Posted by Alumni from Wired
June 16, 2024
Digital photography is well into its third decade, yet film keeps hanging on, lying there shouting, 'It's just a flesh wound!' I'd argue that film photography will never die. In the postapocalyptic future, long after the grid has collapsed and all our digital images are gone, someone will pop up with a Nikon FM2T and carry on documenting the world with expired Tri-X. If you want to shoot film, fear not, it's easier than ever to shoot, develop, and print film. We've put together this guide to help you learn, or re-learn, the joys of film photography, whether you're a newcomer or an expert, but haven't shot film in a few years. If you want to get started with analog photography, you'll need a film camera. This could be an entire guide on its own, but in the interests of simplicity, I'll suggest a couple of capable, reasonably priced 35-mm film cameras. Naturally, there are hundreds of other film cameras out there to choose from, ranging from brand-new offerings by manufacturers like... learn more