Five Shooting with Film

FIGURE 5.1 Unknown ghost town in New Mexico. Pentax Spotmatic with Pentax Super Takumar 35 mm f/3.5. 1/125 @ f/16 ISO 100, Fuji Neopan 100 Acros

FIGURE 5.1 Unknown ghost town in New Mexico. Pentax Spotmatic with Pentax Super Takumar 35 mm f/3.5. 1/125 @ f/16 ISO 100, Fuji Neopan 100 Acros

Although most photographers are using digital capture these days, there are still quite a few photographers who continue to use the time-honored method of film photography. Film photography is not only used by old purists, but is steadily being embraced by the younger generations as well. In the past few years I’ve seen more and more people carrying around vintage film cameras.

In my opinion, one of the best qualities of using film to capture your images is that it forces you ...

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