Anyone still using film?
Feb 18, 2021 07:36:40 #
Judge Roy Bean
Loc: Louisiana
I'm not sure whether to say "yes, I still use film" or just plead guilty.
I carry one of my film cameras with me along with my DSLR.
For me, the film camera just puts me in a different mindset and presents a challenge of its own.
And I'm much closer to retirement age than Hipster...
JRB
I carry one of my film cameras with me along with my DSLR.
For me, the film camera just puts me in a different mindset and presents a challenge of its own.
And I'm much closer to retirement age than Hipster...
JRB
Feb 18, 2021 07:47:55 #
Film is still popular. I use film and follow other users via Face Book etc. I do not have darkroom capability so I use mostly online labs. Seems film use is very popular in Europe. If you decide to not use film you can send me your Hasselblad. Medium format is amazing! You can buy film online and there is an amazing variety of film available. I do have a Camera store sort of near me but is downtown area 25 miles from me. It seems to cost me a lot because I keep coming home with a used camera.
Feb 18, 2021 07:50:49 #
I disagree. Ok, maybe I am a fossil but not rich or hip. My Grandson is 14 and he shoots film with me.
Feb 18, 2021 08:16:42 #
colt4x5
Loc: Central Connecticut
CHG_CANON wrote:
The only people shooting film in 2021 are fossils, the idle rich and hipsters from Brooklyn
Proud fossil, here!
Feb 18, 2021 08:22:24 #
Feb 18, 2021 08:24:51 #
Your first 10,000 images are your worst. Thank goodness they're now all digital.
Feb 18, 2021 08:31:56 #
Feb 18, 2021 08:43:03 #
I just bought more film yesterday! But I do take my digi with me also.
Feb 18, 2021 08:48:01 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
Your first 10,000 images are your worst. Thank goodness they're now all digital.
Good thing I started with video. At 24 frames per second I got that over with in 7 minutes...
Feb 18, 2021 09:37:37 #
BebuLamar wrote:
I think hipsters use mirrorless.
Technically my Leica M3 is mirrorless - does that make me a hipster?
Feb 18, 2021 09:43:30 #
Feb 18, 2021 09:44:08 #
Feb 18, 2021 09:48:18 #
StanMac
Loc: Tennessee
avflinsch wrote:
Technically my Leica M3 is mirrorless - does that make me a hipster?
Nope - hipsters can’t afford Leicas. Neither can I. 😩
Stan
Feb 18, 2021 09:50:00 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
The only people shooting film in 2021 are fossils, the idle rich and hipsters from Brooklyn.
(And several UHH community members.)
Welcome aboard!
(And several UHH community members.)
Welcome aboard!
I not a fossils, I still alive and kicking. I not the idle rich, far from it. I live in Brooklyn for a time and I not a hipster. Mr. Hight Tech Camera Man there are people who like using film cameras, and don't care about a digital cameras.
Feb 18, 2021 09:50:57 #
Film photography has become obsolescent. Digital photography has surpassed it, and did so years ago.
Film photographers who've switched to digital photography cite the increased control that digital means of photography offers.
The history of photography tells us that the technology of this activity changes over time. Photographers adapt to the change.
That said, the concepts and practices of photography refined in the film era continue to inform photographers today.
Marketers push film photography despite its decline as a matter of making money from photographers who cling to it and from newbies who fall for the advertising ballyhooing film photography.
Film photography will linger as a niche activity, just as other earlier photographic techniques have.
Film photographers who've switched to digital photography cite the increased control that digital means of photography offers.
The history of photography tells us that the technology of this activity changes over time. Photographers adapt to the change.
That said, the concepts and practices of photography refined in the film era continue to inform photographers today.
Marketers push film photography despite its decline as a matter of making money from photographers who cling to it and from newbies who fall for the advertising ballyhooing film photography.
Film photography will linger as a niche activity, just as other earlier photographic techniques have.
Photopix6 wrote:
I still have my Hasselblad and RZ67 with quite a few lenses. I hear film might be making a come back. I still have some film frozen. I think composing a shot is easier with larger format cameras.
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