No, I'm not in the mood to deal with a printer, ink and all that crap. I'd buy a thermal printer if it produced a print of good quality, lasted long and the printer was "reasonably" affordable but no...no inkjet for me.

Thanks Joe, that's very informative.

Oh, I didn't think that they did printing anymore.

I guess that's what I'm looking for then...real optical prints from a digital file.

I'll start searching.

Having to come back to digital I'm determined to print some images using print houses (not at home due to no darkroom) and I'm wondering; what print house and / or printing process yields a print that is of the same quality as a darkroom print AND has similar longevity?

I don't want an inkjet print that runs when water hits it, or fades in a year or something.


What am I looking for and what is a good print house that would provide it?

I've been weight training for a couple of years now...it's the fountain of youth for old people. Nothing else puts your hormones in order, burns fat, and makes you able to do more easier and better.

I gave everything away. Sad sad sad. I loved that set up.

Boxes and boxes of paper, boxes and boxes of chems, trays...TONS of stuff.

Well...the Leica M8 is going back. I had a menu fault and also an unexplained blob on the images.

I purchased a factory refurbished Typ 262 instead.

It's the one without live view or video capabilities.

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Thanks, I had an M6 that I dearly loved before but had to sell it.

A Leica is a beast of a camera that's for sure!

The developing isn't the part that I'm concerned with, it's the printing. I'm not interested in developing film just to scan it.

In any case, here is the camera and lens #1:

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Not for me....that's not satisfying at all. It's only half of the process

Oh boy...look at that snow. I won't miss it.

We are moving to Port St. Lucie, and I'm looking forward to sun!

PS: I love the FM2, it's my favorite Nikon film camera.

Haha...I tried.

I hear what you are saying but the M10 is a LOT more than I paid for the M8. (Used M10 = $5,000, Used M8 = $1,200) Maybe one day but for now...this will do. I don't mind the crop factor at all (I just went to "one wider" on lenses than I normally would) and I LOVE the way the CCD renders the files. I don't "think" that the M10 is a CCD right? The last CCD was the M9.

Well...I always knew someday it would come and here it is...I have to give up film. I won't shoot film without a darkroom, I don't see the point...that's half of the process (to me) so it's back to digital for me. I'm moving to Florida and the house that my wife wanted most didn't have room for a darkroom so it had to go.

I ordered a Fuji X100V but really wasn't thrilled and since B&H is on their Passover break, I had time to think and came to the conclusion that I hate dials, bells, whistles, buttons, menus and endless choices so I chose a Leica M8, which was their first digital camera. It's very simple, manual focus, just a shutter button, shutter speed dial, ISO dial, and a really simple LCD with some simple menu choices. (you have to take the bottom plate off to get to the SD card and battery, just like a Leica film camera!) Love it.

If I had the cash I'd buy the M10D (which has NO menus, NO LCD, or anything) but I'm not rich :)

I added three lenses, a voigtlander 30mm f/1/4, a Leica 28mm f/2.8 Elmarit, and a Leica 90mm f/2.8 Elmarit, that should cover me for what I want to do.

Really all I'm going to use it for is for vacations, family photos and stuff like that, I don't get thrilled over taking pictures for the sake of just taking pictures.

When it comes today, I'll try and remember to post a picture of it.


PS: you wouldn't BELIEVE how much darkroom stuff I gave away...it was insane, I didn't realize how much stuff I'd aquired over the few short years I've been shooting film.