Poll: Do you use slide film?

[GeneW]

I tend to use B&W film almost exclusively in my rangefinders, but have thought about keeping slide film loaded in one of them. Most of the members here appear to shoot B&W primarily, or col neg film. How many of you use slide film in your RF's?

Gene

 

[SolaresLarrave]

You don't have an "always" category... so I voted "Other" because I happen to love slide film.

Hence, it's all I shoot.

Ocassionally, I load print film in one of my cameras. But it's very, very infrequent.

 

[GeneW]

You don't have an "always" category... so I voted "Other" because I happen to love slide film.

Hence, it's all I shoot.

Ocassionally, I load print film in one of my cameras. But it's very, very infrequent.

I'm not a good pollster ... I guess 'frequently' would cover you, albeit understated? 😀

Gene

 

[Goodyear]

Once in a while.

When I shoot colour, it's rarely print film. Usually either digital or E6. But I don't shoot colour all that often.

 

[Frank Granovski]

I used to shoot mostly colour slides, but for the last 15 years it has become rather expensive to have developed so I use it occasionally only.

 

[thmk]

If I need color I take slide film because these films mostly do not come back this badly scratched from the lab like color printing film.
Sometimes I also use the AGFA Scala but I do not know if I am too stupid to scan this great film or if my Nikon Coolscan IV ED simply cannot really handle it.

Cheers
Thomas-Michael

 

[Per]

For colour I use slide film only. But then only in SLR (Pentax SPf) or TLR (Yahsica Mat).
I just love MF slides, large and brilliant. At least a few of them...

Just remember I bought a few rolls of Reala for Christmas.
______
Per

 

[eric mac]

yes

yes

I shoot mostly B&W, but the other day I put a roll of slides for fun. However, I usually shoot 120 in slides as they are really cool to look at on a light table.

Eric

 

[darkkavenger]

besides traditional bw film, i shoot with ektachrome E200 🙂

 

[peter_n]

I'm afraid I'm a bit of a barbarian. I only shoot B&W neg in the RFs. Color with the digi P&S.

 

[hoot]

I tried Scala once, but it was too expensive and they charged a small fortune to develop it, too.

Or did you mean color? I tend to become color-blind when peering through a viewfinder. 😀

On the rare occasions I have to shoot color professionally, I use a medium format camera.

 

[C Atwell]

During my military career it was much easier to share photos instead of slides so I have always used it.

 

[Nikon Bob]

Years ago I shot some slides with an SLR and loved to see them projected. My end use for photos taken was for prints so I decided to shoot C41, colour and B&W, because slide film was no advantage for me and was a more expensive route. YMMV.

Bob

 

[DougK]

I almost always shoot color slide film in 35mm. I'll throw in a roll or two of black-and-white for a change of pace, but I seem to get my best results from slide film.

 

[Trius]

Gene: Well, you know my answer! 😉 I shoot transparency a lot, as I find the colour, sharpness and tonality of slides to be unique and very pleasing to me. C41 is a good substitute when the final result is the web and a high quality scan can be obtained.

Earl

 

[Nick R.]

I've just started shooting slides again for a few good reasons. It cost me less than $5 to have a roll of 36 developed and mounted. It's easier to scan a slide than a neg and it's held flatter in the mount. Lastly, it's a lot of fun to gather the family and view projected slides. It's better than having everyone peering over your shoulder at the monitor.

 

[Kim Coxon]

Hi,
My preference has always been for slide film. Normally Velvia.

Kim

 

[aad]

I can get E6 processed in 2 hours (!) so I would like to shoot more- I still find scanning it to be chancy, but I can get them scanned at development(!) too-

In the old days, it was B&W for prints, slides for color.

 

[Aardvark Aallen]

I don't use slide film because I lost my projector. I now store and show shots on my computer or thru my TV. I find that 'shows' are not usually focused on image quality but the image message. So using digital projectors is adequate for that purpose.

Images for putting on a wall or in a book, I use regular film. My current departure is C41 BW thats as far toward the edge as I get! LOL

 

[dmr]

I've just started shooting slides again for a few good reasons. It cost me less than $5 to have a roll of 36 developed and mounted.

Many years ago I used to shoot a lot of slide film. Main reason was that I wanted color, but being a poor starving student I couldn't afford to print all I shot, and 90% of it I didn't want printed anyway. It was much easier in those days to see what I wanted to have printed using slides than negatives. Back then the neighborhood photo development places didn't offer such things as contact sheets.

Lastly, it's a lot of fun to gather the family and view projected slides. It's better than having everyone peering over your shoulder at the monitor.

I've never shot slides for the purpose of projecting. I've always done them for prints of those that I were good enough to want prints of. What's amazing is that a few of those 70's vintage reversal type prints from slides have kept amazingly well. Better on average than the prints from color negatives of that era.