I believe I mentioned before that I would go through a few (300 roll) cases of
both 35mm Panatomic X and 35mm Kodachrome 25 per year when I was shooting
fashion and advertising from the early 70s through to the late 80s...easily a
thousand rolls or more per year. I used two Nikon F2As. One of them would fail
every 2 or so and need repair but they were true workhorses. I still have them
and they both work though, when I shoot film these days, it is 4X5, 5X7 or
8X10.
My oldest chimera is the cherry wood (with brass hardware) 5X7 Kodak with the
Packard shutter and leather bellows. I still shoot with it! Amazing! I think
Richard researched it once and it was made very early in the 20th century.
From: "Bernard_Cousineau" <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, January 7, 2018 2:05:50 PM
Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Wonder
A friend used to run FM's for modelling tests ("cattle calls") . He got them
cheap because people were upgrading to AF.
They would last about 6 months, running 20 to 30 rolls a day.
That's not exactly eternal life, but it's more film than most amateur
photographers would shoot in a lifetime.
Russ Butner wrote:
My black FM that I purchased in the late 70’s, is still going strong. My FM &
FE have been knocked around quite a bit. They keep on performing flawlessly 👍
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