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Why have disposable film cameras gone extinct?

Anonymous Mon 13 Mar 2023 09:13:47 No.4153953 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>4154002 >>4154016 >>4154508 >>4154902 >>4155849 >>4155886 >>4155893 >>4158291 >>4163620

The world was better and felt more significant when you captured the moment on even cheap rolls of film.

SOUL was kept intact in the image. Better dynamic range than digital, beautiful imperfections. The limited stock made taking photos a novelty and forced you to treat each photo with reverence and consideration. Digital makes things too easy, and it looks like DOGSHIT.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 13 Mar 2023 09:48:56 No.4153957 Report

Quoted By: >>4159935

Disposables are still sold. Go buy one and come back with some photos (you won't, gearfag)

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 13 Mar 2023 09:49:09 No.4153958 Report

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>shit image quality
>expensive for what they were
>comparatively long turnaround on photos

compared to

>shit quality
>but
>instantly shareable with everyone you know and then some
>free for as many photos as you wanna take

go figure.

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Anonymous Mon 13 Mar 2023 11:38:33 No.4154002 Report

Quoted By: >>4156318 >>4156474

>>4153953
except they haven't... lol what shithole do you live in?

studiomanagerfag

studiomanagerfag Mon 13 Mar 2023 11:56:09 No.4154016 Report

Quoted By: >>4155848

>>4153953
i charge people $25 + tax & tip to develop and scan their disposables, then take it to the indian lab downtown and pay them $10 to do it for me.

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Anonymous Mon 13 Mar 2023 18:10:25 No.4154136 Report

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recently bought one

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 13 Mar 2023 20:14:25 No.4154212 Report

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They took decent pictures

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 13 Mar 2023 20:36:40 No.4154218 Report

Quoted By: >>4154312

I have one from the late 90s that I never got developed. I should probably try to find a way to get it done...

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 13 Mar 2023 22:25:25 No.4154271 Report

Quoted By: >>4154312

Is this a trick question, we have phones now.
Wide standard on a phone does same thing for free, as many exposures as you want, and you get "scans" instantly.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 13 Mar 2023 23:42:19 No.4154312 Report

Quoted By: >>4154347 >>4154496 >>4155888

>>4154218
lol I hope you kept it in the freezer

>>4154271
and no one ever looks at them again

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Mar 2023 01:01:26 No.4154347 Report

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>>4154312
>lol I hope you kept it in the freezer
I feel like shot film with a latent image stores better in terms of color over virgin unshot film but maybe I’m wrong

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Anonymous Tue 14 Mar 2023 11:34:18 No.4154496 Report

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>>4154312
>lol I hope you kept it in the freezer
lol, nope. Found it in a drawer next to my minidisc player, Nintendo gameboy & my Fuji Finepix™ A330 (with 3x optical zoom!!1!!11!).
I dug it out and it turns out my old brain misremembered. It's not from the 90s, that's the roll of 110 film I have that I never got developed. The disposable is from the 00s and seems to have never been used. Think I got it for a holiday & forgot to bring it or something. Pic related.
>develop before 12-2006
I assume it's fucked now...

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Mar 2023 12:20:47 No.4154508 Report

Quoted By: >>4154523

>>4153953
It's true, you need to be a much better photographer to shoot digital well. With film you can hide behind muh aesthetic to mask your snapshits. From children anyway.

Imagine being so shit at photography that you have to let the medium be the art rather than your own efforts of simply taking a good photograph. Yikes.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Mar 2023 13:31:25 No.4154523 Report

Quoted By: >>4154562 >>4154573 >>4154587

>>4154508
i don't think it's about being better technically, its about being more disciplined... when I shoot film, i don't want to waste shots as it's a finite resource, so i am much more thoughtful in my composure and trigger finger...with digital i dont give a shit and just go nuts, being able to apply that thoughtful mentality and scene discrimination to digital is challenging when there's no real consequences except shitty photos

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Mar 2023 17:02:19 No.4154562 Report

Quoted By: >>4154710

>>4154523
>cliche platitudes
Yes, everyone knows the flim mantra. The fact is this is how you should shoot digital as well.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Mar 2023 17:36:33 No.4154573 Report

Quoted By: >>4154574 >>4154576 >>4154586 >>4154790

>>4154523
>The thing I bought will force me to be a better photographer because... I can barely afford film!
The real effect is you do not practice and you do not experiment. You take safe photos of safe subjects and think you're a baller for "choosing the light" by just not going out too early or too late for your ISO 100 film and more creative for bringing a little 12 section tripod in a coat pocket and taking photos of gas stations and folding chairs left next to dumpsters. Sadly, you're a genuine nick carver.

