ted_smith
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I develop my films with a processing lab called Jessops. They're quite 'main stream' now here in the UK but in the 80's and early 90's they were the bridge between a pro service and that for a serious amateur.
With every film processed I get a free replacement from Jessops (their own brand). It's not DX coded, and will usually be either ISO200 or ISO400. But my F65 assumes a film is ISO100 if there's no DX encoding. The film is also, I expect, of average quality.
But I am at the stage in my photographic 'life' where I want to use the best of everything. If I take a great snap with my Jessops film, I think to myself "How might it have looked with Fuji Velvia!?".
So I am considering taking the tact in future of selling it (on eBay for example) and then with the money I get for, say, a batch of 10, buying 2 or 3 high quality Fuji film (Fuji Velvia ISO100 of ISO50 for example or whatever I need for the purpose) as a replacement.
However, that will make me less snap happy and may result in me taking less photos!
So my question is - is it best to take lots of shots with average film saving on the cost of purchase but then with the one brilliant snap you get sit and look at it and think how much better it might have been with quality film. Or is best to get the best film you can afford, and just try to be more careful?
What do others do? Lots of cheap film, or a little high quality expensive film?
Ted
With every film processed I get a free replacement from Jessops (their own brand). It's not DX coded, and will usually be either ISO200 or ISO400. But my F65 assumes a film is ISO100 if there's no DX encoding. The film is also, I expect, of average quality.
But I am at the stage in my photographic 'life' where I want to use the best of everything. If I take a great snap with my Jessops film, I think to myself "How might it have looked with Fuji Velvia!?".
So I am considering taking the tact in future of selling it (on eBay for example) and then with the money I get for, say, a batch of 10, buying 2 or 3 high quality Fuji film (Fuji Velvia ISO100 of ISO50 for example or whatever I need for the purpose) as a replacement.
However, that will make me less snap happy and may result in me taking less photos!
So my question is - is it best to take lots of shots with average film saving on the cost of purchase but then with the one brilliant snap you get sit and look at it and think how much better it might have been with quality film. Or is best to get the best film you can afford, and just try to be more careful?
What do others do? Lots of cheap film, or a little high quality expensive film?
Ted