Long live film

[perudo]

boring, very boring! Hipster wedding photographers doing portraits on medium format cameras pretending that the fact that there is no screen to look at, makes them better photographers :bang:

(PS: I shoot film )

 

[perudo]

When CD's almost killed off vinyl, it was rescued by audio freaks and other "fringe" elements precisely beause it a) sounded better, and b) because it was different and cool. Seems similar to what's happening with film. The vinyl thing went on to thrive as a niche product, with manufacturers releasing a plethora of new turntable and cartridge models. I think we'll need to see manufacturers releasing new film camera models in order to be reasonably certain that there is a future in film.

yes and no: vinyl reemerged when mp3 killed cd. A lot of vinyl collectors like the physical cover of an LP ( instead of a digital mp3) . And a Vinyl cover in your hand is way better than a cd.
Vinyl is not a niche product anymore, as nearly every mainstream band seems to edit a vinyl version of their albums and as vinyls are now available in big stores (at least here in europe)

 

[literiter]

Young Whipper Snappers with film cameras. Fantastic!

I can only hope they stay with it.

 

[Ko.Fe.]

Hipsters, cool... How about people who likes real film looks.
Few weeks I gave my Zorki 6 to 19 YO fella, who asked his parents why old pictures looks so different.
The answer was - because it was taken on film.
He likes them, so he decided to try it. Not because it is cool, but because he could clearly see the difference.
It is also common trend among more expirienced photogs.
I see it at P.O.T.N. from time to time.
Guys like me adding, returning to film as different media, because digital cameras aren't capable yet.
And faking it in PP to film looks is waste of time often.

 

[Ansel]

Ignore the haters, there are some lovely people in that movie shooting film who are passionate about what they do, and it shows in their images. Not a fad. Passion.

 

[mfogiel]

It is a pity, they have downplayed the really important things:

- film labs dying
- scanners going out of production
- real reason for sticking with film: B&W
- state of the art B&W print - silver gelatin
- documentary and archival value of a film negative

It would have been helpful to show at least one well known film photographer:
A John Sexton or Caponigro senior.

 

[perudo]

It is a pity, they have downplayed the really important things:

- film labs dying
- scanners going out of production
- real reason for sticking with film: B&W
- state of the art B&W print - silver gelatin
- documentary and archival value of a film negative

It would have been helpful to show at least one well known film photographer:
A John Sexton or Caponigro senior.

You are totally right

 

[KoNickon]

Hipsters, cool... How about people who likes real film looks.
Few weeks I gave my Zorki 6 to 19 YO fella, who asked his parents why old pictures looks so different.
The answer was - because it was taken on film.
He likes them, so he decided to try it. Not because it is cool, but because he could clearly see the difference.
It is also common trend among more expirienced photogs.
I see it at P.O.T.N. from time to time.
Guys like me adding, returning to film as different media, because digital cameras aren't capable yet.
And faking it in PP to film looks is waste of time often.

"P.O.T.N."?

 

[jsrockit]

Vinyl is not a niche product anymore, as nearly every mainstream band seems to edit a vinyl version of their albums and as vinyls are now available in big stores (at least here in europe)

I wonder how many LPs are sold vs. CDs / MP3 versions of albums? If it's like 1%, then it's a niche.

 

[Dirk]

yes and no: vinyl reemerged when mp3 killed cd. A lot of vinyl collectors like the physical cover of an LP ( instead of a digital mp3) . And a Vinyl cover in your hand is way better than a cd.
Vinyl is not a niche product anymore, as nearly every mainstream band seems to edit a vinyl version of their albums and as vinyls are now available in big stores (at least here in europe)

I think you missed my point. It's not whether or not vinyl sales as a percentage of overall recorded music sales qualify as "niche", even though I suspect it does, but that the survival of the medium was made possible through the release of new machines on which to play it. If new turntables and cartridges hadn't been made, the dwindling number of working, old turntables and cartridges would have condemned the whole experience to a slow but certain death. Conversely, we need new film cameras to be produced to take the place of the constantly shrinking number of old existing film cameras out there. Especially mid-and high end models would be required. Aging of the population, if you will.

 

[jsrockit]

I wish they had found more people who have been shooting film for some time and have stuck with it (there's at least one who says so) instead of mostly young folks who have moved from digital to film.

This could have been cool. However, I suspect that those who have used film for many, many years have no reason to make a love letter to the medium. The work most likely speaks for itself.

 

[perudo]

I think you missed my point. It's not whether or not vinyl sales as a percentage of overall recorded music sales qualify as "niche", even though I suspect it does, but that the survival of the medium was made possible through the release of new machines on which to play it. If new turntables and cartridges hadn't been made, the dwindling number of working, old turntables and cartridges would have condemned the whole experience to a slow but certain death. Conversely, we need new film cameras to be produced to take the place of the constantly shrinking number of old existing film cameras out there. Especially mid-and high end models would be required. Aging of the population, if you will.

Actually you are right, I didn't understand it this way..... but I totally agree with you
Just for fun : how about a new film camera that would automatically converts film to jpeg ? :bang:

 

[Pete B]

The digitally produced subtitles have artifacts.

 

[icebear]

Digital is just a fad.

Let's hope so...

Guess not 😉 😎 😛 😉.
It's just a different medium and simply a matter of personal preference and choice.

 

[Michalm]

Good effort to promote film , as long as we keep talking about it and shooting , it wont be forgotten.

 

[Cameron]

While I appreciated the documentary for what it was, I just wish it didn't revolve around different people answering the same question: "Why do you shoot film?" Tons of repetitive answers and boring at times.

 

[kingjon]

Watched it last night, interesting for the most part. Just glad to see more people using film.
Jon

 

[Faintandfuzzy]

And was this movie done using film? Nope.

 

[Jamie Pillers]

Nice sales pitch by The Impossible Project folk. But it did get a bit tiring listening to the same warm-and-fuzzy notions over and over. In the end, we all still just end up with a big stack of images. How they were produced? No one will care... doesn't matter. Click on.

 

[Ansel]

I wonder how many LPs are sold vs. CDs / MP3 versions of albums? If it's like 1%, then it's a niche.

Actually, CDs are on the way out and LPs have been growing sales for over a decade. More record players are sold than CD players nowadays.