Sunday 4 March 2012

в кассете!

As I told you elsewhere, in the 19th century everyone did the photographic stuff him- (or her-!) self. And then came Kodak. But not in the CCCP. The amateurs (Lubitel!) refilled the cassettes that came with the 135camera, and developed at home, in the closet, under a blanket, in the standard drum.
But: in the nineties you could buy film in cassette, very modern. (And 20 kopeke more.)
I opened a box yesterday and what a surprise: no fancy metal throw-away, but a reloadable plastic cassette! 
How very sensible, and "environmental".
(Below: the old metal cassettes)

1 comment:

  1. And in the "modern" world, you had to pay a lot more for such reloadable cassette. It makes sense, ofcourse to sell film in such cassettes, because the original ones will deteriorate after some time, and then you have to buy a new one anyway, so why not with the film included?

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