I’m not gonna lie and tell you cliché stories how I got into photography when I was 9 years old, and I picked my film camera. Because I didn’t
However I do remember when I wasted roll of my fathers 35mm Zenit (I think it was Zenit), thinking that I’m creating something special. And then I was waiting to see the results, and when they showed up – I was, to say it nicely, quite disappointedAnd after that I never shot film, ever, until now. Yeah, I’ve seen people doing it and getting excited about, often mis-focus, b&w pictures (if you follow my blog, you could find only handful b&w pictures – not a big fan), and I simply thought that it’s not worth it. When I saw my “fb friend” shopping window mannequin pictures taken with film camera, I thought to myself – jeez that’s just not my thing, I’m not gonna shoot film! But when I came across Jonathan Canlas’s FIND (Film Is Not Dead) guide, I again realized, that picture is as good as person taking it, and I wanted to try to shoot film and medium format. When I saw another friend’s work (Lukasz Piech), shot with film, I knew it – I need to send my 120 roll asap
So yeah, I picked up Mamiya AFD 645 with 80mm 2.8 off ebay and went on Halloween weekend to shoot with Kamila. I got files ftp’ed just last Friday (remember – developing film takes time), and all I can say – it’s fun, fun, fun! I’m gonna shoot more film from now onI tested it – it syncs @ 1/125 of a second, so it’s like my 5d mk IIand for sure it will be interesting to mix both – strobist techniques and film
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