Ok, I think I’ve developed my last roll of film
I remember throwing out the one-gallon containers that I used for mixing and storing film-developing mixtures before moving in late 2005. I had bought my first digital camera in 2002, and stopped using my film cameras by early 2005. So, when packing up my apartment later that year, I looked to thin out a large chest of camera gear and did something of a purge. Some bulky film-developing stuff and flimsy novelty point-and-shoot cameras were the primary victims. Really, I could have discarded more right then and there, but I decided to hold on to most of it. Today, I went through the storage chest again and purged some more things: the remainder of items that hinted at film developing, a bulk film loader, a slide copier, and some old light bulb holders all bit the dust. What’s a bulk loader? It’s hardly worth explaining, but it was a device that would take a long roll of film, and spool it onto reusable film cartridges. It was way cheaper than buying individual rolls of film, but I rea...