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Anyone still shooting film?

PostPosted: Wed Nov 02, 2016 12:30 am
by rick_jack
I switched to digital around 2003. As film camera prices dropped I started a collection of SLR cameras made in the period of 1965-1980, manual focus only. I managed to save my Bronica's as well. Every now and then I run a roll of film through one, develop and scan it.
I've been posting my images here a few at a time for years.
I noticed there hasn't been a post here in years. I hope others using film will share their thoughts, post about recent film camera finds, etc.
regards,
Rick
Long Island, NY

Re: Anyone still shooting film?

PostPosted: Wed Nov 09, 2016 8:27 am
by the_microscope_tuell
Hi, Rick!

I have recently gotten back into it - whole hog! I've got a small darkroom set up and just last weekend started doing film processing as well as enlarging. I'm starting to get into more interesting techniques and processes. I'm only dealing with black and white film, at least for now...

See my recent post here http://forum.pbase.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=48264 asking if others are doing darkroom work.

I picked up a Pentax SP1000 (totally clean and working, for $8 on eBay! :D ) and have a couple of nice fast prime lenses and a Tamron 80-210, all manual, that I've been enjoying.

Nice to meet you!

Mike
Tucson, AZ

Re: Anyone still shooting film?

PostPosted: Wed Nov 09, 2016 5:06 pm
by dw_thomas
Just noticed this, yes, I've pretty much settled on B&W processed at home for film work, using digital for color work. I have a darkroom that is not set up as well as it could be, but I do some printing to submit work to occasional shows http://www.pbase.com/dw_thomas/exhib_photos. The shift of wedding photographers to digital made it easy to build up a significant kit of Bronica SQ-A gear which I use for my "most serious" work. But over the last ten years I've added a Yashica TLR and two folders (6x6, 6x9) to my medium format gear; I use them all.

(At this moment I am way behind posting some new work from the summer travels which included a dozen rolls of 120 B&W .... any day now!)

DaveT

Re: Anyone still shooting film?

PostPosted: Sun Aug 06, 2017 6:24 pm
by hsandler
For money, most of what I shoot is done with a DSLR, but for fun and art, it's almost all done with film cameras. I particularly like medium-format, but I also own a few 35mm cameras and a large format Crown Graphic, which is loads of fun.

Re: Anyone still shooting film?

PostPosted: Wed Sep 06, 2017 4:16 am
by hmlai88
rick_jack wrote:I switched to digital around 2003. As film camera prices dropped I started a collection of SLR cameras made in the period of 1965-1980, manual focus only. I managed to save my Bronica's as well. Every now and then I run a roll of film through one, develop and scan it.
I've been posting my images here a few at a time for years.
I noticed there hasn't been a post here in years. I hope others using film will share their thoughts, post about recent film camera finds, etc.
regards,
Rick
Long Island, NY


Yes, 100% film since 1986.

Re: Anyone still shooting film?

PostPosted: Thu Oct 11, 2018 4:12 pm
by pgama
Yes my friend. Although I use digital most of the time, my F2 and F are still very busy. lol
Rgds

Re: Anyone still shooting film?

PostPosted: Sat Jan 04, 2020 1:12 pm
by hevezimj
70% film
30% digi

Re: Anyone still shooting film?

PostPosted: Sat Mar 07, 2020 10:15 am
by sueymarky
I am... with my canon ae=1 program camera :)

Re: Anyone still shooting film?

PostPosted: Sat May 02, 2020 3:43 pm
by simonkirk
I am just getting back into shooting film again, I have an old Olympus OM10 and I am gathering lenses for it. I hope to start processing my own B+W negatives this month, I will invest in a scanner once I have funds available.

Re: Anyone still shooting film?

PostPosted: Tue May 26, 2020 8:42 am
by sueymarky
I still shoot with my Canon AE-1 Program camera

Re: Anyone still shooting film?

PostPosted: Wed May 12, 2021 3:22 pm
by sluseparken
Hello and YES!

After a long break of 17 years i am back.
Looking forward to shoot more B+W film and slides :D

Re: Anyone still shooting film?

PostPosted: Thu Sep 02, 2021 7:23 pm
by stephen_lumsden
Hi

Yep. I was thinking about getting rid of my Contax or Rollieflex after not using them for 7 years, but I decided to test them out first. I really enjoyed using them. That said my Rollei let me down and is in the menders. I bought a Yashica B and a GTN also as backups now, which I am enjoying testing.

For me, even though the Lumix cameras do a good b/w these days, its still a lot of fun doing b/w on film and every now and gain, the results are better.