Usage of color film / B&W film

Usage of color film / B&W film

  • 100% B&W

    Votes: 77 15.1%

  • Over 80% B&W

    Votes: 174 34.1%

  • 60-80% B&W

    Votes: 93 18.2%

  • About half-and-half

    Votes: 68 13.3%

  • 60-80% color

    Votes: 40 7.8%

  • Over 80% color

    Votes: 41 8.0%

  • 100% color

    Votes: 18 3.5%
  • Total voters
    511
JohnL

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Some time ago, just for curiosity, I started a poll of relative usage of film and digital ... now I'm interested to know the relative usage of color and B&W among film shooters ... if you also shoot digital, please respond according to your film usage only. In no way is this intended to consider the relative merits of the different media. "Color" includes both transparency and negative film.
 
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Pablito said:
:D Color is what they make DSLR's for..:D
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Ditto. Since I got into digital, I don't shoot color film any more. (unless C41 chemistry B&W counts...)

I'm finding out that after learning in color, there is quite an adjustment to move to B&W.

FWIW, I think color print film is going to fall by the wayside. B&W film will keep on keepin' on, for the same reasons it survived the color revolution.
 
I can not do landscapes in B&W too often, they are terrible in colour as well but I can tolerate that. Round town B&W ok.

Noel
 
I generally shoot very little color, and nearly all of that happens with the dslr. A notable exception is wide angle shots, since the widest lens I have for the digital is 24mm, and that just doesn't cut it. So the Bessa L and 15mm see the odd roll of color film.
 
Due to my current job driving truck, the proportion of color has gone way up. That's not so bad as I enjoy shooting both.

William
 
Me too. Before digital, I shot maybe 60/40 b&w/color film. Now my film work is easily 90% b&w- I prefer to do it all myself, so I don't shoot much C41 at all these days. If I shoot color film, it's much more likely to be chrome. Most color work these days is with the DSLR. Also- I almost never do digital b&w. If I want it in b&w, I shoot it on film.
 
On a trip to india goa i had yashica gt with color i developt those film on location in minilab good Q and chep.And a folder RF Westex (super baldax)BW .you take different foto with different format.
 
I think in the 2 years I own a Dslr, my film bodies have maybe seen 5 rolls of color film.. so that pretty much sums it up..
 
I shoot all color.
With color I have easy access to fast (1 hour) C41 processing that costs me $2 ($5 with medium res scan cd).
I'm very comfortable making monochrome conversions in Photoshop and that's what happens to the vast majority of my shots.

I'm guessing that some time in the next 5 to 10 years, it may be difficult to find mini-labs for film processing. At that point, I'll start souping my own black and white. For now though, I really don't have time for the extra effort of developing.
 
Wish I could shoot more color film, love the look I get from my G2 kit, but the cost of color film and developing is getting away from me. Black and white is big fun too though and I can develop my own, so it's not so bad.
 
I use 99% C41 color and 1% C41 B&W and agree with the comment made before that we won't see minilabs in a few years. My minilab guy says that next time his one needs an expensive repair he won't bother.

That leaves us with mail order C41 dev and scan; which I think would soon go up in price.
 
ChrisN said:
Why? No time for home developing? Or does it better suit the subject matter?
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Lack of time for developing, mostly. I am also shooting more chromogenic c41 as well for the same reason.

William
 
I shoot digi colour everyday for work so when I get to shoot for myself it's b&w only. Have no interest in colour. I process my own film and make my own prints, just like a lot of you do. I've always loved the look of a great black and white fibrebased print.
Rob
bigcameraworkshops.com
 
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