Thanks for the warm welcome everyone, very much appreciated! Maybe I can trade photography knowledge for bike knowledge in London till I'm less a danger to myself ;)
mechanical_vandal: is your plan just to work just in the darkroom (essentially not bothering about scanning negatives?) It's a laudable goal, but there really isn't anything preventing you from doing several things at once. Developing C41 is a piece of cake for the most part. Printing C41 will obviously take years to properly master (like anything), but there's nothing stopping you shooting and having a bigger selection of negs to choose from when your printing skills are finally up to snuff.
A good enough scanner (Epson V500) and good film holders will 'only' set you back the uh, cost of a pair of Phil Wood hubs!
Also, because some others have mentioned her in this thread, there will be a hopefully very interesting Vivian Maier exhibition in Derby next month as part of the Format Festival. I would say it'd be definitely worthwhile popping down to a day to look at some of the work, some interesting artists there.
Yeah when shooting film I'd like to see it through to completion in the darkroom.
I'm lucky enough to have had a good enough student loan for the past few years that I have built up a very good digital kit which is invaluable but for me, film is all about being hands on throughout the process.
I had heard that there was going to be a Vivian Maier exhibition during the London Street Photography Festival which I'm hoping to make it to but hadn't heard about Derby.
It's a lot closer so driving down might be a possibility. I'll speak to some of my mates n see if they fancy it.
Yeah when shooting film I'd like to see it through to completion in the darkroom.
I'm lucky enough to have had a good enough student loan for the past few years that I have built up a very good digital kit which is invaluable but for me, film is all about being hands on throughout the process.
I had heard that there was going to be a Vivian Maier exhibition during the London Street Photography Festival which I'm hoping to make it to but hadn't heard about Derby.
It's a lot closer so driving down might be a possibility. I'll speak to some of my mates n see if they fancy it.