T**tter Archive — Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 (@thereisnocat)

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 31, 2022 at 4:52:45 PM

@stevenelawson @moragperkins @GlasgowPhotoGal Congratulations! If there’s anything better than fame, it’s immortality. Getting into an archive means you’re immortal. :-)

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 31, 2022 at 3:39:15 PM

Looks like Santa came early this year. #SantaColor100 https://t.co/HWj2gH1qMk

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 31, 2022 at 1:28:11 PM

@DeanForbesPhoto I’ve been a member since 2007. It’s always been where I put my “serious” work, as opposed to snapshots. I originally saw IG as “visual Twitter” and didn’t take what I posted there seriously for several years; Flickr was for that. Also, Flickr is a great resource 4 getting answers

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 31, 2022 at 12:02:49 PM

@danrubin It’s funny, this thought occurs to me on a regular basis, every time I get sick and tired of being online. That’s increasingly often these days…

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 31, 2022 at 11:04:48 AM

@DeanForbesPhoto I didn’t see them move (red light), so I assume that the answer is yes.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 31, 2022 at 7:58:35 AM

@chadhillphotos @klizana @DeanForbesPhoto @greytoneduo @MaureenBond Which of the 27 Chad Hills on Flickr is you?

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 31, 2022 at 7:48:41 AM

Molasses Tanker I never heard of the Zook Molasses Co., but clearly they exist, and they move masses of molasses in tanker trucks. #FilmPhotography #FilmIsNotDead #BelieveInFilm #BeNiceShootFilm https://t.co/qVvl4Hbh7b

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 31, 2022 at 12:07:16 AM

@PapaShittyCams @8888SEB You’ll just have to sell more t-shirts….

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 30, 2022 at 11:25:43 PM

@8888SEB @PapaShittyCams And then spend the next ten years paying it off….

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 30, 2022 at 10:52:21 PM

@DeanForbesPhoto @greytoneduo @klizana Thing is, nobody brings it all together like Flickr. It’s worth saving. Like Karin says, we just have to make it a place people want to go. I’ve been trying, other like @MaureenBond have been trying. It’s slow going. You want to be an urban pioneer building on ruins, Flickr’s it.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 30, 2022 at 10:47:28 PM

@DeanForbesPhoto @greytoneduo @klizana So there’s a long history there. Flickr was late to mobile, and IG ate them alive. Twitter wasn’t interested in photography, but once they supported images, photography grew there anyway and since it was all about conversation, that grew. Between the two, yeah, Flickr faltered.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 30, 2022 at 10:21:18 PM

@greytoneduo @klizana @DeanForbesPhoto Being on Flickr right now feels like being an urban homesteader, building on the ruins of former residents. It’s like moving to Detroit. Worthwhile, but it’s going to take some work to really renovate and no guarantees. But well worth trying.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 30, 2022 at 10:15:38 PM

@klizana @DeanForbesPhoto @greytoneduo I have pushed and pushed and pushed people who come back to Flickr from IG to stick around. I even bolted IG and only returned for Roid Week to make the point. In general, they don’t. I post my pictures there every day. I post to the groups regularly. It still feels dead.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 30, 2022 at 10:04:50 PM

@DeanForbesPhoto @greytoneduo If you want conversation about photography, Twitter is the best I see right now. If you want a beautiful spot for sharing photos, @tryglass is top notch. Grainery is up and coming for that, but a bit too similar to IG in some ways.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 30, 2022 at 10:00:59 PM

@DeanForbesPhoto @greytoneduo I love Flickr, but aside from Polaroid Week, it’s fucking empty. It’s like you can see the tumbleweeds rolling through. The action I see in groups on Flickr is like three posts a day most days, and most groups are completely moribund.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 30, 2022 at 9:53:23 PM

@DeanForbesPhoto @greytoneduo Glass does not have groups or conversation threads like Flickr. All they have is comments on individual photos and a defined taxonomy of tags. Surprisingly, the simplicity of the experience has made it my favorite place to go. It’s simply beautiful.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 30, 2022 at 9:51:24 PM

@klizana @greytoneduo @tryglass They’re beta testing an Android app right now. Should be out soon.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 30, 2022 at 6:19:15 PM

“Accessible” to people who can afford a camera that costs over $5000. I guess that’s what high end digital cameras cost these days, but they aren’t “accessible” either. https://twitter.com/ClickErik/status/1586843114169421827

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 30, 2022 at 12:25:50 PM

Barrow-Civic Theatre Found this in Franklin, Pennsylvania. Olympus XA, Cinestill 400D, ECN-2 development. #FilmPhotography #FilmIsNotDead #BelieveInFilm #BeNiceShootFilm https://t.co/c6opBZL1DA

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 30, 2022 at 11:55:22 AM

Trying to remix a 3D model so it works with my monitor (it’s a phone holder that lets you put your iPhone at the top of your monitor and use its camera as your webcam on the computer). I’ll never understand how 3D design software works. I just want to change the height. Grrrrr.

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 30, 2022 at 10:54:24 AM

@LinaForrester @DeanForbesPhoto I haven’t seen it, but the All Through A Lens podcast did a bit on a movie called One Hour Photo starring Robin Williams that seems like it’s pretty scary.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 30, 2022 at 9:11:28 AM

RT @BillKristol: FWIW, as a former Republican who has some sense of what Democratic attacks work near the end of election campaigns: Every…

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 30, 2022 at 8:58:18 AM

RT @billthoo: New 55 PN400 negative scan Love the false colour Chroma 4x5 + 135/5.6 #believeinfilm https://t.co/fiu9phqwNB

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 30, 2022 at 8:57:45 AM

@billthoo Wait, what? Okay, now I’m going to have to try to scan my New55 negatives in color. Never seen anything like this before. I wonder if you’d get the same effect if you scanned T-MAX 400 in color (that should be the underlying negative on PN 400 in my experience).

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 30, 2022 at 8:53:50 AM

CRAWFORD H USE I TILLERY See on the street in Titusville, Pennsylvania. Olympus XA, Cinestill 400D, ECN-2. #FilmPhotography #FilmIsNotDead #BelieveInFilm #BeNiceShootFilm https://t.co/6zvvgf8N9m

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 30, 2022 at 8:36:29 AM

@billthoo Other possibility would be that you reached the end, the tape didn’t hold, and you’ve been shooting air. For a hand-rolled roll, that’s probably the most likely, and probably the best scenario.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 30, 2022 at 8:34:50 AM

@billthoo When that happens to me, it usually means that either the film didn’t catch on the take up reel, or the camera ripped through the sprocket holes and the film stopped winding. You could take the camera into a darkroom and open it, or note how long it takes to rewind.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 30, 2022 at 12:06:51 AM

I saw this article on Apple News a few days ago, but it wasn’t on the web yet for some reason. It’s all about how important ventilation is in buildings. Three years into COVID-19, WE’RE STILL NOT TALKING ABOUT THIS! JFC, we need to fix this to finish this https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/23377638/buildings-indoor-air-quality-pollution-toxic-sick

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 29, 2022 at 12:32:57 PM

Sean Clifford said he had to play the game of his life to beat Ohio State. So far, two interceptions. I don’t think that’s going to cut it.

