Explaining film photography to the average person, and trying to make them understand why you persevere in this field results in them looking at you like you're sadistic, modern technology has dissoluted any essence in them, the world now filled with automatons craving convenience. You've not set up a back street minilab but a creative cocoon, like a painter mixing a pallette with paints, printers do so with intensity of light in response to a photosensitive material, concept is the same, it's visual art! All the convenience digital brings, it also renders you passive in many ways, staring at screens for me is dehumanising. Cost wise, film photography may seem daunting at the moment but, when you've collected a nice array of optical gear, these tools you cherish and the intuitive connection you feel is the beauty of real photography, digital and eventually AI( degeneracy!) are like fashion, yearning for the next 'wonder' and cultural acceptance. The problems you identify are just minor distractions you get over, the joy of a finished silver print, your personal style input throughout the process regarding aesthetic choices, lenses, film and developer characteristics, papers etc, is art and artist in harmony.

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, That was very well thought out and put!

@tonyhirst3628

Жыл бұрын

@@DistinctionPhotoLLC I meant to comment on a previous vid, a recent purchase of mine and a recommendation, Fuji Fujinon EX enlarging lenses( I got the 50mm), unbelievable!! Not a big consensus about them generally but, what a find!. They're pretty reasonable price wise second hand. Love your channel, you and my other favourite, Pictorial Planet, are a great resource but we'll simplified and enjoyable.

That is why I am happy you are here. Your darkroom work and videos will definitely help keeping it preserved for at least another generation or so.

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Much appreciated!

Great vid. I just want to say your channel has really helped me with a film project I'm working on. If you have any book or resource recommendations for wet printing that might be a really cool video. Thanks for your work!

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

Жыл бұрын

So great to hear! Will see what I can do!

I myself am one of those up and coming young people interested in anything analog and vintage, so there's definitely a demand! For the generation that grew up on overstimulation of the senses through the internet, analog feels like a lifeline or a lighthouse in the stormy sea that is modern society.

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Treasey!

Totally agree regarding preserving information. There are darkroom techniques that took me hundreds of hours of trial and error to figure out, only to later find it as a two page spread in an op shop darkroom handbook from the 80s. No regrets though, the voyage of (re)discovery is highly enjoyable.

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

Жыл бұрын

I wish I had all the magazines I had from over the years,,,(though not sure where I would keep them) One book I have been looking for but can not find is a book from the 80’s on making and building darkroom equiptment for the home darkroom… Searched high and low but can not find it. Guess that’s why I like used book stores too.

Great subject! When I read the title of your video my first reaction was; nothing. There’s nothing I hate about film. With dust, either I have good cleaning technique or I’ve been lucky, maybe both. I print with diffusion enlargers which helps of course. Initially I disliked spotting my prints, but with practice came success and now I actually enjoy it when required, believe it or not. Yeah, the price thing; of course it would be great if it wasn’t so expensive, but I don’t shoot in such quantity that it’s a problem. I shoot 95% b&w anyway, so the recent price rises haven’t been as bad as for color. I used to shoot quite a bit of Velvia and still have 11 boxes of 4x5 and a bunch of 120 in the freezer. I nearly choked when I saw the prices being asked for the 4x5 recently! I need to up my house contents insurance😂. Your channel has been very useful for me, especially your darkroom techniques, I’m very grateful. I’ve been darkroom printing on and off for 40 years and still learning. I can imagine it’s not so easy to get started now, but thanks to you and a few others it’s still possible.

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

Жыл бұрын

It does seem like color has it the worst for price... Price has not been a huge factor for me either (mostly black and white) as far as shooting goes but I do hate when prices go up... This became apparent to me when I recently looked at Ilford WTFB paper... I had bought a pack for 170 a few months back and it just jumped to 230 or something... That seems a bit crazy. But it is what it is... Thanks Mike!

