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Dec 1, 2017 13:46:19   #
speters Loc: Grangeville/Idaho
 
Quinn 4 wrote:
Lately I have been think have film camera become a thing of the past. Looking on Main Photography Discussion I see none about film camera. I put up for sale a Mamiya C330, which was in very good conduction , I was asking $200 for it. Had 1420 views on it, but not one person asking about the camera. I like film cameras and use them, people look at me if I was from another time period when I have one of my film cameras with me. So is my Pentax K1000, Canon AE-1 & AE-1 Program, Nikon F, Leica IIIb. Two Retina cameras I have and other cameras on their to trash can of history? PS: The Mamiya C330 was sold to a local person, who got wind that I it for sale.
Lately I have been think have film camera become ... (show quote)

I don't think so, I shoot with film all the time and many people I know do the same thing and prefer film over digital!

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Dec 1, 2017 13:58:48   #
rjaywallace Loc: Wisconsin
 
There have been numerous references here to film cameras, developing film and printing from negs.

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Dec 1, 2017 14:05:19   #
Quinn 4
 
PixelStan77, do you live in Vermont? If you do, here is the place I send my film to Cooper's Imaging-Photosmith PO Box 67 Dover, NH. 03821. I don't have their telephone number, but their do have a web site.

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Dec 1, 2017 14:12:56   #
rpavich Loc: West Virginia
 
PixelStan77 wrote:
Do you also develop and print it?


Yep! Both color and black and white.

I have one bedroom as a darkroom, I have a Beseler Dual Dichro color enlarger that I use for both.

I develop color in an old Jobo CPE2 that I bought to keep the temp stable, and I do B&W by hand in metal tanks with metal reels.

I print my color using Jobo print drums on a unicolor base and do the B&W printing traditionally with trays and such.

I make contact sheets of everything and keep all negs in binders.

No digital in the workflow. I love it.

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Dec 1, 2017 14:41:18   #
Church Key Loc: Inwood, WV
 
I recently got back to film after about a 15 year break. Started with a Pentax K1000 and then upgraded to a Pentax LX. Started collecting LX accessories; as usual, went overboard. Only shooting B&W which is processed by the Darkroom in LA. They develop and scan the negatives. Recently picked up a Mamiya RB67 Pro, which is a monster. Going to change out the worn light seals as soon as they arrive from fleabay and then try it for a while. Glad I hung onto my massive Bogen tripod. The biggest problem for me is that film lenses are so reasonably priced there is a temptation to get a few more.

Church Key

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Dec 1, 2017 14:41:29   #
PixelStan77 Loc: Vermont/Chicago
 
rpavich wrote:
Yep! Both color and black and white.

I have one bedroom as a darkroom, I have a Beseler Dual Dichro color enlarger that I use for both.

I develop color in an old Jobo CPE2 that I bought to keep the temp stable, and I do B&W by hand in metal tanks with metal reels.

I print my color using Jobo print drums on a unicolor base and do the B&W printing traditionally with trays and such.

I make contact sheets of everything and keep all negs in binders.

No digital in the workflow. I love it.
Yep! Both color and black and white. br br I have... (show quote)

Wow, you are bringing back memories and aromas of the chemicals.

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Dec 1, 2017 14:58:02   #
TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC
 
Although I shoot mostly digital (Canon 5D3 and Fuji E-X2), I still enjoy shooting film. Like Chg_Canon and others, I use an EOS-1 so that I can use all my Canon lenses interchangeably between digital and film and enjoy the benefit of AF. I also shoot a medium format workhorse Mamiya RB67 Pro S and love the larger negative size When printing. I develop and print my own using a Bessler 4x5 Dichro enlarger. Like an earlier poster, I develop film in classic Nikkor and Jobo tanks, develop B&W prints in trays and color prints (with chemicals in a temp controlled water bath) in drums with automatic agitation.

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Dec 1, 2017 15:15:09   #
BebuLamar
 
My last enlarger was the Beseler CB-7. I started out with the 23C with a dichroic head and then I had to get rid of it. Years later I started again with a 67 and then another 23C and then a 45MX and the CB-7 is the last. I had the dichroic head on it with 2 200W lamps it's very bright. I modified the head so it would show precise filtration digitaly similar to that of the 45 computerized head. The thing has motorize carriage lift and motorized focusing and all the controls are in front of the baseboard. It's cool.
My wife made me get rid of it when I bought the Nikon Df.

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Dec 1, 2017 15:29:14   #
rpavich Loc: West Virginia
 
BebuLamar wrote:
My last enlarger was the Beseler CB-7. I started out with the 23C with a dichroic head and then I had to get rid of it. Years later I started again with a 67 and then another 23C and then a 45MX and the CB-7 is the last. I had the dichroic head on it with 2 200W lamps it's very bright. I modified the head so it would show precise filtration digitaly similar to that of the 45 computerized head. The thing has motorize carriage lift and motorized focusing and all the controls are in front of the baseboard. It's cool.
My wife made me get rid of it when I bought the Nikon Df.
My last enlarger was the Beseler CB-7. I started o... (show quote)


I drooled involuntarily...

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Dec 1, 2017 20:08:07   #
rgrenaderphoto Loc: Hollywood, CA
 
Go to www.benhorne.com and tell me that film is obsolete.

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Dec 1, 2017 20:18:46   #
LoneRangeFinder Loc: Left field
 
BebuLamar wrote:
I only have 28 35mm SLR's and some others totalling 42. I still use some of them.


You win. I have 7 35 mm SLRs, one 120 (6x4.5), and a Polaroid Land Camera.

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Dec 1, 2017 20:43:00   #
BebuLamar
 
LoneRangeFinder wrote:
You win. I have 7 35 mm SLRs, one 120 (6x4.5), and a Polaroid Land Camera.


Actually you win as I never had an MF camera. I do have a number of Polaroid Land Cameras.

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Dec 1, 2017 20:44:15   #
BebuLamar
 
rpavich wrote:
I drooled involuntarily...


Especially I got only $200 for my entire darkroom.

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Dec 1, 2017 21:26:42   #
repleo Loc: Boston
 
Quinn 4 wrote:
Lately I have been think have film camera become a thing of the past. Looking on Main Photography Discussion I see none about film camera. I put up for sale a Mamiya C330, which was in very good conduction , I was asking $200 for it. Had 1420 views on it, but not one person asking about the camera. I like film cameras and use them, people look at me if I was from another time period when I have one of my film cameras with me. So is my Pentax K1000, Canon AE-1 & AE-1 Program, Nikon F, Leica IIIb. Two Retina cameras I have and other cameras on their to trash can of history? PS: The Mamiya C330 was sold to a local person, who got wind that I it for sale.
Lately I have been think have film camera become ... (show quote)


Film is not dead yet. I read an article recently about how film cameras were becoming popular with GenX professional photographers. I guess film is a novelty now.
http://time.com/4649188/film-photography-industry-comeback/
There is even a new Kickstarter funded film camera in the offing.
https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/11/8/16623240/kickstarter-new-35mm-slr-camera
I won't be buying one. I gave up photography out of frustration when I had to give up my darkroom and had to start sending my film off for developing and printing.

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Dec 1, 2017 21:32:20   #
LoneRangeFinder Loc: Left field
 
BebuLamar wrote:
Actually you win as I never had an MF camera. I do have a number of Polaroid Land Cameras.


My favorite is a 35mm: an FM2. I know it’s weird— but to me it’s a thing of beauty. It can be used without the battery

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