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This is my favourite image from what is probably the last roll of colour film I will shoot. Never say never, but everything is so expensive now that sadly I can’t justify buying colour film anymore.

I’ve been thinking about switching to black and white, buying rolls of Fomapan and loading it myself. Can anyone share experience with packing film on your own, what’s the cost per roll?

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Naive question: Does analogue photography still have advantages regarding image quality, that can't be replicated with digital sensors, or is it more about the psychology of making every photo a deliberate investment?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Not really.

I’ve owned a bunch of digital cameras (never a full frame one) and I now have a Canon 30D which is ancient by DSLR standards. With the Lightroom de-noise AI the RAW files I shoot with that camera might as well come from something made in the last 10 years. I might be exaggerating, but besides the megapixel count, for whatever I use my cameras for, the pictures come out great out of that one.

For me, shooting film is about the random glitches analog media produces. It’s about the sound. It’s about handling an old, mechanical camera. It’s about the achievement of catching a nice moment without any aids. That can’t be reproduced, just by the virtue of the fact that it’s literally just not the same.

On the purely technical side, digital and film is just two different mediums and there are some things you can’t reproduce. Like painting on a canvas or a wall and on a tablet. But for most use cases where you don’t intentionally require an analog image, I would say that digital does just as good of a job and is way more flexible.

My 2 cents.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

I don't think it does anymore. Perhaps some films still have better dynamic range compared to cheaper cameras though.

[–] Jakdracula 9 points 10 months ago

She’s beautiful and it’s a wonderful picture.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Yann Tiersen's music has started to play in my head

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[–] RoseRose56 2 points 10 months ago

A very beautiful picture, Bravo!

[–] ook_the_librarian 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

For a split second I thought this was a shot of Isabelle Huppert from I ❤️ Huckabees. Not exactly French Cinema. I haven't seen it in years. But I feel like I know the scene of this shot, even though that's impossible.

Edit: I just wanted to clarify. I don't have an "eye" for this kind of thing. But when this photo reminded me of a French actor in a movie, and then I read the photographer was going for French cinema. I was surprised how close I was. So I just wanted to be super clear, by "not exactly french cinema", I mean, I missed the mark, not the photographer.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Fabulous aesthetic. Where was it taken?