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[Marcus Rowland]

A plaque I found in a car boot sale (US="Swap meet") today.

 

 

Ignoring the slightly dodgy use of photographic terms, it occurs to me that we're already living in a world where a large percentage of photographers have no idea what a negative is...

[mikew]

With the modern attitude and desire for instant gratification possibly a good thing

[Merco_61]

OTOH, with the hipsters' fascination with Lomography and Holgas there might be more than we think. I don't quite understand those movements but it helps keep film production alive. I would much rather use an old Zeiss folder that doesn't need vinyl tape to keep the light out...

[Marcus Rowland]

There will always be some minority interest, and the whole Lomography thing is doing a lot to keep film going - I don't understand it either, all I know is that I can sell any weird crappy plastic camera that has the Lomography logo on it, or looks like it should have, and probably make a profit... if I had a time machine and a limited supply of period cash I think the easiest way to get more would be to go back to the 1960s and buy a few dozen Diana toy cameras and sell them in the present day, use the profits to buy more old currency, etc.. MUCH more profitable than Leicas, I think.