Although I have done very little processing or wet printing, I can
appreciate the satisfaction of the process and enjoyment many get from it.
My last involvement in slide processing was with an ex Kodak worker, who
bought equipment from Kodak, and set up shop in the Upper Peninsula of
Michigan and catered to many pros who were slide shooters. His work was
simply outstanding.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Coyle" <jco...@iinet.net.au>
Subject: RE: 35mm film v 35mm DSLR
I still like to shoot film, but only B&W, and Ken has really nailed the
reason. For colour work,
unless you can find a pro lab that still does E-6 processing, digital is
the way to go. Colour neg
is hopeless, just had one film processed by the only sensible lab around
here and the colours and DR
were way off, like I'd used an old Sigma lens!
For my purposes WRT colour, my *ist-D still works well enough: I can get
A4 sized prints easily
enough, and no-one I supply prints to wants anything bigger - they're
mainly friends/family, of
course. For B&W, it's one of several older Pentaxes I own, including the
MZ-S, or a Rolleicord for
big negs. I do enjoy the whole process of self-developing - but then I
have the time as well as the
inclination. As long as I can get decent film, chemicals and paper, I'll
hang onto my developing
kit and carry on being old-fashioned.
One of my grand-daughters has recently expressed an interest in
photography - it will be interesting
to see if she asks me about using film, it can be magical when you see
your first print coming up in
the tray.
John in Brisbane
-----Original Message-----
From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Ken Waller
Sent: Monday, 9 February 2015 9:06 AM
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
Subject: Re: 35mm film v 35mm DSLR
I was exclusively a slide film shooter, if I wanted to shoot slides, I'd
need to find someplace to do it - and not just some 24hr. quick lab - all
my
sources for quality slide processing have gone.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
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