Torn between two worlds
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Contarama
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A brave new world and one that is rapidly fading away I would say...making profit stays the same in both cases however. And Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon will be like Beethoven's 5th...timeless! 🙂
Boy did Kodak really screw the pooch...
Boy did Kodak really screw the pooch...
leicapixie
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http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=136616
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=136616
There are no comparisons..two different worlds.
One of Craftsmanship.A camera designed to work and last.
A process of film, a whole industry, Exposure,Processing and Proofing.
Finally making prints in a wet darkroom.
Digital. Promising more than we ever imagined, delivering less than we ever would have accepted.
Cameras replaced like paper towels.
Images that disappear on memory cards, drives that lock one out, CD that will not open or go blank.
I've been shooting film only past few weeks.
Load, shoot, expose.
Processed at local lab.Prints made and shared.
The camera, an M3 purchased in 1967.The lens made in 1954.
I am not saying film is better.
It's nice to look at old negatives and film..
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=136616
There are no comparisons..two different worlds.
One of Craftsmanship.A camera designed to work and last.
A process of film, a whole industry, Exposure,Processing and Proofing.
Finally making prints in a wet darkroom.
Digital. Promising more than we ever imagined, delivering less than we ever would have accepted.
Cameras replaced like paper towels.
Images that disappear on memory cards, drives that lock one out, CD that will not open or go blank.
I've been shooting film only past few weeks.
Load, shoot, expose.
Processed at local lab.Prints made and shared.
The camera, an M3 purchased in 1967.The lens made in 1954.
I am not saying film is better.
It's nice to look at old negatives and film..
peterm1
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I don't understand why you are torn. Cant you use both? Unless you are like the guy in the original Mash movie - he had a wife and a lover and was determined not to be unfaithful to either of them. 🙂
Godfrey
somewhat colored
I'm with peterm1.
Love them both. i'm carrying my Polaroid SX-70 a lot lately, just acquired the Olympus body cap lens for the E-PL1, the Hasselblad 500 is a third of the way through my roll, and I pulled out the M9 for a couple of photos of friends visiting this afternoon.
It's all good. It's all photography. Anyone saying it isn't ... well, I don't listen.
;-)
G
Love them both. i'm carrying my Polaroid SX-70 a lot lately, just acquired the Olympus body cap lens for the E-PL1, the Hasselblad 500 is a third of the way through my roll, and I pulled out the M9 for a couple of photos of friends visiting this afternoon.
It's all good. It's all photography. Anyone saying it isn't ... well, I don't listen.
;-)
G
johannielscom
Snorting silver salts
A coat with two pockets will solve your problem!
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Michael Markey
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btgc
Veteran
they don't have neckstraps so you don't need two necks 🙂
well, I can understand....just build up your scheme how to choose gear - either need/feature based or just by rotating cameras. time and work help, usually.
well, I can understand....just build up your scheme how to choose gear - either need/feature based or just by rotating cameras. time and work help, usually.
farlymac
PF McFarland
Hey, I've been known to use four different cameras on one shoot (a mix of film and digital), so it's not a matter of being able to use one or the other. And I've got a much larger number of film cameras over digital (sixty some to four, though there are a lot of P&S's mixed in there).
I'd love to be able to go out and bang off four rolls, get some nice prints, and whatever else. But I live on a fixed income (disability pension), and it's getting squeezed more every month. Even to the point of not being able to go somewhere because of the lack of gasoline in the truck.
So the digicam has been a help in that respect, keeping my costs down. But it was a big hit on the budget at the time I got it, which I still haven't recovered from.
BTW, the Ia in the photo doesn't belong to me, but is one I have repaired for a friend of mine. As I kept handling it, it finally struck me how physically similar it was in size to the P7700, so that's why I set up the shot.
The being torn between two worlds feeling comes from when I go on a shoot, I love the simplicity of most of my film cameras (even to the point of not using a meter with some of the older ones), but still want to have the ability to capture any image I see before me. Sometimes that involves getting up close and personal with some of the insect life around here. Or being able to grab a wide sweeping panoramic of the valley. And to have one camera that does all this is just grand. But then I pull back to the "One camera, One lens" theme.
Oh, the Yin and Yang of it all.
PF
I'd love to be able to go out and bang off four rolls, get some nice prints, and whatever else. But I live on a fixed income (disability pension), and it's getting squeezed more every month. Even to the point of not being able to go somewhere because of the lack of gasoline in the truck.
So the digicam has been a help in that respect, keeping my costs down. But it was a big hit on the budget at the time I got it, which I still haven't recovered from.
BTW, the Ia in the photo doesn't belong to me, but is one I have repaired for a friend of mine. As I kept handling it, it finally struck me how physically similar it was in size to the P7700, so that's why I set up the shot.
The being torn between two worlds feeling comes from when I go on a shoot, I love the simplicity of most of my film cameras (even to the point of not using a meter with some of the older ones), but still want to have the ability to capture any image I see before me. Sometimes that involves getting up close and personal with some of the insect life around here. Or being able to grab a wide sweeping panoramic of the valley. And to have one camera that does all this is just grand. But then I pull back to the "One camera, One lens" theme.
Oh, the Yin and Yang of it all.
PF
Rodchenko
Olympian
I was wondering why I'd brought more than just my digital camera for the weekend away. Then I took a walk out to buy a butty, accompanied by my 35SP. Because of my broken collarbone, I've been unable to use a rangefinder for weeks. But, despite some residual pain, I managed to take a few shots.
The sheer feel of the machine is wonderful. No matter how much the Pen clicks and whistles at me when I take a photo (I think if it could, it would be winking and saying, 'You got a great photo there, mate!'), the sound of the SP's shutter, and the smoothness of the quick wind on make me smile every time.
I finished the film, brought it back to the office, and reloaded.
The butty was quite nice. Mustard, in Southwark, is quite the best butty shop in London.
The sheer feel of the machine is wonderful. No matter how much the Pen clicks and whistles at me when I take a photo (I think if it could, it would be winking and saying, 'You got a great photo there, mate!'), the sound of the SP's shutter, and the smoothness of the quick wind on make me smile every time.
I finished the film, brought it back to the office, and reloaded.
The butty was quite nice. Mustard, in Southwark, is quite the best butty shop in London.
--s
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bike accident, rodchenko?
Rodchenko
Olympian
No accident. I was assaulted by a driver. But it's healing, thanks.
Moto-Uno
Moto-Uno
I hate to ask,but what is a "butty" ? Peter
Godfrey
somewhat colored
csxcnj
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JoeV
Thin Air, Bright Sun
Yea. Except you'd need lots of extra weight in the pocket with the digital camera, to balance the load. The Retina might be smaller in some dimensions, but it isn't lighter, by a long shot. I have both, and use both. I don't see the dilemma.
~Joe
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