Mix of film and digital (2010 update)

Mix of film and digital (2010 update)

  • 100% film

    Votes: 100 29.2%

  • 75% film and 25% digital

    Votes: 89 25.9%

  • 50%:50% film and digital

    Votes: 55 16.0%

  • 25% film and 75% digital

    Votes: 77 22.4%

  • 100% digital

    Votes: 22 6.4%
  • Total voters
    343
  • Poll closed .
Keith said:
The thing is how many of those sixty people who claim they only shoot film have a little point and shoot digicam that they use for what they probably regard as 'not taking real photos?'

Ads, ebay etc!

Whatever the purists say about camera phones they take 'real' photographs that are more than a match for the results from those little film disposables we all used to buy for holidays and special events etc!
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Hardly being a purist. This is a site about hobby photography, and taking photos of products for eBay isn't taking photos for your personal pleasure. If someone signed up here and posted photos in the gallery of product snapshots, it wouldn't be accepted.

I don't want to get into the debate of whether these photos are 'photography'. But I do know that they shouldn't be included in the poll. Saying that they should is like going to a car forum poll where people ask how many cars you own, and posting "but what about my remote controlled cars they are still technically cars am i right? hurp a durp hehuhuhu"
 
The car analogy doesn't make sense. Product shots and other pictures made with 'auxillary' cameras should indeed count. The utilitarian use of pictures is one of the main uses of photography and digital imaging.
 
apconan said:
Hardly being a purist. This is a site about hobby photography, and taking photos of products for eBay isn't taking photos for your personal pleasure. If someone signed up here and posted photos in the gallery of product snapshots, it wouldn't be accepted.
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There's a fair share of gear pictures in the gallery. I've never been told that this is not accepted!

I've sold things here and on eBay for my hobby. Taking a picture for that purpose is part of my hobby, and it's a picture.

apconan said:
Saying that they should is like going to a car forum poll where people ask how many cars you own, and posting "but what about my remote controlled cars they are still technically cars am i right? hurp a durp hehuhuhu"
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More like posting the cool oldtimers you own, and then saying that actually there's also this 1999 Toyota Corolla that you use every day, but it shouldn't really be included because you're not driving it for fun.

Saying you're not a purist, and then saying in the next sentence what this site is or isn't supposedly about, is a bit of a contradiction. If someone had to argue to find a reason to exclude digital pictures because they serve some kind of purpose, just so that the precious analog ratio stays somewhere up high near the beloved 90% or 100% mark, it would strike me as a bit sad.
 
I have a pretty good idea of this site, because I browse it everyday. People post here mostly for a personal love for photography, or for some people, it is how they pay the bills. Probably many a good mix of the two. People don't come here to talk about what gear to use for utility uses for photography. And because this poll is taking 'the pulse' of this site, it shouldn't include product snapshots and note-taking photos. The OP stated himself.
 
As well, I think a large part of what makes this survey interesting is seeing how users divide their photography between film and digital, given a choice. That choice isn't really there for taking photos for selling things. Whereas with professional shooting, many people still choose to shoot film alongside digital, and for hobby shooting people still shoot a good mix. Seeing how people choose to allocate their shooting between the two is very interesting.
It's obvious that people use digicams/cell cams to take product shots and make notes, including it in a survey isn't telling us anything new.
 
voted for 25% film, 75% digital. Sadly, where I live labs are pretty crappy and I was getting scratched negs frequently. Got some chemicals and gonna start developing BW at home, hopefully going for a 50/50 ratio 🙂

But the ratio is biased anyway, as with digital I tend to click more than with film. The important ratio for me would be on photos that came out really nice.
 
umcelinho said:
voted for 25% film, 75% digital. Sadly, where I live labs are pretty crappy and I was getting scratched negs frequently. Got some chemicals and gonna start developing BW at home, hopefully going for a 50/50 ratio 🙂

But the ratio is biased anyway, as with digital I tend to click more than with film. The important ratio for me would be on photos that came out really nice.
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I share the exact same sentiment. I've been set up to develop BW film in 135/120 format for about a month. Took a while to get back into the old groove. Been 15 years since I had done it. It all came back pretty quickly.

Now, I'm seriously considering a plunge into 4x5. Needless to say, I'm nearly all analog except family snap shots.
 
I use film rather as an offset to my digital work. When I do shootings, I shoot nothing but digital (DSLR), so I would say I shoot rather 95% digital and only 5% film.
 
Worrying trend...

Worrying trend...

Its 95% digital and 5% film. I seem to be having a worrying trend towards way more digital photos.

This goes against my beliefs, yet I'm pleased with the results and delighted by the immediate gratification that I get.

I need to think about this.

Ernst
 
75-25 for me. I usually shoot with my M6 or Nikon Fs but in some occasions I'd need the results quickly and that's when my d-lux4 comes in.
The Nikon D90 is just for decoration. I didn't even know why I bought it.
 
A year ago I would have voted 75% film and 25% digital. Realistically I have to say 50 - 50 now. The first to go was the wet darkroom and the 4x5 stuff. I have held on to my 35mm cameras (mostly Nikon) and I have even purchased new film cameras (Canon Elan 7e and a bunch of CV rf gear). Digital seems to be gaining a stronger foothold in my photographic life. I think it is a matter of time and convenience for me. At the end of the month I am shooting a wedding in Victoria, BC. I will be using my DSLR primarily, but will bring along the Bessa gear too. Maybe after retirement (712 days and counting), film will play a larger role in my hobby again.

Mike
 
How do you count this?

How do you count this?

How you actually do the count? With film, I tend to shoot fewer frames per outing than I do with digital. If I have my DSLR out, I will bracket exposure and white balance and knock out 9 frames for one shot. With film, i think about the shot more before I shoot. If it is by outing, I think I am 75/25 film, but my quantity shot, it would probably flip.
 
I am in the process of completing the sale of all of my film gear and am 100% digital since moving to the desert in Israel. It's just not practical to do film here, but the main reason is that it no longer fits my needs. I want to do immediate communication via social networks or publish to my blog. I no longer even do digital printing, except for the occasional favor to a friend.

/T
 
I voted 50:50 because that's my preference when I'm at home and can easily develop and scan (I don't wet-print). But economic necessity has me working far from home, so 'till I return it's more like 90%+ digital. Most of the film I am shooting waits 'till I'll have a chance to develop it. I'm hoping for at least a few good shots - but any such gratification will be long delayed. Oh well...

...Mike
 
If it wasn't for the stop-motion animation I would sell my digital gear. The only real use for my digital camera, after giving up freelancing, has been animation.
Other than that It's been film, film, film. And I don't plan to change that.
 
I used the digital camera once in the past year, and I used the digital during the prior year when I was in china (mix of digital and film, but digital for pictures that required quick turnaround).

Overall, I have shot less than 10% on digital in the past two years, and given my preferences it would be lower. I like playing with chemicals and I like looking at slides on a light box.
 
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