Would you go back to film cameras? (Page 16): Y'all need some serious straightening out. Zed is the last letter in the British alphabet. We pronounce it as "ZEE". It does not mean Zero...

Streets Loc: Euless, TX.

Peterff wrote:

Interesting. Thank you.

Y'all need some serious straightening out. Zed is the last letter in the British alphabet. We pronounce it as "ZEE". It does not mean Zero as some here think it is. If you want to be funny, wear a lampshade.

Peterff Loc: O'er The Hills and Far Away, in Themyscira.

Streets wrote:

Y'all need some serious straightening out. Zed is the last letter in the British alphabet. We pronounce it as "ZEE". It does not mean Zero as some here think it is. If you want to be funny, wear a lampshade.

Streets, you are so far out of touch with this conversation that you can't even catch up. We could try and round you up, but you would end up being rounded down, but make nothing of it! If you're happy with a 10 gallon lampshade, good for you. Big lampshade, but no cattle.

Streets Loc: Euless, TX.

By the way, your glass is more than half full.

Peterff Loc: O'er The Hills and Far Away, in Themyscira.

Streets wrote:

By the way, your glass is more than half full.

Of course it is. I'm an optimistic realist!

Darkroom317 Loc: Mishawaka, IN

Peterff wrote:

Steam punk was mentioned by another contributor, and is appropriate considering either retro, alternative, or differing technologies, which includes film and funnily enough fits right in with the steam punk philosophy and time scale.

Pay attention, Streets.

If you really want to be steam punk you could try hand coated glass plates

Peterff Loc: O'er The Hills and Far Away, in Themyscira.

Darkroom317 wrote:

If you really want to be steam punk you could try hand coated glass plates

Nice! Thank you.

Jakebrake Loc: Broomfield, Colorado

Hal81 wrote:

I would never go back.

Yep, me neither Hal!!!

Darkroom317 Loc: Mishawaka, IN

A couple of prints from today's darkroom session. I wouldn't have it any other way. For six hours the world faded away and all that existed was me, my images and the music I I was listening too.

This is part of the magic of film photography and the darkroom.

BHC Loc: Strawberry Valley, JF, USA

Darkroom317 wrote:

A couple of prints from today's darkroom session. I wouldn't have it any other way. For six hours the world faded away and all that existed was me, my images and the music I I was listening too.

This is part of the magic of film photography and the darkroom.

Sadly, many people don't believe in magic any more. I especially like the left print!

Streets Loc: Euless, TX.

I really like them, even if they are digital. Now, if you had only mailed them to everyone-------------------

Streets Loc: Euless, TX.

Darkroom317 wrote:

A couple of prints from today's darkroom session. I wouldn't have it any other way. For six hours the world faded away and all that existed was me, my images and the music I I was listening too.

This is part of the magic of film photography and the darkroom.

This is a copy of a 3x6" color print of a shot I took on the Oregon Coast. I made the copy on my Canon printer, and used my computer with the help of my Picassa software to produce the final product. No magic, just a twiddle of a snapshot that took a few minutes. That's the power of digital Photography.

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waegwan Loc: Mae Won Li

Streets wrote:

I have had them all: Linhofs, Rolleis, Leicas, Nikons. Alpas, Graflex XLRF's, and Zeiss Super Ikontas. I would not give up my Sony A57 for any or all of them. My desktop computer is the finest photo lab a photographer could want, and it is FREE. Feel free to blow holes in my thinking.

Like others have ssid, I never left. I havent shot film for a while but that is because I don't have the space to set up an enlarger, I have three of them, and where I live it is a hassle to get the chemicals. I won't use commercial processing because I don't like their general exposure concepts. Film prints look different than digital. But for now I'm enjoying learning digital.

bobsisk Loc: Chandler, Arizona

I have a lot of good memories with film cameras, from a Kodak Bullet to a Nikon D5100, including a Polaroid 80a along the way. I took my first selfie of an Air Force buddy and me with the Polaroid in the winter of '63-'64. But the two film SLRs and some sessions in the base Photo Hobby Shop jacked up my photo knowledge considerably. And when my father-in-law died in '95, for some strange reason, all five children (including my wife) made me the honorary heir of his '50s era SLR Nikon.

Would I go back to film. Oh, just for fun, to see if I can still take a decent photo. I've never used the Nikon (film) yet, so I'd be interested to see how it performs, but I'd have to get a light meter first. Is there some outfit that still makes them? But for 'serious' fun the DSLR is great. Combine that with Photoshop and much to my wife's chagrin I can spend all day taking pictures or having fun on the computer. :-)

tturner Loc: Savannah Ga

What I don't miss about film is when the lab looses your film, or when the person behind the counter folds your film strip in half to make it fit in the envelope.

That being said I have photos taken with my pentax k 10d that I never would have been able to get on film, thanks to vibration reduction and adjustable iso, it's like changing film types between shots, I took a very long time converting to digital and I doubt I would go back.

chepo1956 Loc: Puerto Rico

I still have an Olympus OM4-Ti and some lenses, but all need repair. I bought it in 1986 in what used to be Olden Camera in Manhattan, NYC. Someday I'll get around it and send for repairs. But going back to film, I doubt it very much. Digital cameras have gotten so good now and will only continue to improve. Digital Photography has opened up so many possibilities that's virtually mind-blowing. Then add to that, all the editing software out there being Photoshop the reigning king, you can create whatever you want.