brick33308 wrote: adnan76 wrote: brick33308 wrote:
I love all these images, and surely would enjoy the experience of shooting film images with Leica gear. But aside from cost of film and developing, I think I'd miss the immediate gratification I get from viewing digital images as soon as I want after shooting. Do the film shooters ever have those feelings, and do they also shoot digital?
“Absence makes the heart grow fond” I think relates to the experience of waiting for the lab! And getting the email with the scans is quite a thrill.
If you shoot B&W and self develop (easy), then you’ll have your photos the same day, so it’s not too bad.
can you explain this more to me? Do you first get the color prints, and then after, send them somewhere for scanning? Is there a not too expensive solution for home scanning? Also, where do you send your color rolls for developing/printing, and what's cost for say a 36 image roll and the turn around time?
I'm almost afraid to hear your answers as they could very well push me into getting another Leica cam like I need a hole in the head - M6?
Oh and years ago when I shot Tri-X on my Canon AE1, yes it was a fairly simple task to develop, although I never tried printing.
There are a lot of different options for a hybrid film/digital workflow these days:
Pay a lab to do everything - develop, scan, print
Lab develop, scan yourself with a scanner or a digital camera (lots of about this in some of the other threads on this board and elsewhere online, cost varies depending on the specific tools you buy, but easy to keep it relatively inexpensive if you want) - this is what I do (digital camera for scanning), and I end up paying about $15-20 per roll, including the cost of the film
Develop and scan yourself - chemicals/kits are available for B&W, C-41 and E-6
Prints can be made from digital files, or if you have access to a darkroom, the old fashioned way
Converting raw scans from a digital camera requires some post processing, Negative Lab Pro (LR plugin) is the most popular option, but there are a number of others or you can do it all manually in PS or the editor of your choice. Scanners will usually include software for converting negatives.
I'm lucky enough to have two labs locally. Turnaround is 1-2 days during the week, plenty fast enough for me.
brick33308 wrote: adnan76 wrote: brick33308 wrote:
I love all these images, and surely would enjoy the experience of shooting film images with Leica gear. But aside from cost of film and developing, I think I'd miss the immediate gratification I get from viewing digital images as soon as I want after shooting. Do the film shooters ever have those feelings, and do they also shoot digital?
“Absence makes the heart grow fond” I think relates to the experience of waiting for the lab! And getting the email with the scans is quite a thrill.
If you shoot B&W and self develop (easy), then you’ll have your photos the same day, so it’s not too bad.
can you explain this more to me? Do you first get the color prints, and then after, send them somewhere for scanning? Is there a not too expensive solution for home scanning? Also, where do you send your color rolls for developing/printing, and what's cost for say a 36 image roll and the turn around time?
I'm almost afraid to hear your answers as they could very well push me into getting another Leica cam like I need a hole in the head - M6?
Oh and years ago when I shot Tri-X on my Canon AE1, yes it was a fairly simple task to develop, although I never tried printing.
There are a lot of different options for a hybrid film/digital workflow these days:
Pay a lab to do everything - develop, scan, print
Lab develop, scan yourself with a scanner or a digital camera (lots of about this in some of the other threads on this board and elsewhere online, cost varies depending on the specific tools you buy, but easy to keep it relatively inexpensive if you want) - this is what I do (digital camera for scanning), and I end up paying about $20 plus or minus per roll, including the cost of the film
Develop and scan yourself - chemicals/kits are available for B&W, C-41 and E-6
Prints can be made from digital files, or if you have access to a darkroom, the old fashioned way
Converting raw scans from a digital camera requires some post processing, Negative Lab Pro (LR plugin) is the most popular option, but there are a number of others or you can do it all manually in PS or the editor of your choice. Scanners will usually include software for converting negatives.
I'm lucky enough to have two labs locally. Turnaround is 1-2 days during the week, plenty fast enough for me.
brick33308 wrote: adnan76 wrote: brick33308 wrote:
I love all these images, and surely would enjoy the experience of shooting film images with Leica gear. But aside from cost of film and developing, I think I'd miss the immediate gratification I get from viewing digital images as soon as I want after shooting. Do the film shooters ever have those feelings, and do they also shoot digital?
“Absence makes the heart grow fond” I think relates to the experience of waiting for the lab! And getting the email with the scans is quite a thrill.
If you shoot B&W and self develop (easy), then you’ll have your photos the same day, so it’s not too bad.
can you explain this more to me? Do you first get the color prints, and then after, send them somewhere for scanning? Is there a not too expensive solution for home scanning? Also, where do you send your color rolls for developing/printing, and what's cost for say a 36 image roll and the turn around time?
I'm almost afraid to hear your answers as they could very well push me into getting another Leica cam like I need a hole in the head - M6?