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 29, 2022 at 10:53:21 AM

@windsorknot @chadhillphotos @filmdevelop Brooklyn Film Camera has some Polaroid specific boxes I bought a bunch. They’ve been sitting in my office for months waiting for me to get to it. Photography this weekend? Nothing. Too exhausted after Polaroid Week.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 29, 2022 at 10:51:23 AM

Trying to print something on my 3D printer. Coming out all blobby. Went to look at my settings. E-steps we’re set to 1761 steps/mm. For my Bondtech BMG extruder, that number should be 415. I have no idea how it got changed. Now that I figured that out, prints look good.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 29, 2022 at 8:38:40 AM

Allegheny River Two shots from the same place. B&W is Speed Graphic, Efke PL-100 film. Color is Olympus XA, Cinestill 400D. Not sure which I prefer. #FilmPhotography #FilmIsNotDead #BelieveInFilm #BeNiceShootFilm https://t.co/sevGB2DXkg

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 29, 2022 at 7:30:27 AM

@keithdevereux Thank you, Keith. It was a lot of fun to put together.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 28, 2022 at 6:04:12 PM

Just in case @thereisnocat@toot.cafe on Mastodon

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 28, 2022 at 1:04:31 PM

The Second Law of Thermodynamics states that things fall apart. We all die. With this we come full circle, from beginning with patterns, into shapes, which then form scenes, and now back to shapes and patterns which fall apart. #PolaroidWeek #PolaroidWeek2022 #BelieveInFilm https://t.co/zAsIRM9RSL

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 28, 2022 at 12:10:22 PM

@windsorknot Rodinal lasts forever. There’s an excellent chance that it will work. Try a short meaningless roll first, but chances are very good you’ll be fine.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 28, 2022 at 10:24:24 AM

@MaureenBond @photogcowboi Nothing stopping you from posting here on Saturday. It’s only on Flickr, the spiritual home of #PolaroidWeek, where the pool closes today.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 28, 2022 at 10:16:46 AM

Oops, meant to call out @twatson here, not the UK politician…. https://twitter.com/thereisnocat/status/1585995695869366272

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 28, 2022 at 10:15:10 AM

@stefsull @luxuryluke Just waiting for the inevitable “Poopin” tweet….

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 28, 2022 at 10:03:34 AM

Great interview with @tomwatson about his work with @tryglass and how it’s the anti-IG. I’m really tiring of social media after 30+ years, but if I give them all up, I’ll keep Glass. It’s the one app I really love these days because they love their users. https://twitter.com/tsunamino/status/1585987431630766082

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 28, 2022 at 8:40:27 AM

Gears Last day of #PolaroidWeek, last couple of shots. This one is more representational, and the last one will pull back to full abstraction. I’ve had great fun with this project, working in a very different way. #FilmPhotography #FilmIsNotDead #BelieveInFilm #BeNiceShootFilm https://t.co/PO2jmrHtLn

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 27, 2022 at 11:22:16 PM

@naqlc Oh, and I love brown ales. My closest local brewery has one as their flagship. An odd choice in this world dominated by IPAs, and I love them for it.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 27, 2022 at 11:21:01 PM

@naqlc Two Hearted is very good. I can get that one on tap here in NJ. I like IPAs, but I’ve kind of stopped drinking them. There are too many and I can’t keep up. I’ve had to cut back in the past couple of years, and one way of cutting back was skipping most IPAs. :-)

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 27, 2022 at 11:12:00 PM

@naqlc From New Holland? Yes. That one I like. I generally like Michigan beers, but I’ve been disappointed by Founders’ beers. A friend from K’zoo gave me a bottle of Bells Larry’s Last a couple of weeks ago and I thought that was very good.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 27, 2022 at 11:07:32 PM

@naqlc Honestly, I’ve been disappointed with it. This is a 2019 that I left in the fridge because the first one I had was too hot. The alcohol heat has dissipated some, but the stout underneath is no match for what I get locally.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 27, 2022 at 10:47:05 PM

Listening to XTC and having a beer. Fuck Melon Husk. https://t.co/N1I0J3FcF3

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 27, 2022 at 10:24:01 PM

@chadhillphotos Hang on to it. I have an idea for something early next year….

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 27, 2022 at 10:06:23 PM

Feels like a wake in a mausoleum here tonight.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 27, 2022 at 9:56:51 PM

Would not have figured Dan Rather to be a fan of The Clash…. https://twitter.com/DanRather/status/1585710617981165568

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 27, 2022 at 9:54:09 PM

A package from Ape Records showed up today. It included something by Peter Blegvad and Andy Partridge that had a DVD with some videos on it — including this one that used an approach not a million miles away from my #PolaroidWeek photos this week https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gB5lNIsDb7Y

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 27, 2022 at 3:24:10 PM

@DeanForbesPhoto Construction paper, paper cutter, scissors, and glue stick. And maybe some really good drugs (no, not really).

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 27, 2022 at 12:55:35 PM

@capitalonfilm Sorry to see you go, but I totally understand. I have a relative like you, and the way the culture wars have turned make me fear for them. Do what you have to to stay safe and sane, and I’ll see you on Glass.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 27, 2022 at 12:05:21 PM

Savvy thread by my old friend @Suw about how to stay in touch if Twitter goes south https://twitter.com/Suw/status/1585657102290255875

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 27, 2022 at 12:04:33 PM

Beach To me, this is a specific place. But by making it abstract, it becomes more general. To you, it may be a different place. #PolaroidWeek #PolaroidWeek2022 #BelieveInFilm #BeNiceShootFilm #FilmIsNotDead https://t.co/lBqq4FAyvB

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 27, 2022 at 8:26:11 AM

@MaureenBond So dark. You’re really making the most of the black frame. This is breathtaking, just like the sunrise photo yesterday. You’re on fire!

