I like Kodak but I also shoot Fuji. I develop and scan my own film. The question is what are you going to be doing. If you want to do sports or dance, or other fast moving situations, I would do it in digital. If I'm going out to do a shoot in a city, I'll probably do it with Portra or Ektar in 35mm. So, basically, it's what you want to do and what you are comfortable doing it with. Each film has it's own personality and requirements. When Ektachrome becomes available I will do Dallas in Ektachrome. But that film requires perfect exposure, unlike say Portra that I can overexpose 3 or 4 stops and get a washed out effect. I generally over expose at least one stop depending on the situation. What you have to do is go take some pics with film and see what you get and go from there..... hope this helps a little....

I have several slr cameras that took the old mercury cell.... when you replace it with alkaline, typically it will underexpose 1.5 to 2 stops. The way I fix that is to calibrate the metering using a light table that I measure with a handheld meter and then set the asa to the point where the reading matches. The other way to do it is just to set the asa 2 numbers under and see what you get when you develop the film.... Or, just set the shutter or aperture to 2 stops over... it will take a little experimenting but it will work. Some of the newer models are right on, but I believe they used alkaline or silver oxide as the recommended cell(s) for the camera.... have fun... great camera....

OK... here are my thoughts.... any camera is a box that records light on a medium... therefore, with a few exceptions, the camera is not relevant.
What is relevant is the artist behind the shot... many people like to dwell on equipment, and that's fine for them... but if you want to get to the point of making good photographs it is a matter of years and motivation to accomplish that. If you wanted to drive a formula one race car, you would have to practice and race for years before you got proficient... So, my suggestion is this, buy a refurbished entry level camera, such as the Nikon D3200 and learn to use it. Take it with you always and shoot it every day... don't listen to those who will not appreciate your work. It's all inside you... I have a 3200 and have made some amazing shots with it.... But don't get discouraged... I look at work I did two years ago and compare it to what I'm doing today and I can see the difference. I am evolving... I see the image in my head and then go out and create it... but that doesn't come in a month or a year... It's up to you as to where you want to go with it.... Take pictures, have fun, get better.... good luck to you...

What happens if I'm on a back road somewhere and a UFO comes down, opens the door, and they offer me my check ride... and my one camera, for whatever reason, doesn't work.... you get the idea....

I would keep them and use them.... I develop my own film in the kitchen sink and scan using an Epson 800... there are things I can do with film that I can't do with digital. Overexpose it by at least one stop and it comes out.... I have a Yashica and Hasselblad medium format and they do a fantastic job with the tremendous lenses that they made back then.... that's my opinion....

What is usually most important to me is creating the image I see in my head.... whether it's film or digital, whatever format, doesn't really matter. Get the shot! It's the only thing that counts....

I still use film... have digitals too... there are things I can do in film that I can't do in digital... so it depends on what I'm doing. Would I want to do a model shoot with a film camera? no! but a building that I can over expose and get a whitewash effect, would not even attempt in digital. I have lots of film cameras and am looking forward to using Ektachrome when it becomes available. To those that want to just use digital... do what you want...

My grandfather was Lewis W Hine and I learned about photography at an early age in Greenwich Village in Manhattan. When I decided to do some pics I discovered that my grandads 8x10 wooden camera bellows were cracked and no one wanted to work on it. So I decided to use the Asahi Pentax that I had purchased in Tokyo when I was working on a research vessel for Columbia University. Used it when I was stationed in Charleston and then pretty much lost interest in it for years as I was distracted by other things. Then I ran across an ad for Digital Days and had to have a camera to attend so bought a Nikon D5100 which I still have. It failed on a model shoot so I got a D5500 for backup. Things have progressed from there and I have many digital and film cameras that I use on a regular basis. So now I'll spend the rest of my life doing photography. I think I have enough cameras and lenses for the moment, just has to get cool enough now in the Dallas area for me to go do some more model shoots. Get out and take pictures....

Just got one. Still learning it. I will not give up the F4s however. But this lets me take a lot more pics without the intermediate cost of film. It also gets me to obsess a lot more about images that I am creating from scratch. I am still working on a simple light bulb... three days now... and I still don't totally like what I am getting. But that's part of the game. One thing, I am learning quite a bit... like what the changes are in the background as you change the intensity of the bulb. The colors change too!! Interesting stuff. Perhaps in the next few months I will get it "right"..LOL

Great idea... I understand, and will have to investigate, that they now make paddles to use as a fill device, when you don't want to use flash. Something else to look into.... They were proposed to use in doing portraits, but might be usefull in other ways....

As an artist, I think we all might learn there is no right or wrong. That goes against the normal social thinking and teaching, but it is what sets us apart. So, for what you achieved, it was the "right" lens. If you wanted a different outcome, then perhaps it was "wrong". I like the result... If you want something different, change the lens. Are you in compliance with all your societies directives? I am not... therefore, I can create images that don't conform with the routine and boring.. But I am considered a little "different".... :)

If it makes me better, go ahead and do whatever you want. I came here to improve. If my work didn't need tweaking, then I don't think I would be here..... If you are going to publish your work in any form, better be ready to have your work criticized, modified, commented on, reworked, etc. If I'm working as an editor, I'm going to make the image work for whatever use I need it for... So, I would think that the best way would be to accept the direction for what it was intended and move on. Improve, do better, become more accomplished, that's the point...

Depends on what you want to do. Creating a professional looking website can be done using a generator such as Dreamweaver or Front page. If you just want to display your work, Kodak has a site that will allow you to create multiple books. I think this is what I am going to do, because the site is already set up for pics and is easy to use. Give someone the keys to their book, and you have a portfolio generator. You can put up a simple, one page website and link to your book on Kodak. A lot easier than spending hours designing your own!! And I can code in HTML. They made us do it by hand in college... :cry: Just a thought, and one of many ways go create what you want.... enjoy.....

Thanks, I'll try that... didn't know it existed. Still learning to use the software. Actually, though it looks like haze, it's actually a canvas addition that I then softened... So, perhaps doing it a different way will make it better....

Lake at back of property. Shortly after dawn... modified with gimp2.. Sometimes I break the rules... but it was intended to look like artwork...please let me know what you think!!

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