Got lazy. Just went to the local camera shop and picked up 10 rolls, 24 exp, Ilford XP2 Super. That'll do fine. Next up for shooting with: Nikon F fitted with Nikkor 50mm f/1.2 AI. :-)
G On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 9:16 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: > Pick the right film and digital cameras and it's almost exactly the > same experience. This is why I have both an M4-2 and an M-9, a Nikon F > and an Olympus E-1. Use them all 100% manual settings, even replaced > the Photomic FTn head on the F with the plain prism finder. Either > guess or use my hand-held exposure meter. I love that experience. > > Reminds me: I should order some XP2 today. I'm down to my last roll. > It will be the first time I've bought film since 2002. > > G > > > On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 5:31 AM, Steven Desjardins <[email protected]> wrote: >> Film shooting is more relaxing. There's only so much you can do, >> after all. Digital is like an F1 car with all those adjustments for >> every turn on the wheel. Film is like NASCAR: pick line, hit the >> gas, try not to crash. >> >> On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 12:28 AM, [email protected] >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> First time in almost a year. It was cool but weird. >>> >>> Took very few photos as I was always conscious that my film supply was >>> finite (had about 32 shots left on the roll with no fresh roll in my >>> pocket). >>> >>> Also, no chimping, no processing and posting the same day. >>> >>> Still, it handles so beautifully and feels so reassuringly solid that it's >>> just a joy to use, even though completely manual. >>> >>> Who knows when the photos I took today will be.posted? >>> >>> ;-) >>> >>> cheers, >>> frank >>> >>> "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- >>> Christopher Hitchens >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> >> >> >> -- >> Steve Desjardins >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > > -- > Godfrey > godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
