05-24-2014, 10:51 AM
Hello Joju,
I agree with you on the merit of film as an extra medium to survive times but that too is relatively fragile, sadly, so it's not my main reason. I've been looking mostly into "doing something else" than my typical photography.
As for holders, I acquired a better scanning holder that I haven't tried yet but it sure looks like it's going to improve the workflow speed by two. I wasn't ever sure of the focus accuracy, the film curl was noticeable (on kodak, ilford, ...) and I couldn't stand clipping and unclipping these frames. The MF holder I have uses these ANR glass, I hope it's going to be successful.
Strangely, despite the gain of "resolution", I intend it mostly for portraiture eventhough I was mostly a landscape shooter.
Merrills are oustanding buggy cameras :-)
I agree with you on the merit of film as an extra medium to survive times but that too is relatively fragile, sadly, so it's not my main reason. I've been looking mostly into "doing something else" than my typical photography.
As for holders, I acquired a better scanning holder that I haven't tried yet but it sure looks like it's going to improve the workflow speed by two. I wasn't ever sure of the focus accuracy, the film curl was noticeable (on kodak, ilford, ...) and I couldn't stand clipping and unclipping these frames. The MF holder I have uses these ANR glass, I hope it's going to be successful.
Strangely, despite the gain of "resolution", I intend it mostly for portraiture eventhough I was mostly a landscape shooter.
Merrills are oustanding buggy cameras :-)