>>3936884I posted this in another thread but I'll post it here too
I wouldn't advise you get into film unless you had your own darkroom to actually process them in. Honestly the scanners and labs vary so much in quality that getting a consistent result is hard, and thats the worst thing for a beginner. Your photos will come back looking fine but each lab is different and will apply color shifts that are completely out of your control, as well as correct for any overexposure or underexposure.
If you need to go into lightroom to change things because you didn't like the initial scans, then is there even a reason to shoot film? Just go digital.
Also you need to pay hella money for actually decent scans. If you want to match the quality of digital, every chain in the film process needs to be of the same quality, or, for example there's no point of buying better quality lenses, if you're just gonna get 5MP scans.
The only real way to get a consistent result for film, and is what the pros used, you need to shoot slide film.
>>3936954>>3936950You can absolutely print color and BW in the Darkroom, but you'll need different chemicals for both and color paper needs to be handled in the complete darkness, no safelight. And you'll typically only make prints of a few shots on your roll unless you're very conservative with shooting. Its a fun process and you really learn a lot. Scans can often make a shitty, over exposured negative look fine, whereas it'll stick out like a sore thumb in your darkroom.
If you do go with the darkroom route, honestly save as much money on your equipment (get a 90s autofocus SLR and some lenses) and just invest it into the film and paper as much as you can. You'll learn a lot more that way.
