PATB Posted October 4, 2007 Share #1  Posted October 4, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) I am a little late to film photography, having started with a digital point and shoot then a consumer dSLR. I got my first real film camera in January, a Leica MP, and photography became much more fun for me. I am no artist or master photographer, but I take my MP with me to family vacations and business trips shooting Kodak 400UC or Fuji Superia 800. Light, relatively compact, and doesn't attract attention (most people think it is an old camera) -- just the way I want it. And the "workflow" is just great as all I have to do is drop off rolls at Costco or the local prolab (for important rolls) to get prints, negatives, and scans.  I thought I should give my photography a little push and signed up for Photography 1 at a local community college. Well, we developed our first roll tonight -- Tri-X on D76, 68F, 9.75 minutes. I scanned the first strip of 5 frames using my Nikon Coolscan V, and am glad to discover I didn't ruin my first roll! We will be printing a contact sheet next week, then an 8x10 using the enlarger the week after that. Can't wait  Thank you all for the encouragement and advice I have received here. I will need more in the coming months for sure!  Leica MP, 50mm Cron, Tri-X Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Kent10D Posted October 4, 2007 Share #2 Â Posted October 4, 2007 Congratulations! Nicely done. Fun, isn't it. Â Say, is there a storage space under those stairs? That's where the darkroom goes! Unless, of course, you have a room with actual plumbing that you can convert for the purpose. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob_x2004 Posted October 4, 2007 Share #3 Â Posted October 4, 2007 Photography should be a family affair. Convince the missus she needs to do the darkroom course:D. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron110n Posted October 4, 2007 Share #4  Posted October 4, 2007 Ah... B&W film developing. It's addicting.  I'll be posting the long delayed results of my Pyrocat HD experiments this weekend. My schedule went crazy lately.  -Ron ________________ Caveman's Gallery  Neolithic Artistry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Antony Posted October 4, 2007 Share #5 Â Posted October 4, 2007 Congratulations, developing your own film is not only fun, its a kind of magic alchemy. I can remember as if yesterday my first film (FP4 in Ilfosol) even though it was almost 30 years ago. The only advice I have is stick to one or two film, and developers and to keep everything consistent, write on the neg sleeves the dev time, and film ratings this will help you later. Most of all: Have fun Mark Photo Utopia Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dspeltz Posted October 4, 2007 Share #6 Â Posted October 4, 2007 It is a wonderful medium. I have two M8s but half my pictures are with Tri-x on my MP or Hasselblad (street stuff). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchokkerJJ Posted October 4, 2007 Share #7 Â Posted October 4, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Great that you took the step! Working in the darkroom is great..especially with some nice jazz music in the background...but wait....the reward really comes after a couple of days when you look at your prints...and you are proud of it. For me working in the darkroom and printing on my own makes the photography circle round. Â People who say that digital is faster......crap...just realize how many hours you are sitting behind your screen whitout even having a print and a zillion of pictures on your HD. Â People whou say the digital learning curve is so steep...probably true. Doing your work in the daroom is just different, let's say kwality time over quantity. Â And I am not an old dinasour who is saying this..age 28 and have a lot of experience with a DSLR, RAW shooting PS etc. Â Finally it doesn't matter at all...digital, analoge, throw away camera whatever. It is only the image and fun that counts and everyone has it's on method of creation...keep on with the good work! Â remember: No photographer is as good as the simplest camera ;-) E.Steichen Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PATB Posted October 4, 2007 Author Share #8 Â Posted October 4, 2007 I wish I could convert a room for a darkroom, but I doubt my wife will agree to that. However, I live minutes from the community college and they have newly renovated darkrooms with brand new (yes totally new for this semester because of new funds from the state) enlargers, other darkroom equipment, and get this, Hasselblad film scanners!!! You would think film is dead by reading posts on the Internet, but the college is committed to film. I will be back this weekend to develop more rolls as the college has convenient weekend darkroom hours. Â BTW, I never realized how small 35mm negatives are until I saw the negatives the advanced students were processing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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