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Jonathan Canlas: Film Is not dead (2012, New Riders) 3 stars

Presents a beginner's guide to film photography, discussing the best cameras, lenses, films, and processing …

If you get it from a library it's alright

3 stars

First off, I wouldn't recommend spending the $59.99 MSRP on this book. But if you see it at your local library like I did, it can be worth checking out. A significant amount of the 269 page count is, admittedly nice looking, photos. So there's less informative writing here then I would have liked. Although it credits two authors, the book is majorly written by a professional wedding photographer named Jonathan Canlas. Film is an expensive hobby, sure, but Jonathan is definitely in a different tier than I am. His daily driver camera is a nearly $3k medium format monster called a Contax 645. And I definitely don't have the money for that, lol. He definitely gives some interesting tips about photography, but I doubt I'll ever be able to comfortably drop the money needed to replicate his gear loadout.