mediumformat – Luigi Barbano Photography https://www.barbano.barbanollc.com Photography and Marketing since 1994 Fri, 02 Oct 2020 16:31:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 Gear Talk: Holga 120S https://www.barbano.barbanollc.com/2020/10/gear-talk-holga-120s/ Fri, 02 Oct 2020 16:27:28 +0000 http://www.barbano.com/?p=2322 Gear Talk: Holga 120S

Sometime a cheap plastic camera can be a lot of fun. This camera has character created by all the defects of a cheap camera put together!

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Here some images taken with Ilford HP5 and developer in Ilfotec HC. Click on them to enlarge.

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See you next time… perhaps with a little more serious camera!

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]]> Sometime a cheap plastic camera can be a lot of fun. This camera has character created by all the defects of a cheap camera put together!

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Here some images taken with Ilford HP5 and developer in Ilfotec HC. Click on them to enlarge.

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See you next time… perhaps with a little more serious camera!

]]> It’s not just that I’m an old dinosaur… https://www.barbano.barbanollc.com/2020/09/its-not-just-that-im-an-old-dinosaur/ Thu, 24 Sep 2020 15:04:17 +0000 http://www.barbano.com/?p=2309 It’s not just that I’m an old dinosaur…

I had been asked many times why I still use film for some of my projects. Sometime the fact that I’m an old dinosaur was implied, but is not just that.

The fact is that I really like film photography for many reasons and not just for the better aesthetic for some situations.

Here my main ten reasons, you can read just the titles or you can open the video below and hear the complete explanation I give:

  • It’s simple
  • Better learning curve
  • More control
  • Film means reality
  • Visible without tools
  • Variety of formats and cameras
  • Aesthetic
  • Value
  • It’s a slow process
  • It’s analogue!

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]]> I had been asked many times why I still use film for some of my projects. Sometime the fact that I’m an old dinosaur was implied, but is not just that.

The fact is that I really like film photography for many reasons and not just for the better aesthetic for some situations.

Here my main ten reasons, you can read just the titles or you can open the video below and hear the complete explanation I give:

  • It’s simple
  • Better learning curve
  • More control
  • Film means reality
  • Visible without tools
  • Variety of formats and cameras
  • Aesthetic
  • Value
  • It’s a slow process
  • It’s analogue!

If you want to see a comparison between film and digital, you can read a couple of articles I wrote some time ago:

Digital Fuji Acros vs Ilford FP4 Film

Fuji Acros Digital vs Fuji Acros Film

Until the next time!

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