Hi all, been years since I contributed to the list (I'm your archetypal
lurker,) but that's normally 'cos I have nothing useful to contribute, so
yay for a chance :-)
Tony Duell wrote:
When do we
get to look at some pictures of your
stash? You know I'm sure a local newspaper or magazine
That could be a problem. Yes, I have a cmaera. Darn it, I have many
cameras. But all are film-based (I will _consider_ a digital camera when
the quality of output exceeds that from my film cameras, which include
several 5*4" large format models). I also don't have a scanner, or
anything to link it to (there don't make scanners that link to PERQs
:-))
For what it's worth Tony, if any of your cameras are 35mm, I have a
dedicated film/slide scanner I'd be more than happy to run some negs (or
positives!) through if you did want to get some digital images to share
with the list. I'm based in Leeds but travel to London pretty much every
week for what it's worth.
(If you didn't want to entrust negs with me - and I wouldn't blame you -
I'd be happy to give you a roll or two of TMax B&W film & you can post me
the exposed rolls back - I can process & scan them myself at home.)
(Oh, the offer of scanning negs/slides is of course open to anyone if you
need it, within reason!)
As an aside, maybe a love of old cameras and classic computers is a
natural fit :-). Although I do shoot digital, my favourite camera is my
Canon A1, an absolutely beautiful bit of kit IMHO, and I'm hoping a
1950s Russian Zorki rangefinder is going to land in my lap before
Christmas! Shameless self publicity - if anyone's curious, some of my
photography is at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/snowgoons/ ;-). (No
classic computers there though!)
Cheers,
Tim
--
Tim Walls at home in Leeds
EMail & MSN: tim.walls at
snowgoons.com