Tuesday, April 04, 2006
An old, familiar language
An IM tonight with the aforementioned JD.Quoth we:
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[20:03] jdsd525: Rained out.
[20:03] jdsd525: Duble header tomorrow.
[20:03] kga245: saw your photo up on flickr
[20:03] kga245: yummy
[20:03] kga245: i want to lather it in jam and make it for breakfast
[20:03] jdsd525: First time since 97... I think they said.
[20:03] jdsd525: Thanks again.
[20:03] jdsd525: And again...
[20:04] jdsd525: That was a scan of a print...
[20:04] jdsd525: That I printed in my darkroom.
[20:04] jdsd525: Where I print things.
[20:05] jdsd525: Actually that was the first print from the new set up. Did it last weekend.
[20:05] jdsd525: Very excited.
[20:07] kga245: looks great
[20:07] kga245: really
[20:07] kga245: very subtly toned
[20:07] kga245: you're killing me, man
[20:07] kga245: i need to get me a darkroom and a studio
[20:08] jdsd525: What's mine is yours.
[20:08] jdsd525: Especially if I can recruit another member to the film love club.
[20:09] kga245: HMScc?
[20:09] kga245: what the frack is that?
[20:09] jdsd525: Lol.
[20:09] jdsd525: That's not what I was refering to.
[20:10] kga245: http://www.great-jones-street.com/channels/daily/
[20:11] kga245: been experimenting with my new mac
[20:11] kga245: i'm into video blogging now
[20:11] kga245: you should try it
[20:12] kga245: iSight is a way of life
[20:12] jdsd525: I infected two other (working on maybe 2 more) people at work with my photography / film / old camera obsession and one of them is moving. I just started that group so we could share off the clock and keep in touch when she moves. It's a joke really.
[20:12] kga245: Ah
[20:12] kga245: what do the initial stand for?
[20:13] kga245: denmark
[20:13] kga245: christiania
[20:13] jdsd525: One of them bought a brownie hawkeye and it came in a mint box. On the side was a handfull of bullets one of which was "handsome modern styling".
[20:14] kga245: jsut testing something in trillian
[20:14] kga245: done now
[20:14] kga245: so cool
[20:14] kga245: how much did that brownie cost/
[20:14] kga245: ?
[20:14] jdsd525: So handsome modern styling camera club. Like I say, it's a joke.
[20:14] jdsd525: Um...
[20:14] jdsd525: Like nothing.
[20:15] kga245: nice
[20:15] kga245: HMScc
[20:15] kga245: gotcha
[20:15] kga245: makes sense
[20:15] jdsd525: Did you see my 3ones post about vintage cameras being too cheap to pass on?
[20:16] jdsd525: LOLOLOL!!!!
[20:16] jdsd525: OMG! That is a laugh riot!
[20:17] jdsd525: "originally uploaded by five hundred twenty five"
[20:17] jdsd525: "i love it"
[20:17] jdsd525: Robot love is the ultimat paradox.
[20:17] jdsd525: *ultimate
[20:19] jdsd525: The props mean a lot coming from you, thanks.
[20:20] jdsd525: So um yeah, if I can missionary / bully you into some vintage film love let me know cause I'll do it.
[20:20] jdsd525: I'll send my 3ones post directly to you.
[20:20] jdsd525: All you need to know about starting to get real.
[20:21] jdsd525: Including ebay searches for cheap easy gold.
[20:21] kga245: I've been wanting to get a large format for doing some polaroids
[20:21] kga245: maybe settle for a 4x5
[20:21] jdsd525: Fuckin a!
[20:21] kga245: for c-41 slide large format
[20:21] kga245: very tastey
[20:21] jdsd525: Those are two things I've been trying to avoid.
[20:21] kga245: but my spending money is on hold for now
[20:21] jdsd525: And that's why.
[20:22] kga245: steph banned me after i blew the tax refund on nachos and beer
[20:22] jdsd525: A fun little brownie on the other hand...
[20:22] kga245: show me yours
[20:22] kga245: i want to get a good look
[20:22] jdsd525: They pay you to take them off their hands. So punk.
[20:24] jdsd525: And if 120 ups the cost too much for anything other than a rare treat... Get an old screw mount for $30 to your door or a demi for $60 (72 pics a roll... fucking pays for itself).
