Families Who "Get It"

GoK, that's how they keep you on your toes and interested in them. 😛 My wife never ceases (sp?) to amaze me. Not every single day, of course, but on such a regular basis that I can never loose interest in her. And whenever I think I can settle down into a quiet life... she has different minds about that. 🙂
 
Great gifts and great stepmother!

My family gets it and they got it along time ago, we have a history of giving photography related gear every year. A few years ago I gave my wife a 'blad kit, backdrops and studio lights, last year she gave me a Leica M3, this year it was a Nikon N75 and lenses for my oldest son while my youngest inherited my Nikon F with waist level finder and nikkor 24/2.8. I got a ton of Acros and Tri-x 35 and 120, Lenswork magazine subscription + extended version (absolutely my favorite gift), the list goes on....


P.S.- my house is a great place to be a "picture taker"!




Todd
 
RML said:
I don't think my wife "gets" it but we recently bought a book case for the living room and she wants to display my cameras in it. So I put in the FED-2, the Zorki 4K, an Agfa Clack, the Kiev 4AM, 2 Lubitel 2's and the Golden Dragon. She was pleased but still found the shelf to be a bit empty. I don't have any more collectables! I told her I would buy more in the near future. No (and I mean none what-so-ever!) reply followed. Would that count as "she gets it"? 🙂
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LOL Your lucky at that. My wife would indeed have replied! And she doesn't get it. 😀

She hates it if I want to stop for a photo, or take more time than she thinks necessary (anything over 5 or 10 seconds). But if I have a nice one and others like it, she sits there with a smug smile. Maybe I don't get it. 😛
 
bmattock said:
Well, no such luck on the Lynx 5000. The film had been overwound, tearing it off the cartridge and bunching it up on the winding side. One would have to have known there was film in the camera and opened the back in total darkness to manually retrieve the film and stuff it back into the cartridge - which I did not realize, since the rewind lever spun freely. So I opened the back - whatever was on those frames is lost to history now.

The film that is in the Hit camera remains in it - it seems to have been used, there was a paper backing in the red window with a number on it, and when I turned the winder, it advanced past the end of the roll like 120 roll film does. But this is subminiature, I think maybe something like 16mm. I can open the camera back in darkness and retreive the film, but then what? I have no reel to process it with. I guess I can try to rig up something...

I've purchased cameras off eBoy in the past that turned out to have film in them. Some I've processed or had procesed (C41 color print) and gotten usable images off them. But in the back of my mind, I'm always afraid there will be a murder or something on one of them someday....LOL.

Best Regards,

Bill Mattocks
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Bill, did you leave the back open and/or pull the film out? The antihalation backing will do an amazing job of protecting undeveloped film. I once opened the back on a 35mm with the back facing a bright sun. I immediately slammed it shut on seeing that film. I didn't save every frame of course, but even I was surprised at how many were usable and how many were unaffect. That was slide film, so maybe the backing was stronger, don't know.

Still, it might be worth a try, or something to remember for the next time.

Cheers.
 
oftheherd said:
Bill, did you leave the back open and/or pull the film out? The antihalation backing will do an amazing job of protecting undeveloped film. I once opened the back on a 35mm with the back facing a bright sun. I immediately slammed it shut on seeing that film. I didn't save every frame of course, but even I was surprised at how many were usable and how many were unaffect. That was slide film, so maybe the backing was stronger, don't know.

Still, it might be worth a try, or something to remember for the next time.

Cheers.
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I'll have to remember it for the next time - I tossed the film in the trash while cleaning up the camera and touching up the shutter. Sorry, didn't know - I just assumed that the film was done for once I opened the back of it. Kodacolor II in the yellow/black striped can, by the way. I think C-22.

Best Regards,

Bill Mattocks
 
Families Who "Get It"...

I feel so lonely I am going to cry, or better - to sleep.
 
Bill, very cool christmas gifters you've got! My family doesn't "get it" but they are happy to encourage me(sort of--they like the photos but start edgeing towards the exit as soon as I say"I shot that with...")
It is good when families pay attention.
Rob
 
Bill , I know what you mean about finding things you would rather not find. It happens to me occasionally LOL! Still finding the film makes you want to 'open the bottle that washed ashore' and see what is inside and perhaps find something about the person/s who sent the 'note' into the future.

I'll keep my fingers crossed that it is wonderful family stuff for you and your wife. Maybe even a long lost family group shot when you were 18 yrs! Then maybe not (joke)...
 
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Todd.Hanz said:
Great gifts and great stepmother!

My family gets it and they got it along time ago, we have a history of giving photography related gear every year. A few years ago I gave my wife a 'blad kit, backdrops and studio lights, last year she gave me a Leica M3, this year it was a Nikon N75 and lenses for my oldest son while my youngest inherited my Nikon F with waist level finder and nikkor 24/2.8. I got a ton of Acros and Tri-x 35 and 120, Lenswork magazine subscription + extended version (absolutely my favorite gift), the list goes on....


P.S.- my house is a great place to be a "picture taker"!




Todd
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Todd , interested in adopting me..... please?? (humour)

Jan
 
physiognomy said:
I'm glad you had a great Christmas Bill! I decided this year to give the RF disease to my little sister who's into photography... After visiting me last Christmas and seeing my 'collection' she's started picking up old Kodaks from thrift stores, so I figured it would be a good idea! I sent her a nice working Argus C3 Matchmatic (complete with meter & ERC). Apparently there were smiles a'plenty & even some tears (crying over a C3???), so it went down well... I'm sure it won't be long before she finds RFF!

Peter

ps No camera equipment under my tree this year, but I'm 'waiting for the mail' on a FED 2 (my first LTM camera) & a Kyoei Super-Acall 135mm... I did get a really nice guide to photography in Colorado though. Some cool hiking spots are in there, so hopefully I'll take some nice shots this coming year.
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well I managed to pass the disease 😀

My middle son, who always said "nah" when asked if he wanted a camera. well I gave him a Pentax ME SUPER. I spent the next 2 hours explaining all about f stops, shutter speeds, film speeds lens choice etc. 😀 My choice of SLR came about for several reasons, First, I wanted a camera that could be used manually even if the batteries are dead, inexpensive [$100 including standard lens, 28/70 &70/210 zooms and a powerwinder] compatible with his older brother who got my ME SUPER when I went to a Canon EO 650, and a camera that I felt he could take pictures with from the get go and have roomn to grow with interchangable lenses.

I have not got them [my three sons 😀 ] into rangefinder mania yet, but there is time.....
 
Oh yeah adopt me Todd 😀

U r lucky Bill, i thought that my mom got it, and i kinda expected something under the tree this eyar, but she picked up something else, it was so dear to me, a rare record that i couldn't find anywhere else, but i was kinda disapointed for a moment, because the box where she put the tape seemed big enough for a camera..

It was a thoughtfull gift after all, and i'm not that disapointed, but i'd have been really happy if she thought about that seriously..
 
nomade said:
It was a thoughtfull gift after all, and i'm not that disapointed, but i'd have been really happy if she thought about that seriously..
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Isn't that always the case? Years ago when in school we made surprise gifts for our classmates, I tried to put in so much effort in my gifting and wrapping decisions that sometimes I felt a bit disappointed by how much other gifters had put in. Nowadays, I keep in mind that the gifter can't exactly look into my head, might not have been able to find exactly what he/she was looking for, or simply might have had different ideas of what is a worthwhile (and affordable) gift. I tend to put less importance to the gift; it should come from the heart. If that's so then I'm happy as can be with it. And if that means a gift comes not on X-mas but on an ordinary day, all the better. 😛
 
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