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 27, 2022 at 8:20:03 AM

Amber Waves of Grain Still abstract, but also an element of representation. This is the wheat fields of the midwest, but also of Ukraine; the colors of those of the Ukrainian flag. I linked to charities in my RoidWeek project on Ukraine at https://www.flickr.com/photos/thereisnocat/albums/72177720298384252 #PolaroidWeek https://t.co/rWK6eEnPXX

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 27, 2022 at 7:39:20 AM

And the reason DRM suffers from a lack of affordable, simple, stand-alone receivers is that such a thing is impossible. The key variable for DRM receivers is S/N ratio. Too much noise and the signal won’t decode. A portable radio with a whip antenna inside houses will never work. https://twitter.com/kaedotcom/status/1585578131695583236

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 26, 2022 at 10:38:08 PM

@lauraolin @tcarmody That’s exactly the one I was thinking of

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 26, 2022 at 10:37:33 PM

@windsorknot I probably use it about 90% of the time now. I’ve had the car for about 10 years now, so I’ve had lots of time to get used to it.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 26, 2022 at 10:34:00 PM

@MaureenBond I need to redesign my site to better support my photography. It started out as a general blog a little over 20 years ago and works well for that, but for photos, it could be better.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 26, 2022 at 6:16:43 PM

Jesus, mention the photo social network owned by Zuckerberg and company and the spammers come out in force. Social media is dying, and spammers are killing it.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 26, 2022 at 6:11:59 PM

@MaureenBond @instagram I won’t delete my account, because there is at least one local brewery who have yet to discover that they could send e-mail to customers letting them know about new beers, but I’m abstfinished with posting or even interacting with other people’s posts. Fuck the algorithm.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 26, 2022 at 12:01:49 PM

City Another abstract representation. Out of five shapes, we get a city street. Or maybe something else, you tell me. #PolaroidWeek #PolaroidWeek2022 #FilmPhotography #BelieveInFilm #BeNiceShootFilm https://t.co/iYLXiETf9A

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 26, 2022 at 10:59:04 AM

@_JasonAvery @ILFORDPhoto @AgPhotographic Photographic workshops #filmtober I wasn’t getting the yield that I hoped for from #New55 some years ago, so I attended a workshop taught by @swhiser at Penumbra. Fixed the problems I was having. Also took a course in wet plate photography at Penumbra for my occasional tintypes

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 26, 2022 at 10:47:09 AM

I don’t spend much time on @Instagram any more, but I am posting my #PolaroidWeek photos there because I said I would after the last one. I always look at IG via “Following”. They’ve changed it, though. It was in chronological order. Now it’s not. WTF! Enough. I’m done.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 26, 2022 at 9:51:17 AM

Toxic masculinity is killing men. I think nothing encapsulates that better than this line from this op-ed by @ChristineEmba: “1 in 7 men in the United States don’t have any friends”. Men aren’t looking for sex; we’re looking for connection. https://wapo.st/3N9XpRk

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 26, 2022 at 8:42:42 AM

Colorforms I was showing my Roid Week photos to my wife last week. When she got to this one, she exclaimed "Colorforms!" It wasn't what I was thinking when I made it, but damned if she wasn't right. #PolaroidWeek #PolaroidWeek2022 #BelieveInFilm #BeNiceShootFilm #FilmIsNotDead https://t.co/EK8DjYiP1B

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 25, 2022 at 5:14:58 PM

I’ll be saving my spare change so I can buy it for mils on the dollar in a couple of years…. https://twitter.com/farronbalanced/status/1585005454589296640

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 25, 2022 at 4:56:11 PM

Hellvetica makes my eyes hurt and gives me a headache. https://archive.org/details/Hellvetica

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 25, 2022 at 1:35:36 PM

@sfphotogirl I’ve given up on being angry with people who don’t mask. I do, however, silently thank everyone I see who is still wearing one.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 25, 2022 at 11:25:00 AM

Cube Pyramid Sphere Exploring 3D shapes within the circular frame this time (or maybe 2.5D if you will; it’s all flat after all) #PolaroidWeek #PolaroidWeek2022 #BelieveInFilm #BeNiceShootFilm #FilmIsNotDead #Polaroid https://t.co/WdFvfHSKCi

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 25, 2022 at 11:00:50 AM

RT @sfphotogirl: Such an important thread. Includes ways to read without paywall. 🧵 https://twitter.com/loscharlos/status/1584631326044397568

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 25, 2022 at 8:24:26 AM

RT @MaureenBond: Early morning leaving the desert with light behind me. #polaroidweek #believeinfilm #roidweek https://t.co/MI0WMxmtZR

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 25, 2022 at 8:24:22 AM

@MaureenBond Whoa. That is something.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 25, 2022 at 7:34:30 AM

Squares More fun with shapes. #PolaroidWeek #PolaroidWeek2022 #FilmPhotography #FilmIsNotDead #BelieveInFilm #BeNiceShootFilm https://t.co/pZePLMyhzE

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 24, 2022 at 10:30:41 PM

Updated my Mac to macOS Ventura. One of the reading was to get access to passkeys, the alternative to passwords that was introduced in the new version of Safari. News reports said @PayPal supports it, if you log in with Safari in Ventura you’ll be asked to turn it on. Nope.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 24, 2022 at 8:44:18 PM

Sounds like the Proud Boys provoked the students. I’m proud to be a Nittany Lion alumnus tonight. Good on the students who fought back. https://twitter.com/PeteKurtzGlovas/status/1584681267043659776

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 24, 2022 at 7:19:43 PM

@sfphotogirl @windsorknot @analogfusion I never opened an account. Too suspicious of the owners’ intent for one. For another, video is hard to do well. My degree is in broadcasting and I was a cameraman in my early 20s and I wouldn’t even trust myself to do worthwhile video on a regular basis.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 24, 2022 at 1:17:51 PM

Hey @stefsull, you might want to see this tweet if you haven’t already https://twitter.com/travisakers/status/1584359435765710849

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 24, 2022 at 12:23:12 PM

Bumblebees If you’ve ever seen a bunch of 3 year olds dressed like bumblebees bouncing up and down on stage at a dance recital, you’ll get the title. This is me channelling my inner 3 year old. #PolaroidWeek #PolaroidWeek2022 #FilmIsNotDead #BeNiceShootFilm #BelieveInFilm https://t.co/hFXwj7mKgH

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 24, 2022 at 8:10:27 AM

@MaureenBond Hi, Bob!

