Thread: New compact camera or phone - which one?

Haha the OP has already made a decision and bought a sony Rx100

Thanks for the comprehensive response - hopefully it will help others!

Cheers

Dan

Originally Posted by Didge

ps I didn't know you could still get film???? where can you get it processed?

Film is easy to get, but you just need to know where to look to get it fresh AND cheap.

I almost exclusively buy my filmstock from Melbourne, and for developing I have my E6 processed in redfern (in bulk runs of 10-20 rolls). B&W I do myself, or send up home to my Dad, who still keeps his eyes in use

Biggest issue is with processing chemicals obviously. Chems are not always in ready supply and the local agents charge like wounded bulls, so generally speaking, when processing non-critical B&W, I'll use rodinal, (real agfa rodinal, not the new stuff) a bottle of which I still have after 20 years... works perfectly @ 100:1
For the Delta 3200 though, I use ilfotec ddx, which is about the only thing that will develop 3200 without graining it. It's quite a fussy process though, and requires very precise times, thorough rinses as well.

E6 is just full of evil, so I let a professional lab deal with it. They have a huge dip and dunk e6 machine. I can get a 2 hr turnaround if I need it. quite funny really, because you used to be able to get 1hr photos from C41 auto processors and E6 you used to send away in bags and it took a week and a half to get it back.

now it's the other way around! I hate C41 with a passion, and it's absolute junk for my workflow, so I'm almost exclusively shooting Velvia 50/100 when doing colour work on MF. on 35mm, Agfa (rollei) still do E6 in 100asa. Called CT100 prescia, it is exactly like the old agfa slide films. It's far less saturated than velvia. I would describe ct100 as 'WYSIWYG' especially with regards to green shades of the australian bush in full sun. It can have a slightly red cast if it is underexposed too much, but it recovers well in post processing from a scan.

Scanning is done here, on an epson, when I have time or a specific desire, otherwise the negs just stay in their sleeves until I bother picking out frames I want to look at. I periodically keep looking for a coolscan 9000, but the prices of them are also hyperinflated now. It's a joke. I won't bother anymore.

Occasionally I'll send film away for professional scanning. Know a couple of labs that use Flextight scanners, and they are quite expensive to own, more than my budget allows for anyway. costs for 6x7 scans aren't exactly cheap, so I really limit those to images I'm committing to a workflow, be it printing on canvas or vinyl or whatever other excuse I need to justify to myself.

If you need to buy film, let me know. I can put you in touch with a guy who is very good to deal with and has quite a good stock.