Stupid Product Idea #17 – Now For Sale (Maybe)

RB | 01 January 2010 | General Photography, Site News | , , , , , , | 5 Comments

I have had about 700 people email me questions about various films/developers/papers/lenses and equipment that I happen to comment on here at the old random photography blog that is sometimes chockfull of Aperture goodness. A heck of a lot of those questions are about film, paper, prints, and developer materials for film photography. Hey I may be one of the few that love the stuff but I have become acutely aware that there are many more photographers and even consumers of photography that are also interested in film and traditional photographic materials.

I say this all the time and really mean it – you have to see it in person to appreciate it. Words and stupid web images do not cut it. If I could afford to be a wealthy philanthropist I swear I would send out actual samples of various materials to anyone that was interested. I am not so here is stupid product idea #17 that may eventually morph into something else if there is any interest whatsoever. Ta Da.

Samples of stuff that I happen to use without making an investment in any of it. Samples of some of the various fiber based papers that I happen to use – real fiber silver paper – not inkjet. With actual 8×10 prints on them. I am not talking about “art” with ridiculous prices like $600 for a print. I am talking about a work grade print on materials that I happen to use priced at the cost of materials + shipping in a “do not bend fold or mutilate” envelope. Like 5 or 10 bucks.

I may even give you a choice of a couple different formats of negative or something like that. I figure it might be worthwhile for those that are interested in “real” analog photography and what it looks like from a home darkroom AND people that already know but want a sample of a particular material they want to try without investing in 100 sheets of the stuff.

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Ps. If anyone is interested in this I may actually expand the idea to a sample book of paper and even some big sheet film negative/developer/paper sample packages or something like that. I really believe in this stuff and want to make it more accessible to others if I can.

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  2. Jason D says
    02 January 10 at 2:04pm

    RB,

    I would be happy to be able to view samples from some of the Leica and medium format budget rigs that you talk about in various posts. Let me know, and I’ll send a paypal payment for some medium format samples and some of the older Leica stuff.

    Thanks,

    Jason

  3. RB says
    02 January 10 at 9:38pm

    Jason,

    I am really serious about this – give me a little time to put together something workable. Thank you for the input, I found it very useful and am going to incorporate some ideas you gave me.

    Thanks

    RB

  4. Jason D says
    03 January 10 at 9:53pm

    RB,

    No problem. If you could, include a print from a D3, since my D700 is essentially the same thing. This way I can make an accurate comparison. It may be apples to oranges, but it is still a comparison.

    Thanks,

    Jason

  5. RB says
    03 January 10 at 10:00pm

    Jason,

    For now I am only going to see if I can get real black and white prints from real film together. More for educational purposes than anything else.

    RB

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