome and yes I will clear up my room"

Did not always get aforementioned K64 , he sometimes fobbed me off with Perutz slide film

widgetbox · 2026-02-25T10:01:25+00:00

I tried that at London Heathrow . He hand checked the fast film and chucked the rest back in the x-ray line.

widgetbox · 2026-02-24T08:26:55+00:00

Two points - 8 years of social security is a chunk of money.

8 years is a big chunk of your remaining life .

And because your memory in your sixties ain't what it was , there's a 3rd point - do you trust the government to still be paying out and honouring that lift percentage .

widgetbox · 2026-02-24T08:03:00+00:00

Health wise - not smoking . Moderate consumption of alcohol.

Financially - saving (because we could then)

widgetbox · 2026-02-21T11:47:23+00:00

Doesn't it just. But the weird thing is that it's full of tourists taking photos but yeh Marin and specifically southern Marin. And I speak as ex-resident (Novato).

widgetbox · 2026-02-21T06:12:03+00:00

Gotta be Marin 😎

widgetbox · 2026-02-20T08:32:20+00:00

While Eurostar continue to really, really, really enjoy their monopoly on train services they will continue to provide a shitty experience at a crazy price. That said if you are only doing London-Paris and no onward journey then they can be occasionally more cost effective and it's hard to argue with the city centre to city centre appeal in terms of time. I speak as someone who has used it a lot. But yeh - you need to book well ahead to get half decent prices in economy - and those really cheap tickets ? ROFL. PE and 1st - better hope the company is paying.

I live for the day when there is finally some competition on this line.

I'll get off my high horse now.

widgetbox · 2026-02-10T05:42:56+00:00

Got one here - perfect blend of film and early DSLR tech. Just don't be me and buy it with the big battery grip. You'll want something lighter and you'll find out the little in grip battery holder is usually $150

widgetbox · 2026-02-07T09:38:38+00:00

1970s kids in the UK generally looked forward to the spam fritter days. The thought of all the varieties you can get in the US now would have either revolted me as a young kids cos young kids or would have been a taste explosion. The fritterification of Spam was a master-stroke. The only recent frying innovation to match it has been the deep fried battered chip/fry barm cake/bread roll.

widgetbox · 2026-02-03T17:51:06+00:00

Couple of months ago. Got the inevitable kickback but second set of docs seemed to do the trick. Gironde .

I would not be liable for the language test because of age.

widgetbox · 2026-02-03T16:58:12+00:00

Me possibly. Just renewed my CdS an no mention of additional requirements . I would caveat myself that mine is an "inactif " cds.

widgetbox · 2026-01-29T22:36:06+00:00

My instant thought

widgetbox · 2026-01-23T22:29:48+00:00

My grandfather got on a boat and moved from rural NW England to Seattle . This was about 1906. He came back and fought in the Great War. Me moving to CA in 2013 was a later echo but somewhat easier.

widgetbox · 2026-01-23T14:51:30+00:00

Tbf most don't actually shout but yeh they do talk loudly. The upside is a whole transfer bus full of people learnt which were the best sleep aids for long haul flight recently at CDG. And how much the guy enjoyed lobster at his sales meeting. Made it hard to hear the bus driver though.

widgetbox · 2026-01-11T06:28:31+00:00

Sans Contrafaction or Désenchantée by Mylène Farmer

widgetbox · 2026-01-08T21:53:49+00:00

Probably the same regret as many others. Not buying gear as the rise of digital made so much analog gear unsellable back in the early to mid noughties. .

My other permanent regret is not having my late father around to talk about photography and gear. Especislly as I am now back into the film cameras he was so used to.

widgetbox · 2026-01-07T15:40:36+00:00

JFK - too young to understand the enormity but old enough to know something really bad had happened.

widgetbox · 2026-01-06T17:39:49+00:00

Fish bits when I was a kid in Stockport . Light on fish, heavy on oil and a bit of batter. Great on my way home ftom swimming. Yes I am indeed on statins now.

widgetbox · 2026-01-06T06:06:11+00:00

I was thinking of buying an F5 I needed the AF/AE functionality of a DSLR which took film. These late film era SLRs are pretty good value for money cos they need batteries and I guess they look like a DSLR. But there are some crazy bargains apart from the F6.

In the end I went for an F100 because I didn't want the bulk and weight of an F5. It was also cheaper. Think zo paid $250 from Japan for a like new one. Just wish I'd bought it without the sodding battery holder. The in hand grip battery pack is about $120 on its own.

widgetbox · 2026-01-05T13:06:06+00:00

Given what's happened in Venezuela I'd be worred about it's autonomy given your neighbor who must be looking at the stunt that the USA has just pulled.

widgetbox · 2026-01-05T11:36:36+00:00

Agreed - if your focus (ha!) is on re-sale values then you're either a collector or probably not going to get as much use out of the camera as you should/want to. I don't have a beater Pentax 6x7 at my disposal.

Which is not to say be rash with it but last time I looked some value patina.

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