I want to use my old 500 CM. The best photos I have taken were with this camera. I just inherited a Bronica GS1 with a 6 x 7 back, so I have two medium format film cameras.
1. What would you do?
2. Should I have the film professionally developed and scanned, if so, auto-versus- custom scans?
3. Should I have the film developed only and photograph it on my copy stand with a macro-lens on a high MP 35mm camera?
4. Should I develop film myself (only black and white)-I still have a darkroom?
5. Is it better to photograph film on a copy stand with a 35mm or use a flat bed scanner? if so which scanner?
6. Should I spend a fortune and buy a digital back (my wife doesn't read UH)?
In a quandary and need some help
Thank you,
Bob

After 30 years I am retiring from B&H Photo as of 05/03/24. My job is being transferred to Geoffrey Ngai <gngai@bhphoto.com>. 

Working for B&H and interacting here with all of you has been a singular and entirely satisfying experience. I want to thank everyone here who helped make it so. When I started at B&H I never expected to be here for 30 years, Now it's time to step back, stop setting the alarm clock every morning, and spend more time paying attention to my wife. 

Best wishes to one and all.

I wired a radio station in my early 20s. The chief engineer taught me a very valuable lesson: When confronted with a choice of more or fewer connections in any circuit, it is always a SAFER bet that the circuit with fewer connections will be more reliable! Connectors, switches, and cables are the most likely failure points in electronics.*

I hate those damned adapters. I've been screwed twice when my kids loaned me SDXC Micro cards in an adapter. They corrupted one job and outright failed to mount properly on another. NEVER AGAIN.

I do not scrimp on cards. If a device CALLS for a Micro SD card, I'll use one, but I'll use the Micro SD slot on my high speed card reader, rather than put the card in an adapter to read it. I simply won't use a Micro SD in an SD adapter.

*Static electricity and AC power surges (spikes) come second. Bad connections are often responsible for those AC power line spikes! THINK: "back-wired" AC receptacles on outside walls of homes built in the last 40 years or so… Moisture from condensation causes corrosion to start. That builds up a resistant film that leads to arcing, pitting, and those power spikes that damage electronics. The gripping fingers in the backs of those cheap outlets fail due to metal fatigue and relax their grips on the wires. I've replaced dozens of them over the years, always using the screw terminals of higher quality receptacles when I do.