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ruining film with a shutter problem

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Toronto, 2014.06.10

I picked up some film today; it looks like I've got shutter problems with both of my beloved old X-700 cameras. Which is ruining my photos, naturally.

Now the dreaded bit: spending more on repairs to keep the cameras going. It's a labor of love in an era where the films themselves are disappearing from the market.

rand()m quote

I'd see the publicity guy come on the set and I'd go hide in the rafters. The crew would be like, ‘I haven't seen him.' And then they'd leave and I'd go back to work. Because that's what's fun: the doing, not the talking.

—Kurt Russell