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We're all light!
I'm happy to report that, at least here in Gotham, a goodly number of people are shooting film, from duffers to pros, and my conversations with people at several labs bear this out.
Two days back, after meeting up with Damaso in Union Square to buy his standard-issue Bare Bones Bag from him (thanks, Damaso, and have fun in Vienna!), I waltzed off to Adorama for my fix of Kodak BW 400CN, then on to Manhattan Color Lab, who are doing reasonably well, and are probably one of the better places to get your E6 or C41 rolls souped.
Earlier yesterday, I dropped off a roll of BW400CN to my local CVS in Park Slope, where–get this–they had a backlog of film to process. Yes, it was off the back of a summer weekend, but it was a scene to make a film-lover's heart go a-twitter: racks full of processed and to-be-processed film; film scanner running ceaselessly; prints popping out incessantly.
One could be forgiven for hallucinating that they were partying like it was 1999.
I had to ask the staff, largely in the name of self-interest, if this was just a weird blip in their film-handling business. I was told that, while this was a bit busier than usual for film-related stuff, the overall film-related traffic was generally brisk. (These guys–actually gals, mostly–pretty much have my number: they almost always know that I only want my film developed, rolled up, and placed back into the envelope, with no cutting, printing, or scanning.)
I'm scanning that film right now.
For me, it's a great time to be shooting film. But I suppose I'm simply lucky.
- Barrett
Two days back, after meeting up with Damaso in Union Square to buy his standard-issue Bare Bones Bag from him (thanks, Damaso, and have fun in Vienna!), I waltzed off to Adorama for my fix of Kodak BW 400CN, then on to Manhattan Color Lab, who are doing reasonably well, and are probably one of the better places to get your E6 or C41 rolls souped.
Earlier yesterday, I dropped off a roll of BW400CN to my local CVS in Park Slope, where–get this–they had a backlog of film to process. Yes, it was off the back of a summer weekend, but it was a scene to make a film-lover's heart go a-twitter: racks full of processed and to-be-processed film; film scanner running ceaselessly; prints popping out incessantly.
One could be forgiven for hallucinating that they were partying like it was 1999.
I had to ask the staff, largely in the name of self-interest, if this was just a weird blip in their film-handling business. I was told that, while this was a bit busier than usual for film-related stuff, the overall film-related traffic was generally brisk. (These guys–actually gals, mostly–pretty much have my number: they almost always know that I only want my film developed, rolled up, and placed back into the envelope, with no cutting, printing, or scanning.)
I'm scanning that film right now.
For me, it's a great time to be shooting film. But I suppose I'm simply lucky.
- Barrett
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