Film is Dead... or is it?

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RolandRB wrote:

I wonder how well a digital camera would work in a tropical
rainforest.

I took a D30 into one a few years ago (and boy did it show me why it's
called a "rain" forest). Got some nice shots, just had to be careful.

The camera is, to the best of my knowledge, still working perfectly.

A faculty member borrowed an Olympus 8080 from me for his trip to Mongolia.
He came back saying "It stopped working. I plugged it in to charge, and it
got REAL BRIGHT for a second and stopped working." Oy. I'm sending him out
with a film camera next time.

RolandRB wrote:

I just lost nearly a year's worth of photos taken with my digital
camera when my SmartMedia card got corrupted. I wish I had all those
shots on slide film.

Well, my lab lost one of my films lately.
Not the first time i had something go wrong with film, of course. :-(

So i guess there's not much of a difference between digital or film in that
respect.

RolandRB wrote:

I just lost nearly a year's worth of photos taken with my digital
camera when my SmartMedia card got corrupted. I wish I had all those
shots on slide film.

Well, my lab lost one of my films lately.
Not the first time i had something go wrong with film, of course. :-(

So i guess there's not much of a difference between digital or film in that
respect.

"jjs" wrote in message ...
A faculty member borrowed an Olympus 8080 from me for his trip to
Mongolia. He came back saying "It stopped working. I plugged it in to
charge, and it got REAL BRIGHT for a second and stopped working." Oy. I'm
sending him out with a film camera next time.



Mongolia, 220 volt power grid? 110 volt charger?

"jjs" wrote in message ...
A faculty member borrowed an Olympus 8080 from me for his trip to
Mongolia. He came back saying "It stopped working. I plugged it in to
charge, and it got REAL BRIGHT for a second and stopped working." Oy. I'm
sending him out with a film camera next time.



Mongolia, 220 volt power grid? 110 volt charger?

"jjs" wrote in message ...
A faculty member borrowed an Olympus 8080 from me for his trip to
Mongolia. He came back saying "It stopped working. I plugged it in to
charge, and it got REAL BRIGHT for a second and stopped working." Oy. I'm
sending him out with a film camera next time.



Mongolia, 220 volt power grid? 110 volt charger?

jjs wrote:


A faculty member borrowed an Olympus 8080 from me for his trip to Mongolia.
He came back saying "It stopped working. I plugged it in to charge, and it
got REAL BRIGHT for a second and stopped working." Oy. I'm sending him out
with a film camera next time.

Make sure you don't lend him any accessories that plug in -- he probably
plugged the little 120V wall wart into a 230-240V local supply with an
appropriate adapter that didn't include voltage conversion...

--
The challenge to the photographer is to command the medium, to use
whatever current equipment and technology furthers his creative
objectives, without sacrificing the ability to make his own decisions.
-- Ansel Adams

Donald Qualls, aka The Silent Observer http://silent1.home.netcom.com

Opinions expressed are my own -- take them for what they're worth
and don't expect them to be perfect.

jjs wrote:


A faculty member borrowed an Olympus 8080 from me for his trip to Mongolia.
He came back saying "It stopped working. I plugged it in to charge, and it
got REAL BRIGHT for a second and stopped working." Oy. I'm sending him out
with a film camera next time.

Make sure you don't lend him any accessories that plug in -- he probably
plugged the little 120V wall wart into a 230-240V local supply with an
appropriate adapter that didn't include voltage conversion...

--
The challenge to the photographer is to command the medium, to use
whatever current equipment and technology furthers his creative
objectives, without sacrificing the ability to make his own decisions.
-- Ansel Adams

Donald Qualls, aka The Silent Observer http://silent1.home.netcom.com

Opinions expressed are my own -- take them for what they're worth
and don't expect them to be perfect.

jjs wrote:


A faculty member borrowed an Olympus 8080 from me for his trip to Mongolia.
He came back saying "It stopped working. I plugged it in to charge, and it
got REAL BRIGHT for a second and stopped working." Oy. I'm sending him out
with a film camera next time.

Make sure you don't lend him any accessories that plug in -- he probably
plugged the little 120V wall wart into a 230-240V local supply with an
appropriate adapter that didn't include voltage conversion...

--
The challenge to the photographer is to command the medium, to use
whatever current equipment and technology furthers his creative
objectives, without sacrificing the ability to make his own decisions.
-- Ansel Adams

Donald Qualls, aka The Silent Observer http://silent1.home.netcom.com

Opinions expressed are my own -- take them for what they're worth
and don't expect them to be perfect.

jjs wrote:

I work with digital media all day, and have a constituency of about 8,000
users. I hear the same, "I lost my pictures", but more often it is, "I can't
FIND my pictures!"

The only differences between "lost" and "can't find" is that "can't
find" is still taking up space, somewhere -- and someone else might be
able to find the "can't find" pictures for you.

--
The challenge to the photographer is to command the medium, to use
whatever current equipment and technology furthers his creative
objectives, without sacrificing the ability to make his own decisions.
-- Ansel Adams

Donald Qualls, aka The Silent Observer http://silent1.home.netcom.com

Opinions expressed are my own -- take them for what they're worth
and don't expect them to be perfect.