Film Photography
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- elpaso
thinking of getting back into film photography.
i love my LX3, but i find im just shooting everything willy nilly. want to get back into the rush of not knowing whats going to come out in the roll. oh having to craft the settings for every photo etc
thing is i have no idea whats going on in the film market.
last camera i had was this
which i bought from a teacher at college and it was stolen at university.so.. what film camera should i be looking for?
- omgitsacamera0
hassie
and buy one for me as well :D
- ok_not_ok0
Get this body:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/pr…and this lens:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/pr…
- bolus0
initial questions to be answered:
budget? how much are you willing to spend, a) on the camera b) on film...
what do you want to shoot? 35mm, medium format (or perhaps large format?)
- Samush0
i've got that same Nikon FE, its great, safe bet for sure. buy another one!
- boobs0
Leica M6
- GRAC0
consider investing in medium format..buy a decent mamiya..the prices are low and you gain some quality over 35 mm.
- utopian0
good luck with purchasing film, having it developed and then scanning the negatives. hope that your wallet is full of cash.
- janne760
shooting film is the new lomo
- vaxorcist0
Canon EOS-1 if you have a Canon DSLR, very nice....
medium Format Twin-lens reflex is a joy to use for me.... I love my Minolta Autocord I got for $120 or so....a Rolleiflex 3.5E is about $500 but very nice, assume they may need $100 maintenance though.... you can use your digicam to meter and avoid wasting film too....
A used Hassleblad is possibly great, but they can need maintenance like a used BMW.... I used to be an assistant and some of the backs were a bit messed up sometimes, and you should google "unjam hassleblad" so you know how to do it if it happens....
- sequoia0
Don't waster your money on film. It's not going to make a better photographer or change anything about the final image.
Take that cash and buy some strobes/flashes. This will actually improve your work.
- Tungsten0
If you really start getting into shooting film, you might want to find a good lab in your area with a rental darkroom and teach yourself colour printing. The quality you get from a well done optical c-print can't be matched by most scanners. You'll also have a new appreciation for the characteristics of different films and what over and under exposure can do to alter contrast, grain and colour balance on the final print.
It's also expensive and a huge pain in the ass, so there you go.
- xcarlx0
ive got a 30 year old cannon ae-1 which still takes amazing photos. that plus a slide film and a slide scanner is the equivalent of a 24 megapixel camera. plus they are cheap on ebay, and used (but still high quality) lenses are everywhere.
http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photogr…but on the other hand the medium format sounds great too...
- lukus_W0
Is there much point to shooting with film if you don't develop the prints yourself?
- elpaso0
i can develop B&W but never learned colour.
i can also get a lab to print a test sheet & put straight to CD as well (so i dont have to scan the end products) and only develop the ones i want.
medium formats are lovely but the price of dev 120 film is stupid expensive for now.
i recon i can spend £600 ish on a camera. for now.
but you're right about flash. i wanted to get a handheld kit. but i dont know. there is too much pressure to fake it in potatoshop. that i'd like to go back and revisit the techniques behind which digital cams are programmed. so therefor i have a btter understanding and not rely on presets and photoshop.
+ it's kinda therapeutic as a hobby ;)
- Calero0
get a mamiya...i use a mamiya RZ67 Pro II...