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My photography journey started back in the late 80s as a teenager who just saved up paper round money and got a SLR and I had various film cameras (a Zenit E and 12XP rings a bell, as does a Minolta X300 and an Oly OM-1) and even dabbled with a very basic B&W darkroom through to my very first digital camera in 1997 ish.
Fast forward to today and I want to have a go with one of the old film cameras - something to waste a bit of money on I suppose!
I am fairly sure that I will enjoy the retro experience of loading a roll of film, snapping 24 or 36 shots, the excitement/frustration waiting for the film to come back from the lab and then be mightily disappointed with the handful of reasonable snaps I end up with
So, I don't want to go in all guns blazing and drop a bunch of cash until (if/unlikely) I decide to continue messing with film. Knowing me, it will be a whim and I'll rush back to all the benefits of my Fuji digital camera in a flash
Initial questions...
1. Can you even still get decent B&W and colour film?
2. Who does processing these days? assume I can't just stroll into Boots?
3. Is eBay a reliable source or are there any camera shops selling 2nd hand tested film stuff?
4. What is the best method of 'digitizing' any keepers - I had an old slide scanner at one time or another but that would be long gone to a boot sale in the sky! Can you just take a picture of the photo with my 26MP digital camera and be decent quality?
5. Any tips or advice other than 'don't bother!'
Thanks in advance
Fast forward to today and I want to have a go with one of the old film cameras - something to waste a bit of money on I suppose!
I am fairly sure that I will enjoy the retro experience of loading a roll of film, snapping 24 or 36 shots, the excitement/frustration waiting for the film to come back from the lab and then be mightily disappointed with the handful of reasonable snaps I end up with
So, I don't want to go in all guns blazing and drop a bunch of cash until (if/unlikely) I decide to continue messing with film. Knowing me, it will be a whim and I'll rush back to all the benefits of my Fuji digital camera in a flash
Initial questions...
1. Can you even still get decent B&W and colour film?
2. Who does processing these days? assume I can't just stroll into Boots?
3. Is eBay a reliable source or are there any camera shops selling 2nd hand tested film stuff?
4. What is the best method of 'digitizing' any keepers - I had an old slide scanner at one time or another but that would be long gone to a boot sale in the sky! Can you just take a picture of the photo with my 26MP digital camera and be decent quality?
5. Any tips or advice other than 'don't bother!'
Thanks in advance