I never understood why people insisted on using an old twin lens reflex like the Rolleicord or the Rolleiflex, and even more difficult to understand for me was the attachment they seemed to develop to their cameras up to the point to prefer this old beauties to more substantial Hasselblad and the likes. Until, a …
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The cheap bastard guide to (film) photography – Part V: How to digitize your pictures
This can be easily the most expensive part of the process. When you have to digitize your pictures there are three possible ways. AN EXTERNAL SERVICE / LAB If you’re lucky to live near a lab that still offers a good scanning service contextually the developing of the pictures – say Costco or similar …
The cheap bastard guide to (film) photography – Part III: Large format
The large format options are more limited. In reality there are dozens of possibility, but the larger the format the more difficult to find a good camera for a cheap price. And the admission ticket starts to skyrocket too… UP TO 150€ Graflex Speed Graphic (various models) with one lens MPP (various models) without …
The cheap bastard guide to (film) photography – Part II: Medium format
With medium format cameras the price of the admission ticket used to be pretty steep. Thankfully to the explosion of the digital craziness now you may buy cameras that costed thousand of euro for a few bucks. Keep in mind that the quality will be correlated to the original price, not the one you will …
The cheap bastard guide to (film) photography – Part I: Shooting in 35mm
35mm is the film format with the more choices. Pretty much every reflex made in the past 60 years is capable of delivering great results, assuming that is working within specs – i.e. it’s not broken. The prices are pretty close grouped too, at least at the same level of sophistication. So in this case …