kshapero
South Florida Man
It is inconvenient, it costs to develop, it uses only one ISO at a time, blah, blah, blah.
Then why do I just plain enjoy shooting with film? Just do.
Then why do I just plain enjoy shooting with film? Just do.
zvos1
Well-known
That's exactly why I like film. Inconvenience!! With digital it is just to easy...I don't get the feeling of accomplishment as much as I get with film.
bobby_novatron
Photon Collector
I never realized how little I really knew about photography until I put down my dSLR and picked up a film camera and did my own developing. I feel like I've learned more in the past year (with film) than in the past 10 years with my digital camera.
NLewis
Established
I think this opinion is about right. Film is irrational, but I like it.
dleyva2
Established
The title of this thread really hit home with me. It's like you all were reading my brain......
pvdhaar
Peter
It's the taste of that glue on the strip of sealing paper on a 120 rollfilm that's so hard to beat. Licking SD-cards just isn't the same..
totifoto
Well-known
you
just
cant
smell
digital.
just
cant
smell
digital.
arunrajmohan
Established
It is inconvenient, it costs to develop, it uses only one ISO at a time, blah, blah, blah.
Then why do I just plain enjoy shooting with film? Just do.
Imagine someone selling a SD card
that can hold 32-36 shots,
that card cannot be reused, and
costs about $5 each card.
But, every shot taken on it is 'priceless'.
user237428934
User deletion pending
Yes. And the photos are encrypted. To decrypt the card you have to insert the card into a device that looks like a development tank and then you have to agitate the tank in a specific manner. If you did it right, you can download the photos on your computer
rxmd
May contain traces of nut
Why stop with using film? Add inconvenience for that extra feeling of accomplishment! Here's a couple of possible suggestions:
- After every frame, take another frame of a slate with the exposure parameters on it (manual EXIF)
- Only shoot slide film, for less exposure latitude
- Develop the slide film yourself, start printing Cibachromes
- Always use the zone system and a spot meter
- Always shoot wide open, use ND filters if it's too bright (depth of field is for wimps)
- Stop using rangefinders, learn to guess focus 100% of the time
- Stop using meters, learn to guess exposure 100% of the time
(As a side effect, some of these may actually be quite enjoyable and/or lead to better pictures... :angel
mob81
Well-known
Exactly the same here! however, less than 10 years with digital (Way less)
Well Said bobby_novatron.
Benjamin Marks
Veteran
Over on the Online Photographer, Mike Johnson has some interesting ruminations on the meaning of taking a photograph back when a 10-12 shot roll was expensive and there was a premium on choosing which moments would be captured.
See http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/blog_index.html/the_online_photographer/blog_index.html
Personally, I am anachronistically attached to the idea of producing an "original" thing -- that is: the negative. But I am stocking up on film in a chest freezer because I don't see this as being the view of even of an economically viable minority of, say,5x7 film users.
Go Neopan.
See http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/blog_index.html/the_online_photographer/blog_index.html
Personally, I am anachronistically attached to the idea of producing an "original" thing -- that is: the negative. But I am stocking up on film in a chest freezer because I don't see this as being the view of even of an economically viable minority of, say,5x7 film users.
Go Neopan.
charjohncarter
Veteran
That's a good one. You leaned photography when using film, but you learned how run buttons and knobs with a DSLR. And how to read a 100+ page manual that tells you zero about photography.
rxmd
May contain traces of nut
Well if people think this kind of limitation makes their photography better, there's nothing stopping them from doing that with their digital cameras, too, except their own inertia and lack of discipline.
Shoot with a small memory card. On my 5D, a 256 MB card will come pretty close to using roll film. It's not exactly the same (because you can delete pictures) but it gets pretty close. The card is full? No more shooting. This gets you a little more consciousness in your approach to what you shoot.
Or even better, for every shot you take, take $1 and put it into a piggy bank. This is the $1 you would have paid for film, development and scanning. Call it your GAS fund. This has two advantages - more conscious shooting, and some money towards new lenses by the end of the year, or a few high-end prints, or a piece of jewellery for the lady. Everyone wins.
Really (and actually I'm serious), if people think this limitation is important and that without it photography is getting worse, nothing stops them from imposing the limitation on themselves. If they do follow through on it, their photography will profit.
I don't understand this at all. Sure perhaps you can like the process better, but ultimately you are trying to make great photos... which, if accomplished, is equally hard in digital and film.
Spleenrippa
Yes, Right There
You are definitely right in terms of composition, lighting, and the other technical prerequisites for a 'great photo.' However, one can also feel a sense of accomplishment from the developing and printing processes associated with film. Not that you couldn't with photoshop, but analog methods are tangible and people enjoy being able to hold the fruits of their labor.
lorriman
Established
With the cost of each frame one is more likely to carefully take the photo. Much more likely. For a pro it would be the same, I imagine, but not for us amateurs.
Ronald M
Veteran
sheet film will educate you fast.
Now I use digital the same way, judiciously because I don`t know how to do it any other way.
Now I use digital the same way, judiciously because I don`t know how to do it any other way.
Stuart John
Well-known
Yep I love it too. Anything else is just computer graphics.
Stuart John
Well-known
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