Comments on: The brain seems to be working a bit today

By: pfig

pfig — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 13:42:37 +0000

you want silverprint. mind you, their “secure” order form is just that, a form served over https. then they have formmail.pl processing it.

By: billyabbott

billyabbott — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 11:48:37 +0000

I don’t actually want one (F4 too slow and 28mm equiv too wide for my liking) and it does still sound rather vapourlike, but I can but hope as it’s on the way to what I would want – stick a 35/2 on the front and we could be talking.

But you are indeed correct, let’s wait and see…

By: billyabbott

billyabbott — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 11:46:29 +0000

In my film days I shot a bunch of black and white and had a nice darkroom to work in for developing and printing, so I wouldn’t be so much trying it out as trying to get back to the ‘good olde dayes’. I’ve been meaning to get a tank for a while but always ended up not finding all the bits I wanted at the same time, leading me to wait to buy things.

However, it seems my local Jessops still stock chemistry, although not tanks, so if I get a tank I should be good for consumables afterwards. All I’ve got to do now is starting shooting more film…

By: pfig

pfig — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:38:54 +0000

you don’t need to buy a tank just to try things out, you can use mine (that was actually my original idea, have people try their hand at developing to make sure it was something they wanted to do).

however, if we use only one tank we’ll have to have a big beer break between every person trying, so things can dry up.

By: blech

blech — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 11:22:15 +0000

Unfortunately Sigma have been promising the DP1 for so long now that I don’t trust it ever to come out, and the rumours on pricing have it as being well above the entry-level SLRs. Still, we’ll see, eh?

By: billyabbott

billyabbott — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 09:30:03 +0000

Sounds like a top plan – he and I were discussing such things the other day. It might even give me the kick I need to buy my own tank.

And as for big clunky SLRs, this seems to be becoming less vapourlike:
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0801/08013108sigmadp1.asp
It’s on the way to what I’m after…

By: pfig

pfig — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 07:52:17 +0000

if only slr’s weren’t such clunky contraptions…

on other news, i seem to have told boncey to come over, have beer and develop some film. would sir be interested in that?

By: vatine

vatine — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:35:16 +0000

That one also has on-board pin-outs for a PS/2 port (plus glue logic) so you can attahc a keyboard and the pin-outs for a Commodoe serial port, so you can attach a chain of 1541/1571 floppy drives.

By: billyabbott

billyabbott — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:25:29 +0000

I have a Megagun II somewhere for all my NES in a joystick needs and have so far stayed away from the C64 joysticks. The one you link to has Cyberdyne Warrior on, so I may have to find one.

By: vatine

vatine — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:06:01 +0000

Aha. I honestly do not know if they’re pronounced differently (not having apronounciation key at hand). On the subject of things that plays games, connected to a TV, I must say I am getting urges to find a C64 DTV stick, then go mad with soldering irons and extra ports.

There is something magic about a breadbox-shaped computer being grafted into the INSIDES of a joystick!