rehess wrote:
People do talk of film using past tense. Yesterday morning I did have film in my Pentax camera, but then I went shooting. By the end of the day, I was delivering that film to the camera store to be developed, in the present text. These cameras can still do what they were built to do; I hope that is true of the Nikon Zf whatever 40 years from now.
To me, I do think of my film cameras in the past tense. For 32 years, I ran thousands and thousands of rolls of film through them.
I enjoyed using each and every one.
Every few years, Nikon introduced a new camera, with new features. And I bought them.
In 2002, Nikon introduced a new camera, and I bought it. The d100, with its amazing 6 megapixels!!
For a few years prior, I had already switched to scanning my film, with a high end Nikon film scanner. So, I was very ready to capture my images digitally, to avoid all the expense of film and processing.
The way I look at, these were my tools, I used them, enjoyed them, but to me… they are no longer useful to me.
I really don’t see any reason or advantage to putting a roll of film, in any one of them.
My Z9 and D850, D810, and a large collection of trinity lenses, in both F and Z mounts, plus all my big, wide, and macro glass, allows me to take advantage of amazing technology, autofocus with subject and eye detection, VR in the lens, IBIS in the body, etc. wireless flash control, and so much more. Additionally, I use a pair of one terabyte cards, so I don’t ever have to worry about “running out of film”.
I bet, that, like me, a lot of people have their old plug-in corded hand drill, saws, etc.
I would also be willing to bet, that they don’t use them, because the advantages of cordless tools are many.
So, while I don’t have any problem with anyone using a 50 year old camera, with 36 exposure rolls of film, I will continue to admire the film cameras in my collection, and enjoy the memories they bring back to me.
When I want to be creative, and take fine art photos, or satisfy a client’s requests,shoot an event, capture a wedding and all the guests, or shoot musicians doing what they do, in really low and changing lighting, I am happy and definitely blessed, to be able to make use of the best technology that 50 years ago, wasn’t even a dream.
As mentioned, I see no advantage to film,
having been there and done that,
but I respect that you do.
And that is the best point,
we still have choices.
I don’t care what someone uses to capture the moment, I am just happy that they are making the memory.
When I am shooting a wedding, I am very aware of our mortality, and I will always make sure that I get extra coverage of the grandparents, and older guests, for that reason.
Having an unlimited supply of digital media, lets me do that with no additional expense. I am free to shoot as much as I want, without the bean counters laughing at me. My use case involves me taking around ten thousand photos a week, averaged out. Film is just not practical.
I have no problem when someone pulls out an old drill, chucks a drill bit, locks it in with the chuck key, then plugs it in (that order is important), and drills the one little hole that they needed!!!
As for me,
I am very happy with
my cordless tools.
YMMV
IMHO
📸 Regards, Randy 📸
I am an old man,
but I like the new stuff!!