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I’ve had a look at AG Photographic and had a peruse of Amazon. Is it cheaper to buy it in a real shop to save on postage? Or do people buy in bulk?
Cheers,
Tom
Cheers,
Tom
This raises another issue... how to choose film. I find that doing a search on Flickr using the film name and make you are considering buying can give a good general idea of how a film looks. However, bear in mind that not all photos on Flickr (or elsewhere) have been scanned at the same resolution, exposed properly, etc. So I find that looking at a photos from quite a few different people tends to give me a general idea of how a film might look if I used it. Hope this is useful.
Calumet used to be good, free postage for £50 order, which is surprisingly easy to get to with film, and their Tri-X was about the cheapest around. Wex have upped the prices a lot after the takeover.
Thanks all - that gives me lots to go on esp @Harlequin565 ’s master list!
As you say, I’m still in the process of experimenting with film stocks (in fact I’m still in the process of getting my head around shooting film as I have a fully manual camera - not helped by going down google rabbit holes about pushing and pulling and which films can be pushed or pulled how far in what direction )
if I was looking at different film stocks I wouldn't worry about over or underexposing them ,,,just use them at box speed until you find something you like then maybe consider playing about with them ,,,