If they made me camera-Czar. . .

[Carterofmars]

Sorry, continue with the slang - it's harmless.

Ok, thanks.

 

[Mystyler]

Astia would be the, "Standard Issue" film.

 

[nikon_sam]

Eliminate the use of plastic when making cameras...

 

[Chris101]

If I were camera czar I'd probably be hated by nearly everybody else. It's just the way we are. How do you feel about Puts, Hogan or ... Ken Rockwell?

They all think they are the CZ and we hate them, right?

A big part of photography is that the tools are limited to current imaging technology. If it weren't limited, photography would be much more like painting. If I were CZ, then I could choose any type of expression possible, and that might not be something we call photography today. I'll just do what I do with them, and let somebody else design the cameras.

Cheaper would be nice though.

 

[back alley]

if i was the czar...i'd take all your cameras away from you...and then my images would be in high demand!

 

[sanmich]

Being a csar means being hated for arbitrary decisions that makes the lives of millions miserable.
1 - Digital photography outlawed!
I don't find anything more fitted to the new Czar rule 🙂
2 - Using the word "film" and "death" in the same sentence - forbidden
3 - Of course, Kodachrome is back (in 120 and 4x5 too), and part of the sujects pay is given in form of rolls of K14 and Tri-X
4- Youxin, DAG and Sherry are the government.
5- every first born is sent to learn mechanical camera repair
6 - Huge infrastructure investment: the city water is distilled and provided at 20 centigrades to all citizens.
7- Wife and kids have the right to shower in the lab only at short, predefinite times during the day.
etc
etc

 

[rpsawin]

I would require that for every hour spent in online photo groups a photographer must spend three hours taking photographs. Non- compliance with this rule would mean you could no longer call yourself a photographer.

See ya out and about...

 

[Michael I.]

Being a csar means being hated for arbitrary decisions that makes the lives of millions miserable.
1 - Digital photography outlawed!
I don't find anything more fitted to the new Czar rule 🙂
2 - Using the word "film" and "death" in the same sentence - forbidden
3 - Of course, Kodachrome is back (in 120 and 4x5 too), and part of the sujects pay is given in form of rolls of K14 and Tri-X
4- Youxin, DAG and Sherry are the government.
5- every first born is sent to learn mechanical camera repair
6 - Huge infrastructure investment: the city water is distilled and provided at 20 centigrades to all citizens.
7- Wife and kids have the right to shower in the lab only at short, predefinite times during the day.
etc
etc

ha.
instagram gets your hand chopped off

 

[Roger Hicks]

Being a csar means being hated for arbitrary decisions that makes the lives of millions miserable.
1 - Digital photography outlawed!
I don't find anything more fitted to the new Czar rule 🙂
2 - Using the word "film" and "death" in the same sentence - forbidden
3 - Of course, Kodachrome is back (in 120 and 4x5 too), and part of the sujects pay is given in form of rolls of K14 and Tri-X
4- Youxin, DAG and Sherry are the government.
5- every first born is sent to learn mechanical camera repair
6 - Huge infrastructure investment: the city water is distilled and provided at 20 centigrades to all citizens.
7- Wife and kids have the right to shower in the lab only at short, predefinite times during the day.
etc
etc

As a concession, Americans would be allowed to opt for 68F.

Cheers,

R.

 

[sanmich]

As a concession, Americans would be allowed to opt for 68F.

Cheers,

R.

Revolutions have started for less than that 😀

 

[thegman]

Ban digital of course.

10% of country's GDP dedicated to film R&D.

 

[Murchu]

Eliminate the use of plastic when making cameras...

Yes, and make all camera manufacturers offer sensor upgrades at a reasonable cost..

 

[Sparrow]

if i was the czar...i'd take all your cameras away from you...and then my images would be in high demand!

... then I would lead a popular uprising and storm your winter palace and distribute all those bags to those with most need ... well if it's not too cold that is 😛

 

[jsrockit]

Hmmm, I would:

- ban accessory grips
- ban the words "glass", "lux", "cron", etc.
- ban wrists straps

😉

 

[jsrockit]

1 - Digital photography outlawed!
I don't find anything more fitted to the new Czar rule 🙂

Don't like that ^^^... but like this ...

3 - Of course, Kodachrome is back (in 120 and 4x5 too), and part of the
6 - Huge infrastructure investment: the city water is distilled and provided at 20 centigrades to all citizens.

 

[BLKRCAT]

I wouldn't ban digital, I would just deport them to some obscure island with a 2 day supply of batteries. They will only be allowed to return once they have learned to value each shot.

Also alot of these are really funny.

 

[porktaco]

in soviet russia, photograph take you

 

[back alley]

... then I would lead a popular uprising and storm your winter palace and distribute all those bags to those with most need ... well if it's not too cold that is 😛

i'd love to have a winter palace...and a summer palace also!

 

[Bobfrance]

6x7 Foveon sensors.

Free to use film and chemicals and dark rooms in every college.

 

[t.s.k.]

I wouldn't necessarily ban digital, just tax it beyond what is reasonable. This includes any "stupid" images posted online (taxed double of course). And of course I would be the arbiter of what is deemed "stupid". Taxes would be used to subsidize anything film related...again, I define "film related".
It's fun to be the Decider, eh?