[20:24] jdsd525: *72 beautiful pics a roll.
[20:27] jdsd525: http://www.nwmangum.com/Kodak/Dua-1.html
[20:28] jdsd525: That's my new one, actually the model after the brownie.
[20:28] jdsd525: http://www.nwmangum.com/Kodak/_menus/menu-Duaflexes.html
[20:28] jdsd525: Mine is the first of the duaflexes. Fixed focus, shutter, and ap.
[20:29] jdsd525: http://homepage.mac.com/mattdenton/photo/cameras/kodak_duaflex2.html
[20:29] jdsd525: That one has adjustable focus, shutter, and ap.
[20:29] jdsd525: I will have one eventually.
[20:29] jdsd525: http://photography.search.ebay.com/duaflex_Cameras-Photo_W0QQbsZSearchQQcatrefZC6QQcoactionZcompareQQcoentrypageZsearchQQcopagenumZ1QQfclZ3QQfposZ92040QQfromZR10QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQftrtZ1QQftrvZ1QQsacatZ625QQsadisZ200QQsargnZQ2d1QQsaslcZ2QQsbrftogZ1QQsofocusZbs[20:30] jdsd525: http://cgi.ebay.com/Kodak-Brownie-Holiday-Flash-Kodak-Duaflex-II-Cameras_W0QQitemZ7605921663QQcategoryZ67375QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem[20:31] jdsd525: 2 for 5 with cool flashes...
[20:31] jdsd525: http://cgi.ebay.com/kodak-duaflex-11-camera-older-type_W0QQitemZ7606370609QQcategoryZ4701QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem[20:32] jdsd525: And there's my fancy one (with adjustments) for 5 bucks.
[20:33] jdsd525: Admittedly these auctions are rolling but I got mine for like 10 bucks including shipping.
[20:33] *** Auto-response sent to jdsd525: I am currently away from the computer.
[20:33] jdsd525: And it's mint.
[20:33] jdsd525: Like how can you not buy them.
[20:34] jdsd525: http://photography.search.ebay.com/hawkeye_Cameras-Photo_W0QQcatrefZC6QQcoactionZcompareQQcoentrypageZsearchQQcopagenumZ1QQfclZ3QQfromZR2QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQftrtZ1QQftrvZ1QQsacatZ625QQsbrsrtZd
[20:34] jdsd525: Here's the real brownies.
[20:34] jdsd525: http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Kodak-Brownie-Hawkeye-Camera-Flash-Model_W0QQitemZ7605025858QQcategoryZ67375QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
[20:34] jdsd525: up in 41 minutes, 16 bucks uncontested.
[20:35] jdsd525: With flash.
[20:35] jdsd525: http://cgi.ebay.com/Canon-Demi-EE17-35mm-30mm-F-1-7-lens-made-in-1966_W0QQitemZ7605258048QQcategoryZ3328QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
[20:35] jdsd525: That's the demi.
[20:36] jdsd525: Pays for itself.
[20:43] jdsd525: switching to couch machine.
[20:43] jdsd525: Shit.
[20:48] jdsd525: Damnit.
[20:48] jdsd525: couch connection keeps dying.
[20:54] jdsd525:
[21:08] *** jdsd525 is trying to send you "TheSoundofMusicGood.zip".
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Comments:
After looking at this a little out of context I realize it's not obvious that I was laughing at the robot voice reading the post, not the post itself (or the poster). Just wanted to make sure that was clear.
j
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[20:16] jdsd525: LOLOLOL!!!!
[20:16] jdsd525: OMG! That is a laugh riot!
[20:17] jdsd525: "originally uploaded by five hundred twenty five"
[20:17] jdsd525: "i love it"
[20:17] jdsd525: Robot love is the ultimat paradox.
[20:17] jdsd525: *ultimate
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j
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[20:16] jdsd525: LOLOLOL!!!!
[20:16] jdsd525: OMG! That is a laugh riot!
[20:17] jdsd525: "originally uploaded by five hundred twenty five"
[20:17] jdsd525: "i love it"
[20:17] jdsd525: Robot love is the ultimat paradox.
[20:17] jdsd525: *ultimate
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