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shrubbery · 11-30-2003, 03:28 PM

I got interested in photography only 4 months ago, now I'm hooked.

Got started out with a fully manual almost 30 years old SLR camera and a colour process B&W film (Kodak Pro. T400CN, for you geeks out there). Got about 10 decent shots out of 36 exposures film

Then I moved on to a never Pentax SLR .. a bit more automatic, a bit easier and a lot better shots

I would follow the advice to take a course. I'm so fortunate that I work for a photographer, so it was kinda easy to get really good advice. Would have taken me a lot longer time to learn it on my own.

A tip for reducing costs: Only develop the film at the local photo-store and get yourself a filmscanner. That way you can look at all the pictures and edit them before ordering the prints. That way you don't even have to use B&W film .. you just use photoshop or similar to make it black and white.

11-30-2003, 03:28 PM	#13 (permalink)
shrubbery Tilted Location: North Europe	I got interested in photography only 4 months ago, now I'm hooked. Got started out with a fully manual almost 30 years old SLR camera and a colour process B&W film (Kodak Pro. T400CN, for you geeks out there). Got about 10 decent shots out of 36 exposures film Then I moved on to a never Pentax SLR .. a bit more automatic, a bit easier and a lot better shots I would follow the advice to take a course. I'm so fortunate that I work for a photographer, so it was kinda easy to get really good advice. Would have taken me a lot longer time to learn it on my own. A tip for reducing costs: Only develop the film at the local photo-store and get yourself a filmscanner. That way you can look at all the pictures and edit them before ordering the prints. That way you don't even have to use B&W film .. you just use photoshop or similar to make it black and white.