The 'I Use Film' Ribbon

by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Peter Robinson</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijqjoTxTujkD0jI9lP8IdB7s0xyZDfP-2PDIjOIJ1_ItSfAgCMxVGIGIAicLgb9Ki_Z6gXDAMjzkgRpLyMldbIhhf3X_TZ-Y-kvNy0WvwEFanKHZn_UB3Nell4RRB29zcgkXOBrimbBmA/s1600-h/peterrobinson.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5042980501459763954" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijqjoTxTujkD0jI9lP8IdB7s0xyZDfP-2PDIjOIJ1_ItSfAgCMxVGIGIAicLgb9Ki_Z6gXDAMjzkgRpLyMldbIhhf3X_TZ-Y-kvNy0WvwEFanKHZn_UB3Nell4RRB29zcgkXOBrimbBmA/s400/peterrobinson.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Peter Robinson, <span style="font-style: italic;">Untitled</span> [Didcot Railway Centre]<br /><br /></span></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh259aC5PRfCXTx2kJrcpG3pubeCPkYInz4XKXT8xtQlSOaeJHWKJYn-IbVZ-AzPLJc2sP36r4dhxwTJTHfYFTgH6SbUkdJ1W51tewyvsuvrjqKTYeNvkO5MGjzaRCSWYZUnUgBiaSwoO4/s1600-h/filmribbon.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5042979389063234274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh259aC5PRfCXTx2kJrcpG3pubeCPkYInz4XKXT8xtQlSOaeJHWKJYn-IbVZ-AzPLJc2sP36r4dhxwTJTHfYFTgH6SbUkdJ1W51tewyvsuvrjqKTYeNvkO5MGjzaRCSWYZUnUgBiaSwoO4/s320/filmribbon.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" /></a>Badger Graphic's little flashing message, and also MJMiller's comment in <a href="http://theonlinephotographer.blogspot.com/2007/03/wisconsin-stalwart.html" target="_new">the "Wisconsin Stalwart" post</a>, made me think we film users should make it known that we use film, not just so that other film users know they aren't alone, but for the people coming into photography now who may be under the impression there's no alternative to digital (I know, I've come across some).<br /><br />To this end, I'm proposing a "I use film" ribbon. Wearing a ribbon seems to be the in way to show your support for the latest good cause, so why not a "film ribbon"? I've made one (an image anyway) and pinned it to my Web site. If anyone else wants to do the same, you can download copies off my site—just click the ribbon on <a href="http://www.monopix.co.uk/" target="_new">the front page</a>.<br /><br />Show your support for film and if just one other person buys a roll as a consequence, it'll have been worth it.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Posted by: PETER ROBINSON</span><br /><form method="LINK" action="http://www.monopix.co.uk/" target="_new"><div style="text-align: right;"><input value="Peter's Site" type="submit"><br /></div></form></div>

The 'I Use Film' Ribbon

by Peter Robinson Peter Robinson, Untitled [Didcot Railway Centre] Badger Graphic's little flashing message, and also MJMiller's co...

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Hello, Kodak?

by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Ken Wronkiewicz</span>, <span style="font-style: italic;">Wirehead Arts</span><br /><br />I noticed lately that a few films I was playing with were hard to find—most specifically EPT (Ektachrome 160T) and EPJ (Ektachrome 320T)—and dealers were mentioning that they thought it was discontinued. However, there wasn't an announcement on Kodak's site. Finally, I called Kodak and asked them.<br /><br />Apparently EPJ has been out of production for over a year. And EPT has been out of production for some months now. I asked the guy on the phone why there wasn't an announcement about the film being discontinued. He told me to go to a URL on the Kodak website and that there should be a notice there...and then confirmed that the website didn't contain a discontinuation notice, even though the film was out of production.<br /><br />Then, I found out something I didn't even realize I needed to ask about...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.wireheadarts.com/blog29.html"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">READ ON</span></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Posted by: MIKE JOHNSTON</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Featured Comment</span> by <span style="font-weight: bold;">David A. Goldfarb:</span> Kodak introduced four new Portra color neg films this year, and Scott DiSabato, representing Kodak at the film desk at PMA last week, said that B&W is strong right now at Kodak, expressing enthusiasm for regular special orders of Kodak B&W sheet film in ultra-large format sizes.<br /><br />Fuji has two new films, mentioned by one of the commenters to this post.<br /><br />Ilford has also been running special orders for ULF and odd-sized sheet film shooters, and has been doing R&D on a Delta 25 film.<br /><br />If anyone is interested, here's <a href="http://www.apug.org/forums/forum45/37332-pma-2007-a.html" target="_new">my film-user's review of PMA</a>.

