Create 35mm film from digital photos...Oh the insanity! WHY? How? Do they look good?

[@TadTadd]

Uh oh, the guy at Gamma Tech has a notice on his web page that he's going to close up shop on December 20. So sad to see this business go. He says between the 35 years of service and the equipment wearing out, the time has come. Now I'll have to send off a few more sets of photos while I can!

[@jsollowsphotography]

Love the video, in fact I’ve watched several now and your enthusiasm is infectious! As for the bike photo, it would be a perfect candidate for split grade printing.

[@TadTadd]

Thanks! And that sounds like a plan, though I am a bit unclear of whether split grade printing achieves something that careful selection of a single filter cannot--I have heard people say it's a completely different process with its own capabilities, and others say that it is more of a tool for choosing a filter grade between filters. Since I use a VC head, if it's the latter, I ought to be able to dial it in. So, is split grade something above and beyond choosing one precise grade?

[@arnefackel5532]

Thats a interesting topic! I started printing photos in my room last year, its been fun so far :) I never heard of someone doing that with a digital photo!

[@TadTadd]

Give it a shot! This made me really happy because it gives me access to photos I remembered from the past that would normally be unaccessible for me in the darkroom.

[@_H_2023]

You know I've been looking for a company to print my digital images but as negatives on large format acetate rather than just printing on my own printer. I want this so I can do contact printing roughly A4 / A2 size. Now I've seen your video I'm starting to think it can be done and not a pipe dream. Good look with your own workTadTadd.

[@TadTadd]

Thanks! I hope you find what you are looking for. I was afraid I'd never find someone to do this work, and I eventually found a guy, so good luck in your endeavors.

[@jonjanson8021]

Great idea! I want to make silver gelatine prints in my darkroom. Less cost and better quality.

[@ScaleDreamsStudio]

I’ve been looking for a place that would create negatives from a digital file. This is great! Thank you for sharing this. One question, what if one sends a black and white image. Will that work also?

[@OriginalTLab3000]

Yes, sure, it will. No reason why it shouldn't work.

[@ScaleDreamsStudio]

@@OriginalTLab3000Thanks! This way I can do all the editing I want before I have a negative done.

[@londonskaterboi]

i love all my memories to be physical including negatives

[@TadTadd]

Totally agree--this method is not so much a method for a huge amount of photos; it's more of a solution for "But what about that great photo I took on my iPhone three years ago, I want to print it on B&W paper in my darkroom!" Or, in my case, I want to print photos that I took in my "digital years" There is something special about light from the subject striking the negative, then being projected onto photo paper and producing a finished print that we can hold in our hands all without the intervention of digital anything.

[@petepictures]

The only complaint I would have is, I would like us to have shooting film as to proof , something we photographed is real , not manipulated. As a journalism and other real proof.

[@TadTadd]

I totally agree--that's why I just couldn't get fully behind using Silver Efex Pro to scratch my B&W itch: I wanted it to be the real deal wherever possible. I am not shooting photojournalism, so for my own work I do have artistic leeway. But I'd rather be dodging and burning and using contrast filters than clicking a mouse. This really was to address my tens of thousands of digital photographs that I might want to render in black-and-white. Like that bird at the waterfront, I would remember photos like that and say "wow, I wish I could..." and now I can.