Okay, as the title states, I am new to film and photography and was looking to get some recommendations/opinions about film processing and scanning.
So, for the past two days I have been researching nonstop on everything that I will need to know for the camera I just bought (Pentax K1000 w/ SMC Pentax-M 1:2 50mm lens). Two days ago I knew little of photography and nothing about cameras. YouTube has been an awesome crash-course.
I'm a freshman in college who would rather spend his money getting fresh food at the grocery store rather than spending it all on my new hobby. I figured some
cheap film would suffice for now since
nice 35mm film is more expensive (anyone know of some fair, economical 36-count film?). Next, I have considered a few ways for how I want to develop my film:
- Send them to The Darkroom for processing and scanning: $10
- Process the film at someplace like Walgreens/CVS and then use an Epson V700 to scan them myself: ≈ $3
My university has a public use Epson V700 so I would not need to buy one. Now, from what I have read, the V700 works better with medium format, as opposed to the 35mm film that I will be using. I would like my scans to be clear and detailed, but do not want to buy a $500+ scanner at the moment. Is the V700 that bad of an option? I would be content with 1024x1536 scans and cannot see myself needing anything greater than 2048x3072.
Main issue:
Basically, all I want to do is take photos and post them on flickr. Clarity and detail are important, but I do not want to spend a ton of money. Therefore, the V700 looked like a good option to me. What do you recommend? Is The Darkroom and/or other third party sources the way to go?