A stranger told me film is back..

[Michael Markey]

No it isn't. People have been shooting concert photography for years before the advent of digital.

I did back in the seventies but I have to say it was hard work and the results (at least my results) were pretty bad.
No point in going down that road today for me at least.

Without being disrespectful I`m surprised that threads like this are still running in 2019.
I still use both and I still see other people using both.

We`re all trying to capture something in a way that is most pleasurable to us.

The fact that we each chose to do that in a different way doesn`t seem of itself to be remarkable.

 

[CharlesDAMorgan]

We`re all trying to capture something in a way that is most pleasurable to us.

The fact that we each chose to do that in a different way doesn`t seem of itself to be remarkable.

Well said.

In London twice in the last fortnight I've seen people using Nikon F2s for street photography and had a coffee shop barista (it always seems to be them) compliment me on my Leicaflex and say he uses a Nikon F. Meanwhile, all around, are people taking photos on their phones etc, or Fujifilm digital or big Canons.

All grist to the mill.

 

[maigo]

Walking in downtown Vancouver in late August I spotted a fellow beside me at the corner of Granville and Georgia. He had a M2 with, IIRC, aBiogon 35mm.
I had my FM2 with 28/2.8 and Gordy's strap.
Nice Leica I said.
Nice Gordy's strap he said.
The light changed and we walked.
He took a shot of the pedestrians advancing towards us in the slanted late afternoon light.
I held my young son's hand and walked onwards to the Skytrain station.


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[robert blu]

...
I still use both and I still see other people using both.

We`re all trying to capture something in a way that is most pleasurable to us.

The fact that we each chose to do that in a different way doesn`t seem of itself to be remarkable.

I use both. Film for specific projects or for the pleasure to use it. Digital for the convenience. As I said in another thread I even mix them!

Having said this I do not see many film users around...but in Italy we are always a little bit late with the "new things" 🙂

robert

 

[Kent]

I hope that film is coming back big time. I still have some really nice film cameras to sell. 😉

 

[Ted Striker]

At the electronica dance concert I went to last Wednesday evening, there was not a single film camera in sight ... film is USELESS for recording an event like this! You need movie capture, sensitivity and dynamic range, and the ability to see whether what you just snapped succeeded. The smartphone rules.

Well, if you don't have the skills, then yes film is useless. Others, who have the technical chops can make fantastic images at concerts. I've seen thousands of great concert images, all shot on film.

 

[raydm6]

1980's Concert Photography - Film, Handheld (Berklee Performance Center)

1980's Concert Photography - Film, Handheld (Berklee Performance Center)


Joe Zawinal, Wayne Shorter, Jaco Pastorious - Weather Report by rdc154, on Flickr

Wayne Shorter, Jaco Pastorious - Weather Report by rdc154, on Flickr


Joe Zawinal - Weather Report by rdc154, on Flickr


Jaco Pastorious - Weather Report by rdc154, on Flickr


Jaco Pastorious - Weather Report by rdc154, on Flickr


Jaco Pastorious - Weather Report by rdc154, on Flickr



Jaco Pastorious - Weather Report by rdc154, on Flickr

 

[raydm6]

I was free to walk around and obtain these different angles. I was just in the audience but back then, not with professional credentials. This was allowed 🙂. I was careful not to block people's view.

 

[Ted Striker]

 

[Out to Lunch]

Not sure where this thread is heading...

 

[Godfrey]

Not sure where this thread is heading...

Nowhere interesting.

 

[Ambro51]

Processing. The Weak Point. Sure, cameras abound, film can be easily had.....but the processing (accessible to grandmas and tourists) is tough to find. In my little home town (pop 4500), years ago...you could drop film off at any of the following: two grocery stores, two drug stores, the 5&10, , Reesers hobby shop and a wall mart a few miles away. Plus, film mailers were available easily as well. Today, an inept Walgreens stumbles forward with $15 per roll of 35.

 

[Ted Striker]

Processing. The Weak Point. Sure, cameras abound, film can be easily had.....but the processing (accessible to grandmas and tourists) is tough to find. In my little home town (pop 4500), years ago...you could drop film off at any of the following: two grocery stores, two drug stores, the 5&10, , Reesers hobby shop and a wall mart a few miles away. Plus, film mailers were available easily as well. Today, an inept Walgreens stumbles forward with $15 per roll of 35.

You're lucky. Our Walgreens dropped film processing years ago. Costco too. Every lab except for one that I know of has closed up shop recently. And even the one lab remaining hardly has any throughput, doing only a single run of processing per week. And they can process only one type of film, C41 in 35mm size. You are out of luck if you shoot 120 film, E6, or B & W.

 

[goamules]

I was in the Distinguished Gentlemen's Ride and took my M3. The official photographer was a guy in his 50s, shooting a giant Nikon DSLR. After the group shot, he came to me and said, "everyone is oogling the old motorcycles, I am oogling your old camera." Had several others come up to me and ask "is that a film camera" which led to "I have a bunch at home I'm looking to sell..." That's how I get my cameras and lenses actually. Few older people seem willing to go back to film. Young willing to try it.

 

[CharlesDAMorgan]

I was in the Distinguished Gentlemen's Ride and took my M3. The official photographer was a guy in his 50s, shooting a giant Nikon DSLR. After the group shot, he came to me and said, "everyone is oogling the old motorcycles, I am oogling your old camera." Had several others come up to me and ask "is that a film camera" which led to "I have a bunch at home I'm looking to sell..." That's how I get my cameras and lenses actually. Few older people seem willing to go back to film. Young willing to try it.

That really has been my experience. Just wandering around with a Rolleiflex or a Leica at old car events I have been offered three dark rooms, several cameras and much reminiscing.

 

[Michael Markey]

Early `70`s with a Chinon slr and 135/2.8 HP5 .
Scanned from prints made at the time ….

 

[stompyq]

I happily use both on a regular basis. My daily driver is a Fuji X100F and a Leica M4 with a 21mm SA. No one seems to notice me with this setup. Substitute the Leica with a Rolleiflex and everyone notices me.

 

[IIIg]

By the way, while film might "be back", apparently the camera store is not (based on many of the replies found in another recent thread around here). Interesting times.

I'm in Zagreb right now.

I walked past the "Foto Studio Central" on Ilica this morning. They offered a pretty decent selection of film. The place resembled the US camera stores of my younger days with lots of film on shelves behind the cash register.

 

[Huss]

Nowhere interesting.

I find the concert film shots being posted very interesting. Most of them are a very cool trip (!) down memory lane.

 

[Ted Striker]

I find the concert film shots being posted very interesting. Most of them are a very cool trip (!) down memory lane.