Topic: Scanned film

[picfreak42]

Hi all

I am brand new to Filmwasters, so this message is just by way of an hello!

My real photographic passion is film and film cameras, they seem to me to be much more responsive to the intention of the photographer and connect better with the subject - however I have largely forsaken producing wet prints in the darkroom for a partial digital workflow inasmuch as I now scan my negatives and print digitally - how does this fit in with other filmwaster members.?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/10808818@N07/sets/72157601327130933/

[Andrea.]

Great stuff Mr Freak. Nice to see you hear. Scanned film is fine as far I as understand - scanned glass plates too . Just don't stray over to APUG - they'll cut your ears off!

[sheetshooter]

Welcome Mr Freak,

Still savouring all the tasty morsels on you Flickr page.  It is a visual gourmet's paradise.

Cheers,

[gregor]

Some nice work you have over there >> on flickr. Scanned negs and archival injet prints are becoming more and more common and I'd venture to say more than a few of us here go that route. It certainly requires Photoshop knowledge that simulates darkroom techniques. That said, I still think it's good to get into a wet darkroom when time allows for it. What takes place in the darkroom can make or break a photograph in a way that good scanning software and Photoshop still can't !

Again, some nice work in that flickr stream!

[gothamtomato]

I shoot only film. I used to only print in wet darkroom, but have recently started scanning  & printing with an Epson 3800.

To me, digital darkroom is missing the magic, but unfortunately it has become to difficult to rent darkroom time as much as I'd like, so digital printing it is.

I'd NEVER give up on film though. Ever.

[gothamtomato]

Just don't stray over to APUG - they'll cut your ears off!

Seriously.

[hookstrapped]

I shoot film, develop my B&W, and scan -- B&W neg, color neg, and color trans.

[LT]

When we set up the site, Damion, Ed, Skorj, Susan & I felt that as long as the pics are on film, then they would be welcome here I'm one of the few purists here with a passion for a totally analogue process, but that makes me the weirdo. 

[moominsean]

totally analogue...except for the digital scanning and uploading of photos here. blasphemer!

[Francois]

totally analogue...except for the digital scanning and uploading of photos here. blasphemer!

I think that's for the majority of us here.

[original_ann]

Yup - I like to convince myself that though it's a hybrid process I subscribe to (shooting and developing film but then scanning and printing digitally) it's regarded more as an analog process than a digital one. 

I mean heck... don't we get extra credit for not getting to see what our images look like until they're developed?? 

Cheers!