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100% film based photography


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I use Provia most of the time, sometimes Astia in the past , and occasionally Ekta 100G. I used kodachrome for 40 years till Kodak ruined the processing in Europe,(slow and dusty in Switzerland)

Scanning is NIKON Coolscan V it gives excellent results with even kodachrome which the older one didn't, neither does the Epson v750.

More bits per channel than any camera I know of and 4000x6000 resolution, excellent quality

 

Gerry

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Regarding film based photography, I stumbled upon the following quote from Inigo Taylor earlier today. It seems to go straight to the heart of the matter - so much so that I decided to adopt it for my signature line:

"The rigorous nature of 36 exposures, a fixed film speed and editing from a contact sheet are the best way to learn how to take photographs. My film camera is a Leica M6 - that is as close to perfection as a camera can get!"

Hear, hear! :D

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I am strictly an amateur but shoot film and digital, mainly the latter. I have never developed a film in my life but used to print my own pictures in my teens. It was quite rewarding but I can't see the advantage of working in a darkroon inhaling chemicals when I can be sitting at my Mac in comfort listening to music while working on digital files.

 

Scanning films is a massive pain, and most of the people who might want to see my work are family in Europe on the other side of the world, so digital it is - though I occasionaly send them prints.

 

I must confess I like using photoshop - I even PP old LP covers to get the original coverart for my iPod!

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I wish I could shoot only film, but as I don´t have room for an enlarger, film means scanning the negatives, which is killing me with all the dust I have to remove and the time it takes for the scanner to process the negatives. Perhaps I should get a real film scanner, but those are frighteningly costly.

And yes, I´m impatient too. :(

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