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JR1 Loc: Tavistock, Devon, UK

Do you still use film

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/8525839/Traditional-camera-film-makes-a-come-back.html

http://www.stevehuffphoto.com/2010/05/13/is-film-making-a-comeback-why-indeed-it-is/

houdel Loc: Chase, Michigan USA

What can you use BESIDES film for taking photographs? Just kidding, I do have a Canon 20D and have a Canon 5D Mk III on my short list for Christmas. But for serious art photography I turn to film. Digital is great, no doubt about it. But if you want to hang a gallery sized print to be proud of, the tonal graduation, color saturation and sharpness of film can't be beat.

Racin17 Loc: Western Pa

That may be true. I am not of that shooting ability. I retired my canon ae-1 after my last vacation. The money i spent on film and developing was over half of what my p510 was to buy.

rocar7 Loc: Alton, England

I have three cameras loaded with film right now. Two Minoltas, an XG-M and an X-700, and a Zorki 4. The Zorki is pure manual, so I use my old Weston Master exposure meter with it. The two Minoltas have TTL metering. All three are manual focus. The lenses for the Minoltas range from a 35mm Soligor to a 250mm Minolta mirror lens.

I get the film developed commercially (ie at the local chemist!) and scan the negatives to produce a digital image. Any really good shots can go off to a lab for printing. The best of both worlds.

PS I also have digital, including a Canon SX50 and a 5D Mk11!

Pepper Loc: Planet Earth Country USA

I still have my Minolta Maxxum 7000 but I can't justify the added expense and I like the instant gratification I get with my digital cameras. So I guess the short answer is no.

haroldross Loc: Walthill, Nebraska

I still have a Canon loaded with film and a fresh battery.

lilac

JR1 wrote:

Do you still use film

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/8525839/Traditional-camera-film-makes-a-come-back.html

http://www.stevehuffphoto.com/2010/05/13/is-film-making-a-comeback-why-indeed-it-is/

I love film although I have accumulated way to many rolls of film that have to be developed. Plus it is getting very expensive to do so.

lighthouse Loc: No Fixed Abode

No, I am a total digital convert.
Having my own dark room with WYSIWYG in front of me increases the quality of my finished product immensely.

SharpShooter Loc: NorCal

JR1 wrote:

Do you still use film

I have not used 35mm in more than 10 years.
I used some 4x5, B&W earlier this year and I'm sure I'll use more. What I did use has not been developed yet. I think color is about $5 per snap. Not sure any of it is worth the hassle. SS

JR1 Loc: Tavistock, Devon, UK

I think it's like typewriters, they are making a comeback as a "yuppy" thing, I sold my SQa but still have a Nikkormat FTn and Praktica Super TL, my first 2 real cameras, I also have a couple of rolls of FP4, but the whole process of taking, developing, scanning is now too laborious.

rocar7 Loc: Alton, England

JR1 wrote:

I think it's like typewriters, they are making a comeback as a "yuppy" thing, I sold my SQa but still have a Nikkormat FTn and Praktica Super TL, my first 2 real cameras, I also have a couple of rolls of FP4, but the whole process of taking, developing, scanning is now too laborious.

Do you have a good film scanner? Because although it is time-consuming it can still be worth the effort. I have a Nikon Coolscan V ED 35mm scanner which produces very large files from negatives and slides. They don't make it anymore, unfortunately, and I had quite a job getting it to work on Windows 7. Found a solution online eventually.

JR1 Loc: Tavistock, Devon, UK

rocar7 wrote:

Do you have a good film scanner? Because although it is time-consuming it can still be worth the effort. I have a Nikon Coolscan V ED 35mm scanner which produces very large files from negatives and slides. They don't make it anymore, unfortunately, and I had quite a job getting it to work on Windows 7. Found a solution online eventually.

No and that is the problem, I don't.

I had a great Canon that does not work with balsted win7, and yes I will get one when the need arises as I have thousands of negs to scan as far back as the 60s

wildconc2001 Loc: Chicagoland

Like many of us, I have thousands of slides. I used an $1100 Microtek scanner for several years until they decided to stop providing drivers for the newer operating systems. I couldn't even find slide holders to replace the flimsy ones they supplied with the original. That ended my interest in anything Microtek.
I now have a Plustek scanner for about $450 that I am now using that makes scans that are better than the Microtek ever dreamed to have done. Larger clean enlargements are now much easier for me to print, if necessary.
Hope this may be of help to those of you who still have the need to make quality scans of your work.
Larry

nikonnut Loc: Las Vegas

I have an old X-700 that I have had for 35 years. I have so many lenses that I have acquired over the years. I like Fuji Provia film. I also have a Plustek scanner. It is fun having digital and film. Keeps me busy most days.

jackm1943 Loc: Omaha, Nebraska

I have a couple of medium format cameras and a 4x5 that I still use in addition to my DSLR stuff. I develop the B/W film then scan and PP with Photoshop and other software, and then have them printed commercially.

I find it interesting that, after they go thru a digital scan step, the finished images have a different look than DSLR origin images. I can ony describe the film based images as "less crisp" than DSLR based images, but maybe that's just due to my scanning hardware, I really don't know.