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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
01-27-2010, 01:30 AM
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pentax lx and smc-m 50mm f1.7 with portra 400vc
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
12-30-2009, 11:48 AM
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well its nice to have vista and precisa back.
but what i would realy love is that they would make ultra again.
its my favorite film all time.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
10-31-2009, 09:42 AM
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Since i am from the digital generation, i dont have all those memories and feelings about film. But i photograph almost completely with film camera's.
For me personaly the difference lays in the equipment, not the medium.
I let my film develop in a local camera shop, and most of the time its finished in 30minutes.
Then i scan my negatives at home.
And then my workflow becomes the same as i would do with digital.
So why would i use film gear? It only takes more time you would say..
Film camera's and lenses are a lot cheaper then their digital counterparts.
A digital rangefinder would cost me roughly 10 times more then the ones i have now.
My medium format set would cost me roughly 50!! times more then my film mf set.
The difference in 35mm slr's is a lot smaller but i don't like dslr's.
First of all, i dont want an aps-c sized sensor.
It must be full format. Simply because i want a 50mm and a 35mm lens with the same fov. And because i want a decent sized viewfinder ofcourse.
Second, dslr's are too big and unless you have a lot of money to spend, the build quality sucks.
And at last, digital slr's let me work slower.
Yes thats right, slower.
All the fiddling with iso settings, wb, autofocus and more of these things takes way to much time. With my pentax lx i just pop in the film and im ready to go.
So you see, using film allows me to use proffesional grade equipment for a small price. And it alsow lets me use all kinds of different camera's that have no real digital counterparts.
All i need is a pentax lx with a fullframe sensor, a little screen at the back and a button for wb and iso. Thats about it.
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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
10-19-2009, 11:06 AM
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Hi my name is Dirk, im 19 years old and i live in the Netherlands (tilburg).
I mainly use film cameras.
Just bought my first pentax camera, a pentax lx.
Got 3 pentax smc-m lenses with it (50mm 1.7, 28mm 2.8 and 135mm f3.5)
Im searching for the waist level finder and a 35mm f2 lens and then my kit is almost complete.
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