Great photographers of the 20th century were mostly rich and operated home darkrooms. They went through a FUCKLOAD of film playing around to see what they could do with a camera and all of them had undeveloped sheets and rolls from experimentation days they never developed because they figured they didn't get anything. They would finish off rolls with junk just to change films when they wanted to. They would play around. Yes, even ansel adams. Someone found a box of his throwaway negs, experimentation and test shots, at a garage sale and proceeded to sell them based on the name alone but adams didn't consider them worth printing lol. Ansel Adams himself said he would only take about 12 good photos a year.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Mar 2023 17:39:43 No.4154574 Report

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>>4154573
>the chad "the one you have with you"/"just take a fucking photo"
>the virgin "i didn't bring it with me because the light isn't right to finish off my ektachrome today"

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Mar 2023 17:58:41 No.4154576 Report

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>>4154573
N-NOOOOOOO!
The brotherhood of flimfags is perfect in every way! We are super artistic and selective, always getting the right shot because we are so DISCIPLINED! Also my photo may look like a boring snapshit but it is actually ART because I posted the whole scan! Don't you see the little holes?! You just wouldn't understand!

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Anonymous Tue 14 Mar 2023 18:35:59 No.4154586 Report

Quoted By: >>4154587 >>4154589

>>4154573
nta but I don't personally care what the famous photographers used to do.
I shoot film because it's fun, I think it looks cool and you can't stop me

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Mar 2023 18:38:02 No.4154587 Report

Quoted By: >>4154790

>>4154586
That's a more based take than this >>4154523 retard who thinks rationing out film like rolls of gold is going to make him less of an artistic wasteland

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Mar 2023 18:40:28 No.4154589 Report

Quoted By: >>4154592 >>4156607

>>4154586
>it looks cool
Kek. There is just less information to discern a snapshit, thus masking it from zoomer casuals. Film in 2023 is cope for taking boring photos.

The b&w film shots people post on this board are terrible, and would only look worse as color digital. It's pure copium.

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Anonymous Tue 14 Mar 2023 18:47:19 No.4154592 Report

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>>4154589
If you want more information you could always shoot tmax or tri-x or whatever ilford equivalent there is.
You could also shoot medium or large format if you are desperate for resolution.
Alternatively, quit being a faggot and post photos

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Mar 2023 23:37:28 No.4154710 Report

Quoted By: >>4154718 >>4155594

>>4154562
yes yes we should all be ultra disciplines, only eat eggs whites, no sugar, no alcohol, no masturbation, eat our veggies, do our exercise and shoot digital with discrimination, but unfortunately we live in the real world huh? or are you one of those basement dwelling fantasy fags?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Mar 2023 23:54:19 No.4154718 Report

Quoted By: >>4154790 >>4156607

>>4154710
>I live in the real world where I can't take good photos unless I can't afford to take bad ones
Your real world sounds sad.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 15 Mar 2023 04:49:45 No.4154790 Report

Quoted By: >>4154791

>>4154573
>>4154587
>>4154718
lol such cope, it has nothing to do with affording it, there are many other factors, for one I don't feel like carry 10 rolls with me everywhere I go, deteriorating in 30+ heat and constant heat to cool to heat cycles of unused rolls back in the fridge, at most the roll that's in the camera, and an additional if I'm planning something specific, so I'd rather not burn it in the first 5 mins of the day and be bored out of my mind or have to pay retail sharks triple what it's worth, sure i can afford it, but that's a matter of principal. Plus there's the effort of deving and scanning, i'm not going to be assed going through that for garbage shots and so far I haven't had to, every roll has been at least 30/36 frames of absolute perfection.
>just get the lab to do it
yeah nah imagine taking good photos and letting some monkey getting paid minimum wage or less to butcher it out of spite, plus lab scans are always way overcooked, I'll take my RAWS anyday

>inb4 nophoto postem blaeh
nah get fucked they're for me and the client not you faggots

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 15 Mar 2023 04:51:32 No.4154791 Report