Hello, Kodak?

by Ken Wronkiewicz , Wirehead Arts I noticed lately that a few films I was playing with were hard to find—most specifically EPT (Ektachrome ...

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Music Review: The Real Ramona

<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000002LO7/theonlinephot-20" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" target="_new"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5042290673877451426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaObPnfiEu-K9Bs0OSuV4E29gZcfS_T8WOIj0wl42YCqlNMevtr3GNZLEbANpP-BlHrfCfxckWJ8mEv_qmv6JboqJemN4HUrMlnLzqNFJDXBHUBzOV6lf9FVY7rP3vtRrRkOh-jN1KfoQ/s320/realramona.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE19L4K8sqdEKoud5SAJgqtdmzeQh4BqWhw2Hx_o2N3Z6LdSjNfAz3eBS3V4uT6sxUeYNVHCX2fGDWRc89jv8eU2_gJ8l68ny6F91hog_dcLleZIKUC9lzXJGtZpeB2xgx8v-lMibCciw/s1600-h/throwingmusesuntitled.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5042290519258628754" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE19L4K8sqdEKoud5SAJgqtdmzeQh4BqWhw2Hx_o2N3Z6LdSjNfAz3eBS3V4uT6sxUeYNVHCX2fGDWRc89jv8eU2_gJ8l68ny6F91hog_dcLleZIKUC9lzXJGtZpeB2xgx8v-lMibCciw/s320/throwingmusesuntitled.JPG" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" /></a>Throwing Muses' untitled first album (left), which I have and treasure on vinyl and CD, has had a furtive history. The band was the first American group signed to the then-white-hot English label 4AD, and Kristin Hersh's songwriting, like Thelonious Monk's piano-playing, arrived fully formed (as a friend once put it, "she's an 'is-type' artist, not a 'growth-type' artist"). The album was arguably the most seismically significant debut since Dylan's—genuinely life-changing for many people, many of whom were women. But it was never released in America—has not been to this day—although you can find all ten of its songs on a Rykodisk archive CD called <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FDoghouse-Throwing-Muses%2Fdp%2FB00000BIJC%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dmusic%26qid%3D1173997613%26sr%3D1-1&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;tag=theonlinephot-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325" style="font-style: italic;" target="_new">In A Doghouse</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=theonlinephot-20&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;l=ur2&o=1" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; font-style: italic;" width="1" />, grouped with an early EP and some demo tapes once famous as bootlegs, in murky, bottom-of-a-[wishing]-well sound.<br /><br />That sort of thing is fine with "just music," but great albums are holistic artistic creations that deserve to be respected as having an intended sequence and arc, a defined beginning and end. To have the untitled debut relegated to such treatment (while better, I suppose, than if it were not available at all)—well, it's a tawdry fate for a record that ought to be celebrated as one of the artistic high points of the 1980s....<br /><br /><a href="http://c60crew.blogspot.com/" target="_new"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">READ ON</span></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />Posted by: MIKE JOHNSTON</span>

Music Review: The Real Ramona

Throwing Muses' untitled first album (left), which I have and treasure on vinyl and CD, has had a furtive history. The band was the firs...

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Auctions We're Watching, Dept.

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFGVYNSAl8OZkeHTfGRQTvdmoYyt7QECgZ04G14dSXSC70ylqCtT182_pYBSOGD3d7xLhIc4Hg_Gm5v9CTDdjXxxCKUNXjINVc1f0-gLMMR2M2KVqacK8XmeZKTVb_DKhDEoW7VFUFWso/s1600-h/blackbaby2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5042121877367751234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFGVYNSAl8OZkeHTfGRQTvdmoYyt7QECgZ04G14dSXSC70ylqCtT182_pYBSOGD3d7xLhIc4Hg_Gm5v9CTDdjXxxCKUNXjINVc1f0-gLMMR2M2KVqacK8XmeZKTVb_DKhDEoW7VFUFWso/s400/blackbaby2.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" /></a>Seller <span style="font-weight: bold;">berlinerantiquesaol</span> <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/RARE-ROLLEIFLEX-POST-WAR-BLACK-BABY-4X4-TLR-VINT-CAMERA_W0QQitemZ110102963015QQcategoryZ3354QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem" target="_new">has listed this stunning "Black Baby</a>," a Rolleiflex 4x4cm from 1966 that looks darn close to new despite its 40+ years of age. It takes 127 film, which is (ironically?) easier to get now than it was ten years ago, and comes complete with case, box, strap, lens hood (which has its own case), and even a box. Time-machine stuff. A real beaut, sure to soon be a grace note in some lucky collector's cabinet.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Posted by: MIKE JOHNSTON (Please note that this posting is not an endorsement of the seller or the item.)</span>

Auctions We're Watching, Dept.

