Comments on: Hybrid Theory

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 08:50:22 +0000

@Trudy Good points. I’m only *very, very slightly* older then you and started with film, too. My high school even had a darkroom in it. I also know and use digital (albeit with a P&S) and know how to use my copy of PS CS2.

In the end what matters most is that you are familiar with the medium you are using. If you know your tools and medium well, then you will know exactly what the image will look like when you press the shutter.

By: Trudy

Trudy — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 06:35:20 +0000

Perhaps photographers lost their trust in film and clients are uneducated on it, or at least in the way that you just explained. Good explanation. I will admit, I love digital, I mean my dSLR even has a name hehe. But, I am 30 so digital cameras weren’t available to me when I was 12 and first learning photography on a film camera and I enjoyed film photography in my youth and undergrad. Some younger and newer photographers have never used film and aren’t interested in doing so from what I gather. I think that is totally ok if that is what they choose. I think it is neat to get experience in a variety of mediums (that’s what I did) but it always comes back to personal choice.

I can see that your choice in film is a wonderful one in that you create beautiful work. Great post.

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:11:51 +0000

@teohjitkhiam: Any modern lab is equipped with either a Fuji Frontier or Kodak Noritsu processing machine. They will process film and batch scan the negs in one go. What to the labs in Malaysia use if they don’t use Fuji or Kodak machines?

@Tom: Film requires a lot less work to get it to “look right”. In reality, choosing film has more to do with timeline then anything else.

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:55:40 +0000

Cool. I try, because film is soooo much nicer than digital. I can easily develop the negatives shot the same day, and maybe even get prints out that same day too. I’ve yet to scan my prints (I have 17 in my binder that I need to do) because I can’t find a good scanner. I tried Rite Aid, but their scanner was broken. haha.
Where do you recommend, if any? I wonder if they’re also here in the US

PS: nice new layout. looks cool.

By: teohjitkhiam

teohjitkhiam — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:30:59 +0000

“Film can be processed and high resolution batch scans of the negatives made to CD by virtually any modern lab in less then an hour.”

Dang, Brian. To the best of my knowledge, that doesn’t work here in Malaysia. Maybe the market in Taiwan can sustain such a photo lab, but I have yet to see of such here. But, hey, I am glad and happy that at least some photographers still have the satisfaction of shooting in film and delivering the goods pronto; commercially no less!