So, should I cling to using film, start trying to develop it in basements myself and scanning it for display and/or printing? (as well as possibly doing traditional silver-based prints from the original negs when I’m back in civilization?) I’d get to keep shooting medium format and 35mm (and maybe even large format), but I’d need to keep obtaining film and chemistry (could be dicey given my international lifestyle) and finding ways to dispose of it all…and get an expensive scanner to cover larger-than-35mm negs. And I'd have to spend the large amount of time necessary for the processing. On the plus side, I just love 6x6 and understand b/w zone system kind of photography (and older historical processes) a lot better than I’ll EVER understand what’s going on with digital photos beneath the surface of it all.
Or should I just accept the future and do pure digital? That Leica M8 is calling to me. Unfortunately, I think it’s the only high-end digi I’d want, because I just don’t like SLRs as much as rangefinders (The Mamiya 6 was the coolest camera ever made…, and that price tag is a doozy, even if I use classic old M lenses (my preference) instead of the latest models. Plus, digital gives me color capability without having to mail film back to the US for processing.
I guess I answered my own question…but I just have something against being all digital and I don’t know why. Anyone else holding on to the past??
Or should I just accept the future and do pure digital? That Leica M8 is calling to me. Unfortunately, I think it’s the only high-end digi I’d want, because I just don’t like SLRs as much as rangefinders (The Mamiya 6 was the coolest camera ever made…, and that price tag is a doozy, even if I use classic old M lenses (my preference) instead of the latest models. Plus, digital gives me color capability without having to mail film back to the US for processing.
I guess I answered my own question…but I just have something against being all digital and I don’t know why. Anyone else holding on to the past??
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