Are film cameras long time forgot?
Dec 2, 2017 08:03:30 #
Dec 2, 2017 08:27:01 #
I still have my Nikon F from 1963 and a more modern Nikon F100. Although I have film in the freezer I seldom use film anymore. Digital is very convenient and the quality is superb.
I do not see any reasons to shoot film and then scanning the negatives or slides. Besides working twice the image is not an original and that could impact quality although that is only my assumption.
Shooting negative film or b&w and taking them to a technician to be develop and printed, except for a few exceptions it is inviting to disaster since the technician prints in an auto machine and usually colors are not corrected. All of that is avoided when we work on a digital file with editing software, assuming the lab that is doing the prints has color corrected its printing machines.
I do not see any reasons to shoot film and then scanning the negatives or slides. Besides working twice the image is not an original and that could impact quality although that is only my assumption.
Shooting negative film or b&w and taking them to a technician to be develop and printed, except for a few exceptions it is inviting to disaster since the technician prints in an auto machine and usually colors are not corrected. All of that is avoided when we work on a digital file with editing software, assuming the lab that is doing the prints has color corrected its printing machines.
Dec 2, 2017 08:53:36 #
Quinn 4 wrote:
Lately I have been think have film camera become ... (show quote)
Recently I saw a ladies black-and-white pictures she developed using a rangefinder camera. I forget which brand and model her camera was. The pictures are beautiful.
Dec 2, 2017 09:04:58 #
In the eighties, I used to develop and print b&w, sometimes spending all night in the fixer fumes. I don't have time to do that now. I'm not a superb printer, so the world hardly lost anything when I shut down my darkroom. But I have scores of film cameras and use them in rotation. I pay a lab to do the processing. My best camera is a Voigtlander Prominent II. Yes, I shoot digital for fun, but not on images I want to last. You can't be a historian if you write on tissue paper.
Dec 2, 2017 09:15:06 #
Ched49 wrote:
Well, film cameras are from another time period but that doesn't mean people don't shoot film anymore. I was thinking about getting one myself.
I have one for sale. PM me if you are interested.
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-499739-1.html
Dec 2, 2017 09:40:22 #
I recommend that you go on You Tube. Type in film photography. You will find a lot of channels about film availability, processing and of course short tutorials on camera types. What is refreshing is that many of the channels are run by young people. There are still a few "Art Photographers" I would say mostly seasoned ones, that still use film. I think that it may have something to do with a look that they have cultivated over the decades. I myself have a slew of film cameras that I have had for a long time. I will use them on occasion. There is something enjoyable about using my wife's Pentax K1000. The slower pace and simplicity is refreshing. Either film or digital, they are both harmless activities as far as I am concerned. 
Dec 2, 2017 09:42:53 #
Back in the day, what separated Pros from amateurs was the number of pictures they could take at a shoot. Most amateurs could not afford to develop a lot of exposures at one time and would only submit 3 or 4 rolls of 36 exposure film for development. Pros would go through a lot of film, develop it themselves and find the keepers to print. With digital and PP, there is no limit to the number of shots you can take and how you process them is also unlimited. As far as I am concerned film is dead. Just ask Kodak.
Dec 2, 2017 10:18:32 #
I still shoot with my Canon A-1 and also my Canonet QL17 GIII along side with my Sony a850 and Nikon P7700.
I have fun with all of them.
I have fun with all of them.
Quinn 4 wrote:
Lately I have been think have film camera become ... (show quote)
Dec 2, 2017 10:52:28 #
Since I wrote topic "Are film cameras long time forget" on Friday, I been reading what people have been writing. Some people film cameras are dead, it all digital now. I have one question for those people, in ten years from now do you think that your digital camera will go up in value or down in value? The cameras I have will only go up in value in 10 years. Yes, digital cameras can do all kind of things, good and bad. I don't need batteries for most of camera. Yes, with film cameras one has to stop and think what their taking a picture of. What wrong with that. A lot of people still have good film cameras but are not using them or writing about them. Why not use them or write about them? Is it money, I been reading people will pay $800+ just for a camera and another $330 to $400 just for a lens. So it can't be money. Lazy? Lazy and sex are big time selling points. The old keep up with the Jones. How can we tell that a picture is not fake?
Dec 2, 2017 10:55:09 #
I think Santa is sending me a M3 that has been cleaned and checked out. That’s only if I’ve been good.
Dec 2, 2017 11:03:56 #
Pkfish wrote:
I think Santa is sending me a M3 that has been cleaned and checked out. That’s only if I’ve been good.
You should be VERY good between now and then 😎
Dec 2, 2017 11:12:32 #
brucebc
Loc: Tooele, Utah
I have about 75 film cameras that I don't take pictures with but I handle and admire the workmanship of quite often. Three get played with the most; Pentax 110,
Pentax LX, and the big old Pentax 6x7. I can feel it twist in my hands when that big mirror flips up, just really cool.
Pentax LX, and the big old Pentax 6x7. I can feel it twist in my hands when that big mirror flips up, just really cool.
Dec 2, 2017 11:28:34 #
rfmaude41
Loc: Lancaster, Texas (DFW area)
I've got several film cameras; nikon S2, Nikon S4, Nikon F6, Nikon N90 and a Mamiya RZ67. Use most of them off and on. My absolute favorite is the S4, closely followed by the RZ67. As far as actual usage, it's the F6.
Dec 2, 2017 11:35:00 #
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