Personally, I have been seduced by the medium and large format negative,
and have mostly given up shooting 35mm except for certain things. 6x7 is
basically just as fast and easy to shoot as 35mm for most things, and 4x5
is really not that bad either. Maximizing 4x5 is a tripod-only situation
but for less exacting use, handheld 4x5 is a lot of fun and very doable.
Main downside is cost of film ($1-3/shot + processing), speed (of lenses,
and using the cameras), and weight/bulk (even the smallest 4x5 handheld I
have is still a bit more cumbersome than a Mamiya 7). Showing up and
shooting handheld 4x5 is a guaranteed conversation starter, also. People
seem drawn to it like moths to a flame.
There's still lots of great deals on film gear out there, in medium format
and large format. Of course there are lens-du-jour type things that cost
way more than they are worth (brass soft-focus lenses for example). But
bread-and-butter stuff like nice modern plasmats and wide-angle lenses are
dirt cheap.
Once you get hooked on the results from medium and large format, small
format (film or digital) is hard to go back to.
On 7/24/13 6:16 AM, "olympus-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
<olympus-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>You are making me feel bad. Here I've been wanting a new digital
>camera and you're leading the way in the opposite direction. Just
>maybe, if I don't actually NEED a digital camera, I could invest in a
>bit more film camera gear. There's some great medium/large format gear
>lurking around here sitting unloved.
>
>Shoot, there's even a Leica M6 sitting here that is calling out to me.
>
>Must resist the Sirens. Plug the ears! Plug the ears!
>
>The spend on an EOS-6D could go a long ways towards some seriously
>sweet film stuff...
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