35mm film

[digibeet]

Who uses still 35mm film (positive or negative)?

After stepping into the digital world when I bought my 300d, I hardly use my older film stuff.

[René Damkot]

I shoot in year what I used to shoot in a week. Sometimes I still use B&W or slide film though.

[kevin_c]

I kept my old Noink F100 and even bought a few rolls of film for it, and had every intention of using it - that was 6 months ago and the first film is still on frame 1 :-)

[Vita Rara]

Since going digital I've only picked up the film camera once. Used it to shoot the Blue Ridge Parkway in Velvia. At the same time my girl friend used the dRebel. Guess who's pictures I routinely look at from that trip. Hers. That was the last time I shot film, and likely will remain so.

Mark

[mdr]

Still using my EOS3 and Noink FE and my wife is still using her EOS30. We take about a third of the B&W and Velvia slide films per year that we used to. Guess that will go down to practically zero once we bought the 5D.

[Carzee]

Who uses still 35mm film (positive or negative)?

After stepping into the digital world when I bought my 300d, I hardly use my older film stuff. Havn't had an FSLR for a year now.

[digibeet]

I've shot only 2 slide-rolls in the last 1,5 year. Haven't mounted them yet...

[wei328]

I use my Nikon FM2n with B&W film, so I can develop the film for fun. Old Nikon mechanical cameras are fun to use and work great as backups.

[Jon]

I had to make a conscious effort to finish off the film in my T90 after it'd been sitting for a good couple of years, left behind by digital. The last roll of my film to get used was by a friend I gave it (the film) to. I have a couple in the fridge against need, but they haven't been.

[Specialhawk]

Rarely do i shoot film, however i just did this past weekend.

It still has its place.

[AMainePhoto]

I am taking a Film - SLR class right now and its fun to develop your own photos but not to sure if I will buy my own film camera as I am in love with my 350D and dont think I would ever pick the film up.
~ Doug

[Double Negative]

I still have a bunch of (now useless) film in my freezer. Haven't touched it in nearly five years. Ooops.

I still miss it from time to time, but digital is just so much easier. I did the whole "develop your own" thing in my own darkroom - but in the time it takes to develop a roll of Tri-X I could be half way into PP digitally.

[Streetshooter]

I still have some Tri-X around somewhere....for my M-4's and I still use my 8 x 10 with film...but my friend has an 8 x 10 digital back......well what a treat....don

[kwsanders]

I have not used my Canon Rebel G in over a year. I have about 15 rolls of film that need to be shot, however. I was telling my wife this weekend that I need to get that camera out and shoot some photos with the 50mm f/1.4 and the 70-200mm f/4L to get some ideas of the differences between it and the XT.

[DDA]

Since I received my XT (1 month ago), I finished the slides rolls I had in my cameras and... that's it! Anyway, I find it impossible to shoot at the same time with a dSLR and a fSLR.

Another argument in favor of digital: as sad as it is, it starts to get difficult finding slides films in some places :-(

[Sam]

I still use film, more and more lately for some reason.

[mbze430]

last year I shot over 200 rolls of neg and chromes. So far this year I have shot 20 rolls, but more 120/220. about 15 of them were 120/220.

[Double Negative]

last year I shot over 200 rolls of neg and chromes. So far this year I have shot 20 rolls, but more 120/220. about 15 of them were 120/220.
Ah! If I had a TLR or other medium format camera, I'd probably be using film still myself. Almost went that route but ended up sticking with 35mm gear.

[polvoronn]

I have an old minolta MD mount with some ilford 400 in it. I think I'm on shot 6-7 and I loaded the film several months ago. I blame the overcast weather for not getting the will to go out and shoot with it.

[Hellashot]

I started almost 2 years ago in digital, and now am getting more into film. I have an EOS-3 and Pentax K1000. Using film I think will help me understand exposure and metering better since I cannot change the development like I can with digital and RAW.

[sapearl]

I've got a very nice little Contax G2 kit that I bought used a couple of years ago - razor sharp Carl Zeiss interchangeable autofocus lenses (normal, wide and telephoto). It's just a little bigger than a P&S and can allow one-handed shots. Works well for taking shots from a canoe.

It's still a pleasure to shoot a roll of Kodachrome, not have to do any post processing, drop the exposed roll off at the local lab, and in a relatively short period of time get back bright, sharp, color corrected prints I can pop right into the family album ;) . Still a lot to be said for the convenience of film if you've got a quality camera and a consistent photo finisher.

For medium format I've got a Hasselblad I use at weddings, but I'm also transitioning over to digital.

[sapearl]

That K1000 is one of the nicest little 35mm film SLR's around and a choice of photography students and teachers. You can learn a lot of good solid basic photography from the adjustable settings of that machine..... not a lot of bells and whistles, just good solid functionality.

The K1000 is fairly durable too. My sister is an art professor and has used hers for years to make slides of her work. And yes, you will have to learn about exposure accuracy and proper metering since you can't "fix" things the way we do in digital. Enjoy :D .

