I have started using film, and I really enjoy it.
To begin with I used digital, but that did not cost a lot, second hand and a few lenses from trusted sellers on E bay.
The film camera with lens was about £70, a 50mm lens was about £60, so not a massive amount.
Film, most I have paid for a roll is £12 but normally it is about £7. And I have a couple of med formats, one at no cost and one at £27 pounds all in.
So far so good.
Now the processing, per film (B+W) developed, scanned , digitized, sent to me, negatives sent back to me and postage paid for comes to about £17.
To slightly off set that, points are earned for all purchases and can be used at will to buy film etc.
I am far from well off, but is this hobby expensive, no its not for me.
What it has done is made me very aware that in modern life things are very much only as expensive as you want them to be.
The most expensive thing is buying poor equipment, or spending thousands on kit etc that will not do much more than reasonably priced equipment.
So I sort of limit myself to one or two films per month, I try and get 36 exposure, same price to process as 24 or 12 film.
If I get 36 nice photographs, per month, that comes to less than a £1 a day, after the initial purchase of the camera.
I don't count fuel etc, because that is part of the cost of living, or I park and walk for miles to get shots.
For me I look at it like this, digital cameras are great, I go out and take 120 photographs, only 10 of these photographs are going to be used and it costs nothing but time and effort.
So in reality, film photography is not expensive, no more than any other hobby.
When I started drinking beer it was 33p per pint, and I made £18 a week.
My dad bought a Mini for £1050, brand new, be lucky if you could get a service and front brakes for that price now, let alone a car.
So no film is not expensive,