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 24, 2022 at 7:26:37 AM

Square Circle Triangle More playing with shapes. #PolaroidWeek #PolaroidWeek2022 #Polaroid #Film #FilmPhotography #FilmIsNotDead #BelieveInFilm #BeNiceShootFilm https://t.co/E7PwEwAgTU

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 23, 2022 at 7:21:03 PM

If you’re interested in the record mentioned in the article (Partridge-written Christmas tunes), the other EPs in that series, or the reissues, you can find them at https://burningshed.com/store/ape . I bought the CD/BluRay versions because there is a ton of extras; demos, videos, remixes.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 23, 2022 at 7:14:35 PM

My wife sent me this article the other day. After reading it, I’m not surprised that Andy Partridge had a breakdown and had to stop touring. I’m more surprised that he was able to in the first place. Article cost me a bundle, too, after discovering the reissues of their classics https://twitter.com/WFMU/status/1584295599326625794

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 23, 2022 at 6:04:36 PM

@MaureenBond Thank you, Maureen.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 23, 2022 at 12:25:17 PM

@MerriMayhem Same to you, Meredith. 😀

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 23, 2022 at 12:07:15 PM

Weave Another #PolaroidWeek shot of shapes, a twist on something I did a couple of months ago with found shapes, applied to shapes I’ve constructed. #BelieveInFilm #FilmIsNotDead #PolaroidWeek2022 https://t.co/0TsjC9jyJM

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 23, 2022 at 11:25:30 AM

@toomanycameras These are really beautiful. There’s nothing quite like the grain in Tri-X to make a photo look like a classic.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 23, 2022 at 9:24:19 AM

@stribs All true. I used to be so hopeful about the influence the Internet would have. Nowadays, I despair and even somewhat regret any roll I may have played in building this monster.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 23, 2022 at 9:07:38 AM

@stribs I think we’ve all gone through this journey. His take about like-minded people being able to find each other is one I’ve been making for years. It helps patients with rare diseases and people with obscure hobbies, but it also helps Nazis find each other. Not an unalloyed good.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 23, 2022 at 8:33:12 AM

A Girl’s Best Friend It's #PolaroidWeek on Flickr. I decided for this one to revisit something I did for the #ShittyCameraChallenge #InstantRegret event a couple of months ago about shapes I've twisted that slightly by shooting only shapes I've constructed. #BelieveInFilm https://t.co/tZLYbFdWXi

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 22, 2022 at 7:06:13 PM

I think my Kiev 88cm is suitably shitty… https://twitter.com/ShittyChallenge/status/1583937942690463744

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 22, 2022 at 6:53:28 PM

@billthoo @MaureenBond @peterPhotos I’m surprised Fotoimpex has them. I thought they were gone. They seem to have stuff nobody has. If you do break down and get one, I recommend also getting the Adox t-shirt that says “All the best things in life are analog”. This web developer tries to wear it to all my meetings

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 22, 2022 at 5:03:56 PM

@billthoo @MaureenBond @peterPhotos I think I paid $129 for mine, but it was a long time ago and I don’t remember for sure.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 22, 2022 at 3:52:13 PM

@MaureenBond Gorgeous gorgeous art

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 22, 2022 at 3:51:48 PM

@sfphotogirl Yeah, I did. Long story, but this happens every time it crashes.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 22, 2022 at 3:38:39 PM

@sfphotogirl It’s a new Mac Studio running the latest OS, so that wasn’t it. I think the problem is that I have a separate admin login on it that had the Apple ID set up too.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 22, 2022 at 2:04:03 PM

@kimmiechem2 Oops. Guess she forgot…. 😷

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 22, 2022 at 2:00:29 PM

@danrubin Sounds like we’re thinking along the same lines…. https://twitter.com/thereisnocat/status/1583225739469807616

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 22, 2022 at 11:32:45 AM

Bench on the boardwalk A shot from #WorldToyCameraDay on the boardwalk in Ocean Grove, NJ, taken with my OG Diana on Tri-X and developed in Diafine, the official developer of toy camera enthusiasts everywhere #WorldToyCameraDay2022 #BelieveInFilm #BeNiceShootFilm #FilmIsNotDead https://t.co/h9iAJwoRWH

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 22, 2022 at 11:27:08 AM

@AppleSupport It finally resolved itself and let me log in. I think the issue is having a separate admin login that has at one time also been logged in to that account.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 22, 2022 at 11:12:24 AM

Dear @Apple , you’re drunk. Asking me fot my AppleID password 20 times in a row to log me into iCloud, and then failing to log me into iCloud, fucking sucks.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 22, 2022 at 9:51:07 AM

@MaureenBond @billthoo @peterPhotos I don’t think they are. That was an eBay price.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 22, 2022 at 9:35:28 AM

@MaureenBond @billthoo @peterPhotos I just looked them up. Holy crap! $300 for one? Glad I got mine when it was new….

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 22, 2022 at 7:53:16 AM

Shack in the fog Not sure what happened to cause the blemish on the right side. Bummed about that, because otherwise I love this shot of the falling down shack at the farm. https://t.co/4qPtde6S33

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 22, 2022 at 6:24:13 AM

@stevenelawson Probably because without them, people with nothing to say wouldn’t post at all. But yeah, tedious and tiresome.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 21, 2022 at 8:41:00 PM

@PapaShittyCams If you shot it last Sunday, it would qualify for World Toy Camera Day. Just saying….

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 21, 2022 at 8:35:09 PM

@PapaShittyCams Not if you shot it then.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 21, 2022 at 8:05:34 PM

Listening to pirate radio stations on shortwave and drinking beer. Anymore it seems like the pirates are the only thing worth listening to. Almost everything else on shortwave is one of China’s 17 or 18 networks, and they’re boring.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 21, 2022 at 12:20:21 PM

@capitalonfilm Really love these, especially the chalked message on the first one.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 21, 2022 at 11:43:19 AM

This just showed up. Going to be very handy. Did not know it even existed before I saw this tweet by @klizana . https://twitter.com/klizana/status/1582114724455407618 https://t.co/OrkFCSfLYl

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 21, 2022 at 11:14:39 AM

Birdhouse The farmhouse in Pennsylvania had this lovely birdhouse outside. Pentax 67, Efke 25 pushed two stops. #FilmPhotography #BelieveInFilm #BeNiceShootFilm https://t.co/LtTVe4aCyB

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 21, 2022 at 9:09:40 AM

@billthoo And since it’s a point and shoot, it’s not really what I was thinking of. But if they can pull it off, then the expertise in making shutters that they develop could be a stepping stone to a full SLR. Shutters seem to be the hardest thing about making a new SLR, as Reflex found.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 21, 2022 at 9:03:25 AM

@billthoo That did occur to me. They do seem to be the exception. Given what their other new cameras sell for, I would expect to see this come in around $800, and I’m okay with that. They did a “Rolleiflex” a few years ago that rebranded their TL70, but I figured the build wasn’t authentic

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 21, 2022 at 8:15:01 AM

More foggy morning Another shot from outside the farmhouse we stayed at in Pennsylvania. Shot with the @Intrepidcamera 8x10 Mk II on FPP Mummy 400. #FilmPhotography #Film #BelieveInFile #BeNiceShootFilm https://t.co/DDZnIZRbG5