Can't comment on dust quite yet because I've just finished setting up my "temporary" darkroom area in what will be our walk-in shower later in the year. Well that's the plan as it's been over a year since I started the remodel with material pricing as high as they are which leads me into your Hate #2. Film and now paper pricing is a big one for me since this is purely a hobby. People talk about all the day to day needs and inflation and do they drop a med in order to pay the electric bill. While not anywhere near that situation, I still would rather spend my hobby money on things for the kids. So it has cut into my shooting and I'm sure with my inexperience, my printing too as I'm certain to go thru quite a bit of paper. Your Hate #3 is a non-issue for me. I've got boxes and boxes of car magazines when I subscribed to them for about 10 years well over 40 years ago. I don't know what I've missed photo magazine wise. I do have the extreme benefit of having real-time, visual tutorials, such as all of yours, coupled with the always helpful Comments Section. After watching videos, I'll read thru a lot of the comments and learn even more. I've found that the photography channels, again, such as yours, the content creators are very active. Between comments and your replies, it's like a live Wiki of information. I am very grateful for these handful of excellent channels. And sounding like a broken record here but you and your subscribers are the best. Thanks for your time and energy in presenting this material that can be viewed repeatedly and forever.

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

Жыл бұрын

Congrats on getting a darkroom set up! One thing I do to save money is print test prints on RC. I like the Arista EDU Pearl from Freestyle Photo. It is said to be rebranded Foma paper and is quite nice. (I used to shoot the film all the time as well and always liked it! You can get it at a good price. Adorama has a cheap rebranded paper to. (I have settled on the Arista) I buy boxes of 8x10 and trim to 5x7. This leaves me with a small strip for local test strips If I need to make them. I print small and then scale up once I like the prints. This way I also have 8x10 already for contacts and slightly bigger prints as well. You could also save a bit by buying chemicals and mixing your own D72 (Dektol) However this takes more time… Always a trade off. Thanks Mikey!

scanner... scanner & dust! It looks like I cannot avoid it whatever I try. Great video, thanks for sharing it ^^

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

Жыл бұрын

It is a never ending battle!!!

You took it back to photo mags. That made me sad. I truly miss those. Sadly, none of mine survived the decades and my move to Japan. Totally nailed it with dust. I’m vacuuming, air blowing and static-free brushing my film holders like a maniac too. All to no avail. Maybe I need to give the shower cap/shirtless method a go. Things I hate these days about film photography, number one is the cost. It was so much cheaper even 4 years ago. Film, lenses, bodies. Number 2, guys in FB groups who post a digital photo and a film image and smugly ask you to pick which is which. I used to say stuff like all we’re comparing is your Fujifilm camera’s lut or Sony camera’s lut to your lightroom skills. Nowadays I just shut up and keep scrolling. Those guys and the ones who troll or are snooty to newcomers and try to make them look dumb for asking some of their questions. So I guess my issue is online communities. You’re the best and I truly appreciate every video you do. Have a good one.

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

Жыл бұрын

One thing that has worked for me and my 4x5 holders is to always (whenever possible while loading) have the holders on their side (standing on the narrow edge - dark slides only partially open) then as a take a sheet of film I immediately turn it sideways as well.) less surface area for any dust to fall on. Also I try to lean back when loading. This seems to have helped eliminate dust problems for me. ( plus wipe down the area I load film now and then) Yeah pretty pointless to compare that. Two different things. I have found a few great forums but agree that Trolls just ruin the internet. Appreciate it!

@allen_snapped

Жыл бұрын

@@DistinctionPhotoLLC thanks for the tip!

On my fiber darkroom prints I have very seldom dust problems because for every print I check the negative for dust on a lightbox before printing . Ilford sell antistatic cloth for making the negative and glasses free of any dust . If you want instant succes with film photography forget it , you have to work exact and accept that sometime things go wrong . But the reward on fiber paper is something special with feel I made this myself .

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

Жыл бұрын

Could not agree more!

I agree with you, the most hated thing for me also is dust! Even with my cold light enlarger I have trouble with it. I'm not so upset about film prices to be honest with inflation skyrocketing the price of everything I'm just rolling with it. You can still find good deals if you look hard enough. With that said, Kodak, you're killing with with price of 100' bulk for Tri-X. The one film I miss is Plus-X, I just liked the look of that film maybe they'll bring it back in future. I see the future of analog photography growing albeit slowing over the next few years and it's up to people like you, I and everyone who's still doing analog to help the next generation along with it.

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Steve! I used to shoot Plus-X a lot too... Gonna have to go dig some of my old negs up!

I agree about the dust. It is a constant battle. The biggest issue I have is just finding the time to get in the darkroom.

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

Жыл бұрын

It is tough… sometimes when I finally get the time I just don’t have the energy. Occasionally though I get both and am thrilled with the time spent!

