99.9% Glacial Acetic acid is a component of the mordancage chemistry I am working with. It is certainly the nastiest thing I've used. I take a good amount precautions with it but the smell is still powerful even with a respirator. I started using it in our group darkroom when students weren't around but I have since moved outside with it. One good thing that I found is for what I am doing I dilute the final chemical mixture with water so it is a little less toxic than the normal concentration. Still nasty stuff though, my negatives used to have a overwhelming vinegar smell afterwards but washing took care of it.

A lot of young people are working with film. I am 30 and in grad school for an MFA in photography. I started photography with film at 13 and didn't shoot digital until I was 19. That was also the year that I set up my darkroom. I will say that it is a rabbit hole once you get started.

My current MFA work is film based and altered using mordancage, a process I never saw myself using.

B&H, Adorama, Freestyle Photographic, Photographer's Formulary

I find with the work that I make, the darkroom works better and quicker for me. Alt-process work takes more time to replicate in photoshop and lacks the tactility and serendipity.

However, there are things that while they could be done in the darkroom (Jerry Ulesmann), photoshop takes less time and effort for those things.

I haven't done full darkroom work in a while and I miss it. Most of the recent work I've made has been hybrid, film input with an inkjet output or using cameraless alt-processes.

After doing darkroom work for several years, some of those as a professional darkroom printer, I walked away from it sort of but it has been pulling me back slowly.

You certainly meed a reel and tank.

If you are willing to develop it but don't want to make a full darkroom you could process the film in an indoor bathroom in the tub.

Another thing. If looking for vintage equipment (especially rangefinders) look for ebay sellers in Japan. Everything I have bought from Japanese sellers has been in incredible condition, almost like new

The 50mm 1.4 is an amazing lens

You may also want to look at the Canon S Mount (LTM) 100mm f3.5 lens. I have it and it is a fantastic lens that has a good reputation.

https://filmosaur.wordpress.com/2015/07/28/meet-the-lens-canon-1003-5-ltm/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FatPA5x2DZw

Done something similar with a Fuji GFX50R on a Cambo SCView camera. It has very limited capabilities as many lenses won't focus at infinity or a reasonable distance. The sensor ends up being too far from the lens. Also keep in mind cropping of the angle of view.

Not sure about if anyone has placed a digital sensor at the film plane. There are some digital medium format backs for view cameras that sit close to or at the film place

Thank you for the feedback

Thanks. Funny thing is, these are some of the tamer images from this series.

Here are some images from my most recent series, To Which We Return

Ozark folklore would suggest ghosts.

I'm not sure what would cause this with digital. Something interesting to note is that they remind me of light leaks as they would appear on color negative film.

Seems basically like a digital Holga