I'm starting to get that look ...

reagan said:
She wants to "get into film" ... on a budget, and had rapid-fire questions.
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Yeah, a younger colleague of mine with a good eye got some film cameras from his father and he wanted to learn. So I showed him how to develop film in the lunch break. 120 and 135. He learned fast and could do it himself just after one demonstration.

A look.
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Another look.
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I once got a comment from a young sales woman in a camera shop that she wouldn't want to shoot with film because it was too complicated and she wouldn't know what to do. Since I am 74 most people don't pay much attention to me and even if they did I really no longer care what they think. I have gotten favorable comments about my cameras. Just shoot pictures like you mean it. I do use a lab that is very film friendly which helps. - Jim
 
I shoot film so I can use the camera I like - an M2. If there were a digital M2 without all the bells and whistles that accompany modern cameras, and that I could AFFORD, I'd be all over it.

I want to set the aperture, shutter speed, focus, and compose. Snap.
 
errorlogin said:
Not long ago, I was asked if this is a film camera, when I was out with my M3.
I am getting tired of being this asked.......hard to translate into english, but I just answered:
"Yes, I am already shooting with film, are you still using digital cameras?"
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Brilliant! I will use your method the next time I am asked the very same thing!😎

On the average, I tend to run into people that envy the good looks of the old piece of equipment I am carrying. Some even covet it... To be honest, I never experienced the feeling the topic starts with. I was quite far away from home recently and was even bemused by the nice comments and attention my modest rf attracted in people. Especially among young ladies... I guess it is much easier to get a beautiful smile while holding a rf or even a classic SLR than a huge DSLR whose looks are more akin to some sort of hand-held rocket laucher than to a picture taking device...
 
Lauffray said:
I hear you 😀
Though I can't remember having had the impressed look from people when I tell them it's film. Now it's usually "can you still get film for that ?" with a rather surprised/annoyed look.
I especially love when they mistake my MP for an M9, they get all excited, then I say it's film, and they go "oh..."
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Actually, they'd more often mistake it for an M9-P, gives you an extra $1000 for "virtual value" 😀

Anyways, in the shop I work, I get the "you still got film?!" sentence at least twice a day...
 
I don't know why I tend to get the opposite reaction...people disappointed that I'm using a digital they thought was a film camera. When I'm out with my film using friends, they get stopped on the streets and people show admiration, not contempt.
 
The only times people comment on my camera is when I'm holding a Rolleiflex. It looks different, and often they comment that their parents had one. As they look at it, you can see them recalling a memory. Occasionally I'll see people take a second glance at my SWC, since it is kinda weird looking too, but no one notices 'normal' looking cameras.
 
 
jsrockit said:
Where? I'd like to read these for fun. I don't recall seeing them around.
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jsrockit said:
Thanks...crazy really. None from RFF though?
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http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18750 which is tongue in cheek, thank God
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=49452
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=105097
(note how that one got closed as it got too close to the fine line between looking like a pro and looking like a dork)

Just to name a few, you can find more if you look for them.
 
KoNickon said:
Our young Croatian colleague (karlori) has enviable gear, and I don't see how he could be labeled a poser with that stuff. (Now, a Lomo or Holga....)
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One would think... but I wonder how many people would see much difference between an Holga and a Rolleiflex
 
Young person with a film camera is ok, old person with digicam is ok too. But an old person with a film camera is mere a walking illustration of an idiom You can't teach an old dog new tricks. Sad but true.
 
I try my best to be inconspicuous. It doesnt seem to matter which kind of camera I choose to use, if I get noticed I feel like I am doing it wrong. The blend into the background approach as adopted by Cartier Bresson is best. Lately I have had tremendous fun using Olympus Mju point and shoot cameras. you can almost hide one in a single closed hand. More often than not they are mistaken for digital anyhow. my Leica is a different matter and I have only had favorable comments from those that recognise and appreciate what an M6 is. I was also delighted to find that a young lady assistant in my local Jessops was proudly a film user and she and I had a great conversation.
 
Ha, interesting that it turned into a fashion thread. 😀 As I said before, we need a fashion subforum! 😉
 
Don't give up. A few weeks ago, I went to an airshow. While shooting a Stearman, I saw a teenage boy with his girlfriend. She was shooting him with a digital P&S, but he had what looked like a film SLR. I went over and said hello and asked what he was using. He showed me his OM10, and I showed him my OM2. I guess his girlfriend didn't think he was uncool. 🙂

Later I met a guy who used to do commercial photography. He had a digital Nikon SLR, but we talked a lot about film. I pulled the Zorki 6 out of my bag and he and his friend's eyes lit up. We talked about the Pentax 67 (he used to own) and he asked me if I knew the name of the FSU camera like it.

Don't give up as long as you enjoy film.
 
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