Seller berlinerantiquesaol has listed this stunning "Black Baby ," a Rolleiflex 4x4cm from 1966 that looks darn close to new desp...

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This Week's Strobist Test

<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNbQvkQbAWRBvZzCxFc8cdZMwUDZcE4RlieFxG34XwPRhQaqLDBIHWB7rZq_R_WOTHXlcOorDZmyrYoiqQLYBcVBjNuMhYMfmAC8tQmdwXUmcq3ODVQzI6R3BPM4VAhIEKRxGU9olQ83I/s1600-h/davidhobbyvodka.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5042078816025641506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNbQvkQbAWRBvZzCxFc8cdZMwUDZcE4RlieFxG34XwPRhQaqLDBIHWB7rZq_R_WOTHXlcOorDZmyrYoiqQLYBcVBjNuMhYMfmAC8tQmdwXUmcq3ODVQzI6R3BPM4VAhIEKRxGU9olQ83I/s320/davidhobbyvodka.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">David Hobby, <span style="font-style: italic;">Flavored Vodkas</span></span><br /></div><br />If anyone I knew were thinking of turning pro, the first place I'd send them would be <a href="http://strobist.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Strobist</a>. Not only would you learn a lot, but you'd get a pretty good idea of what kinds of problems you'd get to deal with as a pro. Right now, for instance, there's still time to get your own answers in for the devilishly puzzling flavored vodka quiz, before David lets you turn to the back of the book.<br /><br />As I always say—and you can quote me—professional photography is 70% marketing and 90% lighting. And Strobist is an excellent place to absorb a lot of information about the latter relatively painlessly.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Posted by: MIKE JOHNSTON</span>

This Week's Strobist Test

David Hobby, Flavored Vodkas If anyone I knew were thinking of turning pro, the first place I'd send them would be Strobist . Not only w...

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N.O.T.O.R.I.O.U.S.

<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">O.T.:</span> I have to say I get <a href="http://c60crew.blogspot.com/2007/03/notorious-big-greatest-hits.html" target="_new">a real kick</a> out of real-people <span style="font-style: italic;">homage</span> action figures. (At the link, click on the picture.)<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Posted by: MIKE JOHNSTON</span>

N.O.T.O.R.I.O.U.S.

O.T.: I have to say I get a real kick out of real-people homage action figures. (At the link, click on the picture.) Posted by: MIKE JOHN...

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Who Needs Film?

<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSnkw8V42CRcKOW88jCkW_ZMnxwhHRS7pgdgsA5ni4YVAyuT9isW7OovDPgu2SFtC9ute16zMhqylXQIjwFaqVteO5Ht3AtYlqQDsBCz9YJb1NWqDFy0ZVjA_dbuyGhGia53mX7dFT6SI/s1600-h/mikerobinsondag.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5041893724410020354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSnkw8V42CRcKOW88jCkW_ZMnxwhHRS7pgdgsA5ni4YVAyuT9isW7OovDPgu2SFtC9ute16zMhqylXQIjwFaqVteO5Ht3AtYlqQDsBCz9YJb1NWqDFy0ZVjA_dbuyGhGia53mX7dFT6SI/s320/mikerobinsondag.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.centurydarkroom.com/" target="_new">Mike Robinson</a>, <span style="font-style: italic;">Still Life with Pitcher, Fruit and Candlestick </span><br /></span><br /></div>Considering that film may be dying, it's a relief that we can still get <a href="http://www.blackshadowyachts.com/centurydarkroom.html" target="_new">this</a>.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Posted by: MIKE JOHNSTON <span style="font-style: italic;">with thanks to Chris</span></span>

Who Needs Film?

Mike Robinson , Still Life with Pitcher, Fruit and Candlestick Considering that film may be dying, it's a relief that we can still get t...

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