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Feb 18, 2021 16:00:42   #
boredAlan2020
 
I still have my parents Bell and Howell regular 8 film movie camera with a 3 lens turret on it and it still works. They gave it to each other in 1940 as a wedding gift and filmed their honeymoon. I converted that to video in the 1980s with an early Sony Beta VCR and the audio dubbed their live voice narraton on top of it, then made a DVD about 5 years ago and sent it to all of the children of my deceased cousins. It was a big hit. I don't know if you can still buy a 25 ft. reel of 16 mm film and get it processed anywhere. They cut it apart and glued it back into a 50 ft. reel. I still have a projector that works. That camera was during an early color home movie revolution by Kodak.
I also have an old pop-open Poloroid camera and a Nikon F3 highpoint film camera and a few old rolls of Kodak Kodachrome 64. But now everything is 4K video and Nikon digital. Too bad. Wish Kodachrome 25 was still around.

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Feb 18, 2021 16:28:57   #
Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis
 
StanMac wrote:
Thanks for your encouragement! But it's hard to say 'No' to family and friends at times.

Stan


I worked that out a few years before retiring, I still do a little work for others but its done when I want to work on it.

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Feb 18, 2021 16:42:51   #
Bill 45
 
Garson wrote:
I collect antique cameras and still have the last 35mm camera (Pentax) that I used prior to digital photography. I have not shot film in at least 20 years, but if film and developing were more readily available, I would be tempted to use some of the old cameras displayed in my home study.


Film and developing is available. I get all my film from B & H in New York City. For film developing I send film to Old School Photo Lab. in Dover, NH. If any of your cameras are 35mm or 120mm film cameras; take them out and use them. That what their were made for.

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Feb 18, 2021 17:14:43   #
jackm1943 Loc: Omaha, Nebraska
 
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.


As I have mentioned on UHH before, I stopped using film after learning how to make real unsharp masks at a Howard Bond workshop. I got the procedure down fairly good for my 4x5 film. The problem was, however, I could no longer be satisfied with non-unsharped masked images and the procedure doubled or tripled the work and time to make a print. About that time, I discovered Photoshop and that was the end of film for me. Just last week, I was cleaning up and repurposing my darkroom and recycled all my old data and instructions on unsharp masking.

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Feb 18, 2021 17:17:51   #
Fotoartist Loc: Detroit, Michigan
 
jackm1943 wrote:
As I have mentioned on UHH before, I stopped using film after learning how to make real unsharp masks at a Howard Bond workshop. I got the procedure down fairly good for my 4x5 film. The problem was, however, I could no longer be satisfied with non-unsharped masked images and the procedure doubled or tripled the work and time to make a print. About that time, I discovered Photoshop and that was the end of film for me. Just last week, I was cleaning up and repurposing my darkroom and recycled all my old data and instructions on unsharp masking.
As I have mentioned on UHH before, I stopped using... (show quote)


I remember Howard Bond well and took several classes from him. I have one of his prints hanging.

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Feb 18, 2021 17:19:09   #
sudamar Loc: Southern Indiana
 
I still have a Minolta Autocord, which I have to get fixed. And remember, they said records would never come back, too!

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Feb 18, 2021 17:20:56   #
Beenthere
 
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!


HEY! Watch that Brooklyn stuff...

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Feb 18, 2021 18:01:39   #
mbowman
 
I started with a K1000 in the 70’s graduated to an F3 in the 80’s, then went digital in the late 90’s. Yet I just picked up an F4 and an F100 last month. The F3 is loaded with HP5 and the F100 with Portra 400. I have a couple of rolls of Ektachrome in line for the F4. Film is for enjoyment, and slowing down. Digital for when I need it tonight.

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Feb 18, 2021 18:58:05   #
OzWizard
 
I use a Nikon F5 often.

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Feb 18, 2021 19:13:29   #
jackm1943 Loc: Omaha, Nebraska
 
Fotoartist wrote:
I remember Howard Bond well and took several classes from him. I have one of his prints hanging.

If I remember correctly, Howard lives in Michigan. I think he's still with us.

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Feb 18, 2021 20:39:03   #
ronpier Loc: Poland Ohio
 
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.


Gladly stopped in 2005 with my first digital camera.

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Feb 18, 2021 20:44:07   #
Jay Drew Loc: Boise, Id.
 
“...fossils, the idle rich and hipsters from Brooklyn.” Only from Brooklyn?

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Feb 18, 2021 21:15:01   #
E.L.. Shapiro Loc: Ottawa, Ontario Canada
 
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.


Forgive this silly question- Why do you care what anyone else is doing?

There are folks out there in photography land that still do all kinds of really obsolete processes in photograhy- tintypes, cyanotypes, wet-plate, Degurrotypes, and of course film and the accompanying darkroom work, and analog printing just like in the old days. There are people shooting medium format, large format and very large format- 8x10, 11x14 view cameras, Circuit panoramic camera from the 1900s. There is a Facebook group where photographers are restoring all kinds of Graflex SLR gear and working with vintage glass.

There are darkroom folks who are mixing stuff like Pyro developer and Nelson's Gold Toner, from scratch components. Some are still doing the zone sytem- big time.

There are not as many films and prepared chemistry as back in the day but you won't have any difficulty getting some of the old favourites and is plenty of 120 roll film in a variety of emulsions. There must be millions of film cameras and lenses still in circulations- enough to last well into the future. Some of the products may be a bit of a niche market- but half the fun is finding them!

Or you can beome a hybrid creature- shoot film, scan. digitize and print on your printer. Or next time you win the lottery or come into an inheritance, digitize your RZ or your blades! I digitize my RZ and use it at my studio.

If you like to compose better on your big old cameras- go for it! Just remember not to drop the RZ on your foot- you can sustain a serious injury. If anyone makes fun of you for shooting film- whack 'em witht Hasselbladd, it's constructed like the proverbial brick outhouse!

Enjoy!

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Feb 18, 2021 22:33:43   #
rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona
 
Paul, to answer your question again, yes. I just returned from exposing a couple of 4x5 negatives at a local RR park.
--Bob
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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Feb 19, 2021 01:27:55   #
anotherview Loc: California
 
Film survives. Digital prevails.

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