Re: experimenting with 35mm film

I think the real appeal for film is the quality of kit that you can now
pick
up incredibly cheap on ebay!!

Bought myself that mamiya 645 medium format that I'd always fancied just
for
the pleasure of owner****p and slowing the whole picture taking experience
down to a more thoughfull pace.  Love my D80 but the concept of a 'latent'
image, hidden away until you reveal it with chemicals is still very
appealing to me.

Dennis


On 17/3/08 18:04, in article
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 "simon"
<srp@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> I have had digital cameras for many years now, however a few months
> back I became interested in 35mm photography having seen some pictures
> taken with a 35mm compact and scanned onto a CD. I have now got my
> self a Nikon F80 and a 28-200 Nikkor lens. The camera was less than 50
> quid, and I guess the lens is not going to loose much of it's value .
> 
> After shooting my first roll ( and getting over the shock of paying
> for the processing !) I have had some nice results. I have also just
> bought a MJU II 35mm compact film camera . Where as my TZ3 digital
> compact is capable of some very nice photos, I am hoping that the MJU
> will offer PQ nearer that of my DSLR ( D40 ) when shot in good light..
> at least it's going to be a cheaper and better alternative to say a
> MJU 760 for the rare occaisions I need to fire off a few shots in the
> rain.
> 
> I must say that the scans from my F80 do compare rather well to my D40
> pictures, to me they are often more pleasing on the eye and seem to
> have a better depth of field and nicer colours too. Does anyone else
> prefer the 'look of film' ? The D40 pictures do look very clean and
> visually striking though.
> 
> It seems to me that the digital revolution is forging ahead on the
> basis of market demand for a simply/ easy way to take photos. People
> ( myself  included ) are quite happy with the noisy pictures from
> there tiny sensors, at least they can take hundreds of shots and get
> the one they want. Is 35mm film still better in certain cir***stances ?