I recently bought a Nikon F80 for £22.50 to add to my ever-increasing collection of street photography cameras and have been eager to get out and test it.
In 5 minutes I had the two images I wanted,
Right, off to the darkroom to process and print it.
I had under exposed the film by 1 stop which is my preference in very bright sunlight, I used ID 11 to process the film, one to one dilution for 12 minutes, 30 seconds’ plain water for the stop, 5 minutes in the fix and a 30-minute wash to finish... perfect.
There is for me still something that is so beautiful about using film combined with a traditional darkroom print; it's a real work of art, a labour of love.
As more and more of us take the journey to produce the ultimate quality print from a camera system with bulging megapixels, have we lost the sight of the fact that content is king, the true art that is photography.
The Nikon F80 cost £22.50. Cheap as chips as someone once said. Don't get me wrong I do own and love very expensive camera systems, never the less the F80 is as valuable to me as it still gives me the opportunity to express myself, particularly with street photography, and produce beautiful black and white darkroom prints.
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