Recently I purchased a Nikon F100 to use on my travels and journeys across the world. Ever since I started photography I’ve always had a fascination with the idea of shooting film but my father would always tell me it was a waste of time. Currently in the photography world there is a resurgence in film, so I thought there’s no better time than now to get into the game. After I had made my decision to invest in the medium, I saved up enough money to buy a film camera and some film before I went to Tijuana to visit Damian, one of my friends from exchange. The main reason I chose a Film SLR instead of rangefinder or point and shoot was due to the ease of use. The camera did all of the metering for me and was capable of autofocus. I already shoot with a Nikon so I knew using this camera would be easy (which it was) and I was able to use all the same lenses I would put on my DSLR. I really only liked a couple of the photos that I took, but either way it was my first time shooting film so I probably made some mistakes. Anyways here are some of the photos I got off of my 2 rolls.
In my personal opinion my photos didn’t look to sharp or crazy detailed like other peoples film shots. I think it has to do with the focusing on my specific camera or maybe with the film lab that processed it, who knows? Next time I plan on switching up the film lab I use and possibly scanning my own film and seeing whether that works better considering I can choose to scan whichever ones I like the most in the highest detail. I also ended up resetting my camera’s custom settings back to the factory defaults so maybe that might help. Anyways I know I’ll be able to improve on my film photography and learn from the mistakes. Thanks for reading and if you enjoyed any of the photos go ahead and follow my Instagram down below!
Instagram: @thesiddhantc