Playing with film again: I see there aren't too many recent posts here, but I'd like to keep this section alive. I've been a photographer since high school, going back to the mid to...

wolfMark Loc: Southern Oregon

I see there aren't too many recent posts here, but I'd like to keep this section alive. I've been a photographer since high school, going back to the mid to late 60's, shooting b/w on an old Yashica Mat. I later moved on to a Nikon F and Leica M3 and IIIc, shooting and developing my own Tri-X film. I also shot a lot of Kodachrome transparencies. Like most of us, I moved on to digital, about 15 years ago, and thought that I would never look back. Since then I've been shooting with various Nikon DX cameras, and recently with a Sony a6400. I do most of my shooting with the Sony, as I have grown to prefer mirrorless.

However, I still have my Leica and vintage lenses. They've been sitting on my shelf, lonely, and recently calling to me. As I would like to shoot full frame, but being retired now on a limited budget I really can't justify the cost of a new camera and lenses. Given all that, and my yearning to use my Leicas again, and yearning for the nostalgia of analog, and intrigued by the vast variety of films, I dusted off my Leicas, loaded the M3 with Kodak Gold 200, walked around downtown, and took some snaps. Here are some of the first results. More to come.

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CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

I've been shooting almost exclusively film for a year+. Alas, I haven't been getting the results developed. I usually do a bulk-send to CA for processing, but I just can't get things together to get to the USPS. These Kodak Gold results look very 'clean', even for the shaded light of the final image.

Curmudgeon Loc: SE Arizona

Nicely shot set proving, unlike Elvis, film is not dead.

wolfMark Loc: Southern Oregon

CHG_CANON wrote:

I've been shooting almost exclusively film for a year+. Alas, I haven't been getting the results developed. I usually do a bulk-send to CA for processing, but I just can't get things together to get to the USPS. These Kodak Gold results look very 'clean', even for the shaded light of the final image.

I send my film out to The Darkroom and they always send back a new mailer and all I have to do is drop it in my mailbox. I think there's a 6 roll limit per mailer, but I don't shoot that much at a time $$. To me it's easy though slower than digital LOL. I'm glad you like the shots they're all SOC.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

wolfMark wrote:

I send my film out to The Darkroom and they always send back a new mailer and all I have to do is drop it in my mailbox. I think there's a 6 roll limit per mailer, but I don't shoot that much at a time $$. To me it's easy though slower than digital LOL. I'm glad you like the shots they're all SOC.

I've changed from the Darkroom to a outfit in CA - North Coast Photo. No prepaid mailers, so I 'bulk send' a bunch of rolls as the price is the same for 1 to 20, or whatever fits in the USPS box.

wolfMark Loc: Southern Oregon

CHG_CANON wrote:

I've changed from the Darkroom to a outfit in CA - North Coast Photo. No prepaid mailers, so I 'bulk send' a bunch of rolls as the price is the same for 1 to 20, or whatever fits in the USPS box.

Paul I'm curious why you switched labs. I've been happy with The Darkroom but have looked at North Coast Photo too.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

It's been maybe 8+ years, so the then of memory might be different than now ....

What I remember is getting a higher pixel resolution with the same or less dust / scratches to have to clone away in the JPEGs. Rockwell is a N. Coast fan, and I've been happy since the change. Realizing, there's a lot of mail-order film processing options, if you shop around.