On the subject of film selection, I was entertained by listening to the
conversation between the person in queue in front of me and the salesperson
while at the camera shop a while ago:
Customer: I'd like a roll of the 326 film, please.
Salesfolk: 326? It normally doesn't come in that speed; do you want 200 or
400?
Customer: no, that one <fx: points>
Salesfolk: Oh, the roll that _costs_ $3.26. Right. That'll be ...
and on it goes.
(not that I haven't wound up buying film just because it's cheap, but, in
my defense, lately it's been either out-of-date B+W film for the
Holga/general darkroom experimenting, or some of the whole lot of Kodak
Royal Gold that a local place is clearing out; it's not amazing film, but
it's better than the generic cheap OEM'd Fuji stuff I'd otherwise get and
not a lot more)
That said, every time I make the effort to buy the good stuff, I'm reminded
why it's worthwhile when I get the prints back, but whenever I'm buying,
some weird mental block descends on me..
-- dan
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