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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors 02-02-2024, 06:09 AM

Latest news on film project
Posted By Sprky1285

Replies: 263
Views: 19,461

You used the word manufacture. But I'm not sure if you just mean "sell" film as in they can buy other stocks and sell them through their website to get some revenue, or you mean full scale R&D, Design, Test, Manufacture, Package, and ship film. If you watch the SmarterEveryDay video touring the Kodak facility, I think you'll see it's not a small operation.

I don't think a previously used space can just all of a sudden accommodate such an operation. Now Kodak, does sell their film substrate to other film houses to then put their own emulsion on. But even that part is a huge task. I personally don't see the feasibility in that from Ricoh/Pentax. Unless they bought an entirely new facility (or previously shut down film factory). Even then, it would probably take years to go through the trial and error of dialing in a consistent emulsive layer, color or monochrome rendition, and proper development process.

Would it be cool? Sure! So would one-hour photo booths making a resurgence. But I don't see either happening. Just my 0.5 cents (inflation, y'know...).

Forum: Pentax News and Rumors 01-16-2024, 08:52 AM

Poll: Will you buy the new Pentax compact 35mm compact? Best of PF Newsletter Jan 10 Poll
Posted By Sprky1285

Replies: 182
Views: 7,167

Yes. Couldn't agree more.

Forum: Pentax News and Rumors 01-11-2024, 06:21 AM

Poll: Will you buy the new Pentax compact 35mm compact? Best of PF Newsletter Jan 10 Poll
Posted By Sprky1285

Replies: 182
Views: 7,167

I wish I could be more care-free in that sense. I don't sit down and go through the numbers. I see the price of film, then, without thought divide the price by exposure. Even if I don't want to. Then rinse and repeat for when I scan. And add the numbers together. I'm not even great at manual, head math. My brain just HAS to know per unit cost I guess.

I'd love to try. The new Easy35 from Valoi looks like a simple promising set up.

Wouldn't have it any other way.

Forum: Pentax News and Rumors 01-11-2024, 06:11 AM

Latest news on film project
Posted By Sprky1285

Replies: 263
Views: 19,461

I wholeheartedly agree. Outlier consumers do not equal profit for a company. Speaking on kids, I am a young (I tell myself) 30 year old. I received the Pentax ME-F when I was 14. Phones already had acceptable enough memory recorders. Not at the point of wanting to print them out. (side note, I did have friends in the early late 00's and early 2010's who would print 4x6 photos for scrap books and what not. But let me tell you, those early phone photos looked awful in the physical realm).

But I was immediately smitten with the tactility, mechanical whizbangery, shutter sound, mirror slap, advance lever, rewind grind, matte focus screen and split prism. There is certainly an intangible essence to the process of shooting a manual mechanical machine. With the heft of the brass, and lovely light sculpting engineering of the large glass lens. (compared to a phone or compact). 15 years later and every time I pick up a lens, I will just stare at the glass elements. The perfectly smooth surface, multicolored reflections from the coatings, opening and closing the aperture blades, spinning the focus and aperture rings, myyy precious.

Never had any of those feelings on my phone.

Maybe I'm just at the generational edge of a more analog era. Even though a phone can capture a well exposed, color corrected image in an instant and fit in my pocket wherever I go. I've never been fully satisfied with the end product. Post on the internet? Sure. Never printed a phone photo. Rarely do I take them off device, into dedicated software, and edit. Never felt worth the time. Who knows, maybe I'm wrong.

But alas, we are the few, the proud, the empty wallet emulsion brigade. 100 units sold to us fanatics will certainly not offset the cost of R&D, machining tools for production, marketing, distribution, and material sourcing.

A boy can dream.

Forum: Pentax News and Rumors 01-10-2024, 08:16 AM

Poll: Will you buy the new Pentax compact 35mm compact? Best of PF Newsletter Jan 10 Poll
Posted By Sprky1285

Replies: 182
Views: 7,167

Dang, I am definitely doing something wrong :p. I recently went on holiday with the family and shot 3 disposable BW cameras. (bought them for a previous holiday and attempted to hand them out as a fun "treat" for others to try and shoot some film, but alas, I am the only one interested in photography in my family. The disposables went unused). Shot through 3 rolls of film as well. 2 were C-41 and 1 was ECN-2.

I don't develop or scan my own film, but keep telling myself I'll try one day. Nerves I guess. But, I digress. I bought the rolls years ago, so let's avg out and say they were $10 a piece. $15 for the disposables. $75. I just ordered for their scan/development and that came out to $130. We are over $200 for roughly 177 exposures. (27 exp for the disposables, 2x36 exp, 1x24 exp roll).

I am not complaining. I knew what I was getting into. Just surprised at the variance between your home development and my lab experience. Your work comes out to roughly $21 USD per roll, where over here with labs, comes to about $35 USD per roll. Or $1 USD for every press of the shutter if only shooting 36 exp color film. I used to complain about Polaroid being $1 every shot, and now that is closer to $2.50 USD.

Are we all mad for having this hobby? :lol:

Forum: Post Your Photos! 06-17-2021, 01:20 PM

Sports Motorsport
Posted By Sprky1285

Replies: 8
Views: 329

This looks like it could end in a multitude of ways

Forum: Post Your Photos! 07-12-2021, 09:55 AM

Travel "Load Film in Subdued Light"
Posted By Sprky1285

Replies: 3
Views: 349

I don't always mind a bit of light spill over the first few frames. I generally "waste" 3 or 4 frames before dedicating the rest of the roll to important shots.

Forum: Post Your Photos! 07-10-2021, 08:30 AM

Streets Just Hanging Out
Posted By Sprky1285

Replies: 4
Views: 349

A lonely helmet found nowhere near its owner. Still don't know which composition I prefer...

Forum: Post Your Photos! 07-10-2021, 08:20 AM

Misc Aquarium fish#7
Posted By Sprky1285

Replies: 1
Views: 224

Hard to get those crisp shots through aquarium glass. But the contrast/darkness in this image adds a nice tone.

Forum: Post Your Photos! 07-08-2021, 05:51 PM

Landscape Still waters
Posted By Sprky1285

Replies: 13
Views: 462

It's always wonderful to stumble upon a beautiful scene when not hunting.