A Great Time to be a Photographer or is it?

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@kbarrett1844 2 ай бұрын

It's a great time to be a photographer yesterday, today and tomorrow. Vision is timeless. Tools of the trade come and go.

@julesvuottosphotofocus4696 2 ай бұрын

@@kbarrett1844 That’s true, but it’s nice that we have a choice today that I never had in the early seventies when starting out. It was a manual focus film camera. Today I can still use the choice of manual focus film camera, but also autofocus film cameras or DSLR or mirrorless. Thanks for watching.

@terrygoyan 2 ай бұрын

George Bernard Shaw once described the 35 mm camera as "like the cod fish, that spawn a million that one may survive." I wonder what he would think about digital. I was a Fuji Velvia guy and in the eighties a roll of thirty-six exposure Velvia was a bit over $9.00 and processing by New Lab in the City was a bit over $10.00. Twenty dollars for thirty-six exposures is incomprehensible to me now! A day of bird photography would cost me hundreds today. I appreciate that digital has made taking images so much less expensive.....

@julesvuottosphotofocus4696 2 ай бұрын

@@terrygoyan I agree 100%. Thanks for watching.

@michaelcase8574 2 ай бұрын

Kodachrome was indeed a fantastic film! I think i remember that Playboy would shoot it's centerfolds on Kodachrome 4x5 film. One reason they discontinued it was that the chemicals were extremely hazardous, and recycling was prohibitively expensive. I remember in the late 60s, i shot Agfachrome. It came in an envelope that you would send the film back for developing pre paid.

@johnvuotto999 2 ай бұрын

There’s a song called Portra 400 by Arlo Parks

@julesvuottosphotofocus4696 2 ай бұрын

I did not know that. Thank you.

@sophietucker1255 2 ай бұрын

Kodachrome is the only color film that meets the archival quality of B/W films. That is most likely because of the process used to make it and the 12 or 13 steps to process it. Kodak was the only ones that did process it. I have slides my father took of me as a baby 1952 that are in fantastic shape.

@julesvuottosphotofocus4696 2 ай бұрын

@@sophietucker1255 yes. I really miss Kodachrome. Thanks for watching.

@michaelrasmussen3347 2 ай бұрын

Is the reason behind that Kodachrome cannot be reviewed that the chemicals are illegal today?

@julesvuottosphotofocus4696 2 ай бұрын

@@michaelrasmussen3347 I don’t know. I think it would just be too expensive. Thanks for watching.

@nsvp3135 2 ай бұрын

@@julesvuottosphotofocus4696 Have you ever use Ektachrome Infra Red film back in the day? Your KZbin channel is amazing. Thank you for what you do.

@sophietucker1255 2 ай бұрын

As to the costs, what isn’t expensive these days. Yes, I have thousands tied up in my gear both used and collector items. Computers are expensive too. Storage both onsite and in the cloud have costs. But it is my hobby and so while I do have to exercise some restraint it is money I gladly spend. All hobbies have costs. Cars/hot rods/off road vehicles can be very expensive, Flying, fishing, hunting and just travel all can run into the thousands. People gladly spend $5-$10 a day on just coffee. So I don’t always worry about the cost of the film and developing, it’s part of my hobby.

@julesvuottosphotofocus4696 2 ай бұрын

@@sophietucker1255 All true Sophie, but it’s just so much cheaper to shoot digital especially if you like to shoot transparency film.

@Cotictimmy 2 ай бұрын

I wish camera manufacturers would put ASA 10 in digital cameras now (instead of some of these BS crazy 30 images per second features that I’ll never want.)

@julesvuottosphotofocus4696 2 ай бұрын

@@Cotictimmy My Z8 starts at ISO 64, which comes in handy if I want to shoot wide open in bright light. Thanks for watching.

@Cotictimmy 2 ай бұрын

@@julesvuottosphotofocus4696 My D810 too but I'd love it to go lower. 😀

@nickfanzo 2 ай бұрын

You mean an artist? When isn’t it?

@julesvuottosphotofocus4696 2 ай бұрын

@@nickfanzo I mean that because of all the tools and technology we have more options than ever before. Thanks for watching.

@jonjanson8021 2 ай бұрын

I shoot film because I don't do cheap.

@julesvuottosphotofocus4696 2 ай бұрын

@@jonjanson8021 That’s great, but I shoot way too much to shoot film. Also, in my opinion digital quality is better. But its nice that we have a choice. Thanks for watching.