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Some pics from the deep freeze here last week.

I'm more excited about re-creating wooly mammoths!

A trail camera in Australia allegedly spotted a creature that seems to resemble a Tasmanian tiger!

I started with film when I was 15, then switched to digital years later, then lost interest at some point as the process just wasn't rewarding anymore, and switched back to film again about 4-5 years ago. Digital is definitely very useful, accessible and has many other advantages, but it doesn't do much for me in terms of enjoying the process... I only use digital + a telephoto lens when I'm doing some bird/wildlife spotting these days. Otherwise, I'm currently shooting exclusively with my Pentax ME Super... That's literally my setup now, there's nothing else.

We'll sort something out...

Will do. I still owe you beer too, let me know when thats possible

Keep me updated with your film adventures, please. I hope to finally be able to set up a proper darkroom this summer too, once I take care of some important things and can hopefully go back to living my life. It would be cool to exchange experiences and tips as we progress

Countryside? I'd release them at the seat of government

Im excited to try it out, thats a pretty ringing endorsement. The guy at the camera store was telling me all about the options and film and chemicals mixtures and even packages when buying certain films they charge a small surplus and included is developing that film after. Its kinda crazy, he was talking about the same thing about film making a very large comeback with the younger generation. He was also mentioning they even offer film classes these days again with all the renewed interest. I remembered Polaroids where doing the same thing maybe 10 years ago or so, its interesting how things seem to always come full circle. Ill have to dig out a little notpad or notebook thats a great tip for when I get into this. Again I just take for granted how simple digital is, never having to worry about any of that. If you ever want to circle back all the info is inbedded

Guys, John's talking to himself again.

I hope you get into film, but to be honest, it sounds like you already have I might be biased, but it's extremely rewarding and even cathartic at times. It's probably no surprise that in the tiring world of fast consumption and instant gratification, the younger generation is actually rediscovering film photography... I mean, the demand has grown so much that Kodak have hired over 300 film technicians and are looking to hire more, and Ricoh/Pentax have recently announced their plans to make a new film camera, and are getting the veteran film engineers to teach their skills to the young ones. I honestly never thought I would ever see it happen again, but I am very happy about the revival. Oh man, you're in for a real treat! Shooting film is great, but developing film is even more fun, and there are so many things you can actually experiment with, both while shooting and processing, especially with B&W film... Since you mentioned ISO, there's a fun technique called pushing or pulling film, and it can produce some very interesting results in certain situations. There's even infrared film which you use with certain colour filters for taking some totally crazy, psychedelic images. The options for creativity are literally endless... One advice I would give is to actually take notes of each picture you end up taking - basic information such as the aperture, shutter speed, film type and ISO, lens used, metering mode, lighting conditions, etc. It will help a ton later on.

Beautiful! I definitely agree with you it was the part I had the hardest time with was going through the photos after the fact in digital. I loved going out and shooting but they would just sit there on my memory card with no motivation to do anything more to often. Theres just something that seems satisfying (at least from the outside even) about doing your own developing hands on. Im going to spend sometime looking into the processing but it looked like my local store sold everything ill need to toy around with the film camera. The battery wasnt too bad I picked that up but as far as the chemicals and film I didnt really realize how many options their actually is so Ill do some more research first. I had no idea you buy the film with the iso you want to shoot for starters let alone colour and black and white. I will definitely try to share some more, might help make me keep up with that too. We are planning too. He was talking about how hard it was to get out to meet up groups for photography which is what he was trying to do because of how far it is. Fairly sure he wasnt driving anymore so that could work out nicely. I've only got one Grand parent left and shes 94 who we just spent Christmas with and my better half doesnt know any of hers.

First movie partially shot on ISS/in space: Looks really beautiful. Not too sure about the storyline; basically a doctor is brought on the space station to perform a heart surgery on a Kosmonaut in zero-gravity. Will definitely give it a go though.

So that camera is basically new nice find... Make sure to share some shots once you try it out! That's a heartwarming story... And yeah, this is the best part about hobbies in general, but also about photography specifically - it can truly connect people... For some reason, whenever you comes across someone who shares your love and interest in it, there's a feeling of instant mutual respect and approval You should definitely keep in touch with that older gentleman I also agree about mirrorless - I am fascinated by the progressing technology, image quality, speed and what not, but there's no way I could justify the costs, haha.

Minus 2, can't feel my toes but even with no filter, don't think the photos quite justify how it looked this morning.

The sunset sky over my neighbourhood today.

The Innocent Railway Way Tunnel - Marchmount Edinburgh. A closed rail line that has been converted into a path used by joggers, cyclists, dog walkers & graffiti art users.

Thank you both Yeah, I've been in contact with them for almost a week now, and agreed to give it ago. We'll see how it goes. I think there's a growing demand for astrophotography images at the moment, so it would be pretty neat if it pays for a few beers every month, haha. @Viva la FCB here are some of my favourites (highly compressed as the original ones are 25MB+, so don't mind the quality)

Took a quick picture of the sky on one of my last walks yesterday evening. Pictures never do the real thing justice though.

Ben Nevis and surroundings, the Highlands of Scotland.

Scottish Highlands - Loch Lubnaig

Some unedited photos from a weekend road trip a few weeks back, idk how to make the vertical ones rotate