whwiden

I started shooting digital when I rather foolishly started shooting events, or locations, for friends and fellow travelers, and because of air travel--though I sometimes still fly with film. I also use digital now for wildlife, including birds, and for sporting events. There are some things digital just does bether than film. However, if I am just being a tourista wandering around a city or the countryside I prefer my rangefinders. This is primarily because I like the process and love to use the small equipment. I also do not like to worry about batteries and electronics.

However, I strongly prefer to develop my own film. I often find it hard to make time to do this. It seems as of late the price of film is going up--but with self developing time is still the main cost for me.

Ched49 Loc: Pittsburgh, Pa.

Exactly, that is a big advantage. That's why most people shooting film will try to make sure they get the first shot right because, once you lose the shot...it's lost forever and there's no way to check out the shot to see how it turned out until the film's developed, and you certainly don't want to take another shot at the same thing because that's wasting film. With digital, you have endless opportunities to get the first shot right and your not wasting anything. That's why generally, most photographers will be a little more cautious when shooting film because they don't get a second chance.

JohnSwanda Loc: San Francisco

Again, I'm talking about "situations with moving subjects and unfolding action". The object isn't getting the first shot right and not taking another - there are ongoing shots presenting themselves, and caution is a disadvantage. I have shot events with film and there was something important coming up, and I was getting near the end of the roll, so I would take the roll out before it was finished so I would have plenty of shots available and wouldn't miss an important shot changing film. If you are shooting landscapes or anything else that isn't moving with digital, then you have plenty of time to consider your settings and composition, and I shoot the same way I shot with film.

adm

I shoot film and digital but prefer film. There is room for both. I tend to see digital as fast food and film as fine dining. I actually did not own a digital camera until about two years ago. I sometimes enjoy the immediacy of digital but ultimately find film more satisfying. I hope film and digital will co-exist for the foreseeable future but I sometimes have concerns about the availability of color film.

misterzee Loc: N'Georgia Mountains

I enjoy the variety of using both. The mirror/shutter on my ol’ F2as is so different than my digital Nikons. Preferring b&w film to color, I just keep a few rolls of Illford Pan on hand, and send my rolls off to The Darkroom, and wit till I can download. I usually keep the 50mm f/1.2 on it and zoom with the feet as it were.

Ched49 Loc: Pittsburgh, Pa.

Whew!...I really didn't think it was gonna get this complicated.