Where do you stand?

Where do you stand?

  • 80-100% digital

    Votes: 142 18.0%

  • 80-100% film

    Votes: 281 35.6%

  • both film and digital

    Votes: 286 36.2%

  • hybred: film with digital printing

    Votes: 80 10.1%
  • Total voters
    789
Where do I stand? Simple: behind the camera!

Actually, I use a micro-4/3 Lumix G1 for much of my street photography, and use large format cameras (press and handmade pinhole variety) for landscape and still-life work.

Less frequently I use 135-format rangefinders, and also film point-and-shoots.

~Joe
 
i love film photography.
the smell of the chemicals in the air.
the photos i can put into an album.

i like rangefinder cameras for the beautiful made. i like toy cameras for the fun.

i don't mind digital for the convenience. the fancy effects.

i just can't stand people paying crazy money buying out great analogue lenses for their digital toy cameras.
 
chrismoret said:
To be honest ?...Got back to film because I couldn't affort/justify a M9. But now I'm settled in again., would not miss it for the world!😎
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Have to reconsider this.

Got me a M9 last December (...went to a casino, inherited from a forgotten uncle, found suitcase of money next to the garbage...) But planning to keep on shooting film also. So 50/50 would be it for me now.
 
I'm shooting on film, then "scanning" with my Nikon D300 copy rig. To me it's the best of both worlds, and the D300 is there for the purely commercial work where it's more appropriate. I don't find B&W developing painful, but grew to hate the printing darkroom after too many years doing it for $$$, so the hybrid approach is ideal for me. I didn't check "hybrid" because it doesn't really seem to describe how I feel about it, even though I do use the computer at the end.
 
I checked "both" because I have phases. Right now I should have checked "80-100% digital", but in about a month or two, I'll go back to 100% analog b/w, until the next phase comes over me...
 
It's about 50/50 for me.. And that's back from almost 100% digital.

What pulls me more and more back to film, is that it makes me feel more relaxed.

When shooting digital I'm constantly checking the rear LCD, optimizing the settings, and trying to re-create a shot a hundred times. That sure does interrupt the flow..

With film a shot is a shot, and I'm immediately ready to go on to the next one..
 
Peter, that makes sense, and good logic. But just because that review screen is there doesn't mean you have to look at it! Mine is turned off. I operate the same way with digital as I did with film, though I feel more willing to explore the subject a bit more with another shot or two. Even with digital, my attention is concentrated on the subject rather than the gear...
 
As far as actual quantity of shots, digital. That's because I way overshoot with my G12. I can always retake shots, play with settings and get immediate feedback. Because I just got into photography last March with the G12, this technique has been a great learning tool. It has the manual settings I like. On the other-hand because of the style of the G12, I became intrigued with rangefinders and film cameras in general. I have since acquired a Rollei 35, Canonet QL17Giii, OM-1nMD and last week a Bessa R2. I LOVE shooting film and started developing my own. I only shoot B&W with film, most digital I convert to B&W. I would say I spend more time shooting film. I love the feel and sound of the mechanical cameras. I love the intention I have when carrying my film camera. I shoot and then move on. I am still learning so much about film and developing that I'll probably spend most of my time doing that for now. Digital is going nowhere and so I'd like to take advantage of film while its still viable.
 
I use tri-x at 1250 and hope not to change but have to admit to a magnetic dragging towards a foveon powered dp2merill.
 
i'm another person who started in digital and gradually moved into film. i'm 26.

i have a DSLR and an Epson R-D1, but i rarely use my d70s dslr anymore. i love the r-d1 but it has the crop factor and it's also battery dependent and full of electronics which makes me worry.

when it rains hard, or when i want a smaller / lighter camera, or when i need a very silent camera, i have my film cameras to back me up.

i have an epson r2400 printer which is fantastic but making prints the old fashioned way on an enlarger is really rewarding and after calculating the costs, i think the analog way of printing is cheaper. definitely save money on black ink compared to digital printing.
 
I'll take the best of both, please! I love digital for the convenience, and film for the analog sensation.

I love my M8, the wonderful files it outputs, the all-manual opration, the excellent lenses, the look and feel of the body. I love my Micro Four Thirds bodies, for their small form factor and the possibility to adapt all kinds of lenses. I love digital for the instant satsfaction, for the fact that I can take a picture, check it on the screen, and retake it if necessary.

I love film for the fact that I don't know how the picture will turn out. I love to load a roll of film into an analog camera. I love to avance the film after taking a shot, and to rewind it when the roll is full. I love to wait until it is processed, to scan it afterwards and to be surprised by the results. I love that film comes in so many different flavors.

For me, it's not about film OR digital. It's definitely BOTH. The only question is when to go for which - and that mostly depends on my mood 🙂
 
11 months ago when I last visited this thread I was 80-100% film. Today I am 80-100% digital. I wonder where I will be a year from now?
 
You could be 100% digital, Chris... that's what happened with me anyway. For the past two years I've been all-digital. For the two years prior to that I started at 0% and quickly went up to about 60% digital, then gradually quit using film.

A bit sad, really, as I really like my film gear, and miss the time in the darkroom. But ultimately I'm glad to be rid of the print spotting by brush, and later on the film scans. Lightroom has replaced the darkroom... and now I spot sensor dust!
 
Wrong vote

Wrong vote

I voted for 80-100% digital by accident. Mouse slipped. I use film for my projects, and the GF1 is strictly for shots with friends and family. Rarely do I want to compose on a screen.
 
I haven't made a post here in some time.
I'm reluctant to say I'm 100% digital now because I no longer have access to a wet darkroom. I didn't do any photography for about 4 years. Yes, I miss film. I miss the smell of stop bath and fixer.
However, digital has rekindled my interest in photography and that is good. I guess I'll stick with digital.
 
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