Make old articles available today is an incredible idea! Specially because they'd still be up-to-date since we're talking about analog photography. There are decades of information that could perfectly be useful today lost on dusty archives. I just don't think the "owners" of this info would be kind enough to make them available for free. Maybe there are some that will. I hope this idea can be made real. My best!

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

Жыл бұрын

I have a lot of old books and now want to hunt for old magazines as well! Cheers!

@joseerazevedo

Жыл бұрын

@@DistinctionPhotoLLC Cool! I'd love to see them available. But I believe the "owners" must have lovely lawyers that'll love to hear from you... Do these fall into some kind of "public domain"? If so, it'd be heaven :)

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

Жыл бұрын

@@joseerazevedo Really not sure but general info and how to stuff I imagine would be ok. Most of the contributors were not the ones who invented these techniques. They learned them from somewhere else.

@joseerazevedo

Жыл бұрын

@@DistinctionPhotoLLC Nice! Let us know when you put it on, then! Should I find something of interest here, from the old times, I'll contact you, ok? My best!

With medium or large format, you can get wonderful detail and the lenses add interesting character. With 35mm you can choose fun film like infrared or Lomo purple. You can get a really grainy fast black and white film for a 'filmic' look that would be hard to reproduce using digital. You can use a wacky camera like a holga or a pinhole camera to get a really unique mood for your images. Downside with film is that large format is expensive. With medium format or 35mm, I don't think the cost is important, compared to all the other amortized and fixed costs with digital (for instance, cost for a shoot may be dominated by going to a location, hiring models, etc.)

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

Жыл бұрын

That is a great point, on a bigger production film is the least expensive part. thanks Dan!

You are absolutely right! I hate all 3 things that you explained. But I can add one more: sometimes some films are out of the stock for long time so the only way consists to find a different type of film with the inconvenient that our works could be a little bit different from start to end.

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

Жыл бұрын

That does suck when that happens. Does seem like things have been on the up and up in this department and hopefully will be getting better in the future! Have recently been trying to revisit Moersch Carbon Toner and it has been out of stock for months… In fact just ordered Photographers Formulary T-8 to see if I can get the tones I am after! Cheers!

Dust for sure, price increases especially for color film. Black and white has not been quite so bad, since there are some budget options like Kentmere and Fomapan, which besides being reasonable, are probably also reigning in Kodak and even Ilford from bumping up their higher end films excessively. Lack of parts and repair options are a definite problem for most cameras, once the electronics goes that's pretty much it. Luckily there are a couple of good repairmen in Canada. But pretty funny to hear you refer to yourself as 'old'. I remember when my parents got our first color television back in the 60s. I wish I knew what happened to my dad's old camera gear, it disappeared before he passed away and I never asked him about it. Cheers from Montreal!

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

Жыл бұрын

Well, pretty old compared to someone in there 20’s or 30’s who just grew up in a completely different time. I remember not having internet in High school and now it is how we live. I have shot Fomapan a few times and always want to shoot more. I do remember it having a horrible curl but really liking the images. Have always been a fan of Foma! The camera repair issue has also been an issue. If I need a repair on my Linhof I may not see it for 4-6 months… Almost need to buy a second just to get one of them serviced. Cheers my friend!

One think I always have to keep in check within myself with film photography is the false sense of worth a picture can have just because it was very hard to make!

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

Жыл бұрын

This can be a hard one to swallow. But yes the average person does not care how long or how much sweat went into making a print… Some do. Most don’t. At the end of the day a good picture is a good picture and for me film just happens to be a much more enjoyable process hopefully getting to a good picture!

@markrawlings1496

Жыл бұрын

@@DistinctionPhotoLLC A few years ago I had no clue the level of effort that went into making a print. Was only aware of the effort of taking the shot with a camera. NOW I comprehend the skill and effort involved AFTER hearing the shutter click. Thanks for helping educate us.

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

11 ай бұрын

@@markrawlings1496 Just happy I can share what I know and has worked for me. Hopefully helping someone on the way! The effort for me has always been a labor of love. Thanks!

I hate that I can’t buy Velvia or Provia for next to nothing anymore. I hate that Fujifilm stopped producing film more or less. I hate that B&H no longer has walls of killer film bodies to choose from. I hate when “influencers” hype a cool camera (ok I mostly hate influencers lol), one that I’ve known about for years like they just discovered a lost treasure map. And I hate when over hyped cameras go out of my budget just because some tool wanted to flex online. But I love making images, vintage cameras, glass, I love my time in the darkroom, that weird smell of developer.