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 20, 2022 at 6:55:52 PM

@windsorknot It’s pretty awful. I used to play it n the radio in college for laughs.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 20, 2022 at 6:55:02 PM

Without this, we’re doomed to divvying up an ever-decreasing number of classic cameras as they descend into unrepairability. And the film resurgence will die because there’s nothing for anyone who is less than wealthy to shoot with.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 20, 2022 at 6:44:55 PM

The economics probably wouldn’t support designing a mid-level camera from scratch at this point. You’d probably want something that was already designed.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 20, 2022 at 6:42:06 PM

There was an attempt to bring it back with the Kickstarter for the Reflex camera. Pretty sure that’s well and truly dead at this point. Realistically, it would have to be a company like Canon or Nikon doing what Leica did and bringing back a classic.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 20, 2022 at 6:36:45 PM

I mean, I love my Kodak/Reto H35. But it’s a cheap piece of crap. What we need to make the film renaissance sustainable is a modern version of the Pentax K1000, and of the Canon 1V. That middle ground is completely missing. And I’m afraid it’ll never come back.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 20, 2022 at 6:34:09 PM

It’s great that Leica released a “new” film camera. Maybe if I win the lottery, I’ll get one. But what’s missing is the middle ground. Lomography has cheap new cameras, and Fuji has their Instaxes. But there’s nothing in the middle. No reasonably priced SLR. That’s a problem.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 20, 2022 at 11:09:32 AM

Game Shed Off to the edge of the property of the farm in PA stands this charming structure, now immortalized in film for your viewing pleasure. Pentax 67, Efke 25 pushed 2 stops in Rodinal 1:50 (18 minutes) #FilmIsNotDead #BelieveInFilm #BeNiceShootFilm #FilmPhotography https://t.co/o3zWXDVkLt

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 20, 2022 at 7:03:04 AM

Sunbeams Never shoot into the sun, they say…. @IntrepidCamera 8x10 Mk II, FPP Mummy 400. #FilmIsNotDead #FilmPhotography #BelieveInFilm #BeNiceShootFilm https://t.co/lPrqXkQnTx

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 19, 2022 at 10:12:10 PM

@chadhillphotos @PapaShittyCams @crownflintphoto You’re right, my mistake. And yes, they’re out of stock of any Series VI step ups. /me sighs. They’re a good source for filters.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 19, 2022 at 8:12:55 PM

@chadhillphotos @PapaShittyCams @crownflintphoto Looks like Filterfind has a Series VI to 52mm adapter available for $9 if you’re interested https://filterfind.net/series_6_A.html

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 19, 2022 at 7:54:36 PM

@chadhillphotos @PapaShittyCams @crownflintphoto You should try. My favorite camera to shoot infrared on 120 is my Rolleiflex, because the viewing lens doesn’t get covered, just the taking lens. The last three photos in that set were done with the Rolleiflex.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 19, 2022 at 5:03:54 PM

Just gave money to a dozen House candidates. Today’s the deadline for the last FEC reports and candidates are pounding the e-mails to make the best last impression in their fundraising. We have to make a push to keep the House.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 19, 2022 at 1:22:59 PM

@klizana @CineStillFilm ☹️

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 19, 2022 at 1:07:28 PM

@klizana @CineStillFilm I backed all the formats, 35mm, 120, 220, and 4x5, but I did 220 and 4x5 in separate sessions, which would explain why I got my 35mm and 120 and you didn’t. I agree, @CineStillFilm is making a big mistake with their fulfillment policies.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 19, 2022 at 12:17:19 PM

Barn in shadow More from the former farm in PA. I shot this on Efke 25, but metered it at 125 because I didn't know what I had in the camera and figured I could salvage it by pushing or pulling as needed. So this is pushed 2 stops. #BelieveInFilm #BeNiceShootFilm #FilmIsNotDead https://t.co/0Eh5gYBRPk

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 19, 2022 at 10:07:04 AM

Thread that reflects a lot of the same kind of thinking I’ve been doing about Twitter recently. My weeklong break a couple of weeks ago brought it into sharp focus. After 15+ years here, I’m not sure Twitter is a good thing for me any more. https://twitter.com/adamdavidson/status/1582733430495727616

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 19, 2022 at 7:43:22 AM

Foggy morning Another shot from the former farm in Pennsylvania. I shot this with my @Intrepidcamera 8x10 Mk II on FPP Mummy. Developed in Rodinal 1:50 for 11 minutes. #Film #FilmPhotography #FilmIsNotDead #BelieveInFilm #BeNiceShootFilm https://t.co/VR4NTfugT2

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 18, 2022 at 10:13:56 PM

@klizana @DeanForbesPhoto @stillpointphoto @FujifilmX_US Yeah, that’s kind of what I figured. Closest I could find was the Unique Photo has at least one used GFX50R for a couple hundred less than Fuji’s special on a camera that you can’t buy anywhere. They could extend that special indefinitely

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 18, 2022 at 9:35:53 PM

@PapaShittyCams @crownflintphoto Samples of my infrared shots this summer. Half on Rollei Infrared, half on long-discontinued Kodak HIE https://www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=18387848%40N00&sort=date-taken-desc&text=infrared&view_all=1

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 18, 2022 at 9:32:44 PM

@crownflintphoto @PapaShittyCams That’s only true for color infrared (and technically, you actually do need a yellow filter to block blue light for color infrared; might not be true for digital infrared, but it definitely is for film)

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 18, 2022 at 9:30:54 PM

@PapaShittyCams @crownflintphoto Best filter for infrared is an R72, but it blocks all visible light. That’s why it’s best; it gives the maximum effect. Rollei makes a decent infrared film. I’ve been shooting it in 4x5 this summer.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 18, 2022 at 9:29:15 PM

@crownflintphoto @PapaShittyCams Don’t shoot infrared with an SLR like the Pentax 67. You can’t frame the shot through a lens that blocks all visible light.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 18, 2022 at 9:15:27 PM

@PapaShittyCams Tri-X

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 18, 2022 at 8:35:07 PM

@DeanForbesPhoto @klizana @stillpointphoto @FujifilmX_US I found it here, but only as a special order: https://thephotocenter.com/shop/fujifilm-gfx-50r-medium-format-mirrorless-digital-camera-body-only/f3482c90-a3c9-0136-f7c3-00163e90e196?variation=1904269

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 18, 2022 at 2:29:19 PM

Dear @washingtonpost , your website is a mess. Half of your headlines don’t have links. The design is falling apart. The opinions links on the front page don’t work and trail off into nothing after the subhead “Cartoon”….

