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Originally Posted by Rusty Heap
I used to bulk roll my own B/W film into 35mm film canisters, bought it at 250' a roll if I remember right.
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Me too; Alden 74 IIRC.
Agree w/Glen that watching an image appear in the dark before your eyes is magical. But the 'print/film vs. digital' question typically focuses on output -- quality of the final image.
Film typically has greater dynamic range than most consumer image sensors, even when exposed and/or developed less than perfectly.
But to me the bigger issue is how technology -- any technology -- fundamentally changes the creative/artistic/technical experience.
For example, most of us communicate differently -- different content, different tone, different expectations -- depending on whether we're texting, tweeting, e-mailing, using a word processor (?!?), typewriter, pen, pencil, chalk, or fountain pen. Not only is the outcome/product different, so is the process and the nature of human engagement in communication.
Same thing happens w/photography. The fundamental nature of human creative experience (not to mention the vast difference in technical understanding of
how images are made and what makes for a
compelling image vs. not) is very different with a phone camera, SLR, digital SLR, view camera, point-n-shoot, film negative, film positive, 35mm, Minox, medium- or large format, or instant. You want photographic magic and wonderment? Get a Polaroid pack camera and some Fuji B&W instant film -- you'll see the world very differently.
Same reason many here prefer analog to digital or air-cooled vs. liquid-cooled. To me, Porsche is an experience; Miata is an appliance.
Sorry to get OT and sideways on you, JYL. I applaud and appreciate that you're supporting your daughter's interests in this way; her interest in film photography can have some far-reaching effects.