Last Saturday I dove the Eagle as a part of the Invade the Keys Scubaboard trip. The boat was packed so I packed my Nikonos III to save space. With some great advice from James, Mike and Chris, I also loaded the camera with B&W, my choice being T-Max in 400iso. I wanted the extra two stops, but I think 100 (the advice of my mentors) may have been a better choice. At any rate, you can see some of the pics in THIS POST which also has a link to the photobucket album with some more shots.
I took the roll to a local photo store and had it sent out for processing. I skipped the prints and just had them burn a disk with the imgages. The cost was about $14.00. I was in my local Costco today and checked their prices. Processing and a disk with no prints, about $7.00. According to the tech the res is about 2400 x 3600. Far cry from the old days when you had to pay a buck a frame or ...ugh... scan negatives yourself.
So, I am not ready to pitch my film gear yet (I really could not get much for it on ebay anyway). Yes, I know you have to take the stuff to be developed and yes I know you dont have the advantages of camera raw, but at these prices the Nikonos Neanderthal could afford to revert. I think it was Chris that mentioned hanging the Nikonos around my neck while shooting with my 20D rig and having the best of both worlds. I think I may give it a go although I will have to figure out how to rig it first.
So....is film really dead?
Bob
I took the roll to a local photo store and had it sent out for processing. I skipped the prints and just had them burn a disk with the imgages. The cost was about $14.00. I was in my local Costco today and checked their prices. Processing and a disk with no prints, about $7.00. According to the tech the res is about 2400 x 3600. Far cry from the old days when you had to pay a buck a frame or ...ugh... scan negatives yourself.
So, I am not ready to pitch my film gear yet (I really could not get much for it on ebay anyway). Yes, I know you have to take the stuff to be developed and yes I know you dont have the advantages of camera raw, but at these prices the Nikonos Neanderthal could afford to revert. I think it was Chris that mentioned hanging the Nikonos around my neck while shooting with my 20D rig and having the best of both worlds. I think I may give it a go although I will have to figure out how to rig it first.
So....is film really dead?
Bob