No film shooters

I'm back from a trip to New England and I didn't notice a single
person shooting film. (This may not be exactly true since many
point and shoots look like their digital brothers).
Another thing I noticed is that there were very few people using
disposable cameras either. It seems that people are willing to
buy a digital camera where in the past they weren't willing to
buy a reloadable film camera.
I must say that the trend towards shooting while looking at the
back screen is now almost universal. Nobody seems to use the
viewfinder (if they even have one). This posture can't be good
for minimizing camera shake, especially since many older folks
need to hold it fairly far out to see the screen in focus.
I did meet a few people with battery problems which put a
sudden end to their shooting.
--
Robert D Feinman
Landscapes, Cityscapes and Panoramic Photographs
http://robertdfeinman.com
mail: robert.feinman@gmail.com

Robert Feinman

Re: No film shooters

No, I don't. I have a darkroom :)


Huisman

Re: No film shooters

Do I give up that right shooting with my DSLR?
Just wonderin'.
rafe b
www.terrapinphoto.com


Rafe b

Re: No film shooters

Do you scan your 120 film? I have a Yashica Model-A (TLR) but my scanner
handles 35mm only, and I haven't shot any MF in years because I can't
digitize the images.


Jeremy

Re: No film shooters

You said a mouthful! He needn't bother to respond to anyone's posts, as we
know the script before he even types the first word.


Jeremy

Re: No film shooters

But it does make an excellent socio-psychological case study...


Chris Loffredo

Re: No film shooters

As it turns out I was on the mainland in September last year, did you
make it to the
Big Island?
I don't hate digital camera's, but they just
I would guess that you are either using a cheap DSLR (like the D50
perhaps) or not shooting in raw. I get far more range when I shot raw
then I got even using print film.
MF is good and it is an area where there is an advantage in shooting
film, for the most part.
But the only people I have ever seen shooting MF here were the wedding
photographers, who are not all pretty much shooting with 1Ds and 1Ds
mark II now.
I am sure there are a few people shooting MF here but they are so few
that I never come across them.
The most notable thing is that the people here still shooting film are
the point and shoot crowd. As I said I just don't see film SLRs being
used any more.
Scott


Scott W

Re: No film shooters

LOL! Who cares what others think, Bill. With the F5 you have the RIGHT
to take a pic anyway you want! :o)
Helen


Helensilverburg@hotmail.com

Re: No film shooters

In september last year, you apparently failed to spot me with my
conventional cameras... I don't hate digital camera's, but they just
can't compete (yet) with my Pentax K1000 or Yashica Mat 124G. I have a
digital SLR too. It's nice for making snapshots. It's nice when I want
to share something on the Net. Quick and dirty. At 72 dpi 'screen
quality', nobody cares. Whatever brand digital I use, I always see the
flaws. I miss details in the highlights. I miss details in the
shadows.I thinks it's crazy that I have to use a 'sharpen' tool to make
a picture acceptable.
In the end, digital will win, resistance is futile. Fine with me. For
now, I use 35 mm film when I want to make a picture instead of a
internet-ready snapshot. I use 120/220 film when I'm trying to produce
some razor-sharp art.


Huisman

Re: No film shooters

Nooooo, sorry.
For technology products the US market is roughly equal
to the Rest-Of-World, give or take a factor of 2. We
don't use half the world's resources for nothing.
Film isn't high tech so the ROW will be > US.
OTOH: 2nd and 3rd world emerging markets are skipping
'old tech' and going straight to new tech. Lots of
old-tech moribund US firms were counting on emerging
markets to rescue them - it didn't happen. So the
film market share in emerging markets should be less than
it is in the US and ROW < US.
So a guess of ROW == 2 x US is reasonable for the end-point
of film photography.
But what do I care, believe what you want ... "What, me
worry?"
--
Nicholas O. Lindan, Cleveland, Ohio
Darkroom Automation
http://www.nolindan.com/da/index.htm
n o lindan at ix dot netcom dot com


Nicholas O. Lindan

Re: No film shooters

You have stated that there is a positive correlation between "Speedos"
(whatever the f**k they are) and digital use.
;-)
Just what kind of "Europeans" do you bump into anyway?


Chris Loffredo

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