As a symbol of seriousness in photography, i'm collecting all manual film cameras and try to use them where possible as much as i can. It is just a great feeling to feature them in my photography life.
I learn alot with film photography, and yes i encountered many times of wasting of film negatives; due to my error slotting the film into the body. Haha..good experience, by doing it, practice is just the most perfect way to master it. Maybe in 2010, i need to invest for enlarger, a special wet lab just to develop my own film. Black and White film.
I just ignore if someone keep telling me that playing a film camera is wasting money and time (you need to wait for the outcomes). Maybe they just don't really understand what camera is all about. Film photography is something every photographer should at least know about. There is no point being a great digital photographer but don't have any ideas about the origin and evolution in tradisional photography approach to digital tech.
it's fun. try and error is super fun. getting a great image from film camera is totally undescribable how fun it is!
