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is 120 still practical?
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i am very interested in buying a holga but i am unsure if 120 film is still pratical so i have come here for some advice. what price is 120 film now days? but the cost i am most interested in is developing and printing, does anywhere still even do it?
i have grown tired with working on the computer all day so over the summer i want to get back to basics with some film, would it just be better for me to go 35mm?i know this is a kinda vague thread but any help will help. thanks.
No one uses film any more… film is dead. it’s too expensive and the processing is boring. I personally don’t know about anyone here using film. It’s long gone. Finito.
I’m tempted to echo Zoltan’s curmudgeon,
but I just can’t bring myself to do it-It’s been covered here many times before, and millions of times elsewhere…
just do a search for film developing-After you purchase a few basic items, tank spirals, thermometer, graduated cylinder-
and some basic chemicals, developer and fixer, and stop bath and wash aid, (the last two optional at this stage)
you’ll find that the cost per film is pennies, and not really an issue.Given a choice, I’d go for 120-
the quality in the centre of a Holga neg isn’t bad,
you don’t have to enlarge the picture as much as a smaller neg,
and the optical quality of a plastic lens on either format is identical, pretty much-120 is practical, it needn’t cost very much,
and the economies involved might actually make you think more about whether a particular shot is worth it before you take it,
rather than shooting everything without thinking, just in case there’s something good when you look at them on the computer.Zoltan, if you’re not using that Mamiya 7…
joseph
120 definitely isn’t dead. On the site here I’ve seen a real resurgence in film in general and in 120.
The cost doesn’t need to be that expensive. Film itself is affordable. If you don’t want to develop/scan or print
yourself, there are places where you can send off your film and get it done.Developing is easy to do and won’t cost too much. Alot of gear can be purchased on ebay etc… for little money.
Second hand enlargers are very cheap now should you wish to print yourself.Have a go :)
sparkie wrote:
i am very interested in buying a holga but i am unsure if 120 film is still pratical.
Totally unpractical buy a digital man…
sparkie wrote:
what price is 120 film now days?
Really expensive, Rollei Retro 100 film was going for 1.23euro a role the other week, total extortion. Digital is the future forget film
sparkie wrote:
but the cost i am most interested is developing and printing
This is just ridiculous too, costs me around 30 cents per role to develop my self. total rip off, go digital I say
sparkie wrote:
does anywhere still even do it?
I think a guy in the Dublin mountains who lives in a cave can process it but he might have left the cave and gone digital so I dont know
Sorry for having a bit of fun :-) on a serious note, film is still alive and kicking and will be around in 100 years time. Buy yourself that Holga and get clicking and start having some fun
M
right, well i seem to have touched on a sensitive subject for some of you :D . are there any sites you recommend(about developing my own photos, what i need and how to do it) that i read so i wont have to keep coming back and annoying everybody?
I have recently started using film again with the Holga.
I use mostly expired colour film which is cheaper to purchase
and the colours dont matter so long as the film is not
pre exposed to any light.I get them developed and scanned to disc at my local lab
for less than €10.00.I am planning on setting up a darkroom at home and trying
some Black and white developing also, but not for a while.As Mark said, Just do it.
aoluain wrote:
I am planning on setting up a darkroom at home and trying
some Black and white developing also, but not for a while.As Mark said, Just do it.
Ah Mick-
Of course, if the original poster hadn’t specifically asked about the costs involved,
then of course I would have advised them to disengage their brain at all times-Automatic photography, wouldn’t it be?
And then of course, download some plugins and hit the return key…
Thanks for that Jb . . . this thread could also turn into a scene
from Starsky & Hutch . . .‘Do it Do it Do it’
Do I sense a film v’s digital debate again . . .
There is no debate-
or rather there is, I use both, and I’m sick of talking to myself…i will be up near the green today so i will head into gunns and have a look about, it will be my first time in there.
Gunns have the Holga in stock but remember it has only one shutter speed plus bulb mode and only one aperture but it is great fun and fine images can be got, just look at Eddie’s web site.
If you fancy doing any B&W darkroom workshops to learn film development and printing, we will be running them again after the summer.
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