" I live in Edinburgh, Scotland (a beautiful city, visit it one day!) and use a mixture of Contax G2 and Pentax 67 for different stuff. It was snowy here yesterday and I was working in the Old Town using the 67, looking for patterns on the roofs of the old buildings. Camera was mounted on tripod when a tourist (American) looked at me in wonder, and asked was I using 'a new type of digital camera', and looked totally bemused when I told him that no, it was film, and black and white too! He kept looking at me as if he'd just seen a relic...! "
It's pretty easy in this country to check whether you're a relic or not. There is a simple test this time of year:
How many of the films nominated for best picture at the Oscars have you seen?
ZERO = relic! Total relic. You're still using glass plates.
ONE = you're not a relic yet, but you will be one next year.
TWO = you're just old. But if you don't get out more you will be a relic all too soon.
THREE = You're no relic. You're swingin' baby. You just got the latest powershot.
FOUR = You just picked up the latest Canon digital SLR and you don't even take pictures.
FIVE = You are the lastest in digital. Not even available yet.
Oh - I've seen zero (total relic). I don't want to see I Walk the Line. I'm not even such a big Johnny Cash fan and that guy who's playing him reminds me of the bad guy from Gladiator.
Truman Capote and cold blood. I'll see it on DVD.
Where's the big blockbuster?
