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Old 20th January 2010, 06:06 PM
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Paul Hogan recommended this forum to me when I ordered some developer and extras from his website, and I was pleasantly surprised about the friendly reception I got over here.

Although I started with photography some 50 years ago, I haven't had any exposure to analogue photography for many years. I used to have all my pictures processed by labs, basically shooting 'machine-wash' colour negative and slide film, and having my prints done by people more competent in these matters than me. I didn't really worry much about technical details.

About ten years ago, I switched to digital photography, and got infected by the image editing bug. So that's why so many people are fascinated by designing their own pictures...

I then discovered that there are a number of areas where digital photography is frustrating, e.g. when trying to do low-light candid photography. Current digital technology is either very powerful but bulky and not exactly inconspicuous or cheap, frustratingly slow and very inflexible, or an emulation of analogue photography but at a clear premium price (think Leica M9).

I don't believe in investing into my hobby like a pro, so I decided to do street photography the analogue way and bought my first analogue camera after ten years - a Japanese interpretation of what Leica could have designed, had they wished to build truly modern cameras, a Konica Hexar RF (and I love it).

So now I'm entering the miraculous world of negative film again, where box speeds are treacherous promises and image quality still is a matter of manual, chemical processing skills. In a nutshell: This smells like adventure.

While I will not abandon my computer-based image processing workflow, I am trying to learn the things I considered black magic not too long ago: all the intricacies of film exposure and development.

My aim is to process my films in such a way that they produce optimum quality in a film scanner. The rest will probably be the same as in my previous digital photography.

Right now, I'm just a sorcerer's apprentice who tries to get a grip on film black magic, and I am looking forward to learn from all of you ...
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Old 20th January 2010, 06:51 PM
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Old 20th January 2010, 07:11 PM
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Welcome Timo and thanks for a very informative introduction.
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Old 20th January 2010, 07:34 PM
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Hello Timo and welcome to FADU.

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Paul Hogan? Isn't he an old croc?

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Welcpme, Timo. We need the faces from all over.
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Old 20th January 2010, 08:46 PM
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Oops of course I meant Peter Hogan!
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