anyone shoot medium format film?

[flyingmachine]

My shooting buddy uses a Hasselblad 501cm, and we usually head out together. I have to admit, the same shoots taken w/ my camera versus the Hassy really has me a bit jealous. I've used a rental Bronica a few time, and the shots from that had way more pop than the digital. We work pretty much as a team now, me getting the test shoots to get the exposure right and then the Hassy gets the final shot. Does it have anything to do w/ the dynamic range posibility of the digital sensor versus film?

[Wilt]

Medium format...simply 'size matters' at work. More film area = more zip in the image, since more grains or color clouds recreate the same area of the subject...even ignoring any ll/mm resolution spec of the lens!
Yes, top pro dSLR can approach medium format film quality for resolution. But if there is more to image quality than merely resolution, why only compare on ONE characteristic (and the comparisons are careful to state that they ONLY compared on resolution!)
I do have to admit to shooting much less medium format now, though. Digital postprocessing allows you to 'save' so many more photos than film, you end up with more keepers with digital, I think. Too bad the largest MF digital sensor area is typically still smaller than the smallest medium format film (645)!

[Duder]

only Holga's. :lol:

[dietcookie]

Of course, recently i have been shooting 70% on my RB67, 20% on my EOS 3 and the remaning 10% on my 10D (as a proofing device). I have been shooting less and less digital as the time comes.

Obviously if you are shooting BW neg film, you're going to have much more dynamic range than shooting digital. While shooting slides, the dynamic range is pretty close to digital but there is no PP involved, but looking at 6x7 slides on a light table is much more of a joy to me than looking at a photo through a tiny ass lcd screen or my computer monitor.

It sounds backwards, but to me I feel more confident I got the shot when I shoot film versus digital. I will always shoot film more than I do digital, unless I got a phase 1 back or something...

[Halliday]

Holga for me!

[Longwatcher]

I have been shooting some MF film recently, but mainly just to make sure my Hasselblad 500 ELM still works after getting back from servicing. If not for the fact it is a literal collector's camera it would still be sitting on the shelf.

I have been using my 1DsMkII for exposure check, although I also have been relearning how my light-meter works (better then I thought it would) just in case. I plan on using the Hassy for any times I have to use film while taking some photography classes at a local Community College.

So far I have only shot B+W Plus-x because I like the look, but have some low ISO velvia slide film I intend to shoot this weekend when I hopefully have a lovely subject in front of me. I will then be able to truly compare the two. Although I am fairly sure the answer will be MF BW film better, for color I expect basically similar results.

I still prefer my 1DsMkII, but if I have to shoot film, might as well use what the best I have.