There’s nothing like processing and printing your own film!There there fellas, cant we all just get along?
120 film is a less popular format than 35mm, but it is technically a “superior” film to use. Giving the exact same grains per mm, tonal graduation, and all that.My understanding is that over time, film degrades even when kept in a freezer due to gamma rays which can penetrate anything, and eventually show up on film which hasn’t been used in a long time. The quality from a medium format negative is always better.
Ain’t gonna happen. I really liked Agfa film for portraits.
Film is the best, and is experiencing a rebirth in popularity among serious types, and even newbies.Show me a digital that will equal Portria 160, much less Tri-X 100 .
It was replaced about 1970 for journalism use by 35mm with the rise in popularity of the Nikon 35mm cameras. I could go into diffraction, lines per mm, number of silver grains, inverse square on the enlarger, etc, all providing for the greater resolution of medium format, but you could just go read The Camera, hit Wikipedia or Google, maybe read a book or two on optics, and get the to the same place.Don’t forget The Darkroom can develop any type of film.It has been shown that a digital Nikon 810 image will have greater detail than a Bronica GS-1 6×7 negative. This means it is more portable, but it also means it has less space for details and resolution.
(I just bought a Pentax PZ-1a ($50) ) Similar buys are available on medium format cameras. It will last indefinitely if you put it in the freezer. If it was measured in megapixels, it would be around 16 MP! gradient or transition of digital is abrupt, with frequent “white” areas showing a blown out pixel. Nothing will ever replace it really. Scanning takes a long time.
In 35mm lenses Canon FD are a great buy for film as Canon changed their mount from FD to EOS. 35mm film is much SMALLER than 120mm film.
Were they not interested in equipment and image quality?Similar to when I made the jump from digital to analog, upgrading to 120 has since made it increasingly hard to go back to shooting 35mm again.For those who are looking to dip their toes in the water and get acquainted with analog photography, 35mm is an easy and accessible gateway drug, so to speak. Let’s look at the list of inconveniences for 120mm in comparison with 35mm film.
For decades prior to digital, photographers such as William Allard and Sam Abel, just to mention two, shot all 35mm as staff photographers for National Geographic. You can see that 120 film is quite a bit larger than 35mm. Measured in centimeters they are: 6 x 4.5, 6 x 6, 6 x 7 (and even 6 x 9).There are pros and cons to each format, and when you’re choosing a film camera, you’ll want to consider which format suits your needs best.Here’s a good representation of the size differences between 35mm and 120:A film format refers to the size and shape of the film negative. 120 was the most popular film format in the 1960s.
Bronica GS-1 is an excellent buy.I own a Nikon F4, maybe the best all-around 35mm ever made, and a Bronica SQ-A in 6×6, and I would not trade them for any digital camera. There still are people shooting in 120!120 film is a less popular format than 35mm, but it is technically a “superior” film to use.
I have used film that was frozen for over 5 years and it came out just fine. I decided to shoot my Leica M6 35mm film camera up against the medium format 6×6 Hasselblad 501C film camera. It does not matter what size film it is. It has around an 50 MP value. These are cheap cameras that are technically poor, but photographers use the low-fidelity look to gain a certain aesthetic effect.I love film, it’s romantic. I’m getting ready to send in my first roll and I hope you guys are as good as you sound. No credible photographer said that it did. lolyou can make excellent 11by14s with 35mm if you have slow film like tech pan ,the problem is it is hard to find slow extra fine grain films these days seems like most films now are 200 0r 400asa ,its hard to find 100 asa color film which will make a decent 11;14Another important consideration for the film market is sustainability. Artists often use the medium format size for large prints because it … 120mm gives me 10 images per roll (6×7 format). Resolution is exactly proportional to the area of the focal plane image size, period.