Does anyone shoot film?

S.H.
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I use HP5 mostly. Very good results @ 200 - 3200 isos with LC29.

I usually work on my pictures at a photoclub (lots of shared gear here) but I just bought an old Leitz Focomat 1a to be able to work in my bathroom too.
 
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Yes, mainly Tri-X and Ektar, some others. Also have my own darkroom, process my own BW and colour, enjoy printing...
 
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S.H. S.H.
I use HP5 mostly. Very good results @ 200 - 3200 isos with LC29.

I usually work on my pictures at a photoclub (lots of shared gear here) but I just bought an old Leitz Focomat 1a to be able to work in my bathroom too.
Having not played in in a darkroom since I went digital I did hesitate at the “work in the bathroom” bit, wondering what you would shoot in the bathroom. Then I remembered, oh yeah... darkroom... you need water... made me smile anyway.

There’s a really bad “macro in the bathroom” joke in there somewhere... and then this thread would go downhill really quickly.

Thinking on it... and dating myself, I do miss working with Verichrome Pan or HP4 in the dark corner of the basement, fun days!
 
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Still shoot film for wildlife and crocodile pictures, developed by camera place in town. Darwin still has two camera shops that develop film.
A lot of professional photographers in the Northern Territory and Kakadu and Ayers Rock seem to attract a lot of photography students from around the world.

I have noticed a lot more film cameras coming through lately at the airport when I have to do a shift there.
 
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Last time I used my Canon Elan II film camera was when 5 replica Neuport 11 and Sopwith Camel aircraft were here, honouring WWI Vimy Ridge 100th anniversary. I had misplaced the telephoto lens for my digital camera, and I wanted close-ups of the five planes doing a fly over. I understand that film is the way to go if one was to wish to do enlargements. I’ll see if I can find the images.
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Yep, still shoot film, though sparingly due to cost... my favorite film of the past was Plus-X and Kodachrome....more currently I use Ektachrome for 35mm and medium format and Velvia for 4x5. For B&W it's mainly Tmax in all formats, and more recently I have tried HP5+ and really like that. Have not used Tri-X in a while, but I'm thinking I may give that a go again soon.

I always liked D76 for most films, but more recently I have been trying Xtol and really like that too. T-max developed Xtol makes a good negative.

I usually scan my film, but I do have darkroom stuff and 4 enlargers - one is a NOS Leica Focomat II that can do medium format. I have never used it, and I keep telling myself I need to set it up... One of these days.
 
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one is a NOS Leica Focomat II that can do medium format. I have never used it, and I keep telling myself I need to set it up... One of these days.

😲 👍
 
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I shot film from the age of 16 until 10 years ago when I turned 61. To be honest, I don't miss it, although I'd recommend it to anyone starting up in photography. You learn to make the most of composition, camera settings etc. I went out for a shoot with a friend recently who had been brought up on digital. On the way home he asked me how many shots I'd taken. I replied "About 200." He was shocked as he'd fired off over 4,000! When we checked, he didn't have any that were better than mine.
 
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I like running Ilford Delta 3200 ISO'ed @ 1600 though both of my Nikon F2's
 
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I spent a lot of time in the darkroom during high school and college. Had some pretty amazing teachers in college. I actually kind of miss it. Photoshop is a lot easier when you know the fundamentals. I would really like to get in to large format film in the future.
 
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I love shooting film. My father had a darkroom in the basement of my parent's house, so I spent a bunch of my childhood very bored watching images appear on the paper. I really got into photography in the last few years after inheriting his cameras and learning to shoot film.

These days I use a Leica M4 and like shooting Porta 400 and Ilford with it. My film SLR is a Pentax SuperProgram which is very accurately metered and I tend to use it more for chromes and high-speed stuff. I've short a little medium format and it is an incredible experience.

Digital is easier, of course, and I have bought into the Nikon system, but film really helped me develop my eye, take my time, and learn how the optics of the camera work.
 
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I mostly shoot Ilford b&w 120mm on an old Mamiya medium format, and I love the grain on their 3200 ISO. I work in video production, and often film 4TB+ of footage in a day. So, it's a fun (read: maddening) challenge to go back to trying to composing one good, single frame. Primarily though, I just take dorky photos of my baby.

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Dsloan Dsloan
I mostly shoot Ilford b&w 120mm on an old Mamiya medium format, and I love the grain on their 3200 ISO. I work in video production, and often film 4TB+ of footage in a day. So, it's a fun (read: maddening) challenge to go back to trying to composing one good, single frame. Primarily though, I just take dorky photos of my baby.

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Yup. That fast Illford film is just lush and tasty. Beautiful photo BTW.
 
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Yup. That fast Illford film is just lush and tasty. Beautiful photo BTW.

Thanks for the kind words. Yeah, I shoot a little of everything (got a roll of porta 400 in the camera at the moment), but I keep coming back to the 3200. It's like how impressionism and early 20th century abstract painting was, in many ways, a response to the development of photography. I can get super sharp, low noise images all day long on a digital camera. If what's special about analogue is the grain, then I want a film stock that accentuates the grain. Also, I really dig how the heavy grain creates very soft highlight rolloff.
 
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Dsloan Dsloan
I mostly shoot Ilford b&w 120mm on an old Mamiya medium format, and I love the grain on their 3200 ISO. I work in video production, and often film 4TB+ of footage in a day. So, it's a fun (read: maddening) challenge to go back to trying to composing one good, single frame. Primarily though, I just take dorky photos of my baby.

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Ha. I mainly shoot 4K video as well... Photography is more for fun. I have yet to try some Ilford 3200 (although I have some). Have HP5+ loaded in my Leica currently... For my next couple rolls I am going to texperiment with pushing HP5+ to 1600.
 
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