Quoted By: >>4154794 >>4156607

>>4154790
cope larp

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 15 Mar 2023 04:56:31 No.4154794 Report

Quoted By: >>4156607

>>4154791
>cope preschool tier response
lol, lmao even

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 15 Mar 2023 09:52:05 No.4154883 Report

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>>4154496
should be fine if you take it out on some very bright days

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Anonymous Wed 15 Mar 2023 10:41:31 No.4154899 Report

Quoted By: >>4154900 >>4154904 >>4163709

>take picture with my snoy A7III
>come back home and dump my sd card
>open Lightroom and sort the good looking ones
>make light adjustments on the overall image and maybe some details on the faces if I shot some portraits
>apply a Kodak porta 800 profile
>export
>get them printed for 0,20€ per photo on some nice paper
>life is good

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 15 Mar 2023 10:43:47 No.4154900 Report

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>>4154899
this guy gets it

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 15 Mar 2023 10:49:16 No.4154902 Report

Quoted By:

>>4153953
go to camera settings

- turn down saturation to almost lowest setting
- turn down contrast to about half way to lowest setting
- turn down sharpness to about half way to lowest setting
- adjust wb towards green and amber

'soul' restored

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 15 Mar 2023 10:51:07 No.4154904 Report

Quoted By: >>4154905

>>4154899
best part is, this workflow works for any digital photo, even shitty phone jpgs

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 15 Mar 2023 10:53:44 No.4154905 Report

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>>4154904
I tried with my S21 and an iPhone 12 Pro, the pictures are ok, but the ones from an actual camera are miles ahead.

Ambush !!zJbpV0948+w

Ambush !!zJbpV0948+w Wed 15 Mar 2023 19:49:55 No.4155063 Report

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Film in general should be phased out immediately. It has a much larger carbon footprint compared to digital, and requires the production of a lot of harmful chemicals. It's time for progress... it's time for change.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 16 Mar 2023 12:17:31 No.4155297 Report

Quoted By: >>4155564 >>4155759

Why is everyone on this board like angry, mean and defensive at all times? Why can’t you guys chill and be nice?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 16 Mar 2023 22:40:42 No.4155564 Report

Quoted By: >>4155568

>>4155297
I find there's 3 main reasons
>1. someone criticised their work negatively and they're sour
>2. someone posted a throw away photo that's a million times better than their entire catalogue
>3. someone owns a better camera and/or more gear than them
it's basic human condition really

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 16 Mar 2023 22:47:56 No.4155568 Report

Quoted By: >>4155598

>>4155564
if you're familiar with the term 'bench-racing' it's the same thing as car culture. people adopt an identity but not the associated practices and so all they actually can do to engage in their identity is argue.

there's folks on this board who post pictures from 14 year old fuji bridge cameras that crush most of the work I see posted as examples in the gear thread.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 16 Mar 2023 23:22:43 No.4155594 Report

Quoted By: >>4155624

>>4154710
>only eat eggs whites
yolks are good for you
>no alcohol
alcohol is based
>shoot digital
digital is sovlless. why not have fun? eat your eggs, get big, get buzzed, shoot film, and HAVE FUN

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 16 Mar 2023 23:31:22 No.4155598 Report

Quoted By: >>4155600

>>4155568
I have yet to see this crushing going on outside of alex burke and isi threads

The fuji shit you speak of is just amateur snapping: hobos instead of random snapping: cats. But photographers are conditioned to like elliot erwitt and I’ve avoided photobooks for that reason.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 16 Mar 2023 23:38:07 No.4155600 Report

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>>4155598
>elliot erwitt
>random snapshits of pedestrians and pets
>birds in the city
>lampposts
Holy fucking shit he’s /p/

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 17 Mar 2023 00:58:12 No.4155624 Report

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>>4155594
tell that to the other guy

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 17 Mar 2023 08:19:55 No.4155759 Report

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>>4155297
for saint patricks day I am gonna chill and be nice and shoot some film downtown and then get wasted

it should be fun

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 17 Mar 2023 15:25:47 No.4155848 Report

Quoted By:

>>4154016
HAHAHAHA!

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 17 Mar 2023 15:27:19 No.4155849 Report

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>>4153953
>Before I was born the world was better and felt more significant when you captured the moment on even cheap rolls of film.
stfu kid

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 17 Mar 2023 16:55:54 No.4155886 Report

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>>4153953
They may be making a return. Walked past an audio video store today and they had them in the front. They were fucking $30 though...

