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Hello everyone!
After lurking here daily I thought Id better introduce myself and thought Id do it in this section as its the one I have most interest in.
So a bit of background after moving to the pixels from film in about 2008 I really started to get into photography, moving away from just snapshots to more considered stuff. But as Ive continued to practice (and become attracted to B&W a lot more) Ive become increasingly drawn back to film.
So to scratch the itch I got myself a Mamiya 645 Super last year and have also been using a selection of collected equipment that was acquired for novelty value about 15 years ago but never used, including the wonderful Agfa Clack and the veritable Box Brownie. Good fun re-spooling 120 film and then not winding on the film far enough after taking each shot so the images all overlapped, but at least it works! I also have a Kodak folder thats dying to be tried out and a £7.99-purchase Nikon FG-20 with dodgy metering thats wearing some of Poundlands finest
And spurred on by the efforts of those on here, Im now developing my own B&W negs. Im using Rodinal and am pleased to say Ive been successful at each attempt so far using both stand-development (thought Id start with the easy option) and then lately, with the normal shorter time developing.
Now how good the negatives are (tonal range etc etc) is another thing but theyve all been scannable on the Epson; I love the fact that I can look at a couple of framed pics in the house and know that I developed the film pretty much in the kitchen sink!
Hopefully I can contribute and If Im brave enough at some stage I might even drop an image into the Show us yer film shots thread
Dave
After lurking here daily I thought Id better introduce myself and thought Id do it in this section as its the one I have most interest in.
So a bit of background after moving to the pixels from film in about 2008 I really started to get into photography, moving away from just snapshots to more considered stuff. But as Ive continued to practice (and become attracted to B&W a lot more) Ive become increasingly drawn back to film.
So to scratch the itch I got myself a Mamiya 645 Super last year and have also been using a selection of collected equipment that was acquired for novelty value about 15 years ago but never used, including the wonderful Agfa Clack and the veritable Box Brownie. Good fun re-spooling 120 film and then not winding on the film far enough after taking each shot so the images all overlapped, but at least it works! I also have a Kodak folder thats dying to be tried out and a £7.99-purchase Nikon FG-20 with dodgy metering thats wearing some of Poundlands finest
And spurred on by the efforts of those on here, Im now developing my own B&W negs. Im using Rodinal and am pleased to say Ive been successful at each attempt so far using both stand-development (thought Id start with the easy option) and then lately, with the normal shorter time developing.
Now how good the negatives are (tonal range etc etc) is another thing but theyve all been scannable on the Epson; I love the fact that I can look at a couple of framed pics in the house and know that I developed the film pretty much in the kitchen sink!
Hopefully I can contribute and If Im brave enough at some stage I might even drop an image into the Show us yer film shots thread
Dave
im sure you will enjoy it more and more with each roll you shoot, i know i do 
