Would you trade your film camera with a digital one?

Would you trade your film camera with a digital one?

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None of my film cameras are particularly noteworthy or valuable. I'd trade any of them for a brand-new, full frame DSLR.

Sorry, that's probably not the intent of this question is it? ;)
 
I Voted No way ... :) but I might do it for a M Monochrome from my M 6. But still ...M6= M Monochrome and M6 is more potential than to M Digital so far. On the long term use M6 is a secure camera and
I change my mind here. So I have a second thought not to mess up with my Negative cameras.
 
I did. Traded an M4-2 for an XPro1 - I preferred the M4-2, but cannot compete with the convenience of the digital for most of my personal work. I still shoot some film, but nothing like the volume I used to, and only for specialty stuff these days.
 
rizraz said:
I went th other way..... traded my digital, going back to films......
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Sold off my Sony Full frame gear with all the AF primes and now shoot only film. I started photography in the digital age so I did not move back to film - simply converted over. Haven't once looked back! Yesterday I just finished off my 100th roll of film, some sort of anniversary.

Ben

p.s. I do cheat - take lots of pictures on the iPhone - mainly to send to family 1000's of miles away
 
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Also went from digital to film - now I shoot ~98% on film - and couldn't be happier. LOVE everything about the look of film - especially color - and feel an emotional connection to both the cameras and the final result that I never felt with digital.
 
Well, I got an M8, then another M8... but I'll just hang onto my good old M2, thank you! Though I seldom use it.
 
I simply trade anything that doesn't get used for something that will, or hopefully will.

I traded my X100 which didn't get any use and plumped for a Hexar AF which does get used. My M9 got traded for two Xpro1 bodies and my M6. Now I'm covered for film and digital.

Now I just need to trade a defunct scanner for a working scanner :)
 
No trading for me. At my age, I have little hands to give cameras to! Had requests from two grand children for cameras last holiday season.
 
Helen, you got an M8? Say more about it! Why is it a "walking time bomb?" And would you say what you mean about "Subtle files?"

I have rather a love-hate relationship with my M8.2. I love the small size (smaller than my D700) and ability to use my Leica glass. I hate the UV/IR filters, and not being able to manually enter the lens coding. The M-coder kit has not worked out well for me. But I don't feel like shelling out for getting my lenses coded. I could do without the crop factor, but it's not so bad, either. The M8.2 framelines are a very good match for what the lenses cover, and I like using the 28mm Summicron for a 37mm equivalent FOV. Then again, I can get a 35mm FOV with high IQ with my X100.

So, keep us posted on your M8 experiences, OK?
 
I bought a M8.2, then sold that an bought a used M9. I enjoyed the rangefinder experience and then bought a film MP and M6TTL.

I eventually will sell my film cameras and digital rangefinders or give them to my daughter/granddaughters if they are interested in them and then buy some autofocus digital camera when age eventually takes over. The eyesight certainly is not what it used to be . . . . .
 
Already have gone digital. 2 3F and one M6 left

Digital Leicas are not the same experience, however the pics are grand and so are Nikons.

I wish for a digital enlarger .
 
I love my M9 and have no complaint with digital. But there is no way I would let either my M3 or my M-A go in preference for digital in any form.
 
Rob-F said:
...I have rather a love-hate relationship with my M8.2. I love the small size (smaller than my D700) and ability to use my Leica glass. I hate the UV/IR filters, and not being able to manually enter the lens coding. The M-coder kit has not worked out well for me. But I don't feel like shelling out for getting my lenses coded. I could do without the crop factor, but it's not so bad, either....
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Rob, I think the key here is to learn to love the UV/IR filters for doing a more thorough job of removal than the cover glass in other cameras... plus you have the option of taking the filter off if and when you want, say for black & white. The coder kit has not worked well for me either, so I just sucked it up and sent the lenses off to DAG for coding and focus-check. That solved that. Finally, look at the crop factor for its advantages in using those wide lenses that are troublesome with the M9 and M240, both for ditching the color edges and for solving the excess width! Hope you come to love your M8.2 more. :)
 
Yes, I did. Too impatient for film. I love the immediacy and the total in house control of digital. Now if I just had the patience to build frames........
 
Doug said:
Rob, I think the key here is to learn to love the UV/IR filters for doing a more thorough job of removal than the cover glass in other cameras... plus you have the option of taking the filter off if and when you want, say for black & white. The coder kit has not worked well for me either, so I just sucked it up and sent the lenses off to DAG for coding and focus-check. That solved that. Finally, look at the crop factor for its advantages in using those wide lenses that are troublesome with the M9 and M240, both for ditching the color edges and for solving the excess width! Hope you come to love your M8.2 more. :)
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Thanks, Doug, I needed that! Oh, DAG does coding? How are his prices?
 
Rob-F said:
Thanks, Doug, I needed that! Oh, DAG does coding? How are his prices?
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I sent them off a couple at a time, as I felt the priority, during 2009 and 2010. Then it seemed to vary over time and maybe the difference between lenses, about $65 through $90 for each one. I think he sent the flanges out for the machining.
 
Rob-F said:
I wonder if DAG codes CV lenses. I have a CV 15mm.
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You'll have to ask him, but he did code my Voigtlander 50f2.0 Heliar collapsible and several Zeiss ZM lenses. And he cleverly adjusted the focus on my 50 C-Sonnar so that the focus-shift caused error is so small at any aperture I don't notice it.

Back to the topic... :eek:
 
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