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RE: Inner Demons: a portrait series on polaroid.

These are nice. As a young boy I used to play around with rolls of Ektachrome ina camera my Dad gave me. To double expose, the ASA rating would have to be really low right? sub-100 perhaps?

Old tech - I had a hobby of shortwave listening. I am still chasing an analogue sony shortwave radio but they are super expensive. I now have a tiny Techsun radio and aim to get a better one sooner or later. There are still broadcasters out there. It's a dying thing beiong replaced by the internet of course. BUt there are also digital shortwave technologies in the pipeline. DRM Mondial for instance, so it is a form of media that has use cases and will probably evolve. DRM raedy radio units are pricey at the moment though.

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It depends on where you're shooting...If you wanted to double expose in full daylight outdoors, you would definitely need low speed film, and probably a pretty high f-stop and shutter speed to compensate. I was shooting indoors with ambient light, and in that case the 100 film was fine. I don't think an instant film under 100 was even available on the market at the time.

shortwave radio, that's a super interesting hobby! maybe as the digital technology becomes more popular the old sony radios will go down in price? As digital took over I ended up getting some really great film cameras for really cheap. unfortunately I cant find anywhere local to get film processed anymore...and my house is too small for a darkroom. One day perhaps!