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 18, 2022 at 12:48:16 PM

Nancy gets her news from the radio My upcoming Polaroid Week set is in color. My Mint SLR-670 was loaded with B&W. I needed to burn a couple of frames. This was one of them. #Polaroid #FilmPhotography #BelieveInFilm #FilmIsNotDead #BeNiceShootFilm https://t.co/DzNckY7mGZ

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 18, 2022 at 10:49:34 AM

@klizana @ClickErik I hope you’re right. At the moment, it feels a bit like you can see the tumbleweeds coming down the street. Polaroid Week is soon, and it’ll briefly feel like old times, and then everyone who visits the old neighborhood fucks back off to Instagram.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 18, 2022 at 10:37:20 AM

@MaureenBond @russmorris @Flickr I need three more images. I have nine. Not long now….

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 18, 2022 at 7:49:37 AM

Down to the beach These are the last shots from this roll of Eastman Panchromatic No. 10, the film that expired in 1931. I like the blur in these. #FilmIsNotDead #BelieveInFilm #BeNiceShootFilm https://t.co/6Xyt7NRQSQ

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 17, 2022 at 6:43:40 PM

@klizana @windsorknot @tomnorthfilm Just bought one from Etsy. Looks handy.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 17, 2022 at 6:19:33 PM

@karlgroves I have my own domain and everything to that domain shows up in my mailbox, so I use a different address for everything. It’s really easy for me to block, say, actblue (at) brandi (dot) org, and outside political season, I do.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 17, 2022 at 6:13:21 PM

Tim Ryan’s mails always wind up in my spam folder. Fetterman and Stacey Abrams don’t, but I get a half dozen/day from each. It’s really fucking annoying. I have to say, Fetterman was the only one who sent a thank you note when I did donate. But this is why I usually block ActBlue https://twitter.com/espiers/status/1581653579970252801

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 17, 2022 at 6:10:17 PM

Developed the last stuff I shot in Pennsylvania a week ago, a couple of J. Lane Speed Plates, 8x10. 1. Setup. 2. In the wash. 3. Drying I’ll know better when I print them, but they look promising…. #BelieveInFilm #FilmIsNotDead #BeNiceShootFilm https://t.co/qxFgyG9ire

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 17, 2022 at 5:01:02 PM

@toomanycameras Tri-X. I pushed Efke 25 two stops last week, something I would never do on purpose (long story), and it looked great.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 17, 2022 at 4:51:15 PM

@DeanForbesPhoto @klizana Looks like they’re back now

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 17, 2022 at 4:49:34 PM

@DeanForbesPhoto @klizana They’re making progress. I’m now getting Bad Panda rather than generic messages.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 17, 2022 at 4:27:34 PM

@elland_in @klizana It’s been alternating between that and 504 No Gateway for me

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 17, 2022 at 4:14:40 PM

Sigh, @Flickr is down….

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 17, 2022 at 11:52:00 AM

Yesterday was #WorldToyCameraDay. I took my Diana out. The back fell off, like any good toy camera back would, but I still got 11 usable shots out of 16. Here’s a seagull over the boardwalk in Ocean Grove #WorldToyCameraDay2022 #FilmIsNotDead #BelieveInFilm #BeNiceShootFilm https://t.co/5BIVhs3znR

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 17, 2022 at 9:07:29 AM

@MaureenBond @NinianeK I was tempted to post the Fun Boy Three version, which is a lot darker, but this is the one we all remember, so….

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 17, 2022 at 9:05:31 AM

@billthoo @MaureenBond Should be possible to resurrect if it’s just the disk. Backups are a good thing.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 17, 2022 at 9:02:16 AM

@MaureenBond @NinianeK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3kQlzOi27M

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 17, 2022 at 9:00:49 AM

Snack Bar Another shot from North Beach at Sandy Hook with the Contax IIIa and Eastman Panchromatic No. 10, expired 1931. If you want to know how to develop 90 year old film, you can find my description at https://www.thereisnocat.com/showme1005.html #FilmIsNotDead #BelieveInFilm #BeNiceShootFilm https://t.co/zSUkbG4KOS

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 16, 2022 at 11:58:38 PM

When I say the Fujipet had light leaks, I don’t mean the kind of cute stuff that makes toy cameras charming. I mean the kind of stuff that makes me think “what was this a photo of again?” https://t.co/CnwqObbHYu

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 16, 2022 at 11:47:30 PM

@gregpak @PapaShittyCams This is why I buy Contax rangefinders. In the 1930s when they came out, they were the equal of the Leicas. Fantastic cameras. But Leica kept making rangefinders and Contax… didn’t. And so they were forgotten. The cameras are wonderful, and one-tenth the price of Leicas.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 16, 2022 at 10:44:28 PM

@susankitchens I did the same. Spent a whole week away from all social media, just hanging out with friends and family. I could feel my blood pressure drop, and the withdrawal from dopamine wasn’t bad at all. Made me consider quitting Twitter. Still considering.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 16, 2022 at 9:15:34 PM

Developed both rolls I shot today. Based on inspection of the wet negatives, 1) the camera that fell apart (OG Diana) only destroyed 5 frames; 11 survived largely unscathed. Meanwhile, the camera that came through in solid condition (Fujipet) fogged every frame it touched. Sigh.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 16, 2022 at 7:09:36 PM

@NinianeK Oh that’s cool. I took a couple of cameras to the beach but stayed on the boardwalk….

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 16, 2022 at 6:03:22 PM

So the back of my Diana fell off while I was out shooting. Probably lost half of the roll, but the second half should be okay. My fault, I haven’t used it in years and the gaffers tape had dried out. The Fujipet, however, was a champ. Even though it was loaded with Kodak Tri-X.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 16, 2022 at 3:00:45 PM

Locked and loaded for World Toy Camera Day. https://t.co/hcEmVuhXq7

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 16, 2022 at 2:49:02 PM

@chadhillphotos @EMULSIVEfilm Love the article! Great writeup of your experience.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 16, 2022 at 9:55:41 AM

Two Soldiers / Four Soldiers Follow up to yesterdays post of a single soldier. I love these bike racks at North Beach on Sandy Hook. Shot with my Contax IIIa on Eastman Panchromatic No. 10 expired 1931. #FilmIsNotDead #BelieveInFilm #BeNiceShootFilm #FilmPhotography https://t.co/o9CyRY2nMI

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 16, 2022 at 9:39:48 AM

8x10 negatives are really unwieldy….

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 16, 2022 at 9:18:28 AM

@billthoo Very cool!

