Shocking Film and film developing prices !

I've currently given up on film - so it's something I did, not something I do. I think generally to make sense of it financially you need to stick to mono & develop your own, but even then in many cases you might feel the need of a digital rendering - so more time & faff.

I enjoy the process of using a film camera from the classical era, and it's operational simplicity. I don't own one at the moment, but can't help hankering after a Hasselblad - a Rolleicord Vb would do - neither of which I've ever owned.

Yes digital can be cheap per image in production cost, but the hardware outlay isn't necessarily cheap at all. So the swings swing & the roundabouts turn. And come on, it's a luxury pastime for most of us, isn't it? However passionate we may be about it, it's a personal engagement that will hardly affect world affairs.

Perspective is vital. But still we carry on ...
 
droj said:
I've currently given up on film - so it's something I did, not something I do. I think generally to make sense of it financially you need to stick to mono & develop your own, but even then in many cases you might feel the need of a digital rendering - so more time & faff.
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I still have most of the kit to process films, but space, and as you say, the faff puts me off. And, although, I could live with inkjet prints from scanned films, silver prints is one of the attractions.
droj said:
I enjoy the process of using a film camera from the classical era, and it's operational simplicity. I don't own one at the moment, but can't help hankering after a Hasselblad - a Rolleicord Vb would do - neither of which I've ever owned.
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Owned both and the Hasselblad 500 series is possibly my favourite camera ever. Very simple and small, with no sticking out parts to get stuck taking it out and back into a rucksack full of walking or backpacking kit.. I also loved using the waist level finder. If I had the money, I would have a Hasselblad with a digital back The Rolleicord Vb was my first "professional" camera, when I started my schoolboy photography business and I occasionally think of buying one out of nostalgia. A marvellously, simple and functional tool.

My first published work (an article in Amateur Photographer) was mainly photographs taken on this Rolleicord, along with some from a Mamiya TLR; the model I've forgotten . I never warmed to the Mamiya TLRs.
droj said:
Yes digital can be cheap per image in production cost, but the hardware outlay isn't necessarily cheap at all. So the swings swing & the roundabouts turn. And come on, it's a luxury pastime for most of us, isn't it? However passionate we may be about it, it's a personal engagement that will hardly affect world affairs.

Perspective is vital. But still we carry on ...
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Very true, but still for some, it becomes part of defining who you are and rather more than a pastime. The discussion on whether I buy a film camera or not, whether I carry on paying for C1 or make do with LR, and whether I should buy a the closer focussing and more versatile Tamron 50-400 (£250 off at the moment) to replace my 300mm Nikon prime for Dragonfly photography, is, however, definitely a luxury pastime.
 
For me photography is a hobby, I use both film amd digital mostly for my own pleasure and choose which according to what I am photographing (not because of cost). I love shooting film on my 120 Medium Format kit but wouldn't choose it for every occasion, Horses for Courses, digital is often the more spractical choice.
 
droj said:
They had some excellent lenses though! But were a bit cumbersome.
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In my opinion, the C330 was the best of them, handling more like a conventional TLR than any previous version.

In the days when film reigned, I found it to be something of a "univeral pass", when I showed up at events. The reasoning seemingly being "that's a proper camera, so he must be a proper photographer". Interestingly enough, my Hasselblad never had that effect... :thinking:
 
AndrewFlannigan said:
In my opinion, the C330 was the best of them, handling more like a conventional TLR than any previous version.

In the days when film reigned, I found it to be something of a "univeral pass", when I showed up at events. The reasoning seemingly being "that's a proper camera, so he must be a proper photographer". Interestingly enough, my Hasselblad never had that effect... :thinking:
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Rollei used to say that it was impossible to build a high quality interchangeable lens TLR, using the Mamiya C cameras as their evidence. :)
 
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