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- Nov 5, 2010
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- 35mm
I live in Utah, my husband lives in Manhattan. He has the job, I have the time. We both have been serious amateurs for years (since the early 1990's.) We've taken lots of workshops at ICP in Manhattan and have a darkroom in our basement in Salt Lake City with two enlargers and wall speakers so we can listen to tunes while working in the dark.
We've only worked with 35mm film (he has Canon cameras and gear, my system is Nikon) and resisted the digital tide until 2006. My first Nikon digital slr sat in the box for about 6 months. But after I started using it, I went whole hog to the digital dark side, getting the mac desktop computer and the epson printers and had a lot of fun learning PS software and trying out a variety of photo papers for the printers. I am ashamed to admit that I haven't picked up my film camera or used my darkroom for my own pictures since then.
My husband had a different experience. He converted to digital gear, but has not enjoyed the post picture taking process required to make an archival inkjet print. He has taken digital darkroom workshops and understands the process but says there is no arts and craft nature to the computer/printer experience.
Recently, while helping my nephew process film and make prints for his college photo class, the allure of film photography was rekindled for me. I remembered the nice times my husband and I spent processing film and making enlargements and compared those memories to recent ones where the dogs were hiding behind the furniture because of the rants being shouted at the f#$*ing computer/printer! I started to think that maybe medium format film photography might be a fun way to step up AND get back to the darkroom.
So now I'm researching medium format gear and found this great web site. I hope to find information on the differences between the various medium format aspect ratios, the pros/cons of different camera brands, as well as tips on films and chemicals that are being used these days. I look forward to working my way through your discussions.
We've only worked with 35mm film (he has Canon cameras and gear, my system is Nikon) and resisted the digital tide until 2006. My first Nikon digital slr sat in the box for about 6 months. But after I started using it, I went whole hog to the digital dark side, getting the mac desktop computer and the epson printers and had a lot of fun learning PS software and trying out a variety of photo papers for the printers. I am ashamed to admit that I haven't picked up my film camera or used my darkroom for my own pictures since then.
My husband had a different experience. He converted to digital gear, but has not enjoyed the post picture taking process required to make an archival inkjet print. He has taken digital darkroom workshops and understands the process but says there is no arts and craft nature to the computer/printer experience.
Recently, while helping my nephew process film and make prints for his college photo class, the allure of film photography was rekindled for me. I remembered the nice times my husband and I spent processing film and making enlargements and compared those memories to recent ones where the dogs were hiding behind the furniture because of the rants being shouted at the f#$*ing computer/printer! I started to think that maybe medium format film photography might be a fun way to step up AND get back to the darkroom.
So now I'm researching medium format gear and found this great web site. I hope to find information on the differences between the various medium format aspect ratios, the pros/cons of different camera brands, as well as tips on films and chemicals that are being used these days. I look forward to working my way through your discussions.