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 15, 2022 at 11:17:23 PM

@billthoo @MaureenBond @filmdevelop I can understand it for things like the Kiev rangefinder, and even for the Horizon cameras, but the Smena 8 is a real piece of crap and should qualify.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 15, 2022 at 11:11:32 PM

@billthoo @MaureenBond @filmdevelop Yeah, they’re a bit extreme. Marxist-Leninist as I said. They rule out digital toys like the Rihanna too. I have a Rihanna. It has the body and lens of a Lomo Diana Mini and pretty crappy electronics. Definitely a toy if you ask me. I also have a digital Holga.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 15, 2022 at 11:08:25 PM

@MaureenBond @billthoo @filmdevelop Oh, and they say Russian cameras are not toys. So much for the Horizon.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 15, 2022 at 11:04:36 PM

@MaureenBond @billthoo @filmdevelop LC-A is not a toy. Anything with removable/exchangable lenses is considered not a toy. Belair fails that criteria. But they’re kind of Leninist-Marxist. They don’t consider the FujiPet a toy, which is insane. The old http://toycameras.com site laughs in their faces.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 15, 2022 at 10:58:30 PM

@MaureenBond @billthoo @filmdevelop If you go by the list on the Flickr Toy Cameras group, probably not: https://www.flickr.com/groups/toycameras/discuss/72157642172534463/

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 15, 2022 at 4:18:51 PM

Now there’s something I can get behind. Thanks, @MaureenBond, for drawing my attention to this. Going to have to pull out my OG Dianas and my FujiPet for this…. https://twitter.com/MaureenBond/status/1581350053263724547

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 15, 2022 at 11:19:40 AM

One Soldier These bike racks at North Beach on Sandy Hook always make me think of soldiers. Also, this is proof that my 90 year old film, given enough light, can actually produce a photo that’s actually in focus. #FilmPhotography #FilmIsNotDead #BelieveInFilm #BeNiceShootFilm https://t.co/ypjGCZgxtw

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 15, 2022 at 11:07:42 AM

@Sulliview The only working journalists who prioritize truth over balance are people like @sarahkendzior @terrelljstarr and @soledadobrien, people who work independently, not within the bubble of mass media that insists on balance. Fuck balance. Balance will give us fascism. We need truth.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 15, 2022 at 11:05:16 AM

@Sulliview I didn’t major in journalism; my degree was in an adjacent field, broadcasting. But I took 12 credits of journalism as part of that. It was clear even then that journalism gave short shrift to the truth in favor of “balance”.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 15, 2022 at 11:03:38 AM

@Sulliview Journalism is killing our democracy. Ex-journalists realize this. Sadly, that’s why they’re ex-journalists. Anyone who is still in the field suffers the delusion that “objectivity” is the objective, when the real target is the truth.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 15, 2022 at 11:02:11 AM

@Sulliview We had a chance at getting a journalism that exposed the truth and got it. Hunter S. Thompson was a great journalist whose stories may have taken liberty with the facts (Muskie and ibogaine, anyone?), but illustrated a much larger truth. And we blew it and have stenographers.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 15, 2022 at 10:57:46 AM

Great book excerpt by @Sulliview in the Post proving once again that it’s only once journalists leave the profession that they get it. And she does get it. Now if only journalists could get it and remain journalists. https://wapo.st/3MwIwbu

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 15, 2022 at 6:49:06 AM

Prickly Pear Last week, one of my friends mentioned prickly pear cactus. He was surprised when I replied that they grew in NJ. When I was out on Sandy Hook finishing up my 90 year old roll of film, there it was. I had to shoot it. #FilmIsNotDead #BelieveInFilm #BeNiceShootFilm https://t.co/Zya0dblI4m

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 14, 2022 at 9:48:28 PM

I really miss This Is My Jam….

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 14, 2022 at 8:59:56 PM

Doh! Friday night!

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 14, 2022 at 8:39:51 PM

Working on my Polaroid Week shots. Can’t think of a better way to spend a Saturday night than making stuff.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 14, 2022 at 5:43:11 PM

RT @WFMU: A film nearly 20 years in the making tells the story of Wichita’s the Embarrassment: https://buff.ly/3CKz2WT

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 14, 2022 at 2:53:17 PM

@luxuryluke Dual CS 5000. Bought it when I was in college.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 14, 2022 at 12:32:53 PM

@windsorknot There’s nothing online about the film, so I have no idea what the original speed was. 35mm for still photography was introduced in 1934, after this. The listing says shoot at EI 0.3 and develop cold, which I did. Histogram says exposure is spot on. https://www.etsy.com/listing/864347914/eastman-cartridge-panchromatic-film-no?show_sold_out_detail=1&ref=nla_listing_details

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 14, 2022 at 12:08:19 PM

Foggy shack Last shot from the farm on 90+ year old Eastman Panchromatic No. 10 cinematic film that expired in March 1931 (I have more on this film, but it’s from NJ) #FilmPhotography #FilmIsNotDead #BelieveInFilm #BeNiceShootFilm https://t.co/s75yEojmVa

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 14, 2022 at 11:07:10 AM

@sfphotogirl Thank you. I have one more shot from the farm on this film that I’ll be posting, then that’s it for now (I also shot some 8x10 film and dry plates, but haven’t developed those yet).

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 14, 2022 at 8:17:18 AM

Foggy barn Another shot fro the former farm on 90+ year old film. #FilmIsNotDead #BelieveInFilm #BeNiceShootFilm #FilmPhotography https://t.co/ZnbQB7BceN

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 13, 2022 at 3:44:16 PM

@MaureenBond Here’s an example of my 60 year old ADOX https://www.flickr.com/photos/thereisnocat/51395567779/

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 13, 2022 at 3:38:54 PM

@MaureenBond That Efke film holds up remarkably well. I have some 60 year old Adox KB14 (Adox and Efke used the same formulas), and I shot the first couple of boxes at box speed. The exposure was spot on. Amazed me.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 13, 2022 at 3:31:22 PM

@MaureenBond Thank you. This film is something special.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 13, 2022 at 3:27:07 PM

Liz Cheney gets the honor of introducing the motion to subpoena. Delicious.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 13, 2022 at 3:25:00 PM

Here it comes. “We need to hear from him.”

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 13, 2022 at 12:20:11 PM

@windsorknot @ILFORDPhoto That thought did cross my mind. We already see journalism organizations starting to use AI to write articles about local government.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 13, 2022 at 11:59:50 AM

Foggy Morning Another shot on 90+ year old Eastman Panchromatic No. 10 film (expired 1931) from my stay in western Pennsylvania last week. Contax IIIa, f/1.5, 1/25s. #FilmPhotography #FilmIsNotDead #BelieveInFilm #BeNiceShootFilm https://t.co/eWbyi2roOw

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 13, 2022 at 11:42:59 AM

@windsorknot @ILFORDPhoto More to the point, it would be as if people said, “your typewriter (or computer) sure writes well”.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 13, 2022 at 8:45:40 AM

@ClickErik That reminds me, I bought a Grafmatic that was filled with six sheets of Royal X Pan. I really need to test that….

