Paul Jenkin
Well-known
I enjoy using film more than digital but I've recently acquired a Fuji XPro-1 and a couple of lenses and also enjoy using that. I've got a Nikon D800 - great camera - but the file sizes are huge and for snapshots, the XPro-1 is a lot less cumbersome. I used the 75% in favour of film option, though it's probably nearer 95% fil if I had to guess.
pvdhaar
Peter
Godfrey
somewhat colored
Loading the Leica CL today...
Have a fresh pack of Impossible Cyanographic in the 600...
I do most of my shooting with digital, but I enjoy working film too.
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Have a fresh pack of Impossible Cyanographic in the 600...
I do most of my shooting with digital, but I enjoy working film too.
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shadowfox
Darkroom printing lives
So far in 2014, I have no time to shoot, period!
Let alone develop and darkroom printing.
In the tiny bits of opportunity here and there, I loaded my Ricoh GR1 with a 800 ASA Fuji rolls and run with it. Processing is painful at $9 (stuck with Walgreen since both Costco and Sam's are no longer processing film around me) but since I do it so rarely, it's okay.
Digital-wise, I use my Samsung S2 smartphone mostly.
Let alone develop and darkroom printing.
In the tiny bits of opportunity here and there, I loaded my Ricoh GR1 with a 800 ASA Fuji rolls and run with it. Processing is painful at $9 (stuck with Walgreen since both Costco and Sam's are no longer processing film around me) but since I do it so rarely, it's okay.
Digital-wise, I use my Samsung S2 smartphone mostly.
sge998
Newbie
I shoot film under good lighting conditions or just about anything personal.
Digital when I am shooting in super low light areas or group shots..
Digital when I am shooting in super low light areas or group shots..
edftwin
Street Wanderer
I tried to convince myself that leica digital would completely replace my leica film cameras but it failed.
I tried owning M8 and M9 in the past but sold each off within a year of use and went back to films. Now i have decided not to invest in leica digital anymore and 100% stick to leica film only, and let my Fuji XM1 do the digital work for me.
I tried owning M8 and M9 in the past but sold each off within a year of use and went back to films. Now i have decided not to invest in leica digital anymore and 100% stick to leica film only, and let my Fuji XM1 do the digital work for me.
Bille
Well-known
Beautiful shots.
adam satushek
Member
Yeah, 100% film for anything serious, and nearly all Portra 400 for both Leica M and Mamiya 7ii kits. Occasionally some Cinestill for night time, and very occational Tmax 400 or delta 3200. Need to get the Sinar kit out and shoot all that Portra 160 sheet film that has gotten so little attention since I started building my rangefinder kits.....
So yeah, I shoot a lot at film, but way behind on developing and scanning...but also believe I'm better at editing when there is a significant lag between shooting and editing...or at least I tell myself that.
So yeah, I shoot a lot at film, but way behind on developing and scanning...but also believe I'm better at editing when there is a significant lag between shooting and editing...or at least I tell myself that.
Godfrey
somewhat colored
Shot another pack of Polaroid 600 in the One600 camera at a party yesterday, and most of a pack of IP SX-70 color in the SX-70 Sonar too. Polaroids are the best cameras to bring to gatherings of friends and family.
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tunalegs
Pretended Artist
I don't think my DSLR has been outside of the house for over a year.
Film is great.
Film is great.
Godfrey
somewhat colored
My DSLR only rarely leaves the house too ... that's because I use it mostly for tabletop work nowadays. Film is great stuff, but so are my digital cameras.
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zvos1
Well-known
Luckily there is a new film lab near me that opened last year. Their high res scans are awesome and very cheap. This is what keeps me still shooting film and keeping my M4. If it wasn't for this new lab I don't think I'd have time to scan and develop myself.
AZPhotog
Keith S
Film = serenity
shortstop
Well-known
Film=stability
alexnotalex
Well-known
M3 and BW film still works it's magic for this obsessive amateur, although I've only shot a handful of rolls so far this year. Digital doesn't excite me, maybe I need to work harder at it.
Maybe next year.
