Re: Anyone still shoot film?

Patrick L wrote:
I've got four dSLRs, but I miss shooting film, so come Christmas, my mom wanted me to take pictures so I dusted off my old ElanII, 28-105 lens, and bought a roll of Kodak Gold ( nothin' particularly fancy about this rig ) with a 580ex flash took some snaps and had the pictures developed at a local drugstore. The shots were beautiful, or at least I thought so and so did my family. The "white balance" ( as we now call it in the digital world ) was stunning. I couldn't get 50 bucks for that camera now ( minus the lens and flash, of course), so no point in selling it. In fact, I bought it at a flea market for 10 bucks.

I picked up an old Polaroid Land 250 and a bulb flash unit for a song, and I can still get batteries and film ( fuji ) for it, so I'm looking to have some fun with it. I found a guy that sells bulbs for it, but, I was a little boy the last time they used them, and these bulbs have been sitting in a warehouse for a long time. Expensive 'cuz they no longer make them. I'm doing some math, and I think each shot, with flash, is going to cost about 4 bucks. Sheesh -- better get it right the first time !!

I shot one roll recently for the first time in a decade. Photo CD at walgreens with kodak gold 200 was pretty crummy looking. Can anyone recommend a mail-in service with good scans? There are stores here where I could no doubt get it done but assuming that'd be expensive. Maybe I should try some really nice b&w film, like something that can do stuff digital can't with dynamic range or resolution. I really don't want to get a film scanner or get into it too heavily.

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