Last of the film users...

[ehasler]

All these "I've just bought a 300D/20D/D70" posts are making me feel very left out

Is anyone else still using good old fashioned film?

[Marki]

How very 20th Century

[DustyC]

Im the one at the very very back. Got boxes of nice pics and no website to display them on!

Edited: BTW, thanks for your email awhile ago. I like my old SLR a bit better now! (even though when the batteries went flat the LCD decided to go on an LSD trip!)

>> Edited by DustyC on Monday 20th December 14:53

[coopergreen]

After selling the Nikon kit because of lack of use. I have been using various Canon, Nikon and now Sony dig cameras.
I have now just bought a Leica Minilux Zoom with the hope of rekindling my 35mm love.
With the use of the Canon FS4000 film scanner, I hope the on screen results will be far better than the Sony jpegs.

[pug406]

I still have my Bronica ETRSi

[Mad Dave]

I still have two Nikon F70's and a Minolta X700, all film SLR's. I don't intend to sell them either - dSLR will be great for some stuff and not so good for other things - so i'll be keeping my film kit.

[Captain Beaky]

Yes, I'm still using film, mostly for transparencies.

When digital slides are as good (and cost about the same) as film I might change over.

I do have a digital compact though...

[FunkyNige]

Yup, bought myself a film SLR a few months back to take on holiday - wanted to take some decent pics so wanted an SLR, can't really justify the cost of a dSLR.

[pete]

Yes, and what's more, I'm still manual focus!

I've got a load of Canon FD gear - just can't bear to part with all my nice fast lenses, T90, and F1N, and start building everything up again from scratch :-(

Pete

[smp]

As well as a 20D I still have an EOS 50E which still getting used on a regular basis.

[Mad Dave]

My Minolta X700 is manual focus and I have a couple of f2.8 fixed lenses for it - I used it again recently and really enjoyed it - and the results were superb!

[Captain Beaky]

pete said:

Yes, and what's more, I'm still manual focus! I've got a load of Canon FD gear - just can't bear to part with all my nice fast lenses, T90, and F1N, and start building everything up again from scratch :-( Pete

I was a bit reluctant to go autofocus (Canon EOS) for the same reason - I had two A1's and a good collection of FD lenses.

I borrowed a 50E from a friend and appreciated how far things have moved on, as much in metering as focus. I traded the A1's in for a EOS 30E...

[simpo two]

Film...





film... um...



f-i-l-m....?




Nope, got me there. What is this 'film' exactly?

[Marki]

simpo two said:

Film... film... um... f-i-l-m....? Nope, got me there. What is this 'film' exactly?

Must have been on the TV last night

[te51cle]

Still haven't converted to digital. When they get over 20Megapixels for less than £500 I may consider changing. Might buy an 8Meg digital compact when the price drops below £200 but that would only be to present snapshots quickly to friends and family.

[V6GTO]

I do both. I was thinking of selling the EOS1n and getting a second digital body, but my brother-in-law just gave me a carrier bag full of films!(he works for Kodak)

Martin.

[simpo two]

te51cle said:

Still haven't converted to digital. When they get over 20Megapixels for less than £500 I may consider changing. Might buy an 8Meg digital compact when the price drops below £200 but that would only be to present snapshots quickly to friends and family.

Don't fret - I'm perfectly happy with 3.2 and 6.1Mp
There is more to photography than simply pixels: for family snapshots 8Mp is, IMHO, quite unnecessary. You'll also be pulling lower shutter speeds and have files the size of a small country!

[chrisj]

I'm still all film, 35mm slr and 120 tlr.
And I've no plans to change.

[simpo two]

I was talking to a bloke recently while waiting for my car to be MOTd. We got talking about photography and he pulled out a Pentax ME from his pocket! Even more of a surprise, it had Ilford FP4 in it!!

Of course you assume he's merely got stuck on the photographic road at about 1980 - BUT - he'd only bought the camera this year... he'd always fancied developing his own film and loved it.

Good on him! It's important that traditional skills aren't lost I think.

[Mad Dave]

I still have 3 film SLRs and I have no intention of selling them - I have a dSLR but I wouldn't say i've 'converted' to digital - it's just another tool and I would miss the character of film - digital images are just a little too perfect - I like grainy black and white shots too much to sell my film bodies.