Photography
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howdi yalll. do any of you still take snaps with old style film and darkroom? thanks
gab13by13
(25,277 posts)with a small polaroid-style camera that took small photos.
AllaN01Bear
(23,065 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(152,134 posts)Of course, they have to be digitized so you can show them to us!
And you will also need to get a photo hosting site that will make it possible to display your photo here.
There are instructions here: https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1036&pid=59987
Its title is How to post photos to DU!
usonian
(13,941 posts)Made in Sweden.
I can develop and print black and white but other stuff keeps me about 500% busy.
Will load up the view camera some day.
I have a beard, and will get a cowboy hat and scare people in Yosemite some day with my Ansel Adams imitation.
I think that all commercial printing is inkjet or whatever, so everything is digitized at some point.
I plan to get a new scanner for all the old color slides.
There is NOTHING like a 2 1/4 square color slide, unless its a 4x5 transparency. I got old projectors at thrift stores before they become impossible to find. Lamps might be really difficult to find if needed.
I am slowly getting back into film photography. Used a coolpix digital camera with 24 - 1000mm equivalent zoom for about a decade! It did everything I needed, and took very little time from the million other things in my life.
I went from that to mirrorless digital and as I noted, easing back into film.
I did have to spend money on repairs to the box camera (Hasselblad) since a spring sprung after about 50 years of use.
So that slowed me down. Not that I needed any delays.
Ask anything more specific if you want info. Lots of experience in this group.
Ken Rockwell has tons of advice!! This refers specifically to film.
https://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/why-we-love-film.htm
Theres a series of books by Ansel Adams (The negative, the print, and so on
) that are great learning material.
I have a copy of his book Examples and it is a great inspiration.
Have fun.
AllaN01Bear
(23,065 posts)AllaN01Bear
(23,065 posts)usonian
(13,941 posts)And he HAD SOME FUN!
What a set of wheels!
AllaN01Bear
(23,065 posts)usonian
(13,941 posts)Most you normally find are 4 by 5.
300mm. lens is "normal" on 8 by 10.
4 by 5 is the largest film that fits any enlarger I've ever seen.
8 by 10 makes some fine contact prints. (Not in my experience log)