Film keeps killing me

aperture64 said:
Twenty years from now, you will still have the negative in a binder. Meanwhile, all of the people using digital cameras will have lost the disc they burned their files to.
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Well said.

I recently put together a book of photos of specific events in my life in 03-04. ALL of my digital files were gone, vanished into the ether via a corrupt harddrive I had stored them all on. Meanwhile, my negatives from the same period were within arms reach, all filed nice and neat in sleeves.

I just read the biography of Dorthea Lange, and it ends with her estate going thru all her negatives. Priceless stuff, obviously. I couldnt help but think that this generation's Dorthea Lange will have nothing to bequeth posterity - just the scattered evidence of digital files long since vanished.
 
TareqPhoto said:
Film is dead, Kodak will announce later to discontinue Tri-X and T-Max, then Fuji will stop most film available now, Ilford will sing alone for a while before they will decide to do the same, then what you will do, go to digital by force?

I hate film because i can't find it in my area and i have to order online, i think i spend a lot more than anyone of you buying film due to shipping, and processing color film in our only lab is way pricey, i do process at home, but i feel the fun is gone day after day due to many factors in my country, if i live in Europe or N.America or Australia then it is another story.
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I'm really not sure how you could group the relative costs of buying, processing and shipping film in/to Australia and North America together. I can only dream of US film and processing prices, and the shipping kills us down under.
Regards,
Brett
 
Welcome to the world little guy! Save him at least one film camera for when he's old enough.
SHORT STORY: I had a friend recently go on an Alaskan cruise to return with the most horrible pictures I think I've ever seen. There where hundreds of them with very few keepers and nothing exceptional. I attribute that to the simplicity of digital photography-he never took any of his shots seriously as there is no consequence for randomly banging away at the shutter. He also said that the auto-focus was "hunting around" due to the rain? I asked him why not just focus at infinity (since they were landscape pics) and snap away-he did really have an answer. What a shame. He admitted that he used to take much better pictures with film.
 
mrb7 said:
I, for one, find the darkroom very therapeutic. It's worth the trouble.
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+1

Developing is a big part of my photography hobby, without it my hobby wouldn't be as fulfilling. Plugging a camera into the computer and pushing a button just isn't as enjoyable. I understand that as a a pro time is often money so I get the transition many have made. I was considering the purchase of an M9 at the beginning of 2012, but now I'll be getting an a la carte M7 not only to avoid some of the issues associated with the M9 but to keep my hobby as enjoyable, carefree and 'therapeutic' as possible.
 
Sarcophilus Harrisii said:
I'm really not sure how you could group the relative costs of buying, processing and shipping film in/to Australia and North America together. I can only dream of US film and processing prices, and the shipping kills us down under.
Regards,
Brett
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+1!

my nearest lab is either 1 and a bit hours drive away, and they only turn on their processing machines once a week. the other option is a 2 hour drive to Melbourne.

i pretty much have to buy all film from ebay, cos the cost in shops is ridiculous.
really need to start processing at home.
 
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