Re: Black and White, again...

"Ken Hart" <kwhart1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "William Black" <william.black@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> I looked at them and they're beyond my budget.
>>
>> I'm looking at the Voigtlander as a possible successor as I rather like

>> them.
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>> But I keep thinking film is old fa****oned and that there should be some

>> sort of digital alternative at a reasonable price.
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> The advertisements from the digital manufacturers apparently, 
> unfortunately, are working.
>
> Yes, film is old-fa****oned... that's the good thing about it.
>

Look,  you're talking to a man who still buys razor blades to shave with.

And drives an elderly (well,  middle aged anyway) Land Rover.

I have already  disposed of the enlarger and purchased a 35mm scanner, 
but 
developing the film is still messy,  and to be honest these days I usually

send it away...

I just wondered about a digital camera for the 'arty stuff'.

Oh,  anyone tried one of these?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Three-Crowns-Leica-copy-Cap-Spool-New-camera_W0QQitemZ180214423879QQihZ008QQcategoryZ15234QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem

I assume it has a crap Russian lens (although now and again you can get 
lucky) that'll need replacing but I was wondering if all the rest works as

advertised...

Because at £115 it's hard to turn down

-- 
William Black


I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate
All these moments will be lost in time,  like icecream on the beach
Time for tea.