The film revival: Positive news from Australia

[Skiff]

Even in the "more difficult" markets like Australia there is a beginning film revival:

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/f...a-comeback-20160225-gn3edc.html#ixzz41h4V9tt6

 

[Keith]

That link just brings up an error code. 🙂

 

[__jc]

Yes. And it's in German.

This one might work: http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/film-photography-makes-a-comeback-20160225-gn3edc.html

 

[Carriage]

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/film-photography-makes-a-comeback-20160225-gn3edc.html

This work?

 

[citizen99]

Yes that ^ works.
BTW, visiting family in Shailer Park QLD last summer, I got good service developing a 35mm film at Camera House in the Hyperdome.

 

[Skiff]

That link just brings up an error code. 🙂

Sorry.
I've corrected it. Now it is working.

And additional information:
https://www.flickr.com/groups/ishootfilm/discuss/72157664550290390/

 

[vladimir]

That link just brings up an error code. 🙂

Klick on 'Weyter' on "error" page.

 

[calebarchie]

Eh, and this is the reason I find it so difficult to relate other younger folk in Australia.
Thank god I'm in Sydney not Melbourne!

 

[michaelwj]

Eh, and this is the reason I find it so difficult to relate other younger folk in Australia.
Thank god I'm in Sydney not Melbourne!

I don't get it? You don't like people using film? You don't like community darkrooms? You don't like people interacting over a hobby?

They're both pretty big cities, and if you look you'll find the same subcultures in both.

They just wear bigger jackets in Melbourne 😀

p.s. I've lived in both - and prefer Brisbane. No jacket required.

 

[Mackinaw]

Pretty impressive increase for Ilford. 50,000 rolls of B&W in 2014, 72,000 rolls of B&W in 2015.

Jim B.

 

[calebarchie]

I don't get it? You don't like people using film? You don't like community darkrooms? You don't like people interacting over a hobby?

They're both pretty big cities, and if you look you'll find the same subcultures in both.

They just wear bigger jackets in Melbourne 😀

p.s. I've lived in both - and prefer Brisbane. No jacket required.

That stuff is all well and good, if I didn't like it I wouldn't be here of course!
For starters, my interactions with the people mentioned in the article and a group of them has been anything but pleasant.

Like with any society, the 'social culture' that revolves around film photography implies there are things like being socially acceptable, social norms, social rejects, social status all which can be quite nasty when it comes to having a community of fellow shooters. Especially for one that does not quite fit in... it can intimidate some people.

Coastal city weather has been hard to deal with, much too humid for me. Much prefer the dry heat of the inner country 😛

 

[Keith]

Those stats surprise me somewhat .... I would suspect that Brisbane is way behind the curve but Melbourne and Sydney I'd believe it. Forget Adelaide, they're too busy drinking wine!

And what happens when all the hipsters are gone?

 

[Keith]

And this quote from the Oz Fuji guy amused me!

Fujifilm will "always maintain that tradition and heritage of film", and recently brought out a digital camera that looks analog and can shoot in different film styles, he adds.

From The Age

At Film Never Die on Bourke Street they are selling over a thousand rolls of film every month. It also serves as one of several drop-off sites for Hillvale, an independent Brunswick-based photolab that sells rolls of film for $5 and processes it for about $10.

That age article is not big on accuracy .... Hillvale charges $18.50 to process a roll of black and white. C41 is $5.00!

Manager of Film Never Die, Gary Wong, says most of his customers are aged between 15 and 30 years and usually came in with a film camera that used to belong to their parents or grandparents. He has about 2500 people on a mailing list and organises regular group photography sessions

And this statement worries me because the group he describes (15-30 year old) tend to be followers of trends that they don't necessarily carry through their lives. Will their children pick up film cameras ... I would doubt it!

 

[Carriage]

I'm guessing the $10 at hillvale is the c41 plus low res scan. That's what I often will get and I suspect most people of that set.

 

[calebarchie]

And this statement worries me because the group he describes (15-30 year old) tend to be followers of trends that they don't necessarily carry through their lives. Will their children pick up film cameras ... I would doubt it!

Oh and add social trends to that list 😛 Reminds me of certain quadrupedal, ruminant mammals 😉

 

[Keith]

Oh and add social trends to that list 😛 Reminds me of certain quadrupedal, ruminant mammals 😉

I swear the day I see someone with a 'man bun' using a film camera I'm outta here! 😀

 

[michaelwj]

That stuff is all well and good, if I didn't like it I wouldn't be here of course!
For starters, my interactions with the people mentioned in the article and a group of them has been anything but pleasant.

Like with any society, the 'social culture' that revolves around film photography implies there are things like being socially acceptable, social norms, social rejects, social status all which can be quite nasty when it comes to having a community of fellow shooters. Especially for one that does not quite fit in... it can intimidate some people.

Coastal city weather has been hard to deal with, much too humid for me. Much prefer the dry heat of the inner country 😛

This is unfortunately a part of every society, you never get along with everyone. I assure you there are more enjoying film than mentioned in the article, many of them very pleasant - some of them total pr!ck$ though.

 

[calebarchie]

This is unfortunately a part of every society, you never get along with everyone. I assure you there are more enjoying film than mentioned in the article, many of them very pleasant - some of them total pr!ck$ though.

Exactly - Just something I don't want to have to bother with, hermit life 😀 I must have had a string of bad luck with people but shooting film is just something I do. Doesn't have the be a extravagant, romantic, stylistic, expressive life style choice I must share with my equally extravagant, romantic, stylish, expressible buddies :angel:

I swear the day I see someone with a 'man bun' using a film camera I'm outta here! 😀

Dn't come near metro areas!! Stay in the county hehehe

 

[Alan_M]

Forget Adelaide, they're too busy drinking wine!

Actually I prefer beer. 🙂

http://www.analoguelab.com.au/about/

Great, great place. Everyone I've encountered in the darkroom is kind, friendly and courteous. I don't wish to speak too much for Alex and Aurelia other than I could not hope for better people to run it. Artists and camera nerds, fantastic to be around.

 

[__jc]

And this quote from the Oz Fuji guy amused me!

Quote:
Fujifilm will "always maintain that tradition and heritage of film", and recently brought out a digital camera that looks analog and can shoot in different film styles, he adds.

Yes, that man is clearly wasting his time at Fuji - with obfuscation/verisimilitude like that he should be in politics!