It is time for a poll

[John E Earley]

It was 60:40 film:digital but since I added a Sony a6000 to my D90, my digital use has gone to 90%. I like using the compact mirrorless digital camera with my Nikon, Canon, Minolta and FSU lenses in LTM and SLR form.

I continue to use my favorite Nikons, Barnack clones and Bronica ETRsi with film but not as often as in the past.

 

[semordnilap]

I'm with Raid... I just sold my scanner, actually. I's nice to shoot the rolleiflex from time to time, but it just doesn't happen very often at all.

 

[kpembo]

I use film except for family snap shots at birthdays and other get together events. My family has come to expect the instant feedback of digital.

Most film shots are B&W.

 

[helen.HH]

Just Film... Its all i own and mostly Desire
35mm , Tmax100 & 400 are my Favs
Have been experimenting with HP5 as of late and having tooooo much grain

the immediacy of digital is very enticing but Film wins my Heart & Eye

 

[jjtelecaster]

I mostly shoot B&W, and for me film excels in that.

Juan

 

[Tijmendal]

I'd say 98% film, 2% digital (if it's even that much, probably less).
35mm it's just B/W for me, medium format almost exclusively slides.

 

[Lucadomi]

Love and use film almost exclusively, 6x6 in particular. Now I am going to vacation in Europe and I am thinking I might get a small digital camera too (maybe Sigma or Ricoh) form snapshots. These new "big" sensor compact cameras are interesting.

 

[gdi]

Monday and Tuesday it was 100% film, then Wednesday it was 100% digital. Nothing since then.

 

[robert blu]

I selected equally but I'm not so sure...lately I shoot "Impossible" film with my sx70 and MF both with my Rolleifles and Zeiss Super Ikonta. I'm not shooting much 35mm but planning to go back to i t with hybrid workflow (B&W only) . When traveling with film I use my Leica x1 (the only digital I have) to complement film, as when I have a 100 iso film in my main camera and I need to shoot interiors with 800 or 1600 iso.
robert

 

[gnuyork]

Mostly digital lately for convenience. I still have a freezer full of film though.

And contrary to what most seem to do, I vastly prefer the look of slide film for color, and I am OK with Digital B&W.

 

[rjstep3]

All film for me - the only digital shots I take are the occasional shot with my S3 for photographing something to sell on ebay or send via email when I have to.

I use Oly rangefinders to carry around for day to day shots - 35rc, XA series, sometimes Contax T2 or T3 when I feel lazy. For quality shooting, I like my Contax G2 system.

Tried digital - got fed up with being bored and de-skilled. Also confused by the menus. Frankly, if you are going to carry a DSLR around, you might as well use a Mamiya 7II, another of my favourites: it actually weighs less than a DSLR and makes you THINK before pressing the shutter button. Using film means far fewer shots, but each is much better. I can come back from a 2 week holiday having used 6 or so rolls of 35mm film, but when I used digital (Nikon D200), I would come back with literally thousands of images, all of them useless.

Just my view - I can understand the allure of digital, but it just makes me lazy and uninterested in what I am looking at. I used to wander around shooting everything and thinking, "I can Photoshop that later, I can Photoshop that later". I never did - with thousands of useless images to Photoshop, they just got stored on disk and never looked at. Having gone through 25 years of photographs and scanned all of them (finally) it has given me genuine pleasure to see old friends again, and the pleasure of working the really good ones up is beckoning!

rjstep3

 

[lynnb]

This year I've spent more time shooting film than digital. I'm enjoying it immensely. However I've probably shot about the same number, or perhaps more, digital frames but that's just because I like shooting wave sequences - which can result in hundreds of pictures in a shooting session when the conditions are favourable.

 

[robbeiflex]

I'm surprised to find that by roughly equally mixing the two I am in quite the minority here. I wonder how this will pan out as the sample gets larger...

 

[Eric T]

For me, >99% digital. The non-Bayer sensors from Sigma (Foveon) and Fujifilm (X-trans) are so much better than anything I can do on film.
My problem is that scanning is an art by itself and I just don't have the time to fiddle with it very much. I did finish four color rolls recently - three on the Fuji GF670 and one on a Leica R8. I develop myself and it is fun.
But digital sensors have gotten so good that there is no reason for me to go to film to get the shot.

 

[Bill Clark]

Color = 100% digital mostly with Canon equipment.

B & W = 95% film, 5% digital.

 

[raid]

I am leaving this poll here for a total of 365 days so that others have a chance to state their preferences in camera type usage. It is interesting that very few people here have chosen a 50:50 mix of film and digital equipment. Some film users were very clear about their 99% use of film! It is my guess that photographers who develop their film and those that favor using MF cameras will favor film cameras by a wide margin.

 

[konicaman]

Colour: 98% digital (X-E1, G12, LF1, EOS) - on occasion a film to test a camera if I am in a hurry
B&W: 100% film

 

[charjohncarter]

I use digital mostly for things I don't care about or for my volunteer work, and they want it quick. One funny thing for me is: it is easier for me to catalog, archive, and retrieve negatives than digital files. I know it is just me but that is the way it is.

 

[Ko.Fe.]

I use film except for family snap shots at birthdays and other get together events. My family has come to expect the instant feedback of digital.

Most film shots are B&W.

Similar to above. But I do family/friends on film as well and if I volontire people want it digital almost always.

 

[Darthfeeble]

I tried, I really wanted to love film but it's too much of a hassle. I have been all digital for about 8 years.