My first Film Camera in Tokyo.
I've been wanting to get into Film Photography for a very long time, and while there was no reason why I've finally decided to get a camera, there was also no particular reason why to move from digital to film with all the nuisances it brings.
Many people have, philosophical motifs as to why film is superior than digital, or vice versa and while I do agree, I love real film grain, and not shitty VSCO film filters, there's some beauty to the craft, ideas put behind the camera and having specific limitations.
You can't push the colors, can't take 20 pictures in the hope that one is gonna turn out fine, can't look the final result right away.
Bottomline: You remove instant gratification from the equation.
Now for some reason this is something that's been resonating with me, after years of taking pictures with digital cameras, and don't get me wrong having fun, I feel at some point you get a little bit comfortable by the convenience of technology. And while I celebrate technology. I feel, while also looking at my peers work, photography has become a little bit more of a mindless hobby.
, so we put more importance on post-processing and trying to find better ways to resolve the narrative of the 500 images that were took.
Well not really with Film.
I decided to buy a Minolta x-700 mainly after watching many youtube and site reviews about it being good for beginners. I had other models in mind, but I wanted something cheap, with good construction that I can (and will) throw in the bottom of my backpack and not care if it's gonna break from bad-handling.
The camera feels perfect in my hands, the weight is just about right.
Lens is a 50 1.4, and while I'm not 100% happy with 50mm because in general I'd prefer 35mm, it's a very nice lens, and I don't have complains at all.
For Film decided to buy Portra 800 to have some high ISO and take some night pictures.
Film didn't behave as I was expecting but it's mostly my fault.
It has a slightly green tint which I don't really like, I think I would have love to edit each picture to make it more aligned to my vision but I didn't want to compromise the original results.
Most difficult part of my first film adventure was to nail the focus, after years of using auto-focus, it took me quite some time to understand what was going on inside the viewfinder.
On the other hand, looking at the pictures I had some problems with the shutter speed, but that's part of the learning curve, I'm sure I'll get to a point where i'm happy with this kind of photography.
Sharing also some outtakes of pictures that didn't come the way I was expecting.