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 13, 2022 at 7:48:42 AM

Sunbeams Looking toward the sun from the firepit at the farmhouse we stayed at last week. I shot this on film that expired in 1931, more than 90 years ago. I had a roll of it last year and described developing it at https://www.thereisnocat.com/showme1005.html #BelieveInFilm #FilmIsNotDead https://t.co/yr0ES1OW9V

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 12, 2022 at 12:18:09 PM

Domer Chapel entrance Here's a closer view of the chapel. It's a pity there wasn't much light inside. I wasn't able to get any good shots of the inside, which has been vandalized with assorted graffiti ("Hail Satan!", "666" "Hate God", "God is Dead"). #BelieveInFilm https://t.co/IIzEKZ0PKf

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 12, 2022 at 8:11:30 AM

Domer Chapel This abandoned chapel was just down the street from where we stayed. It is surrounded by woods and was in the shade when I first saw it. But around 5pm, the sun illuminates it brightly. #FilmPhotography #FilmIsNotDead #BelieveInFilm #BeNiceShootFilm https://t.co/7eF5UHweDj

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 11, 2022 at 7:51:07 PM

@windsorknot @Stig_Ofthedump If you like that sort of thing, you’ll love expired Svema FN64…. https://www.flickr.com/photos/thereisnocat/49434759512/

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 11, 2022 at 2:22:32 PM

Shack This shack was also on the property we stayed at last week, just down the hill from the barn. There must be a problem with one of the septum in this Grafmatic; I get this kind of light leak often. #Film #FilmPhotography #FilmIsNotDead #BelieveInFilm #BeNiceShootFilm https://t.co/gz7LbExprP

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 11, 2022 at 12:39:26 PM

@hansv Very cool. Thanks for the pointer.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 11, 2022 at 8:42:25 AM

Tin Roof! Rusted…. Another view of the barn on the former farm we stayed at last week. #Film #FilmPhotography #FilmIsNotDead #BelieveInFilm #BeNiceShootFilm https://t.co/RHMmViSYE4

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 11, 2022 at 8:04:42 AM

@markjfine I thought it was clear that the music programming will be on the HD2.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 10, 2022 at 7:23:58 PM

Wait until they find out where Hot Texas Weiners come from…. https://twitter.com/chron/status/1579522747218432000

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 10, 2022 at 6:05:21 PM

Great windup of the recent #ShittyCameraChallenge #InstantRegret event for Analog Forever magazine. If you didn’t take part and were wondering WTF all those Polaroids I posted were about, this is a great explanation. Thanks, @NinianeK for including one of my shots in the gallery. https://twitter.com/NinianeK/status/1579504529531248641

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 10, 2022 at 6:01:22 PM

@ShittyChallenge Two cameras in my collection from the 1990s: the Zenit 212k, nearly the last and least in a long line of Zenit cameras. Takes Pentax K mount lenses. Introduced in 1990. Second, the Kiev 88cm, introduced in 1999. Knockoff of the original Hasselblad. https://t.co/3yMbQ3F2Kx

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 10, 2022 at 11:06:28 AM

@klizana @windsorknot @ShittyChallenge Serial port

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 10, 2022 at 11:01:46 AM

@crownflintphoto Okay, according to https://www.oddcameras.com/mamiya/mamiya_uni_lens.htm , it’s actually the 100 mm f/3.5 that fully covers Polaroid

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 10, 2022 at 10:57:11 AM

@crownflintphoto Pretty sure the 100mm f/2.8 also covers Polaroid 100

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 10, 2022 at 8:56:49 AM

@chadhillphotos @ShittyChallenge @daquirifox Damn, my Century No. 5 misses that cutoff by two years (built in 1902)

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 10, 2022 at 7:40:21 AM

Barn I spent much of last week disconnected from social media, hanging out with friends at this remote former farm in western Pennsylvania. #Film #FilmPhotography #FilmIsNotDead #BelieveInFilm #BeNiceShootFilm https://t.co/PuftMCSC85

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 10, 2022 at 12:06:04 AM

@gregpak @ShittyChallenge Oh well, there goes the loophole that would have allowed me to shoot my Pentax 67 in that challenge….

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 9, 2022 at 4:58:40 PM

Been on vacation for the past week. Took the opportunity to take a vacation from social media, get off the electronic leash. I need to do this more often. Did I miss anything?

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 1, 2022 at 9:24:53 PM

@photogcowboi The good thing about instant film is that you only need one shot to tell if you’re right or you need to adjust. :-)

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 1, 2022 at 8:23:11 PM

@photogcowboi That would probably be the only way to get it to work properly.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 1, 2022 at 8:16:45 PM

@photogcowboi Different ISO, so it’s a problem. 600 film works, SX-70 not so much

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 1, 2022 at 6:51:33 PM

How do you give up five takeaways and still win? Have a defense that prevents the opponent from scoring a single point off turnovers. #PSUvNorthwestern

Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 1, 2022 at 6:19:46 PM

@NinianeK @morbidanatomy Whoa.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 1, 2022 at 6:19:25 PM

@chadhillphotos @NealHinkle @DeanForbesPhoto @keithdevereux @sfphotogirl @kamerakata @raena @Resgerr @windsorknot @RF_Photo @filmdevelop @WebJphoto @daquirifox @mrbwa1 @ReaIScottStapp @Tuttle_Facts @JPinNV @NinianeK @PhotosEmily @8888SEB The thread where you went through the process of emulsion lifting (with input from @moragperkins @RevAndyKarlson and @MaureenBond) came at just the right time for me, when I was just about to abandon the process.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 1, 2022 at 5:55:11 PM

@chadhillphotos @NealHinkle @DeanForbesPhoto @keithdevereux @sfphotogirl @kamerakata @raena @Resgerr @windsorknot @RF_Photo @filmdevelop @WebJphoto @daquirifox @mrbwa1 @ReaIScottStapp @Tuttle_Facts @JPinNV @NinianeK @PhotosEmily @8888SEB Totally agree. The community here, and lots of individuals, really made this an amazing experience. You in particular, Chad, were a huge help to me with my efforts in learning emulsion lifts, a technique that had always impressed me but that I never tried before.

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 1, 2022 at 12:18:43 PM

@myahcat Happy September 31st!

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 1, 2022 at 12:01:31 PM

I blogged about my experience with the #ShittyCameraChallenge #InstantRegret event: https://www.thereisnocat.com/showme1010.html

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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 1, 2022 at 9:25:09 AM

Crab Not sure what this guy was doing in the middle of the parade ground well away from any water, but there he was. #Film #FilmPhotography #FilmIsNotDead #BelieveInFilm #BeNiceShootFilm https://t.co/3FZuAVlPyd

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