Locked and loaded, our near extinct ammo: 16mm, Super 8, and 120 slides film boxes
As it may be apparent the Humans are addicted to taking my picture, ugh. During one of Tommy’s history of photography lectures, he explained to me that over the last 10 years digital photography has become the new standard. As such, it has also become the new monotone. Although, he enjoys the convenience of digital he truly relishes the chance to use real film. Film forces the users to concentrate on taking one shot verses five backup shots. Film adds warmth, grain, depth, and texture to create truly unique images. The Humans are never without a couple of their old cameras – they accompany them on all of their travels. Here are a couple of the many cameras from the Humans ever-growing archive.
Ektachrome-X, Ektachrome 40, and Kodachrome 25
Expires: Sep. 1976, Dec. 1977, and Dec 1977. Using old cameras gives the Humans a chance to use expired film, which is always an experiment because who knows how it is going to turn out… light leaks, color effects, unsaturated colors, etc.
Bell & Howell 16mm Movie Camera
Canon 310XL Super 8 Movie Camera
Holga 120S (with modifications) Film Camera
Diana Edelweiss 120 Film Camera
Check out some shots from the Holga and Diana cameras on on LOMO SET.
Super 8 short films are in the editing process, stay focused.
Nice title for this piece. I would agree with you on the many virtues of film. I am of that generation who used film. And I have thousands of digital images, due to the five extra back-up shots. Every now and then the old school ways come over me and I shoot only the one shot that I need, no back up. I find the the best angle and shoot and that’s it, no fall back-its kind of liberating to get the shot right once and not have to shuffle through all the “back-up” shots.
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