Why do all we film guys keep holding on?

I like my film cameras. I enjoy the variety of cameras and each is fun to use in its own way. As long as I get results that satisfy me, it doesn't matter what other people believe in the digital vs film debates.

Pfreddee said:
I don't anticipate buying another digital body for some years yet, since the D7000 is a solid camera, like the F100, and I can swap out lenses with the F100. ...We still use the Canon Digital Rebel our daughter gave us, and it has *only* six (count 'em), six mega-pixels.
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I also like that I can swap lenses between my Rebel G and 10D. The Rebel is a plastic entry level camera, but with good lenses and film, what more do I need? It makes a good back up to the digital 10D. And my 10D is also 6MP and produces good images.

With an adaptor, I use my OM lenses on my E510 and 10D as well as my Olympus film cameras. I have no problem shooting both film and digital. Whatever suits the situation, or whatever I'm in the mood to shoot.
 
kshapero said:
With all these really cool announcements of awesome digital cameras meant to appeal to the RF guy, why do so many of us shoot primarily film?:bang:
Are we just old farts? Or young ones? Are we on to something? Or are we just living in the past?😎
I, for one, like the unpredictableness of silver particles. I like the surprise. But will our stuff just end as an episode on Pawn Stars?😱
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Cheaper, and I like the unpredictability as well.
I have not seen any digital cam. giving me blacks like TriX400 does, maybe except Leica MM recently but I will never buy that. So.
 
Given the time it takes to develop, I would really like to go digital (for B&W). I have been seriously evaluating the results of both medium and I'm still of mixed opinion. Here are the best results of digital B&W I've achieved so far Digi-B&W with the NEX 5n and Leica glass. But I achieve images like these with film: image-1, image-2, image-3 and I just don't see digital B&W delivering what film can (...and by the way, all those film B&Ws where actually colour c41 converts). Once a full frame mirrorless digital with interchangeable lenses arrives I will try again, but I'm currently not convinced as I can produce much better B&Ws with film...

I deeply agree with a comment Keith made recently on a thread here that B&W images represent a level of abstraction and razor sharpness seems to distract from a B&W image. Following from that, nothing I've seen posted to date from the Leica MM - here or else where - has convinced me either (... and I really want to "want" to like a Leica MM but its just not talking to me).
 
Because we (by that I mean "I") like to print in the darkroom, achieving brilliant results that best digital BW while fulfilling that creative urge that digital does not come close to touching.
 
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