Do you remember film?

in #photography8 years ago

I had shot film photos for years with my mum's old Pentax SLR but I really didn't know what I was doing. After working as a professional photographer for a few years with digital camera's I decided it was time for me to start learning how the old masters plied their craft. I bought myself a Mamiya 645 afd medium format camera and started going at it, and to my surprise I found that I really enjoy shooting film.

It's a really cool experience to be able to make photos on an analogue platform, to realize that the image you are capturing is being physically burned onto a strip of celluloid that is coated in a concoction of chemistry that reacts to light.

I have been going through some of my film photos and I think I'm going to do a regular post on Steemit relating to them, shooting film, how I learned to process and scan my own photos, and the general experience of learning the old school ways.

To start off with here are some photos I took using my Mamiya 645 afd, an 80mm f2.8 lens, and a roll of Kodak TriX 120 film. There's a little bit of everything here, from nature to street to a few wedding photos I took.

Hope you like them, and if you want to see more be sure to toss me an up vote and follow my Steemit posts!

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Love the Pentax gear, old and new. I have some really old Pentax cameras with great lenses, most of them I got when I bought old pentax k-mount lenses on ebay, and they came with the camera. I use them on the Pentax k20 which is compatible with the old lenses. Try getting equivalent quality of optics for Canon that'll cost you a fortune!
Now I take most photos on my Canon EOS 5D MK II though, it's a whole different beast, because of the video capabilities and the 36mm sensor

My Grandpa used to be a photographer back in the DDr when Germany was divided. Like that he got some additional money and added photos to the local newspaper. Today I am using a Sony Alpha 6000 and everytime he sees how technology changed he can't believe it. Guess I should start repairing some of his cameras and go out...

Some really good gear came out of the old DDR, I still have some of the old Zeiss and Jenar lenses with the m42 mount - there is a cheap m42 to k-mount adapter and they work perfectly on the new digital Pentax DSLR. You can find a f1.8 prime lens for way under $100 on ebay

Shooting film is really enjoyable. If you can get yourself an old manual camera and learn how to use it you'll have a great time slowing down and especially waiting to see your results, I say go for it!

My Grandpa still has many cameras (one from Zeiss, too, I think). Does anyone know where you can repair them?

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