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 17 Mar 2023 16:57:02 No.4155887 Report

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Because your fucking smart phone takes infinitely higher quality images

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 17 Mar 2023 16:58:09 No.4155888 Report

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>>4154312
>and no one ever looks at them again
But your Instagram friends will, and give you updoots. Will not happen in your physical album.
:^)

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 17 Mar 2023 17:01:29 No.4155893 Report

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>>4153953
They sold out a bunch of these like 10 years ago for 2.5€ each. If only I had bought a bunch and kept them in thw fridge I could have made a good profit from suckers on eBay thinking it will automatically give their snaps "soul"...

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Anonymous Sat 18 Mar 2023 18:56:41 No.4156318 Report

Quoted By: >>4156474

>>4154002
>disposable
>$30
No wonder nobody buys these anymore.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 19 Mar 2023 03:07:27 No.4156474 Report

Quoted By: >>4156657

>>4156318
soulless
>>4154002
soul

everyone is buying these, these things are replacing wedding photographers and all my local labs are 2 week wait on dev because of these things

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 19 Mar 2023 11:52:50 No.4156607 Report

Quoted By:

>>4154794
>>4154791
you booth seem assmad
>>4154589
>muh information
>>4154718
memes aside the real answer is that actually having to work against and within the material restriction of film will always be different than trying to impose an artificial one on yourself.

cANON

cANON Sun 19 Mar 2023 15:22:50 No.4156657 Report

Quoted By: >>4156990 >>4158317 >>4159519

>>4156474
>everyone is buying these, these things are replacing wedding photographers and all my local labs are 2 week wait on dev because of these things
nice fanfic
people don't pay a wedding photographer because of the quality/look of the images delivered, they're paying him to get the shot while everyone is enjoying themselves instead of focusing on TAKING PICS

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Anonymous Sun 19 Mar 2023 23:32:10 No.4156990 Report

Quoted By: >>4159535

>>4156657
lol have you ever been to a wedding since like 2010? god have you even left the house? lol

Pic very fucking related, you can't stop this mentality cause most people are retarded, but you can substitute the phone with a film p&s and at least get some good quality pics out of it

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Anonymous Thu 23 Mar 2023 02:30:03 No.4158291 Report

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>>4153953
theyre still around but people dont care so much. me i like em
picrel

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 23 Mar 2023 04:15:11 No.4158317 Report

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>>4156657
Cool so we know you don’t have friends

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 23 Mar 2023 06:32:25 No.4158355 Report

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https://imgur.com/a/kA7vbk2

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Anonymous Sun 26 Mar 2023 03:21:03 No.4159519 Report

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>>4156657
Sometimes I forget how out of touch a lot of photogs are.

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Anonymous Sun 26 Mar 2023 04:55:21 No.4159535 Report

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>>4156990
The last wedding I went to, I managed to get a great spot right at the edge of the floor for first dance (I like to get into the whole thing), and I grabbed a couple snaps up against some heavy backlighting with my iPhone. Friend says one of her favourite photos of the whole day was one of my cellphone snaps lol. I don’t know how the paid photog didn’t get right up on the floor for the dance, seems like a real miss.
>picrel. Never said it was good, but she loved it.
So disposable cams can definitely be a great thing to give to people.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 27 Mar 2023 04:43:08 No.4159935 Report

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>>4153957
Just like you digi niggers are taking the same fucking flicks since 2001 after canon dropped the D1 cope seeth and dilate nigger,toast some bread in a tub nigger

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 06 Apr 2023 02:43:38 No.4163620 Report

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>>4153953
they haven't, but they should

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Anonymous Thu 06 Apr 2023 09:49:25 No.4163683 Report

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Anonymous Thu 06 Apr 2023 13:23:14 No.4163709 Report

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>>4154899
Sur quel site, s'il te plait ?

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Anonymous Fri 07 Apr 2023 04:40:05 No.4163966 Report

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disposables are cool and all, I shot one the other week

if you are gonna keep shooting them, its more cost effective to just get a decent point and shoot with DX

you can easily reload the kodak camera, but you are limiting yourself to that shutter speed and all

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 09 Apr 2023 04:31:37 No.4164561 Report

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because you’re a sad fuck who doesn’t leave home
i just saw one in the store as i was buying 110 film

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