Maybe next year.
kiemchacsu
Well-known
My first serious camera was an Nikon D70 bought in 2006. I started to use film in 2009 with a Nikon F4, well you knew it was a logical purchase to take advantage of nikkor lenses I had.
But then, things have been changed since My first Leica a M6 came to me. Now I almost use Leica films for everything includes snapshots of family hanging out that I used to use Nikon digital to take.
Long live film!
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But then, things have been changed since My first Leica a M6 came to me. Now I almost use Leica films for everything includes snapshots of family hanging out that I used to use Nikon digital to take.
Long live film!
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Archiver
Veteran
I have to admit that I haven't shot a single frame of film since about April 2012. Two rolls of film still sit in my Leica M7 and Contax T3 from that time, and I haven't been able to shoot the rest of them.
For me, shooting film is something special, so I keep it for occasions and places that warrant it. But since I rely on a lab to develop and scan, I prefer not to shoot family or other personal things, so I'm left with ... what?
Funnily, I shot a lot more film when I was learning about how film worked and in that transitional period between small sensor digital cameras and my first DSLR. After the large sensor cameras entered my life, I all but stopped shooting film, and since then it has been very sporadic.
I bought my M7 after falling in love with my M9, and I had the somewhat romantic notion that I might shoot with the M7 about half the time. Certainly, it feels and handles much more nicely than the M9. As I got to use it, I thought that if things went well, I might add a MP, even an a la carte version. But the individual cost of the buy-dev-scan-print process just didn't appeal to me after a while, and the last full rolls of film I shot were in 2010, while my M9 was in for servicing.
As a crazy idea, I may shoot black and white film on a fairly regular basis, and just stash them in the fridge or freezer. In some years, I'll finally get around to learning how to develop my own black and white film, and discover all sorts of forgotten images in those rolls. My own found photos, as it were.
For me, shooting film is something special, so I keep it for occasions and places that warrant it. But since I rely on a lab to develop and scan, I prefer not to shoot family or other personal things, so I'm left with ... what?
Funnily, I shot a lot more film when I was learning about how film worked and in that transitional period between small sensor digital cameras and my first DSLR. After the large sensor cameras entered my life, I all but stopped shooting film, and since then it has been very sporadic.
I bought my M7 after falling in love with my M9, and I had the somewhat romantic notion that I might shoot with the M7 about half the time. Certainly, it feels and handles much more nicely than the M9. As I got to use it, I thought that if things went well, I might add a MP, even an a la carte version. But the individual cost of the buy-dev-scan-print process just didn't appeal to me after a while, and the last full rolls of film I shot were in 2010, while my M9 was in for servicing.
As a crazy idea, I may shoot black and white film on a fairly regular basis, and just stash them in the fridge or freezer. In some years, I'll finally get around to learning how to develop my own black and white film, and discover all sorts of forgotten images in those rolls. My own found photos, as it were.
paradoxbox
Well-known
i love shooting a manual film camera.
i have not had a single instance where i lost a shot because the damn battery was dead. not a single frame.
film has never let me down.
i use digital for unimportant snapshots for throwing on facebook, or when i need extreme ISO capabilities at night.
for anything important or artistic i turn to film and i always trust that the next frame will be there, ready to capture my photo, rain or shine, and i never have to worry if a damned battery discharged while the camera was sitting in the closet.
(i really really freaking hate batteries)
i have not had a single instance where i lost a shot because the damn battery was dead. not a single frame.
film has never let me down.
i use digital for unimportant snapshots for throwing on facebook, or when i need extreme ISO capabilities at night.
for anything important or artistic i turn to film and i always trust that the next frame will be there, ready to capture my photo, rain or shine, and i never have to worry if a damned battery discharged while the camera was sitting in the closet.
(i really really freaking hate batteries)
shortstop
Well-known
Agree. My only digicamera is iPhone from which I'm writing. Batteries make me nervous.
Koolzakukumba
Real men use B+W
It's got to be film all the way. Anyone want to buy a nice D700, 35mm f2 AF-D, 85mm f1.8 AF-D and a few AF zooms?