There are deals to be had out there from people like myself, who have finally admitted to themselves that they are unlikely to ever bother with film any more. I sold my M6 kit a while ago, and it was hardly used. But it was basically just money I had sitting in a closet doing nothing. I'd rather it was out there with someone who would use it.Agreed raw is just much easier. But for some reason I just love the look of film.
I wish I still had my leica. I had an m4-p fhat I loved but sadly it was stolen. I might have to replace it!
I still have my F5 and F3 although if I do shoot film, it is much, much more likely to be 120. Really only b/w these days and normally Tri-X or HP5. The last roll I developed was a roll of 6x17 negs on Tri-X out of a friend's Linhof. They were impressive.
I still have my Nikon SLR. Places that develop are getting harder to find.
I wish I had room for a darkroom :/
Without a darkroom, scanning was always the most tedious part of the process for me but I know that Nikon have introduced a product which fits on a Macro lens to allow negatives to be photographed with a digital camera and the results appear quite good.
If you are interested in shooting b/w film, it can be developed easily in a normal bathroom or laundry without the need to create a darkspace. A changing bag allows the film to be loaded into a daylight tank and the developing process is quite simple. Without a darkroom, scanning was always the most tedious part of the process for me but I know that Nikon have introduced a product which fits on a Macro lens to allow negatives to be photographed with a digital camera and the results appear quite good.
If you are interested in shooting b/w film, it can be developed easily in a normal bathroom or laundry without the need to create a darkspace. A changing bag allows the film to be loaded into a daylight tank and the developing process is quite simple. Without a darkroom, scanning was always the most tedious part of the process for me but I know that Nikon have introduced a product which fits on a Macro lens to allow negatives to be photographed with a digital camera and the results appear quite good.
Yes, but I should specify that I miss print making.
Depending on what you had and what you want to do with it you could always buy some of it back. It might be cheaper than some of the razors and brushes all told again depending on what gear you had and want now.There are, or at least were, scanners that had a negative adapter. The one I use is an older Canon LiDE 600f. Negative adapter on the right.
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It works great for scanning slides and negatives.
This shot of Neil Young I took in 1984 on Kodachrome 100 pushed to 400. That was with a Nikon F3 HP and a Nikkor 1.2 50mm. Picture scanned from the negative in my Canon and then through Adobe CS5 to clean it up a bit.
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This one of the fiddle player in his band is directly from the negative without being processed through CS5.
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When it comes to medium format and B&W photography, the work by Bradford Washburn really intrigued me but I never got to that point.
One of his shots of McKinley taken with infrared film.
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I sold all my film gear years ago and regret it.
Depending on what you had and what you want to do with it you could always buy some of it back. It might be cheaper than some of the razors and brushes all told again depending on what gear you had and want now.
Yes, but I should specify that I miss print making.