12-04-2009, 12:54 PM
Film will never go away. I have two colleagues that shoot film for their personal photography although one scans his film for output.
You definitely don't need 25mp-I've seen beautiful images from 8mp DSLR's but this is a discussion that would take up a few pages!
I don't shoot film unless I'm teaching a film class. If you like B&W then check out Jeff Schewe's stuff (will check for his website). His technique for digital conversions to B&W is fabulous. As he said "B&W film is dead". With PS and the great printers and papers available I just can't get my hands in those chemicals, etc. BTW, a good paper that is inexpensive is Epson Watercolor paper. It has a watercolor paper (!) texture and the prints I get from my Canon printer are beautiful.
Our digital labs have similar setups at the two schools where I teach.
You definitely don't need 25mp-I've seen beautiful images from 8mp DSLR's but this is a discussion that would take up a few pages!
I don't shoot film unless I'm teaching a film class. If you like B&W then check out Jeff Schewe's stuff (will check for his website). His technique for digital conversions to B&W is fabulous. As he said "B&W film is dead". With PS and the great printers and papers available I just can't get my hands in those chemicals, etc. BTW, a good paper that is inexpensive is Epson Watercolor paper. It has a watercolor paper (!) texture and the prints I get from my Canon printer are beautiful.
Our digital labs have similar setups at the two schools where I teach.