The ultimate Poll: Digital and/or Film?

The ultimate Poll: Digital and/or Film?

  • film ... at least 80% of images

    Votes: 185 49.3%

  • digital ... at least 80% of images

    Votes: 62 16.5%

  • healthy mix of filmand digital

    Votes: 128 34.1%
  • Total voters
    375
  • Poll closed .
Well, I know an Olympus EP2 is inbound to a location in Florida that could affect this poll if retaken in a year...
 
I really don't think a poll with such a small sample of the number of people that belong only to this forum means very much. Also consider that this forum likely has a higher portion of dedicated film shooters than in the outside world. I don't think this is "it" yet.

Bob
 
raid said:
...Such numbers usually become stable after a while, but with digital cameras this could be different. In one year, we may see a different poll outcome.

What do you think? Is this "it"?
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Raid, you've probably been following the trends more closely, but it seems to me the mostly-digital percentage has been dropping off as the votes come in. I wonder what the significance of that might be.
 
Doug said:
Raid, you've probably been following the trends more closely, but it seems to me the mostly-digital percentage has been dropping off as the votes come in. I wonder what the significance of that might be.
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Hi Doug,
RFF is not mainly a digital imaging site. Just the opposite. It is a relatively conservative site in comparison with digital imaging websites. I expect people over time to migrate away from option 1 to option 3. A healthy mix will become the dominating category at RFF ... for a few years. Then, we may see other results :(
 
Nikon Bob said:
I really don't think a poll with such a small sample of the number of people that belong only to this forum means very much. Also consider that this forum likely has a higher portion of dedicated film shooters than in the outside world. I don't think this is "it" yet.

Bob
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Hi Bob,
I view the RFF members as our "population", as I am only interested in how RFF members feel about this issue.
 
I think any trend in 'our population' is hard to define. I think there's a sense of pride that some people feel in shooting film and conversely, there may be those who use digital but possibly aren't proud of that fact.

One group will leap into the poll willingly while the other may hang back and keep their information private.

Voting should be compulsory! :D
 
Keith,
You are correct about the possible bias due to the no-response votes being ignored in the poll. If there are 40,000 members,and we have 300 votes, then 39,700 votes are not counted.

Our poll tells us about the population of RFF members who chose to vote.
 
raid said:
Hi Bob,
I view the RFF members as our "population", as I am only interested in how RFF members feel about this issue.
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Fair enough, but it still says nothing about film and if it will or will not become harder to get. That is determined by the outside world. I agree that it is likely to change over time to more digital and less film than it shows now. If it was 5 years ago it would have been more film than digital. Things change but in this forum maybe slower than elsewhere but they do change.

Bob
 
Nikon Bob said:
Fair enough, but it still says nothing about film and if it will or will not become harder to get. That is determined by the outside world. I agree that it is likely to change over time to more digital and less film than it shows now. If it was 5 years ago it would have been more film than digital. Things change but in this forum maybe slower than elsewhere but they do change.

Bob
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This is correct, Bob. It is a poll at the current time, with the current film situation. It may show nothing useful at all. Still, we find out about over 300 RFF members regarding their current choices.
 
There's a core population of highly involved members who almost live here (guilty) that's hard to estimate.

Sometimes it would be interesting to know how many out of the 42,000 registered have actually been active fairly recently ... I guess all forums are the same in this regard!
 
For me during day job - all digital out of neccesity. While away from work, predominantly film,although given the option it would be all film, and is likely to go that way in the future.

andens
 
Originally posted by zauhar
I have only become excited about taking pictures again because I have 1) gone back to film, and 2) started using a rangefinder. Why didn't I get one of these years ago? I just didn't know any better. ;-(
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This pretty much describes my feelings. I shot film most of my life until about 2006 when I bought a Nikon D300, then a D700, then I started shooting with film Leicas and fell in love with Leicas and film. Last year I thought I would try a Leica M8.2. Now I hardly ever shoot digital. I sold the D700 and am thinking of selling the D300.... and, maybe the M8??? I am shooting 99.9% film and loving it. Print digitally. Jim
 
Film is very special. I was telling my wife this evening that I will use film for cases where I can do careful photography.
 
Originally posted by Keith
To me it represents the difference between doing something you love (shooting film) and getting paid work which for me, seems to have to be mainly digital.
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I agree with Keith, if I were shooting for a photo job and money, I think Digital would be perfect. Now I am shooting for fun and I am loving settling back into using film. I was doing fine with digital for several years and then I bought a M4 and everything changed for me. Jim
 
I used to say a similar thing in the past when AF was introduced. AF is for professional work (especially for sports) while manual was for people who enjoyed photography.
 
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Originally Posted by zhengpeng
Film is about fun while digital is about getting jobs done

No, it may be for you but do NOT include me in that statement or a number of other photographers who still get jobs done with film. I am currently working full time with two film Leicas on documentaries. I am using digital for fun these days but film is for my serious work.:)

One should be wary of absolutes as in that statement.
 
I was looking at some digital options the past few days, and however tempting it is, for me there is just too much compromise at the moment. If I want to keep my M lenses (and I do), and I want a view finder, plus maybe I feel the Micro 4/3 crop factor is too much, you're reduced to two choices. M8 or R-D1, both good cameras, but both with their own problems. Also, if I was spending M8 money, I'd get an MP. R-D1 is tempting though at the right price.
 
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