Re: I shot 88 rolls in 1996. How about you???

[P3D Dr. George A. Themelis <fj834@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am still waiting to hear from users of cameras like the RBT S1.  If you
thought that this camera is expensive to buy, wait and see how expensive it
is to use!  You go for a walk to the park and in less than an hour you have
shot one roll (16 full-frame pairs).  The automation burns film fast!

Come to think about it, if you believe that 88 rolls in 1996 is a lot of
film, wait and see how many rolls I will shoot in 1997 now that I have
converted my Realist to 7p and I only get 19 pairs, instead of 30.  Plus,
most of the film-consuming assignments in Detroit were in 1997... Plus,
there is a vacation to Greece coming up in 1997....

Finally, this amount of shooting is nothing compared to the that of Harold
Lloyd's, many years back.  I think his output is in the order of 6 digits
(hundreds of thousands of pictures).  I once calculated that, in order for
me to match this number with my present rate of shooting, I will need more
than 100 years!!!  He even had an assistant to load one Realist while he
was busy shooting with another one so he does not waste any time!!! (People
who have reviewed his collection of slides say that it is mostly snapshots,
many of which should have been thrown away in the first place... of course,
there are also many great pictures as expected...)

-- George Themelis


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