I shoot about 2-3 rolls (35mm) per month. Being an Olympus ******, I use an OM-4, an OM-40 and a 35RC (new acquisition). A couple of other film cameras are kept around but I need to have them serviced (and always postpone it...). I see film as having a different flavor, something like changing the sensor in your digicam from time to time. E.g. I'm going to do some antique car shooting in a few days and I'd be bringing along one of the OMs with Portra 160. People often freak out when they see me working the rewind lever on an "ancient" camera (which is in itself, priceless).

Regretably I don't develop my own, instead I'm using a shop that also does my prints.

Concerning camera systems, I'm interested in exploring the Contax G series at some point. As an added bonus I'd be curious to know how the G-lenses would work adapted to my ; if someone has experience with teh G-System please chime in!

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I uploaded this photo for the portrait thread and only realized it was a scanned negative when I went to include the shooting information, which is Leica IIIb with 50mm f2 collapsible summicron (1953) on Plus-X of happy memory. Anyone try Fuji Acros 100 in 35mm? The 4x5 I printed for a client looked awfully good, and I need to find another 100 speed film that I love. I've tried FP-4 every which way, and just cannot really like it much. It's OK; that's about as much love as I can summon up for it. Love HP-5. Strange.

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i switched to film for most of my street shooting (leica m6 ttl, voigtlander r4m)

i use digital for everything else (oly epm1, leica m8)

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Shoot about 1-2 rolls a month, using cheap CVS brand 35mm color film, ISO 200 or 400. I have just started home processing using the home Tetanol C41 kit, and scan negs with my Epson V330, converting to BW as needed with Silver Effex.

I shoot mostly with my Olympus 35 SP RF with its 42mm f1.7 lens, as well as my Pen F. I have the 38 F1.8, 20 F4 and 70 F2 lenses for the Pen. Very rarely I will shoot with my OM1n, as well as Leica M3 and Zorki 1e but I find it a pain to cut the film leader and load either of the old RF cameras. Once in a very rare blue moon, I will shoot 120 film on my Yashicamat 124G TLR.

I do enjoy the more organic look of film, and get a lot of satisfaction doing my own home processing. I find it good to re-experience photography as craft as well as art, and using film makes it feel that way.

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I bit the bullet and bought a used Bessa R body. I'll post a pic when it arrives. I don't own any M lenses, only screw mount, and my budget is tight, so I went with a used R instead of the R2M or R3M (or 2a or 3a), which even used went beyond what I can presently spend on kit.

I'm been shooting more film, most of it in the Leica from 1938, so I wanted a more up to date rangefinder -- for convenience, but also to give the older camera a bit of a break. The Bessa R seemed like the most economical way to get a rangefinder/viewfinder in the same window again. I need a 35mm screw mount lens but (budget again) I may, for the time being, get a fixed lens rangefinder with a lens around that length for much less than any of the screw mount lenses I want. It has to be a real coupled rangefinder though, not zone focus.

Anyway, I'm excited about the camera on its way.

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I shoot about 2-3 rolls per month in both 35mm and 120. I use mostly the Canon FD system with medium format being a Bronica ETRSi, one of the bargains in medium format nowadays I believe. Definitely love the look I get from the Zenzanon lenses. Once in awhile I'll get out the Yashica T4 Super or the Olympus 35 RD for a different way of shooting.

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RedNUmber5: I've been scanning old Hasselblad and Yashicamat negatives recently, and it's made be start looking at the Bronicas online. I love the square format, so I'll probably go with on of the S models. I want to move soon, though, while these cameras are still priced to sell. I always liked the Bronicas my friends had, and only had a Hassy because someone sold me an ancient, rebuilt 1000F with three Zeiss lenses for 750 dollars. No auto aperture, no auto anything, but they are lovely lenses.

Anyway your Bronica photo has given me GAS, but there's no GAS-X in the budget for a while!

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Sorry I gave you some Bronica GAS when it looks like you're also saving up for a rangefinder lens. It is interesting that the Bronica ETRS line seem to be hitting rock bottom prices and people seem to be grabbing them up. I've noticed on KEH that there isn't too many ETRS bodies or lenses available compared to this time last year. It just might be cyclical though. I'm not sure how the SQ line is doing in comparison though.

I imagine those Zeiss lenses you have are very nice. Even with just the Yashica T4, the sharpness and contrast from its Zeiss lens is so identifiable in the pictures compared to the Canon FD or Bronica lenses.

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After popping some bucks for the Bessa R (not much, really, $250 with the grip, which I discovered sells for over $100 itself), I'm still without a screw mount 35mm lens, a focal length that can be really useful on the street. There's not much left in the till for gear, so I acquired an $80 Olympus XA on Ebay; the later models don't sound like what I was looking for. I'd prefer full manual exposure, but the asa dial works just fine as a compensation dial; that's how I learned about exposure compensation with Olympus 35 EC. Fiddly, but it works and will have to do until I have 4 or 5 hundred bucks for a good 35mm screw mount. The jupiter 12 won't work safely on the Bessa, nor, I'm told, even on the old Leica. And it's big anyway. I could have gone with the Rollei 35, but I wanted a real coupled rangefinder, which the diminutive XA has.

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