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

Жыл бұрын

The inflated camera prices gets me. I also love the weird smells 🙌

I feel your pain, You nailed every frustration since film went to the dinosaurs.

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

10 ай бұрын

Thanks Carl 👍

Yea they used to be at Boarders. Not going to lie I got excited when you said: make your own photo paper. Whaaaaa?

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

10 ай бұрын

Still want to give that one a try… also been meaning to mess with Liquid Emulsion 🤔

Totally agree . I only shoot B+W film . I can't compete with a 'perfect' saturated lightroom sunset so I don't bother and AI will probably do it better anyway. B+W is cheaper and I love the purity of only light, shadow and composition. My advice to young film photographers would be to shoot B+W and develop your own negatives. Printing in the darkroom is another level.. Cheers.

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

Жыл бұрын

That’s the odd thing. Before digital we always (or a lot of us) were always after the perfect most fine grain image with perfect color…etc. Now most of the time I just enjoy the in-perfect nature of a lot of the film processes and see that as a strength over how “perfect” (or just terrible in my opinion) one can make an image using a $1000 camera and Lightroom. At the same time find it so wild how far digital photography and technology have come in 10-20 years. The simplicity of black and white film is where it is at for me too!

I like film photography because it forces me to slow down. With my 6x7 medium format camera, there are only 10 shots per roll and, even ignoring the costs, I want every shot to, if nothing else, be properly exposed. I can't take 20 shots at different exposures, apertures, shutter speeds, to find the one that works. I love that it is a more relaxing and contemplative experience.

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

Жыл бұрын

I love the idea of it being more relaxing and contemplative… not always the case for me. But I try and love it when I am able to slow down like you said. If I can get into that mindset the images I take all the way to printing are inevitably my favorite. Crazy how fast I can shoot through a roll of 120!

@jnrickards

Жыл бұрын

@DistinctionPhotoLLC I wish that they made film in 220 but I guess that means resurrecting the machines to roll it

Increase in price is my biggest concern right now. Mainly just for color negative or anything Kodak.

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

Жыл бұрын

Yes it seems color film is the toughest… It seems like Kodak is really trying to rebuild and have the film communities interest in mind. It just seems like they went to far the wrong way and now costs are just crazy for everything. I definitely love their films and plan to continue using them.

Photo Techniques was a really information-packed magazine.

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

Жыл бұрын

I would say it was my all time favorite - especially as photography magazines go.

1) Dealing with the dust each time I want to do a new photograph is the second thing that annoyed me with large format photography after the (too slow) speed of doing things. Tried it, it's not for me, moving on... 2) My wife is bugging me for years about all those photographic magazines that I still have locked up in the basement, but I'm holding up. On the other hand, truth to be told, bundled with them there are also my National Geographic magazines, several cubic feet of them... I need help...

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

11 ай бұрын

Dust is exponentially more annoying on large format…. Stay strong.. there has to be some great pics in those National Geographic magazines ☝️

Totalmente de acuerdo contigo. Hay aspectos desalentadores que podrían alejar a los jóvenes entusiastas del film, especialmente en los países del tercer mundo: esos sobre costos en el transporte superan en muchas ocasiones el valor del producto. Pero sabes? Como tú dices, son los jóvenes los que están resueltos a salvar el film del olvido. Hermano: un abrazo!

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

Жыл бұрын

Yes it does seem that overall energy and transportation are some of the biggest costs to have gone up significantly. Hopefully the youth find a way to keep shooting film so that these companies can keep making it. Cheers!

I go back to 1968 with my first SLR. Darkroom Magazine, which eventually became PhotoTechniques, if I'm not mixing things up, was the best of its class. I am excited about the rebound of film photography; I continue looking for community avenues locally. I gave a presentation on B&W film photography at the library here last Sunday -- three people showed, though a number of the high schools still teach it. Never give up. I just nearly spent a day and a half in the darkroom printing from three negatives, prints now drying. I love it, because it is physical, because its limitations are challenging, because it requires mastery of craft as well as artistry to achieve outstanding results in a beautiful sliver-gelatin print -- all part of an ongoing process bereft of fear of software going out of date. My cameras and lenses are mostly about 50 years old and, with proper maintenance, doing just fine. Costs are a function of our bankrupt physical economy, eaten away by decades of increasing domination of speculative finance. Providing the nuclear confrontation being driven by relevant banking quarters is avoided, there's lots of good news on the new economy front -- not yet in the U.S. and not in the U.S. media. Hang in there, as they say; the universe, which is both physical and good, will always win.

