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Gunzorro wrote:
Jim -- I basically went through the same evaluation process you are going through. I own a full RB67 Pro SD system, a full Pentax 67II system, as well as Canon 1N, T90 and Nikon N50 & N80 -- that's what I have currently! Plus, I have decades of 35mm, medium format and 4x5 film that could be scanned -- so there is an incentive to stay attached to film.
But. . . the reality, as I found in the last year or so, is that is just too much work and too much cost, except to shoot film occasionally for the novelty of it.
For an average outing, when I shoot film carefully, around half as many exposures I do with with digital, the costs mount rapidly for three or four rolls at a time (film and dev and CD). Even using 35mm and developing at Costco with their CDs of crummy 6MP jpg images, four rolls of film adds up to quite a lot. Multiply by say 20 such outings per year (a very minimal amount for me), and we are talking the price of an expensive lens per year! Or MF film scanner!
I've used the local lab here in Simi Valley, who do nice develop and JPG at around 15 to 20 MP from 35mm or 120 film at around $25 per roll. Also have sent to North Coast and gotten their develop and economy scans. It's fun, but I always feel constricted by the work flow, conserving exposures, the huge delay between exposing and seeing the results, and the cost factor. So, except for novelty, the film process kind if takes the fun right out of it.
This all makes me reflect at how joyous I was to finally shuck film when I got professional digital cameras! No more midnight runs to Hollywood photo labs for rush turn around! No more shopping for film for each assignment! So many other pleasures I gained with the freedom of digital imaging.
So now I'm going to shoot film, jumping through all those same hoops, only to scan the images into digital format Seriously? Ha-ha! It's like the thought of searching out a high school girlfriend when you are a happily married 60 year old man! Really? Why?
Sorry to seem down on film. But I spent half a lifetime dealing with it professionally, and now I love the freedom and low cost of digital image capture and processing. Scorn me if you will, but apparently I'm in with the majority of lazy non-masochistic image makers!
Good luck with the conundrum, my friend. ...Show more →
Thank you Jim. This started out as a lark but rapidly has turned into a major expense. I just purchased an epson V750 scanner to process the film pictures. Thank goodness my wife wanted a scanner so this made her happy. I am going to stick with film for atleast a month, or more. I always have my 1DIV to fall back on if cost becomes prohibitive. Thank you for the input. Jim
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