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Is there any type of consumer camera equipment which hasn't experienced a (real or astroturfed) nostalgia-based "comeback"?

by prvc 2y ago

eclecticfrank 2y ago
Yes, the APS system. For many reasons. :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Photo_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Photo_System
- prvc 2y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APS-C https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APS-C
  - ikekkdcjkfke 2y ago
    Instead of IMAX, Dolby and all the other gimmicks they should do "gourmet" film where tye entire pipeline is analog and never has a digital step
- whartung 2y ago
  Oh, I was a big fan of my APS camera. Took all sorts of shots with it. Got a whole bunch of these "now, what photo album, exactly, can we put these in" panoramic shots from it. I enjoyed the film handling, the dating of the prints, the size of the camera, battery life, etc. I even took advantage of being able to stop in mid-roll, and toss in a different one, and swap back. It definitely went the way of the dodo, not all labs properly supported it (like not printing the date on the back of the photo). But as a casual photo consumer, it worked really well for me. One of my most cherished photos, and it's, honestly, a terrible photo, which is part of its charm, was taken with my APS camera. It's a picture of my now wife and myself on a beach in Catalina from the weekend I proposed to her. The composition is terrible, we're way too small, and, even better, somehow, someway, there's a single shadow of a light pole that crosses the beach and right. through. us. A few inches either way, and it would have not been an issue. We couldn't have staged it worse. It's a perfectly bad picture of a great day, and I love it. Nothing to do with APS, mind, just that I took it with that camera. It had a timer :).
kotaKat 2y ago
The MiniDisc camcorder ;) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HCCGYxCjbg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HCCGYxCjbg

Is there any type of consumer camera equipment which hasn't experienced a (real or astroturfed) nostalgia-based "comeback"?

by prvc 2y ago

Is there any type of consumer camera equipment which hasn't experienced a (real or astroturfed) nostalgia-based "comeback"?

eclecticfrank 2y ago

Yes, the APS system. For many reasons. :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Photo_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Photo_System

prvc 2y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APS-C https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APS-C
- ikekkdcjkfke 2y ago
  Instead of IMAX, Dolby and all the other gimmicks they should do "gourmet" film where tye entire pipeline is analog and never has a digital step
whartung 2y ago
Oh, I was a big fan of my APS camera. Took all sorts of shots with it. Got a whole bunch of these "now, what photo album, exactly, can we put these in" panoramic shots from it. I enjoyed the film handling, the dating of the prints, the size of the camera, battery life, etc. I even took advantage of being able to stop in mid-roll, and toss in a different one, and swap back. It definitely went the way of the dodo, not all labs properly supported it (like not printing the date on the back of the photo). But as a casual photo consumer, it worked really well for me. One of my most cherished photos, and it's, honestly, a terrible photo, which is part of its charm, was taken with my APS camera. It's a picture of my now wife and myself on a beach in Catalina from the weekend I proposed to her. The composition is terrible, we're way too small, and, even better, somehow, someway, there's a single shadow of a light pole that crosses the beach and right. through. us. A few inches either way, and it would have not been an issue. We couldn't have staged it worse. It's a perfectly bad picture of a great day, and I love it. Nothing to do with APS, mind, just that I took it with that camera. It had a timer :).

kotaKat 2y ago

The MiniDisc camcorder ;) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HCCGYxCjbg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HCCGYxCjbg