fables by an urban lad from bombay. » rajubhai http://www.quarterbar.com Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:23:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Over with 35-millimetre film? http://www.quarterbar.com/2010/04/05/over-with-35-millimetre-film/ http://www.quarterbar.com/2010/04/05/over-with-35-millimetre-film/#comments Mon, 05 Apr 2010 16:52:31 +0000 mach3 http://www.quarterbar.com/?p=399 ‘Digital Monochrome’ has been around for a good three or four years now. Maybe I should switch to it.

I enjoy the experience of using film – the 35 minute train journey downtown to Rajubhai’s shop where I purchase the film and then a rickshaw ride to Bandra to get the film processed after I have exposed them. And then the scanning – at home on my EPSON V600. I’m not so sure about 35-millimeter film anymore. Firstly, it isn’t easily available. Fuji Neopan is the only film easy to find but something seems to be wrong with it. Maybe they don’t store it right. And secondly, scanning is a pain. The dust, spots and scratches are difficult to negotiate. I still enjoy medium format 6×6 photography (120-millimeter film on my Yashica Mat). And medium format negatives are a lot easier to scan. I shot this photo at a Kathakali performance at Fort Cochin in the last week of March. I didn’t particularly enjoy scanning it. So I’ll put my Canon AE-1P away for the moment. Perhaps.

FIN

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