ssmc
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Lots of reasons (in no particular order)
- every shot costs real money (as opposed to the depreciation of my DSLRs as soon as I open the box), which subconsciously or not makes me take a different approach
- in 35mm the viewfinders and (IMO) haptics are so far beyond the most top-end digital gear it makes me weep to look through a viewfinder
- film cameras are light and small and somehow still manage to do what I need 😉
- B&W. Oh, black and white! Adding grain even with the best software to a B&W conversion of a digital image destroys information; with B&W film, grain creates the image - I can't think of a more fundamental difference. The fact that products such as Silver EFEX Pro are so popular shows just how much people still like that "look"
- financial issues aside, there's just something about the process, from composing the shot to getting the negs/slides/scans that is different from digital in a way I can't really put my finger on
- you can buy perfectly good used film gear for a fraction of what you'd spend on a DSLR, get beautiful results and maybe even not lose any money on the equipment
I could go on but you get the idea. This coming from someone who just shelled out some serious $ (for me anyway) for a 5DIII. Yep, I still love film... I just wish I shot more of it!
Regards,
Scott
- every shot costs real money (as opposed to the depreciation of my DSLRs as soon as I open the box), which subconsciously or not makes me take a different approach
- in 35mm the viewfinders and (IMO) haptics are so far beyond the most top-end digital gear it makes me weep to look through a viewfinder
- film cameras are light and small and somehow still manage to do what I need 😉
- B&W. Oh, black and white! Adding grain even with the best software to a B&W conversion of a digital image destroys information; with B&W film, grain creates the image - I can't think of a more fundamental difference. The fact that products such as Silver EFEX Pro are so popular shows just how much people still like that "look"
- financial issues aside, there's just something about the process, from composing the shot to getting the negs/slides/scans that is different from digital in a way I can't really put my finger on
- you can buy perfectly good used film gear for a fraction of what you'd spend on a DSLR, get beautiful results and maybe even not lose any money on the equipment
I could go on but you get the idea. This coming from someone who just shelled out some serious $ (for me anyway) for a 5DIII. Yep, I still love film... I just wish I shot more of it!
Regards,
Scott