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  • Arthur@literature.cafetoNews@lemmy.world•Kodak cautions there's 'substantial doubt' about its ability to stay in business
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    4 months ago

    I’m not trying to start a flame war about film underneath your comment here but I’ve been bothered for hours so I decided to come back.

    Kodak is one of the handful of companies left in the world that can still produce film stock. It’s almost a lost art at this point. They are the only ones that still produce color positive film - Ektachrome (E100) - and they also have the highest quality color negative film still on the market right now - their Portra line.

    I wish it was as simple as not making mass market junk like disposable point and shoots and Kodak would be saved, but unfortunately it’s not that simple. They already own the film stock market - even hipster stocks like Cinestill are using Kodak movie film that is modified to shoot in 35mm and medium format cameras. Ilford is trying to make color negative films again after years of only producing b&w and it’s getting better and closer to Kodak’s cheaper stocks (gold/colorplus) but nothing touches the latitude of their Portra line. And obviously there’s nothing like slide film, color positive E100 is truly one of the coolest things you can shoot these days.

    For me personally, shooting on film is going back to the physicalness, the manualness of taking a photo. It’s the act of using something physical to capture a memory instead of just taking a million photos on my phone that I’ll never look at again. Getting my rolls back and looking through them is the highlight of my month haha. Organizing my negatives and getting prints and making memories is so much joy that is just lost when I use digital cameras.

    Losing Kodak to financial attrition would be a tragedy to a small but passionate (and growing!) community.

    It does appear that they have ideas on working through this debt and buying time though so we’ll see.

    Thanks for reading!

  • Arthur@literature.cafetocats@lemmy.world•Damn Daniel
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    7 months ago

    lol I was just wondering because my cats are so fucking skittish at everything so I wasn’t sure if there was a slower process of getting them acclimated to different social settings that are more manageable and predictable. Then easing into the bar because I find bar environments sometimes overwhelming and I’m a human!

  • Arthur@literature.cafetoNo Stupid Questions@lemmy.ca•Why has exercise not improved my mental health? Am I doing something wrong?
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    8 months ago

    You’re not doing anything wrong in my opinion. Some of us just don’t get an endorphin boost from exercise.

    I’m a marathon runner and I have never experienced a runner’s high or whatever these other people get from normal training.

    There’s this chart about “types of fun” that finally made it click for me. Some people find the mundane training as “Type I” fun. Some of us have activities that are this and others that aren’t fun in the moment. For me, skiing is type I. Running is not.

    I run as a discipline, it feels good looking back on my calendar of training and seeing the work I’ve put in. So I get Type II fun from it. I like to say “I run for the medals” and that’s mostly this concept. I don’t run for the fun, I train for the PR or the “win” or a medal. It’s seeing my work pay off, my discipline for months on end being paid out.

    So it’s not the running, it’s achieving the hard goal I set. Anyway, I hope this makes you feel seen. It’s really frustrating to see all the hype about endorphins or whatever being a mood booster, but that’s not the reality for a lot of people.

    Also good job on the consistency for a year! That’s impressive! Especially without the mood boost other people get!!

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