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

Жыл бұрын

Always felt like Photo Techniques was in it’s own league. Even the late one I have had articles by photographers like Howard Bond and the like. Love the darkroom and film for the same reasons. My only fear is losing more materials but we have been on a decent projectors for that recently and hope the interest stays to support the companies making the materials. (Wish Kodak never quit making paper that’s for sure) One thing is guaranteed and that the future sure will be interesting. Cheers!

@philipu150

Жыл бұрын

@@DistinctionPhotoLLC PT was the one magazine to which I continued to subscribe when I couldn't afford others. Boy, did I learn a lot from that. Tim Layton tried to start up a PDF magazine a few years back, but it ran out of steam; tough enterprise. I am also a book and magazine fan, rather than screen, and keep a stream of books I can afford coming through inter-library loan. With an economy that supports industrial innovation and improved livings standards again, possibilities for film photography will expand, if the market is there. I think it will be, as part of a deep cultural change that rejects the existentialist irrationalism that has dominated increasingly since the '70s for the kind of optimism that underlay the best achievements of the previous decades. You will find the book "The Revenge of Analogue: Real Things and Why They Matter" (2016) a good and revealing read. Put it on your short list.

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

Жыл бұрын

@@philipu150 Gonna look into that book today. Looks right up my alley. Thanks!

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

Жыл бұрын

@@philipu150 Scratch that just bought a copy!

@philipu150

Жыл бұрын

@@DistinctionPhotoLLC Not every particular that he covers is of particular interest, but his research reveals a certain quality of shift that is not simply novelty or fad. He comments very little until the final parts of the book, where he indicates his own thinking a bit more freely. It was written about 8 years ago; a lot has happened since then, globally and domestically, and the rate of the rate of change continues to accelerate. What he indicates about film photography is echoed thousands of times in articles, interviews, blogs, videos, etc. that have been made since, continuing today. There are important reasons behind the film rebound.

Sure, you clean up dusts.. but might then shoot in digital, if you have want sterile scans. Those imperfections makes film photography truly unique compared to digitally taken pics. Film photography nowadays is very niche and don't think the price will comedown ever, because of the raw materials that is harder to get to produce films. Also film is not environment friendly (film development chemicals, plastic wraps and paper on each film). I wish the film could more price friendly and widely available, but as you have seen, film mostly is out of stock and that makes also price increase for existing stock. Also the market for film photography is small, that's why the film stocks is being discontinued (like some of Fuji films and other brands).

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, do not think the price will ever go down... But it does seem that the market is growing!

I’m surprised by the fact that so many people lament film going up a few bucks a roll, but don’t say anything about the prices for used cameras and good lenses going up thousands of dollars.

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

Жыл бұрын

Agreed, camera prices have gotten way inflated...

If you over brush I was told it will attract the dust!!!!so I’ve always limped to a couple swipes…

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

Жыл бұрын

I have. It heard that… may have to settle down a bit then 😂 Thanks!

Kinetronics Staticvac - the mighty dust destroyer!

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

Жыл бұрын

That looks interesting… Love there brushes! Thanks!

@jw48335

Жыл бұрын

@@DistinctionPhotoLLC I use one directly in front of my Valoi film holder. I don't even bother with dust anymore since there's so little. If a spec somehow makes it through the vacuum I assume it's supposed to be there 😁 I expect it would be pretty effective for darkroom use as well, but I can't say for sure as my darkroom is still pending.

I did film photography for several decades (both as a pro and for hobby), there are only one thing I hate about film photography - Chemicals, I have always had a bad felling of of all the chemicals used, so since 2007 I have only used digital Cameras and I love it !

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

Жыл бұрын

Understandable! I am weird and love the smell of the darkroom…. I wa recently at the chiropractor and they use an old Scray machine, I commented how I love the smell of fixer ( as the words were coming out of my mouth I realized how strange that sounds 😂) she looked at me a bit goofy but hey 🤷🏻‍♂️

@cameraprepper7938

Жыл бұрын

@@DistinctionPhotoLLC I do not mind the smell, I am thinking of the Planet´s health !

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

Жыл бұрын

@@cameraprepper7938 Yeah, Sadly digital is not any better...

