Are film cameras long time forgot?
Dec 2, 2017 12:27:30 #
I still have a Pentax Spotmatic, a Mamiya 645 and two Nikon F5s with a bit of old film in the fridge. I keep telling myself I will use them all one day! I also have a Jobo ATL-500 if anyone is interested! Best of luck.
Dec 2, 2017 12:28:04 #
Quinn 4 wrote:
Lately I have been think have film camera become ... (show quote)
I got $10 each for Canon AE-1's. You practically have to pay someone to take them. It's a shame, but that's what technology does. I throw away computers, tv's, stereos, GPS's, all kids of stuff that just goes obsolete. Even kitchen appliances get replaced as does your furniture etc.
Dec 2, 2017 12:29:25 #
rck281
Loc: Overland Park, KS
I really enjoy shooting my Leica M3 with 5 lenses. My father purchased this camera in 1958 and only had the 50mm and 135mm lenses. I have purchased the remaining 3. I did have the camera Class a few years ago. It may be old but the picture quality is supurb. I then scan the negatives.
Dec 2, 2017 12:42:08 #
I recall recently seeing an encouraging article in a photography periodical, could be DP Review, that read that young photographers are beginning to shoot with film cameras.
Dec 2, 2017 12:42:11 #
I have quite a few film cameras. The ones I use most are my Leica IIIf, my Nikon F, Nikon F4, Hasselblad 500c, and Graphic View II. I purchase 35mm film in 100ft lengths, 120 in pro packs of 10 rolls, and 4x5 in boxes of 25. There are quite a few others on this site that use film, as well.
--Bob
--Bob
Quinn 4 wrote:
Lately I have been think have film camera become ... (show quote)
Dec 2, 2017 13:05:13 #
Quinn 4 wrote:
Lately I have been think have film camera become ... (show quote)
Film is a niche medium used by artists and 20th-century photography teachers, and old fuddy-duddies who can’t learn (or who resist learning) new technologies. There is nothing wrong with that! They’re happy. But the rest of the world HAS moved on.
Digital cameras are used by those who see the means to an end: practical, flexible, immediately universal visual communication. For all those needs, bits beat atoms. The message is more important than the medium.
I still have two Nikons, a Canon, a Minolta, a Bronica, and two APS cartridge Point-and-Shoot Canon ELPHs. I have not used any since 2005.
At that point, I’d used film for 45 years. That was enough. Besides, I had just helped transition a pro portrait lab from film to digital processes... so I was fully comfortable to tell Film, “Buh-Bye!”
I haven’t set up my darkroom gear since 1995. My Mac is far too much fun!
Dec 2, 2017 13:41:30 #
burkphoto wrote:
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Don't you miss watching an image gradually appear in the developer tray at least a little bit?
Dec 2, 2017 13:54:15 #
GreyOwl40
Loc: Quebec City
Despite a long hiatus from photography, I still have a couple of Nikon SLR bodies and AI lenses. I regret having sold my F2s and all of my darkroom equipment. However, I am seriously thinking of shooting some B&W film again, developing the films, and then scanning them. Many of the good B&W films are still available, but, as is to be expected, I see that the price has gone up considerably. Now, if Kodak would only bring back Kodachrome film.
Dec 2, 2017 13:59:59 #
I used to develop my own color prints. It took HOURS to get one print write while struggling in the dark room. Those days, thankfully, are over. There is nothing like today's cameras and software such as Lightroom.
Dec 2, 2017 14:09:58 #
I loved those hours in the darkroom. The real world was miles away during those blissful hours. I still process film, but the need to make prints is not as much as before. I still have my 4 enlargers and other various equipment. Today, I use one of two Jobo processors, depending on the film format I'm processing. Then I scan the negatives. I'll still print if someone wants me to, but the price would dissuade most from requesting me to print something.
--Bob
--Bob
eeisman wrote:
I used to develop my own color prints. It took HOURS to get one print write while struggling in the dark room. Those days, thankfully, are over. There is nothing like today's cameras and software such as Lightroom.
Dec 2, 2017 16:11:26 #
I have many film cameras. I use them to decorate my media room or some might call it a den. I have a Minolta 101 - 201, Kodak Retina, even a 100+ year old Kodak post card camera with a red bellows and many many more, but I don't shoot pictures with them. Digital is so superior to film that there simply is no reason to spend more money for a lesser quality product. I can still concentrate on the subject and know immediately if I got the shot or not. There just is no reason to go back in time. May it's fun for some, but for me, film is in the past.
Dec 2, 2017 16:31:55 #
srt101fan wrote:
Don't you miss watching an image gradually appear in the developer tray at least a little bit?
After working in a 90,000 square foot Photo lab for 33 years? Naaah. I’d rather move the sliders in Lightroom!
Dec 2, 2017 16:46:34 #
GreyOwl40
Loc: Quebec City
Hmmm, bp, I'm trying to determine which of those categories I belong to. A bit of the second, but mostly the third (LOL). You may be right, but McLuhan would not have agreed!
Dec 2, 2017 17:27:03 #
Depending upon what size print or other output you want, a film camera may be the best choice, but that also depends upon what resolution one's digital camera provides. Of course, success with either platform (film or digital) also depends upon the photographer's post-camera skill.
Dec 2, 2017 17:33:35 #
I have a Leica 3F that I purchased in Wheelus AFB Tripoli 1952. I use a Canon Digital now. I take out the Leica, wind it up and click some of the speeds just to hear that beautiful sound of the focal plane.
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