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Smell-O-Vision
What smells are photographically evocative for you? Fixer, of course. But what prompted this thread was the hot smell of the hot lights on my Kaiser copying stand. Fresh film. A new box of paper. Then there's the semi-cured leather of FSU camera cases. And as Frances says, the lingering smell of developer on your fingers, even after you've washed your hands.
Any more? Cheers, R.
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The canvassy smell of my recently new Billingham 225, and the more musty whiff from my used Billingham S3.
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Stewart McBride
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Ah; the taste of a madeleine cake dipped in fixer ...
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For me, fresh film. Nothing like it to get the creative juices flowing.
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The oil/lubricant of old cameras.
Smells a bit like weapon oil...
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Fixer and Stop Bath are just smells that come with film developing or printing...as much as I dislike the smell of Kodak's Indicator Stop Bath I do get a whiff of it when I mix it for printing...I know my nose will be offended but I still do it...
Smelling the back of your camera...hoping to detect if a roll of film is in there... I have this Tamrac Camera case/backpack that stores my Zone VI 4x5 view camera... When I unzip it it has this scent/smell that's unique to this bag & camera...I'm not sure what it is but it's been there as long as I can remember... Do any of you old timers remember the smell from a print dryer when the fiber based print wasn't fully washed of fixer...??? Ahh...good times...
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Shooter of Film...
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The smell of some old camera coverings (decaying leather / glue combo?) can take me right back to times as a very young child playing around with an ancient folder of some sort (Kodak perhaps) that my maternal grandparents had. For some reason I loved the smell of that old thing as much as just handling it.
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90-weight gear oil is NOT small arms weapon greas ...
 i love the smell of new film in the morning. smells like ... photography.
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The smell of fix always makes me hungry.
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sad M2 is sad
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I don't really like the smell of fixer- especially the smell left over on my hands. I guess the dislike has waned over time- it doesn't bother me too much anymore. or I'm losing my sense of smell... I never knew that fresh film had a smell!
for what it's worth, my M2 smells awful. but that shouldn't be a surprise because it's probably a bacteria haven. maybe it's time for a bath...
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Smells: fresh film and FSU leather cases. |
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My main experience with FSU cases is watching them turn green in the wet Brisbane summers!  |
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Bleach, trichloroethane, Perchloroethylene and sulfur.
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Shooter of Film...
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Imagine your favorite camera wrapped in baseball glove leather...
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Cocoa butter: reminds me of girls in bikinis and the beach where I grew up. (and still live) Nothing for me is as evocative.
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I'd take the smell of fresh Autumn or Spring air over any smells associated with photography. I don't like fixer smells, I don't like ammonia smell from sepia toner, I don't like the smell of lith developer. In fact, I'm going to spend money on a good exhaust fan when I'm finally ready to do my darkroom in the new house. |
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The smell of new leather... I just opened up my new shoes (Dr. Martens 1461 For Life in Oxblood) yesterday and my house is now full of the aroma. I need to break them in, and what a better way to do so than going out and shooting a roll of Tri-X through my P?
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The one, the only, the original.....ODORAMA!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhPYjFz-UMY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwtbY9zfOMA Last edited by Steve M. : 10-20-2011 at 10:37. |
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genius and moron
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Flies in the hot lights. Instant incineration, and the smell of my studio for years.
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The smell of stale cigar smoke in an old camera case bought on Ebay.
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