Jimmy T Loc: Virginia

I couldn't have said it better!
Now I find that digital has opened so many artistic doors for me that I could never go back.
Hang on and enjoy the ride.
Smile,
JimmyT Sends

49bentley

I use to shoot film with a 35 mm Yamaha, then Nikon f1. Great cameras and great pics. But I really had to think about each shot. Think about lighting, composition. A days shooting was a roll of 36. Then the cost of processing and printing. Cropping and more printing. I had some great shots and some were sold.

Today it's all different. Rarely do I come home with less that 400 pics. Camera can almost go out on its own. (lol)

Which is better. Who knows. It was just different. I still get a kick from taking pics and a thrill (or hope) for a great shot.

Just enjoy.

medphotog Loc: Witness protection land

Hmmm, lessee... you're in Chicago so that leaves out Brooklyn. Idle rich? Naaaa, not with all that snow around you. (No tropical sunsets) Soooo, seeing there's the "L" shot with a mixture of yellow box Gold or Pro Image, that leaves... What kind of fossil? Are you a Canonsaurus? (Just funnin' with ya. I enjoy your posts/insights)

ELNikkor

My 22 year old son must be a "fossilized hipster" from Rochester! He hasn't touched his Panasonic Lumix GH4 in years. He's been shooting with a Retina, a Polaroid, and lately with my F3/55 2.8 macro. I'll take out my Signet 40 now 'n then but usually its the D750.

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

Robert1 Loc: Davie, FL

I never left. As a matter of fact, I got my first digital camera 3 years ago. I do both film and digital. For very important (to me) family portraits, I always include film. Always Kodak Portra 160. Fantastic film for skin tones.
There's something about a print from films such a the Portra, that I can't match with digital prints when doing portraits.

When I read the derisive and petulant comments made here about film, all I can think is: what a sad mentality.

Photography as an art is supposed to be a "vision" brought out through a medium. Regardless of what that medium is, if you achieve that vision that's all it matter, no childish comments about which medium or which system is better. People should see some of the Pinhole photographs created. Other than that drink your own kool-aid.

Thorburn Loc: Virginia

What about both, I am an old codiger and I carry both cameras in my bag; I have an Olympus OM -1 and a Pen F digital; there are times when I want to use one or the other. So this is why I carry both items in my bag.

cactuspic Loc: Dallas, TX

Once I started digital, I sold all of my film gear except for my Sinar 4x5. What I like about digital is it's color fidelity. Many of the color slides I shot, now look garish, oversaturated, with a shifted palette that emphasized certain colors at the expense of others. Give me the accuracy and neutral color a first step. If I want to tone or color grade my images, I can do so in post. I don't have to accept someone else's concept of vibrant color along with the color shifts.I also like the increased speed (ISO), the fact I don't have to go through airport security handchecking a bag full of films of different types and speeds, that I don't deal with half rolls that I partial wound back so I could change the film in the camera, and the immediacy of getting an image. I also enjoy the digital processes such as HDR and focus stacking that do not have an analog counterpart. I will let others extol the virtues of film.

whfowle Loc: Tampa first, now Albuquerque

I never "went back" to film photography because I never left it. I just added digital. I am probably one of the fossils Paul refers to often. Definitely not rich or from Brooklyn. As for cost, yes, the cost for film and processing is high but when I consider all the money I have spent on digital cameras and lenses, it doesn't seem to be that different. I just enjoy photography as a hobby. While there is science involved in photography, I am more interested in the art aspect. Film brings out what I am looking for in an image better than digital. Many of my old images have now been captured digitally because it is easy for me to access them again and it is much better than trying to store properly all the negatives. I have lost of lot of my negatives because of bad storage and too many changes of address. But most of my A2 prints are made straight from the negative. As long as there are labs as good as The Darkroom, I will probably continue using film. I also like the small size and weight difference of the film cameras. While I will now use the D500 and some super tele lens for auto racing, I may be one of the few still around that has shot a F1 race with a Nikon F (no motor drive) and a variety of prime lenses including a 200mm f4. I still have a few damaged prints of Colin Chapman chatting in the pits, Dan Gurney in his Eagle at Brands Hatch, and Pedro Rodriguez driving a BRM at speed through Woodcote at Silverstone. I never went pro so all my expense is on me. But I still think it is worth it. Just saying.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Interesting how we all have different beliefs and feelings about stuff.
What's right for one may not be right for another, and vice-versa.

What's wrong is people telling others one should do things as they do.

Film or digital, camera model or editor, there is no right or wrong, simply a preference.
Like oils, acrylics, pastels, watercolor, ...
Select you own tools.
Be yourself.

BebuLamar

That's right telling others what to do is really wrong. But too many people doing that. Oh yeah select your own toys. Photography is for fun to me.

HRPufnstuf

I miss Cibachrome. Most beautiful prints from slides I ever had. I would co. Pare them to metal prints today.
As for phones, well, I still use an Automatic Electric AE-50 "Jukebox" phone.
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Scruples Loc: Brooklyn, New York

Hey, now! That’s not fair, Paul!! I resemble that remark!!
Steve

imagemeister Loc: mid east Florida

TRUE Craftsmen will be shooting film to some extent.....
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StanMac Loc: Tennessee

Which one are you, Paul?

Stan