Oh and years ago when I shot Tri-X on my Canon AE1, yes it was a fairly simple task to develop, although I never tried printing.
There are a lot of different options for a hybrid film/digital workflow these days:
Pay a lab to do everything - develop, scan, print
Lab develop, scan yourself with a scanner or a digital camera (lots of info online about this in some of the other threads on this board and elsewhere online, cost varies depending on the specific tools you buy, but easy to keep it relatively inexpensive if you want) - this is what I do (digital camera for scanning), and I end up paying about $20 plus or minus per roll, including the cost of the film
Develop and scan yourself - chemicals/kits are available for B&W, C-41 and E-6
Prints can be made from digital files, or if you have access to a darkroom, the old fashioned way
Converting raw scans from a digital camera requires some post processing, Negative Lab Pro (LR plugin) is the most popular option, but there are a number of others or you can do it all manually in PS or the editor of your choice. Scanners will usually include software for converting negatives.
I'm lucky enough to have two labs locally. Turnaround is 1-2 days during the week, plenty fast enough for me.
brick33308 wrote: adnan76 wrote: brick33308 wrote:
I love all these images, and surely would enjoy the experience of shooting film images with Leica gear. But aside from cost of film and developing, I think I'd miss the immediate gratification I get from viewing digital images as soon as I want after shooting. Do the film shooters ever have those feelings, and do they also shoot digital?
“Absence makes the heart grow fond” I think relates to the experience of waiting for the lab! And getting the email with the scans is quite a thrill.
If you shoot B&W and self develop (easy), then you’ll have your photos the same day, so it’s not too bad.
can you explain this more to me? Do you first get the color prints, and then after, send them somewhere for scanning? Is there a not too expensive solution for home scanning? Also, where do you send your color rolls for developing/printing, and what's cost for say a 36 image roll and the turn around time?
I'm almost afraid to hear your answers as they could very well push me into getting another Leica cam like I need a hole in the head - M6?
Oh and years ago when I shot Tri-X on my Canon AE1, yes it was a fairly simple task to develop, although I never tried printing.
There are a lot of different options for a hybrid film/digital workflow these days:
Pay a lab to do everything - develop, scan, print
Lab develop, scan yourself with a scanner or a digital camera (lots of info online about this in some of the other threads on this board and elsewhere online, cost varies depending on the specific tools you buy, but easy to keep it relatively inexpensive if you want) - this is what I do (digital camera for scanning), and I end up paying about $20 plus or minus per roll, including the cost of the film
Develop and scan yourself - chemicals/kits are available for B&W, C-41 and E-6
Prints can be made from digital files, or if you have access to a darkroom, the old fashioned way
Converting raw scans from a digital camera requires some post processing, Negative Lab Pro (LR plugin) is the most popular option, but there are a number of others or you can do it all manually in PS or the editor of your choice. Scanners will usually include software for converting negatives.
brick33308 wrote: adnan76 wrote: brick33308 wrote:
I love all these images, and surely would enjoy the experience of shooting film images with Leica gear. But aside from cost of film and developing, I think I'd miss the immediate gratification I get from viewing digital images as soon as I want after shooting. Do the film shooters ever have those feelings, and do they also shoot digital?
“Absence makes the heart grow fond” I think relates to the experience of waiting for the lab! And getting the email with the scans is quite a thrill.
If you shoot B&W and self develop (easy), then you’ll have your photos the same day, so it’s not too bad.
can you explain this more to me? Do you first get the color prints, and then after, send them somewhere for scanning? Is there a not too expensive solution for home scanning? Also, where do you send your color rolls for developing/printing, and what's cost for say a 36 image roll and the turn around time?
I'm almost afraid to hear your answers as they could very well push me into getting another Leica cam like I need a hole in the head - M6?
Oh and years ago when I shot Tri-X on my Canon AE1, yes it was a fairly simple task to develop, although I never tried printing.
There are a lot of different options for a hybrid film/digital workflow these days:
Pay a lab to do everything - develop, scan, print
Lab develop, scan yourself with a scanner or a digital camera (lots of info online about this in some of the other threads on this board and elsewhere online, cost varies depending on the specific tools you buy, but easy to keep it relatively inexpensive if you want) - this is what I do (digital camera for scanning), and I end up paying about $20 plus or minus per roll, including the cost of the film
Develop and scan yourself
Prints can be made from digital files, or if you have access to a darkroom, the old fashioned way
Converting raw scans from a digital camera requires some post processing, Negative Lab Pro (LR plugin) is the most popular option, but there are a number of others or you can do it all manually in PS or the editor of your choice. Scanners will usually include software for converting negatives.
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