Film Camera Sales
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@Klaus said in Film Camera Sales:
Cheaper to buy a proper digital camera
What do you use to edit photos these days? Because both Lightroom and CaptureOne have AI enhance to upscale images. (Luminar does this, too, I believe it's really their thing.)
Which begs the question about the importance of megapixels. I think for a ton of use cases, you could easily spend a fraction of the money on a micro four thirds camera and then blow up the file size with software.
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@Klaus said in Film Camera Sales:
I wonder to which degree that is true. I'm sure somebody has done a comparison of down-scaling images and then up-scaling them with AI again.
Probably, but that's a little tricky because in a real world application, you'd never have that comparison handy. "Good enough to look good and hide what you did" might be better?
Anyway, I've cropped the everloving crap out of some images, did the AI enhance and then printed them. They looked better than the ones that weren't enhanced and still had a bit of digital pixelation. But I've not done a comparison as I don't have a micro four thirds camera.
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Mrs. Phibes bought a used digital SLR from Kenny years ago, and it still works well. We've printed out a few of them and framed them - they look fine.
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I literally just bought a polaroid camera, btw. Sure the film is like $2 per photo, but I went to an event with my 5 year old daughter the other day and someone took a photo of us. Man it was so nice to hold the physical photo, as imperfect as it is. Will be something I display/cherish forevah.
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@Jolly said in Film Camera Sales:
Some pictures beg to be printed.
When you want to print, what do y'all do?
Walgreens does a great job. Their website/app is very easy to use, cost is low, quality is perfect. Every time I print a photo there I feel grateful their services exist today.
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@Aqua-Letifer said in Film Camera Sales:
That chart is terribly misleading to the point of lying.
The most misleading part is that the first two camera categories literally... just take pictures. Smartphones take pictures, but also can do a billion other things, including make calls.
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@Klaus said in Film Camera Sales:
I actually bought a (digital) camera just a month ago (Fuji X-S20). It reminded me how much better a good camera with proper lenses and flash is compared to even the best cell phone cameras.
I bought a 4K camcorder last year. I specifically got it so I could really zoom in at sporting events or plays or other things the kids participate in. I don't overdue it I and I hope to be diligent enough to put together a short video each year of what I've captured. I also use it each Christmas morning as they come down the stairs.
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@89th said in Film Camera Sales:
I literally just bought a polaroid camera, btw. Sure the film is like $2 per photo, but I went to an event with my 5 year old daughter the other day and someone took a photo of us. Man it was so nice to hold the physical photo, as imperfect as it is. Will be something I display/cherish forevah.
Bad thing about Polaroids...They are bad about fading over time.
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My father-in-law worked as a section head at Ilford, a photographic film and chemicals manufacturer, in the 80's. He saw the writing on the wall a lot earlier than most people and got out while the going was good.
He said the state of denial that the film manufacturers were in at the time was quite frightening. Anybody could see what was coming, but a lot of them were sticking to the old ways right up until the wave hit.
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@Doctor-Phibes said in Film Camera Sales:
My father-in-law worked as a section head at Ilford, a photographic film and chemicals manufacturer, in the 80's. He saw the writing on the wall a lot earlier than most people and got out while the going was good.
He said the state of denial that the film manufacturers were in at the time was quite frightening. Anybody could see what was coming, but a lot of them were sticking to the old ways right up until the wave hit.
And yet Ilford has come back and is now making its first-ever color film. Supply was limited when released because demand was so high. Last year.
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@Jolly said in Film Camera Sales:
@89th said in Film Camera Sales:
I literally just bought a polaroid camera, btw. Sure the film is like $2 per photo, but I went to an event with my 5 year old daughter the other day and someone took a photo of us. Man it was so nice to hold the physical photo, as imperfect as it is. Will be something I display/cherish forevah.
Bad thing about Polaroids...They are bad about fading over time.
Good call. I'm swapping to Instax.