panos.v wrote:
What the others said on film and cable releases. Are you shooting on a tripod?
Assuming you have a standard 80mm lens, shoot at 1/125 and you'll be safe. 1/60 is doable just keep steady. 1/30 is a stretch, at leas for me, with the Hasselblads even though I can shoot much slower with other cameras.
My favourite film is Portra 160, then Portra 400. Black and white, HP5, Ilford Ortho80, XP2. Maybe try a roll of Cinestill 400D for a different vibe.
Send them to a good lab, ie expect to pay $15-20 to get some proper scans back. Then you know if you like it or not and can work down the cheaper options.
I rarely shoot film these days. My last roll was using expired Portra 160, which I posted above. Besides the expense of buying the film, you must either walk the film into the lab, or use the postal service, then you pay for development, then scanning and lastly you pick the film up, or pay for post. The one variable here is the resolution of the scan. I used a high resolution scan and utilized the postal system and this cost for all the steps above (I already had the film) around $50. Prices can be lessened by reducing the quality of the scan and by sending multiple rolls of film at a time. Post both ways was around $10 total, development $7-$10 and then the cost of scanning.
panos.v wrote:
What the others said on film and cable releases. Are you shooting on a tripod?
Assuming you have a standard 80mm lens, shoot at 1/125 and you'll be safe. 1/60 is doable just keep steady. 1/30 is a stretch, at leas for me, with the Hasselblads even though I can shoot much slower with other cameras.
My favourite film is Portra 160, then Portra 400. Black and white, HP5, Ilford Ortho80, XP2. Maybe try a roll of Cinestill 400D for a different vibe.
Send them to a good lab, ie expect to pay $15-20 to get some proper scans back. Then you know if you like it or not and can work down the cheaper options.
I rarely shoot film these days. My last roll was using expired Portra 160, which I posted above. Besides the expense of buying the film, you must either walk the film into the lab, or use the postal service, then you pay for development, then scanning and lastly you pick the film up, or pay for post. The one variable here is the resolution of the scan. I used a high resolution scan and utilized the postal system and this cost for all the steps above (I already had the film) around $50. Prices can be lessened by reducing the quality of the scan and by sending multiple rolls of film at a time. Post both ways was around $10 total, development $7-$10 and then the cost of scanning.
panos.v wrote:
What the others said on film and cable releases. Are you shooting on a tripod?
Assuming you have a standard 80mm lens, shoot at 1/125 and you'll be safe. 1/60 is doable just keep steady. 1/30 is a stretch, at leas for me, with the Hasselblads even though I can shoot much slower with other cameras.
My favourite film is Portra 160, then Portra 400. Black and white, HP5, Ilford Ortho80, XP2. Maybe try a roll of Cinestill 400D for a different vibe.
Send them to a good lab, ie expect to pay $15-20 to get some proper scans back. Then you know if you like it or not and can work down the cheaper options.
I rarely shoot film these days. My last roll was using expired Portra 160, which I posted above. Besides the expense of buying the film, you must either walk the film into the lab, or use the postal service, then you pay for development, then scanning and lastly you pick the film up, or pay for post. The one variable here is the resolution of the scan. I used a high resolution scan and utilized the postal system and this cost for all the steps above (I already had the film) around $50. Prices can be lessened by reducing the quality of the scan and by sending multiple rolls of film at a time. Post both ways was around $10 total, development $7-$10 and then the cost of scanning.
Feb 28, 2025 at 09:41 AM
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