I made same decision a few years ago. But not for work. In darkroom, you'll
find the benefits of medium or large format for large size enlarger
printing. I'm glad to hear somebody to setup darkroom nowadays.
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Michael
On 21 May 2012 04:44, Dawid Loubser <dawid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Gentlemen, it's been a blast - but I have decided that 35mm film is
> doing my work more harm than good.
> The Olympus OM equipment is so darn spectacular to use, that they
> automatically take preference over other (larger-format) cameras
> for... shall we say... "considered" work.
>
> I could never stand the agony of carefully breaking up and selling my
> rather spectacular OM kit, so I sold the whole lot to a local dealer
> for about $6000. It broke my heart, but it needed to be done. Even
> when you shoot an amazing film like Adox CHS 25, only a few of the OM
> lenses have the optical qualities to produce spectacular prints, which
> even the humblest Mamiya RB or large-format lens can. I just processed
> some 6x7cm Pan F work, and I decided "that's it - 35mm could never
> compare, so why continue torturing yourself to get the best out of
> those tiny negatives with even *more* effort than what it takes to
> produce good MF and LF work?"
>
> I have returned to my roots, and that meant letting go of this - most
> satisfying of 35mm systems. I am going to use the funds to build a new
> darkroom, and to acquire a few necessary medium- and large-format-
> related pieces of equipment. Be prepared for a couple of interesting
> OM items that will no doubt show up on eBay soon (21/2.0, 40/2.0,
> 90/2.0, 250/2.0, OM-3Ti, 20/38/80/135 macros, etc). I won't be
> following all of that - though I am mighty curious as to what a
> 250/2.0 will fetch on the open market.
>
> If I remain subscribed to this list, it's only because I have hundreds
> of OM negatives yet to print and scan, and I would like to continue
> sharing and discussing them on this most characterful list. It does
> sadden me that 95% of posts on this list no longer discuss OM gear or
> film-related work, but that's the nature of being in 2012, I guess.
>
> Thank you all for the interesting discussions, thoughts, and ideas.
> Oh - and Moose - it's a little bit your fault :-)
> (only kidding)
>
> Dawid Loubser
> http://philosomatographer.deviantart.com/gallery/
>
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