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film just isnt my things.
i have "tried" it, i brought a canonet ql19 rangefinder and i put a roll of film through it.
reasons i didnt like it: fucking cost, why the fuck do i wanna pay 8-15 bucks for a roll of film when i can get 400 shots on something the size of a single 35mm slide, and re-use that same "slide" for many years. oh, and then i gotta develop the bastard, now dont get me wrong, im a real hands on guy, but i simply dont want to/have the time to develop film everytime ive done 36 shots. and the cost of the chemicals, setting up the darkroom etc. TBH, i spent 80bucks on chemicals and a developing tank and i havent even opened any of it... i even have a roll ready to be done sitting on my sidetable. in the meantime ive taken probably 20+ really nice "keeper" shots on my digital.
the "look", before i tries it, i heard so many people say "youll love the "look" of film, its so much nicer than digital." well i was pretty disapointed to see my b&w 400 negs looked like iso fuckin 1600 on my 30D. sod that shit. it honestly didnt look that different from a nicely processed raw, apart from the fuckin noise...
the simplicity its so nice being able to go and take as many shots as i need to, to cover all the angles, DOF levels, exp levels etc, normally there goes half a roll.
to me, i simply cant do it, both mentally and financially. it couls be that or the fact that i started off with a digital rebel300 and never ever shot a frame of film before that, except on my mums p/s film canon. brought the rebel when i was ~16, now 20 if it matters...
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