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If you're going to go this far, doesn't it just make sense to get a K-1000 and do film. It's a lot more fun IMO.

• macintux 3y ago
  I love shooting film, but I also have 30-40 undeveloped rolls, and scanning is another big headache. Film adds a huge overhead to your workflow, and I can’t blame people who don’t want to deal with it.
  • SoftTalker 3y ago
    The overhead is the point of shooting on film these days. Each shot is costly and time-consuming, so you think about what you are doing and the shots that make it to a print are your well-considered best ones. Scanning doesn't even makes sense in this mindset. When I used to be into photography I shot B&W film and did all my own processing and prints. Never scanned anything (of course, scanners didn't exist in those days, at least not in the consumer market). I started with a K-1000 also, there's something wonderful about its simplicity. Even though the viewfinder is dim and the action is slow by today's standards, you are in total control of aperture, focus, and shutter speed. I moved up to a slightly more automated Ricoh body that accepted all my Pentax lenses, but started lacking the time to spend on this hobby and eventually just stopped. The camera and lenses still work some 30+ years later, but are sitting on a shelf. I never got into digital photography. I found it entirely unrewarding. I have maybe a dozen photos on my phone and they are just used as sort of visual notes of things I need for a short while.