I started almost 2 years ago in digital, and now am getting more into film. I have an EOS-3 and Pentax K1000. Using film I think will help me understand exposure and metering better since I cannot change the development like I can with digital and RAW.

[Double Negative]

The ol' K1000... All you really NEED in a camera. An aperture setting, a shutter speed and film ISO. :)

[dietcookie]

I shoot more film than I do digital now a days.

[Lord_Malone]

I shoot more digital than I do film now a days.

[Specialhawk]

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[digibeet]

Yesterday I Picked up my old Canon EF with FD 85mm, only to look once again trough the viewfinder..... The view is so big and detailed. Even brither than my EOS1 and much better than the tiny view of the 300d.
May be I have to put in a roll and make some slides... just for the feel of it.

[CanonRaw]

Could someone please tell me - What is film?

[Jon]

Could someone please tell me - What is film?A remarkably sophisticated organometallic sensor, cleverly designed to be inexpensive enough to dispose of after a single use, thereby nullifying sensor dust problems.

[lisamgunderson]

I love my film load camera, I still think that you get a slight edge on the quality of a print versus my 20D, I have read that the higher end cameras with 12.8 and 16.7 megapixels will produce just as good if not better quality. Does anyone have any opinions?

[Specialhawk]

I love my film load camera, I still think that you get a slight edge on the quality of a print versus my 20D, I have read that the higher end cameras with 12.8 and 16.7 megapixels will produce just as good if not better quality. Does anyone have any opinions?

In terms of what?

You can scan a slide and get much more then 16.7 mega pixels.

In terms of color, noise, and dynamic range though, todays digital cameras in the 35mm format are simply worlds ahead of most films. An 8x10 printed from an ISO 400 roll of film is going to be far grainier then an ISO 400 8x10 digital print from modern DSLR's.

[cansing]

I had the Canon EOS 300 film before my dad got me a 300D. Since then, it has all been the 300D.

However, I really miss the excitment I used to experience when I am waiting for the film to be processed. You just never know how good or bad your pictures turn out! In that way, the film SLR is much more exciting. But of course, it cost alot and especially for a student like me, I dont have that much money for it.

The 300D however gave the the chance to try out all the shots and see the results that would normally cost hundreds! The instant feedback means that you will get a second chance to take the shot (most of the time). It is terrific this way, you increase the number of keepers, while perfecting your shots.

Still, I miss the fSLR sometimes, the excitement and the anticipation that follows. Also, I go kind of lazy with the estimation of the shutter speed and the aperture necessary.

I love the convenience of the Digital, but miss the surprises (both hits and misses) that the film gives.

[lisamgunderson]

I am not saying that digital cameras are not great inventions, I am on board with them being great cameras and the wave of the future, but I still think that there is alot of improvement to be made on them before they wipe out film load camera's completely. From my point of view, I am actually talking about the all over quality of the pictures I have taken on both camera's-(all things being equal). For example if I use full auto mode on my film load camera and use the same mode on my digital camera, then take them both down to walmart (or where ever) and have them printed out, it seems to me that the film load is clearer, crisper and more colorful than the digital print. I havent done extensive studies on this of course, but it appears to me that alot more of my attention to detail needs to be given to the control of the 20D. Which in most cases is fine because total control over all aspects of your print is important,(of course I dont always have full control, Im still learning- LOL) but sometimes I just want to take a picture and use the easy mode, and still get a quality print. I am not saying that my 20D cant take a good picture on auto mode, I just think my other camera does a better job.

[slitherjef]

I still like pulling my OM-1 out and Canon Elan 7N I got as a back up and running slide or some tri-x through them. In fact last week I got some chemicals to process my own black and white film at home. I guess I like digital and film :)

[chtgrubbs]

I still shoot slides of artwork for artists and museums. They are very conservative (literally) and still use slides for juries and archives. But that is the only film I shoot in 35mm.

[sapearl]

And I think that may be in a state of transition too. I can't speak for museums but my sister is an art professor at the local community college and they are starting to replace slides with digital images.

For years everything was shot and submitted via slide. Now her department is migrating to digital and she'll have to replace her K1000 with either a dRebel or something similar. I don't know how widespread this pattern is, but that's one college in NE Ohio.

I still shoot slides of artwork for artists and museums. They are very conservative (literally) and still use slides for juries and archives. But that is the only film I shoot in 35mm.

[Joe Cyr]

I still use film for my sidework in wedding photography. I prefer the colors of Fuji Reala 100 over just about everything I have ever shot digitally at weddings. I don't have to mess with the photos afterwards in photoshop. I simply take the film to a trustworthy photo place, they know my style after 6 years of doing it, so they know the colors I am looking for. Then I simply pass the cost of buying the film and developing on to the couple. I'm sure there will come a day (like say when my film camera craps out or they stop making this particular brand of film) then I will make the switch.

However, I use digital exclussively for my newspaper job.