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Using a film camera

By To the Moon Photography, 1601380436

A couple of days ago I was out shooting with my trusted Practika MTL5b after spending a good 5 minutes setting up a shoot (landscape) a guy who had a canon 1d came over and tried to press every button to try and see the image

Firstly I gave him a piece of my mind for touching my camera

Secondly what an idiot for only thinking photography started when digital started

Thirdly I cannot wait to see the image I took when the film is processed

A R G E N T U M said, 1601403025

Digital cameras have more menus than a celebrity chef :)

I remember Tomorrow's World claiming you could eat your dinner off compact discs. Now vinyl is enjoying a resurgence of popularity.

Tricks of Six said, 1601403859

It's kind of crazy that during a global pandemic he is randomly touching your belongings aye.

AlunB said, 1601405077

What kind of monster touches another's camera uninvited!?

I get lots of questions when out and about with my Bronica, but nobody's ever tried to touch it. Just as well, really. 😤🔪🔪🔪

indemnity said, 1601406592

I bet you still took a quick look at the back of the camera after taking the shot. I used to be guilty of that when I'd switch to a film back on the camera.

Barney57 said, 1601407149

As someone who shot with film for many years, I don’t miss it. While there was a senses of anticipation getting the film back from the processor, digital is just so much better for me.

I can remember being told that the film was the cheapest thing about photography, so take lots of photos. After a 3 week safari in Kenya, I was very unsure of that. I think the film, the processing and then getting a few enlarged, cost me more than the holiday. Digital is so much easier, and cheaper.

Lightingman said, 1601410716

Barney57 said

As someone who shot with film for many years, I don’t miss it. While there was a senses of anticipation getting the film back from the processor, digital is just so much better for me.

I can remember being told that the film was the cheapest thing about photography, so take lots of photos. After a 3 week safari in Kenya, I was very unsure of that. I think the film, the processing and then getting a few enlarged, cost me more than the holiday. Digital is so much easier, and cheaper.

I agree, being of mature years, I was raised on analogue, ( developed first film aged 4!) photography, and I thoroughly enjoyed most of the aspects of film photography, other than getting a bad back and sore feet from hours standing over developing trays and the smell ( stink?) of fixer.

I still do a little bit of alternative processes contact printing from a home made 5x7 pinole camera, as it's mypersonal belief that if one originates in analogue its analogue all the way through, print through an enlarger. I see 'hybridisation' shoooting on film then digitising by scanning as utterly pointless.

Huw said, 1601410880

I thought there were only two buttons on a Practika MTL5...

nikontogf said, 1601411675

I come from the days of real old school. My cameras were two old all manual Nikons and a few prime lenses. If somebody told me buy a zoom i'd probably have had to ask what a zoom was! lol. The auto everything cameras of today have everyone thinking they are professionals. Sometimes progression is more like regression and don't even get me started on these daft online courses! Friend of mine did one. Passed and got a certificate stating he was now a professional photographer. Then at the event of his first 'professional' and paid wedding shoot he asked me what ISO was and how to set it! lol. Don't get me wrong though. I'm all digital now for the convenience and the speed at which the images can go out but auto everything. No tar. Not for me.

DMG Photography said, 1601412921

I used to gat asked a lot, "how many megapixels is your camera?" when I was out and about doing street photography with my Nikon F75. I only shoot film for my main work and just have a DSLR for snaps. The look of digital is just too clinical for me, David Bailey said the same thing. There's no real satisfaction with digital for me, because of the convenience.

Steve 1 said, 1601415511

I remember getting three rolls of 36 exposure reversal film for £20.00 and getting 20 plus rolls for a fortnights holiday.

I also remember a month before he died at a speech Patrick Litchfield saying when he moved over to digital that it saved him over £70,000.00 that he spent on film in a year.

Andy McG said, 1601416214

I seem to remember Polaroids were about £1 a shot in the 1980s! I plan to shoot some film in an upcoming studio shoot, mainly to test the camera and 120 backs are still light tight.

Steve 1 said, 1601416628

Andy McG said

I plan to shoot some film in an upcoming studio shoot, mainly to test the camera and 120 backs are still light tight.

I keep looking at getting some 120 and 35mm film and then see the price, And think.............. I don't think so.

Last year I cleared out my fridge of old film that I was scared of using it to find out the film was use-less and I had wasted loads of cash.

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To the Moon Photography said, 1601417020

DMG Photography said

I used to gat asked a lot, "how many megapixels is your camera?" when I was out and about doing street photography with my Nikon F75. I only shoot film for my main work and just have a DSLR for snaps. The look of digital is just too clinical for me, David Bailey said the same thing. There's no real satisfaction with digital for me, because of the convenience.

I love the look of black and white film and no digital camera can get close to it for the shear look and feel you get from an image

Steve 1 said, 1601417207

MACRAE Photography & Images I love the look of black and white film and no digital camera can get close to it for the shear look and feel you get from an image