Bridges Loc: Memphis, Charleston SC, now Nazareth PA

I just pulled out a roll of B&W film which I want to try using a Canon AE1. I will only get the film developed to see what kind of images come out. I think retro is a very real thing with some people still experimenting with pin-hole cameras. I don't think it hurts to delve in past technologies from time to time as it may help us appreciate what we have today!

delder Loc: Maryland

burkphoto:

Yes, I did some conference rooms, Studio work etc in the 70's.
Mandatory Carousel projector or 2,
2 Bell & Howell 614 [?] 16 MM Projectors, rear screen.
Then some WIERD studio systems when I worked @ Telemation.

JimH123 Loc: Morgan Hill, CA

My last SLR was my Minolta Maxxum 7000 which I bought in 1985. It had auto focus which I enjoyed a lot with a number of Minolta lenses. Used it for the next 15 years and have boxes of packs of negatives that I am still working on motivating myself to scan on my Epson V600. Other than a few test scans which turned out really well, I am just finding it difficult to get started. I remember how my wife, who never actually wanted to use the camera, would always point out what she wanted me to take pictures of.

Used this camera for 15 years until I decided to leave film altogether. In fact, the last time I was about to use this camera, someone tripped and fell onto the camera and snapped off the flash I was going to use. So much for that indoor picture taking opportunity.

The first SLR I used was a Mamya Sekor which I bought in 1969. I had so worn it out by 1985 when I bought the Maxxum, that knobs were even falling off. In fact, that is why I bought the Maxxum.

No, I'm not ever going back to film. Those days are over for me. But I sure do like playing with the old legacy manual lenses on mirrorless cameras. The Maxxum 7000 may be hidden away in the house somewhere, but not my old lenses. And I have many of them. Focus magnification and focus peaking have changed the game, and just maybe, sometime after the new TechArt LM-EA9 starts shipping, maybe the GAS level will rise again?

BebuLamar

I only do pinhole with a digital camera never did with film. It seems making blurry images on film is a waste.

JD750 Loc: SoCal

Technically "bits" are recorded on material fabricated out of silicon atoms. ;)

Someone offered me a slide projector the other day I said no thanks, the computer, or TV are the modern slide projectors, the phone is the equivalent of the wallet with a stack of transparent holders for photos. The iPad is like the 8x10 photo book.

But it's not either / OR, you an do both film and digital now and display the film pics on the TV.

JD750 Loc: SoCal

Koda chrome..... nice bright colors .... (humming the tune).

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

If you've seen my posts here, many started as film images. I haven't exposed a roll of film since 2005, but I've digitized hundreds of rolls of negatives and slides so they can be shared any way I wish to share them. The prints from them look better than the prints I made 40-50 years ago.

The beauty of bits is that they can be duplicated exactly. They can exist on my computer and a remote server, and my phone or your phone or computer, all at the same time. Transmit them with radio, wire, or optical fiber, and your image is shared instantly around the world.

Harry0 Loc: Gardena, Cal

Effin kidz! I'm from then.
BTW, Ricoh made the lenses for Sears. They were pretty good.
I STILL shoot auto-iso and manual focus. Well, then ISO was determined by the film.
I still like 120 film cameras. My Kiev 60 and my Iskra still get occasional use.
Yeah that Kiev is a monster- but I'm over 6 feet tall so it looks like a 35mm on me.
But the last time I shot a few rolls, the lab's chemicals were tainted by someone else's slides.
I've got four rolls of negatives that are all red tinted.
IFF film and processing costs come down I'd like to use film more often.
But at Ren Faire I shot a couple hundred shots. Could I do that on a EM Nikon 50?
AAND with a DSLR I can look at the back and preview what the shot will look like.
And "process" my shots myself (PSE) as soon as I get home.
I'm also in my 70s, so ... can't take them with me.
Next nostalgia "surge" they'll go to ebay where someone wants them..

rook2c4 Loc: Philadelphia, PA USA

There's no reason to take the camera down away from your face to advance the film between shots. And once advancing to the next frame after each shot becomes a routine habit, you will rarely forget to do it.

Guyserman Loc: Benton, AR

Agreed. Once upon a time it was routine but after 20 years of digital it is no longer routine and never will be again for me. Thanks for commenting.

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

BebuLamar

When I started out I never had my shutter cocked until I want to take the shot. I was so afraid that the shutter will get damaged if left cocked for too long. But later on, I always advance the film after each shot but I also had the habbit of having the roll processed by the end of the day regardless I finished it or not. I could take 5 frame on the 36 exp roll and process it.

JD750 Loc: SoCal

Yep I get that. But as said above we lost that habit with auto advance film cameras and later with digital cameras.

So you have to re-learn it when using a vintage camera. But for a hobbyist it’s not all bad to slow down and spend more time on each shot.

BebuLamar

I don't know. I never like the controls of new cameras so I still prefer the old ways. I now really hate the counting wheels.