ALRIGHT no digital

yer_averagejoe · 14 Aug 2006 at 00:44

Ok am I the only one here it seems that hasn't caught on to the whole digital thing yet?

The reason I don't use the photography part of these forums is simply because all I see here is talk about digital cameras and no one ever mentions film.

I prefer film and I'm not going to go into why. I also don't want to start a big debate.

I just want to know who is with me?

even if you use both?

joe

*takes cover

southy1978 · 14 Aug 2006 at 01:08

I think you'll find there are a few regulars on here that use film still so you can feel free to come out from under the sofa

yer_averagejoe · 14 Aug 2006 at 01:13

phew.

you know i was actually scared? only a few of my closest friends don't slate me for not using digital.

Granted, digital has its advantages but film requires more skill

Hides again!

cyKey · 14 Aug 2006 at 01:15

I have a Topcon SLR, a Lomo LC-A, a Canon EOS 50 SLR and a Kodak Duaflex Medium Format TLR. Don't worry about the digital users, its just cheaper and easier these days for many people.

yer_averagejoe said:
Granted, digital has its advantages but film requires more skill

Hides again!

Don't be silly. I can use my Canon 50mm f/1.8 lens on either my Canon 10D DSLR or my Canon EOS 50 SLR. The only difference is that one camera uses film and the other uses a memory card. It'll be just as hard/easy to take a good shot on both cameras.

Cybermyk · 14 Aug 2006 at 01:19

I can see a time in the future when archives have been lost or deleted and we haven't used CD or DVD formats for years. Then a whole generation of family photo's and art could be lost.

However

We take so many more photo's now as there is little cost involved and we can correct them and alter them and share them etc.

It's just a pity we don't print more of them.

cyKey · 14 Aug 2006 at 01:23

Cybermyk said:
I can see a time in the future when archives have been lost or deleted and we haven't used CD or DVD formats for years. Then a whole generation of family photo's and art could be lost.

However

We take so many more photo's now as there is little cost involved and we can correct them and alter them and share them etc.

It's just a pity we don't print more of them.

A future war involving EMP weapons could wipe out our entire history.

A5H · 14 Aug 2006 at 01:29

I liked using film at college. But I don't have access to a darkroom anymore so it'd be pointless for me to continue with film (I wouldn't like them getting developed at a place, as that takes away half the fun/ability to play around).

Cybermyk · 14 Aug 2006 at 01:33

cyKey said:
A future war involving EMP weapons could wipe out our entire history.

We'd be back to the stone age after that so nobody would give a damn about your gran or a sunset/landscape pic then anyway. But they could at least burn the prints

Mohain · 14 Aug 2006 at 09:47

I use film as well as digi. I've got an LC-A, Lubitel, Mamiya rangefinder, Nikon FG20, all of which are loaded with film right now. I won't bother to argue with you about your unfounded flippant comment but I will say that each format has it's own advantages and disavantages.

[DOD]Asprilla · 14 Aug 2006 at 09:56

I've got an EOS350D (new) and an EOS5 (£100 offebay) and I can tell you which one takes the better pictures..

I love using the 5 because it's images just look so much nicer when printed, unfortunately it's just inconvenient haiving to carry and change rolls and expensive when compated to a couple of 1gig cards allowing me to take 500 pictures and pick the best few.

I regularly use both, the 350D I use to learn about better pictures and composition and then I think and put it into practice with the 5.

steveo · 14 Aug 2006 at 10:22

i still have 2 film cameras (nikon f2 and another nikon i cant remember the name

) but they dont get much use now that i have a canon 350d and a nikon 5700

hoodmeister · 14 Aug 2006 at 11:26

I'm really starting to get into using both. I process my own film.

I would like to start shooting medium format, too - but that won't be for a little while.

Belly · 14 Aug 2006 at 11:30

yer_averagejoe said:
Granted, digital has its advantages but film requires more skill

Hides again!

You can be skillful with a digital or a film camera.

I once took about 8 rolls of film (from a Kenyan Safari) to my local developer. Every single negative had a horizontal scratch from one side to the other which showed on the photograph. Up until that point I swore by film. To reproduce the shots I had to scan the originals into my computer and clone out the scratch. I also noticed that photos taken on the same day but on a different roll of film had colour changes obviously due to development and printing.

I was certainly more skillful using my Canon AE1 with all its attachments but I wouldn't go back to film on a permanent basis.

Other forum members have submitted truly great shots for C+C many of them would have needed a great amount of skill taking the photo and in post processing.

Having said that it's good to hear from "One of the Old Guard"

Raymond Lin · 14 Aug 2006 at 12:06

I have semi retired my Canon EOS 30 now, ever since i got the A60 2 years ago, even more so now with the S70 I haven't shot a film through it. Shame, it is a lovely camera too, with eye control, infra red remote and all the high tech stuff a 30D can do.

cyKey · 14 Aug 2006 at 12:15

I've always wondered how the eye control would cope if you were distracted by a pretty girl in the shot

hoodmeister · 14 Aug 2006 at 12:19

You'd end up with a photo of Aunt Mary OOF, but the pretty girl somewhere over there nice and sharp! :eek:

cyKey · 14 Aug 2006 at 12:20

hoodmeister said:
You'd end up with a photo of Aunt Mary OOF, but the pretty girl somewhere over there nice and sharp!

I guess that does explain why Raymond has so many pics of girls

Raymond Lin · 14 Aug 2006 at 12:21

cyKey said:
I've always wondered how the eye control would cope if you were distracted by a pretty girl in the shot

Then the pretty girl becomes in focus, but the boring stationary abstract object won't

yer_averagejoe · 14 Aug 2006 at 12:28

hoodmeister said:
I'm really starting to get into using both. I process my own film.

I would like to start shooting medium format, too - but that won't be for a little while.

medium format is so good. Its as easy to develop as standard 35mm film. is it just because medium format cameras tend to be pretty expensive? Unfortunately I'm out of the darkroom because my new flat is too small to have one. I think one of my friends just set up one though so i might go over to his sometime.

Anyone here into super8?

hoodmeister · 14 Aug 2006 at 12:34

yer_averagejoe said:
medium format is so good. Its as easy to develop as standard 35mm film. is it just because medium format cameras tend to be pretty expensive?

Yes, cost is the only reason that I'm not already shooting medium format right now - I realise that basic setups can be had for very little money, but I really have to watch the pennies at the moment - trying to fund a move etc. etc.

I'll be in there when I can though!