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Digital is the rational choice without a doubt, but we shoot film because of the romanticism. Photography is often bout the abstraction of daily life, no? Film will do it easier than post-processing some Sony files. And adding grain to digital files seems a bit backwards. |
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Good thread! I actually wanted to pursue a hobby of film photography. I have this room in my basement I was thinking would be perfect for a darkroom but I have no experience doing so.
There's no limit to my various interests in hobbies but I'm short on free time. And pretty short money too but I really want a Contax G2. |
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But I would say the current film fad may be at its peak as millennials age out. It seems like Gen Z is all about 2000s digital cameras (what they grew up with).
https://petapixel.com/2022/10/26/gen...e-early-2000s/ |
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Those Contax looks really sweet, but wow, the prices.
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You need to think of it as price/accessibility for young people and what means to them. "No one" wants early digital P&Ss, so they're cheap, and they have a look Gen Z grew up with.
Kind of like bands releasing their music on cassette tapes in 2024. |
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Film cameras seem to enjoy cycles of interest like vinyl records.
i do occasionally run a roll through my Bronica 6x6… it’s been a couple years now since I have. everything else is done on digital. I haven’t looked into what this new camera is going to offer but I’d imagine there are many existing semi-vintage cameras out there collecting dust that likely do the same things. film is expensive. processing is expensive, and there probably aren’t a lot of 1-hr places anymore. so it’s more of a DIYer’s game at this stage or a patient, well-funded persons hobby. Last edited by gavingould; 03-05-2024 at 03:33 PM. Reason: grammar! |
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Approaching zero. But even when they did exist, you had to be careful about which one you used - many wouldn't return the negatives, just the prints, stuff like that.
But there are still several mail-in labs that do good work. Usually process and scan within a few days of receiving the film, you get the scans quickly, and the negatives come in the mail a few days later. |
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There's probably either a lab or film photography collective, or other hobbyists nearby that would let you develop a few rolls to see if you like it before you invest. |
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On the lighter side, have thought about getting one of the Polaroid land cameras for the instant stuff as those take me back to when I started as a young kid and altho pricey for film, kinda fun... Last edited by cash05458; 03-05-2024 at 04:46 PM. |
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Except when the worst is what you after. Think digital Holga.
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Doing a roll a week is nothing though even for a serious amateur or someone trying to make a little money. I was easily at that back in the early 2000s. That was a big mess, and scanning them takes too long, and a roll a week was like $1000/yr if you're not doing them in the darkroom yourself. And doing them in the darkroom would of course take a lot of time. At that time that was a stupid amount of money. A $3000 digital camera at the time seemed like a ton of money, but the digital cameras I've had at that price range ended up way cheaper in the end. And if you went to some sporting event like a bike race and shoot 500 pictures and want to take chances on motion blur and such? That will make you stop using film really fast. I had forgot about Holga.. that is one of the last film cameras I had/have.. I had one of the build your own kits. It was fun to build, pictures were horrible, but the process of using it was kind of fun. Last edited by benb; 03-05-2024 at 05:03 PM. |
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I have an AE-1 that's been sitting for at least 15 years. I wonder if the shutter still works?
A few years ago I gave away the FM2 I had given my father ages ago. For some reason he never really bonded with it so it got little use. He preferred his old rangefinder, but it finally died. |
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