But color negs scan well, so if you do your own printing they can be a very good film solution.
Paul via phone > On Feb 10, 2015, at 1:40 AM, John Coyle <[email protected]> wrote: > > I still like to shoot film, but only B&W, and Ken has really nailed the > reason. For colour work, > unless you can find a pro lab that still does E-6 processing, digital is the > way to go. Colour neg > is hopeless, just had one film processed by the only sensible lab around here > and the colours and DR > were way off, like I'd used an old Sigma lens! > For my purposes WRT colour, my *ist-D still works well enough: I can get A4 > sized prints easily > enough, and no-one I supply prints to wants anything bigger - they're mainly > friends/family, of > course. For B&W, it's one of several older Pentaxes I own, including the > MZ-S, or a Rolleicord for > big negs. I do enjoy the whole process of self-developing - but then I have > the time as well as the > inclination. As long as I can get decent film, chemicals and paper, I'll > hang onto my developing > kit and carry on being old-fashioned. > One of my grand-daughters has recently expressed an interest in photography - > it will be interesting > to see if she asks me about using film, it can be magical when you see your > first print coming up in > the tray. > > > John in Brisbane > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: PDML [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ken Waller > Sent: Monday, 9 February 2015 9:06 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: 35mm film v 35mm DSLR > > I was exclusively a slide film shooter, if I wanted to shoot slides, I'd > need to find someplace to do it - and not just some 24hr. quick lab - all my > sources for quality slide processing have gone. > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
