It is time for a poll

[raid]

I want to see what proportion of RFF members use film cameras more than digital cameras.

 

[raid]

I may one day return to use film cameras, but for the time being, I am using mostly the M9, M8, and the EP2.

 

[Mackinaw]

Color- all digital (Olympus OM-D and Canon EOS-M)
B&W - All film cameras (Leica MP, Rolleiflex 6006, Canon F-1).

Jim B.

 

[GaryLH]

I have just gotten plain lazy. Mainly digital now.. I may shoot about 10-15% film at best and it is usually w/ medium format folders. I develop my own b&w and scan.. Now darkroom work w/ enlarger these days.

Gary

 

[bwidjaja]

If counting # of pictures or frames, then it is 1% film at best. I do medium format film every now and then. Like Gary, self develop and scan only.

 

[Pioneer]

I have some very nice digital cameras including my M9, and I enjoy the results that I get from them. But I still enjoy working with film so much that I am shooting 80% or more film; whether it is color or black & white. There is no doubt that the film workflow, hybrid or otherwise, is more time-consuming. It doesn't seem to slow me down though. I think I enjoy the options. I can scan and print digitally, or print in the darkroom, or do both if I want. And even though I am using a computer I am not dependent on it to do my work.

 

[Corran]

Every once and I while I'm taking my M9 out. I might use it for more casual family snaps, or maybe not. But 95% or more of my personal work (casual shooting and more specific art/documentary) is film.

I greatly prefer my film cameras, both in operation and in output.

The M9 was really just an additional camera for my commercial work. Along with a D800E and D700. If I can and it is applicable to the project / art direction, I try to shoot film for some commercial projects.

Because I do not enjoy sitting at a computer messing with sliders and layers technically film takes me less time to shoot and process, than digital. Of course that's also because a typical day shooting digital work (say, a wedding, or concert) I will shoot 1,000 photos, while a busy day shooting film will net 3-5 rolls, or maybe 10-20 sheets of film. I develop everything in-house and scan with a production scanner that I can do a whole roll or more at once, so that really helps. I used to spend 20-30 hours in a week sitting at my computer scanning when I just had my LS-8000, back in the day before I started 4x5.

 

[Leica All Day]

film 99% of the time 1% iPhone

 

[Vincent.G]

Maybe one day I will hope on the digital M bandwagon like you did.

 

[mooge]

Time wise: 90% film.

Number of frames: 60% film. Lots of digital photos for technical documentation.

Rolls/packs of film consumed within the last year (% total: )
Leica M2 - 76
Rolleiflex - 9
Polaroid 250 - 7
Hasselblad - 5
Canon FTb - 3
Olympus Pen - 2


The tumblr I run for the FSAE team I'm part of is, with two exceptions, all film. It takes up alot of time to develop, scan, and process all of the photos, but I do it because I love it.

 

[Rayt]

99.9% film. The other 0.1% snapping stuff for sale, sexting, etc.

 

[uhoh7]

good poll

when you read the common posts it's filmcentric for sure, and this also explains some of the ire when new gear is discussed.

but it makes for all sorts of great discussions about classic gear 🙂

 

[Brian Atherton]

Currently for the past two or so years, my rough usage guesstimate is:

• Film (exclusively black & white) with Leica M6 TTL and Rollei 6008 Integral, about 85 per cent.
• Digital (colour) Nikon D90, about 5 per cent, iPhone 5, about 10 per cent.
• Digital (black & white) for a while had a bit of fun with the Hueless app, but got fed up with its glitches.

Though last year I did two weddings for friends in digital colour, which bumped up the percentage quite a bit. This year the D90 has hardly been used.

For the past two weeks my Rollei has seen the most usage as I’ve only just purchased it, but the Leica remains my preference by far.

 

[HuubL]

I use film cameras almost daily, shooting low numbers of shots. However, when on vacation trips, Digitals are used, but firing many more shots. I guess, about the same number of images with both.

 

[Rikard]

I find fewer and fewer reasons to go back to digital. But the camera in the iphone do get used maybe once a week.

 

[Bruno Gracia]

Everytime I switch to digital, get bored so easily and quick... Since I discover film all of this has been amazing different. Well, instant feedback or disappointment that's my experience, and less dirty.

But now for me the real pleasure and art is to have a negative in the hands and bring it to the darkroom or a good scanner.

Using MP, 28/2, 35 and 50 1.4 asph. And the stunning Hasselblad.

Much more funny, I feel the need to have something physical.

At the end, You will see, people will realise about how good and better is film, can't be compared with 0-1-0-1, etc.

 

[Michael Markey]

It changes but more and more digital since getting the Merrills.
I do a lot for friends so the immediacy of digital is more convenient , I`ve never enjoyed some aspects of the film work flow and its getting comparatively more expensive in the UK.
Still prefer film cameras so the decision is purely pragmatic.

 

[brainwood]

I shoot around 95% film. I occasionally use the camera in my iphone but I find the whole process of film much more satisfying.

 

[shortstop]

Film : digital (iphone) = 99 :1

 

[Mongo Park]

Film 99.9%; Digital 0.1%. Not made the switch yet. Flummoxed by chargers, batteries, sd cards, full frame or not, white balance, jpegs/raw etc.