Steve Bellayr
Veteran
For the last two days I have been shooting with (film) rangefinders. Yesterday, I shot a local demo with a Nikon S2. Today I went to a booksale with a Yashica Lynx-14. I spent about as much time answering questions about my cameras as I did anything else. I even had demonstrators asking to have their picture taken & posing. One reporter yesterday told me about her Pentax K1000. Today I had to let a few people hold my Yashica Lynx. Over & over I heard the refrain "real camera" . A while back someone posted a site with a film about a renowned photographer who shot with a Leica on the streets of NYC. He stated that when he got his contacts back he felt like it was Christmas. I kind of feel the same way. I wait until I have about 5-7 rolls to have them developed. I love the feeling of saying wow did I really shoot that (on the flip side 'what was I thinking'). (Certainly, I understand the necessity of immediacy when working for a client or news organization.) I went on a trip once and shot over 100 photos with a digital and did not look at the images for two weeks although I could have done so immediately. I felt that they were too fresh in my mind and conflicted with what I had seen. A photo should stand alone without conflicting with your memory. Anyway, I have rambled on long enough. But, the lesson, if there is any, is that if you have a small film camera and are friendly you will have no difficulty taking pictures at any event even of the local police. Smile & wave.
aad
Not so new now.
It's got to the point where, when I get C41 developed, I won't get prints or a CD, even at palces that charge the same, prints or not.
I'd rather watch 'em come up on my screen during scanning-and not have the lab's work in my head to compare. It really is like Christmas!
I'd rather watch 'em come up on my screen during scanning-and not have the lab's work in my head to compare. It really is like Christmas!
NickTrop
Veteran
It is like Christmas getting a set of prints back from the Photoshop - a nice little inexpensive treat. I love that. The Lynx 14 in particular gets a lot of looks and "is that a real camera?" when she's out. Also, the Iskra folder. I was shooting with an Iskra on the beach this summer, and some older guy nodded his head and gave me a thumbs up : )
RHaroldP
Member
Anticipation is part of the fun of developing your own film. When the film is dry, it's Christmas. The instant gratification of digital is highly overrated.
Richard
Richard
Trius
Waiting on Maitani
Contact sheets are glorious. Index prints stink.
maddoc
... likes film again.
That's one side about still shooting with a film camera (whatever brand), people have a much friendlier attitude towards the photographer. I can speak only about Japan but here people admire that somebody takes time to "make a photo" opposite to the digtial approach of "taking a photo".
Bryce
Well-known
My chem lab partner, 18 years old, was so interested in the Pentax KX I carry in my bookbag he took one of my backup cameras home for a test drive today.
Same kinds of comments- he says he appreciates the build quality, simplicity and sense of accomplishment that come from using a 'real' camera.
We'll see how he feels after using it awhile.
Same kinds of comments- he says he appreciates the build quality, simplicity and sense of accomplishment that come from using a 'real' camera.
We'll see how he feels after using it awhile.