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What makes you lug a very uncomfortable and basic 3.5kg camera around, plus equipment, sometimes all day long. What makes you bother about buying and developing roll film, bother about exposure, EVs and zones and measuring light with a hand held meter, memorize the DOF of the lenses most used, keep certain qualities and do's or don'ts of 10 or so different films in ones mind, re-read Ansel Adams books and others for the x-th time, and go through the complex workflow of transforming the negatives into prints or digital copies? And this in our days of high tech gadgets, convenient and comfortable to use, designed to speed everything up and generate a high output and better efficiency.
Well that's exactly my point. I don't want to be on that comfortable and automatic high speed trip. I like the challenge of digging down into the basics, to learn new aspects and use that knowledege on every capture I shoot. I want to be slow and involved, immersed in every possible step of the process, and if the outcome meets my expectations, I get a huge gain out of it. Every time I hold one of these analog negatives in my hands.
A little film I discovered a few weeks ago pretty much sums it up, and if you, the reader, feel inclined you might want to have a look at it:
Title: Long live film!
Best,
Mark
Depth of Field Slide Ruler for Photographers
Among several other aspects, the medium format (6x6, 6x7...) itself has one big advantage over smaller formats. The photographer can put a considerable emphasis on a subject by working with the very small depth of field aperture settings. If you follow that line, you better know your lenses. The Mamiya RZ lenses have a lever that can stop down to the preferred aperture and visually check the DOF, however, that does not always help due to the darkness of the focusing screen when you close the aperture. The Mamiya lenses also have a little slide ring that can be adjusted (aperture/distance) that show the DOF, but it is relatively coarse. S
From Analog Negatives to Digital Art
From Analog Negatives to Digital Art: A Short Overview of a Technical Solution
I've had quite a few inquiries on how I scan my analog photos and which scanner I use. A lot of people were surprised, if not bewildered when I answered that, for monochrome negatives, I don't use a scanner at all.
In the moment, I use a Sony Alpha 77 DSLR with a Tamron 60mm Macro for DSLR digitzing. Generally, I would say any good DSLR with a large sensor (megapixels really count here!) is good. A good macro lens is essential because of the close distance to the negative. It must be good if you want to make 2 or 4 (or more) shots of a single negative, because di
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Yippie!!
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Monitors
Finally, after years of agonizing if I should do this, I got myself a good monitor (Asus PA279Q "ProArt" <-- Art is always good :-) )
Pro: The most stunning colors I have ever seen on a monitor, also the monochrome photos look better. The monitor has a very high color reproduction: 99% Adobe RGB, 100% sRGB, and 120% NTSC. Also, the WQHD resolution is great when working with highres photos.
Con: Darn! On a calibrated monitors most of my photos look way off, too dark mostly. Seems like I have a long and tedious job of adjusting to do. The photos, of course :-)
Oh well, can't have it all, it seems.
Cheers,
Mark
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Precisely. I shoot film with manual cameras for the way it slows me down and makes me think about what I am doing, and the way it lets me get my hands dirty, so to speak, with the whole process of photography.