@cameraprepper7938

Жыл бұрын

@@DistinctionPhotoLLC Oh yeah, way much better !!! Shame on you if you do not know that.

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

Жыл бұрын

@@cameraprepper7938 with all do respect. I do know and they are both bad for the planet. However, most darkroom chemicals are harmless salts and ones that are not can be responsibly disposed of. I shoot both and can tell you over a 25 year period(when I fist got a digital slr) I have gone through and disposed of many , many cameras, plastic inkjet cartridges printers computers, etc… this stuff is all terrible for the planet. So please do not try and guilt trip me. You are equally doing damage to the planet my friend.

The ten dollar electronics technicians miniature battery powered vacuum cleaner changed my life!

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

Жыл бұрын

I will check this out. I have a built in wall vac in my darkroom and remember buying some mini attachments at one time…. Have to see if I can find them. Thanks!!!

Of these 3 this dust is the most annoying. I don't want to say the prices are ok, but I specifically don't click like crazy, thinking twice and 2-3 rolls of BW 120 or 135 per month, developed at home, can't kill me. Film photography is a very beautiful hobby and as every hobby, it should be invested with our free time and with some amount of money. I don't worry about people who are spending 3-4 rolls every weekly walk. Finally, in the end, they usually don't have anything to show as well. But the DUST. I hate it when it is coming in amounts. Trying to clean and blow all the surfaces, but can't kill these particles completely. Just interesting to know how photographers fought dust in 50-80 when LR wasn't a solution? Well, going to write my next blog post about film photography and the roll of Agent Shadow, which I finished recently and developed and scanned last night - it was another fight with the dust and dust definitely won the battle :-))))

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

Жыл бұрын

Agreed... Dust is the worst! Where is the blog post? would love to check it out!

I agree with your observations . 200 years from now there will not be to much left of film photography . Nothing AI in my camera or prints ! I love the fact that an image taken on film in an analog camera is a representation of proven reality . You cannot say the same for anything Digitally generated . Just my opinions based on a life time of hands on image making and study .

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

Жыл бұрын

Indeed 👍 We share the same view. I also believe this is why film has made such a comeback amongst younger generations.

@blazerbarrel2

Жыл бұрын

Yes , i think new comers interested in photography , are taken by the craftsmanship and knowledge involved in any analog photo methods . Wet plate images are hyper real in their presence . Any film , camera , development , printing methods of today , are the best photography Has had from the beginning . Still you need to waste a few rolls and sheets of paper just to start !

I think you would enjoy Ketamine.

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

Жыл бұрын

Well, been sober 11 years… that punch card is full 👍

To cut costs - stop buying the ovepriced shit like Kodak and Ilford. Buy Foma or Kentmere. Prices of film cameras - don't be a collector, find the camera which is the best suitable for you and sell the rest you have. I have Pentacon Six (because I can't afford Hasselblad) and Flexaret (because I can't afford Rolleiflex). I know the 6×6 format is the one I'm satisfied with, so I sold the 35 mm cameras and other stuff I had.

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

Жыл бұрын

Problem is I love the results with Kodak and Ilford Film. Worth the price for me personally. Plus they are still making film so am willing to support them for their efforts. Still do not have to like the prices... but like I said this is not even film specific everything is being inflated. I have not tried the New Kentmere film and imagine it is as consistent as Ilford as it is made by them. shot some 20 years ago and do not remember what It was like. I have stopped myself from purchasing more camera for the exact reasons you describe. However, I will buy more in the future as I love cameras. For collecting or shooting I think they are awesome and will inevitably buy more no matter what the cost. If I like it ... I will probabaly buy it. Thats just me though.

Mines: High prices, dust and finger stains in the paper

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

Жыл бұрын

Ahhh.. the finger stains! 😡

Top 3 hates: 1. Scanning negatives 2. Scanning negatives 3. Scanning negatives.

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

11 ай бұрын

😅 indeed

People whinging about what they hate about film or anything tbh. Just enjoy your art. It’s unique to you and subjective for everyone. #shootfilmstaybroke…for now.

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

Жыл бұрын

Fair enough 🤘

Lack of new cameras and repair support

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

Жыл бұрын

Great point! I have had to wait months to get a few of my film cameras repaired... A real pain.

Only 3?

@DistinctionPhotoLLC

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, that’s all I could come up with.