film photography
May 21, 2023 15:01:47 #
May 21, 2023 15:03:37 #
May 21, 2023 15:05:21 #
brentrh wrote:
why do you use film
Isn't this just the same question as your post in March 2023, for 10-pages of replies?
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-767389-1.html
May 21, 2023 15:18:41 #
wanted to revisit subject because I hear more and more film is coming back. Wanted to hear from film users not for a debate just wanted why they use film
May 21, 2023 15:59:09 #
Took a B&W film class in college years ago, just truly enjoyed the whole process of developing and printing. Set up a home darkroom and still enjoy time spent there. Love the smell of the chemicals and the magic of watching an image appear in the developer tray. For business clients, it's all digital of course, they want digital files. Trusty old Hassy and Bronica gear just still keep on tickin'.
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May 21, 2023 16:17:17 #
Silversleuth wrote:
just truly enjoyed the whole process of developing and printing. Set up a home darkroom and still enjoy time spent there. Love the smell of the chemicals and the magic of watching an image appear in the developer tray.
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I miss the quiet peacefulness of creating images the old fashioned way in my darkroom. I agree about the magic of that process.
May 21, 2023 16:42:36 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
Isn't this just the same question as your post in March 2023, for 10-pages of replies?
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-767389-1.html
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-767389-1.html
Senility setting in possibly.
May 21, 2023 17:12:30 #
May 21, 2023 17:35:00 #
Film is fun to use. No film isn't coming back. Only the idle rich can afford it not even the hipsters in Brooklyn can afford it now let alone the fossils.
To the OP. You don't like to use film but there are a few people do (few not many) don't ask why they do it.
To the OP. You don't like to use film but there are a few people do (few not many) don't ask why they do it.
May 21, 2023 18:31:54 #
[quote=BebuLamar]…No film isn't coming back. Only the idle rich can afford it…….
It may be a surprise, but check out “New B& W film” on-line and you’ll find several manufacturers introducing new film stock. It is definitely more expensive than we remember from the good old film days, but last time I checked, so is everything else.
It may be a surprise, but check out “New B& W film” on-line and you’ll find several manufacturers introducing new film stock. It is definitely more expensive than we remember from the good old film days, but last time I checked, so is everything else.
May 21, 2023 18:39:43 #
[quote=Silversleuth]
I am not surprised I know film is not coming back. Most people who shoot film now can only afford B&W. Film prices have risen a lot recently. From 1980 to 2000 film prices didn't rise even with inflation. Color film is now in only for the rich.
BebuLamar wrote:
…No film isn't coming back. Only the idle rich can afford it…….
It may be a surprise, but check out “New B& W film” on-line and you’ll find several manufacturers introducing new film stock. It is definitely more expensive than we remember from the good old film days, but last time I checked, so is everything else.
It may be a surprise, but check out “New B& W film” on-line and you’ll find several manufacturers introducing new film stock. It is definitely more expensive than we remember from the good old film days, but last time I checked, so is everything else.
I am not surprised I know film is not coming back. Most people who shoot film now can only afford B&W. Film prices have risen a lot recently. From 1980 to 2000 film prices didn't rise even with inflation. Color film is now in only for the rich.
May 21, 2023 18:50:36 #
brentrh wrote:
why do you use film
Setting aside all the negative, put-down comments, I have started dabbling in film again.
For me, it’s just for the fun of it and a bit of nostalgia. It’s not going to replace my digital photography, but I find that when I can’t just fire off a dozen shots per second, and I know I have limited images on the role, it slows me down a bit and I put more thought into a shot.
I still have my Canon T-70 and a fair collection of FD lenses, along with a very large collection of Cokin filters which are a blast to use.
May 21, 2023 19:14:37 #
Basil wrote:
Setting aside all the negative, put-down comments,... (show quote)
My digital camera has a modest frame rate of 5.5fps while my film camera can do 8fps.
May 21, 2023 20:12:17 #
brentrh wrote:
why do you use film
I enjoy the learning experience. I like the level of control that I have.
I am not eager to trash or sell my film cameras.
I guess that makes me a hipster dinosaur from Brooklyn as mentioned by CHG_CANON.
In reality, I started learning back in 1976. Now it is common to see a camera of some sort in my hands. It has become a habit like biting one’s nails.
May 21, 2023 21:07:02 #
Blues Dude wrote:
Doing BW, E3, E6, C41, C-prints and Ciba all I recall is decades of nasty substances, tedious clean ups, expensive perishable materials, and acoarst all that darkness ... but no magic.I miss the quiet peacefulness of creating images the old fashioned way in my darkroom. I agree about the magic of that process.
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