May 18th, 2008

Bangkok to Alaska

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A woman from FedEx in Bangkok called and said American Customs needed a form about radio efficiency.
- Radio efficiency? I said.
- Radio efficiency, said the woman.
- I don’t understand, I said.
- Let me spell it, said the woman. - Radio f-r-e-q-u-e-n-c-y form.
- Radio frequency? There are no radios. These are film cameras, I said.
- What kind of camera?
- Film.
- Sorry?
- Film.
- For repair?
- For sale.
- US Customs need the form, sir.
- Let them talk to the buyer in New York. Read the rest of this entry »

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May 13th, 2008

Farewell to film

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Bye bye

I sent my film cameras
to America today. I had stopped using them. No, digital isn’t better in terms of picture quality. Digital schmigital. The whole thing is a fraud since many digicams take worse photos than the older and cheaper film cameras did. Read the rest of this entry »

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