No film shooters

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Scott W wrote:
Where we were in Bryce Nation Park at least half the people there were
from Europe, did not see them using film.

We get a fair number of Europeans visiting our state, someone has to
tell them that speedos with a body over the age of 40 is not a pretty
sight BTW. These Europeans seem to have forgotten their film cameras
at home, since I seem them with digital cameras.

Scott


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.


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.

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


Do I give up that right shooting with my DSLR?
Just wonderin'.

rafe b
www.terrapinphoto.com

jeremy wrote:
"Huisman" wrote in message
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Scott W wrote:
Where we were in Bryce Nation Park at least half the people there were
from Europe, did not see them using film.

We get a fair number of Europeans visiting our state, someone has to
tell them that speedos with a body over the age of 40 is not a pretty
sight BTW. These Europeans seem to have forgotten their film cameras
at home, since I seem them with digital cameras.

Scott


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.


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.

No, I don't. I have a darkroom

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I think I will look for a rangefinder for my F5 that has two feet of eye
relief....Then people will think I am shooting with a digital
camera.....:^)

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

Yeah, but, "having the right to..." and "Being able to...." are two
different things.....I still get about the same percentage of, "keepers" as
I did with my old ELW........

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


Do I give up that right shooting with my DSLR?
Just wonderin'.

rafe b
www.terrapinphoto.com

Nope! Never said you did!
Helen

William Graham wrote:
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I think I will look for a rangefinder for my F5 that has two feet of eye
relief....Then people will think I am shooting with a digital
camera.....:^)

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

Yeah, but, "having the right to..." and "Being able to...." are two
different things.....I still get about the same percentage of, "keepers" as
I did with my old ELW........

You make a good point Bill. What I meant about "having the right to" is
that whether it be digital or film cameras, we have that right to enjoy
what means we choose.
And the F5 is one helluva great professional camera!
Helen :^)

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William Graham wrote:
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I think I will look for a rangefinder for my F5 that has two feet of eye
relief....Then people will think I am shooting with a digital
camera.....:^)

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

Yeah, but, "having the right to..." and "Being able to...." are two
different things.....I still get about the same percentage of, "keepers"
as
I did with my old ELW........

You make a good point Bill. What I meant about "having the right to" is
that whether it be digital or film cameras, we have that right to enjoy
what means we choose.
And the F5 is one helluva great professional camera!
Helen :^)

Well, it sure is the last 2 grand I'm ever going to pay for a camera body. -
But it did do what I intended it to do. It got be back into photography in a
big way....After spending that kind of money, you can't let it sit on a
shelf....I have taken as many pictures since I bought it as I did in my
entire life up to that point. I just wish that quantity was the equivalent
of quality.....:^)

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And the F5 is one helluva great professional camera!
Helen :^)

Well, it sure is the last 2 grand I'm ever going to pay for a camera
body. -
But it did do what I intended it to do. It got be back into photography in
a
big way....After spending that kind of money, you can't let it sit on a
shelf....I have taken as many pictures since I bought it as I did in my
entire life up to that point. I just wish that quantity was the equivalent
of quality.....:^)


Well, quantity is the equivalent of practice, so in time it does at least
tend - if you learn from the mistakes - to beget quality :-)


Peter

Went to Yellowstone last fall. Most P&S users were digital. For SLR
users, I'd say that film definitely outnumbered Digital-SLRs.

On Thu, 05 Oct 2006 08:57:01 -0400, Robert Feinman wrote:

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.

It has been over a year now since I have seen someone using a film SLR.
It is rare to see anyone shooting film now and mostly they are using
either a cheap point and shoot or a disposable camera.


Like I said, I went to Yellowstone and counted the number of film SLRs vs.
digital SLRs. I don't remember the exact counts, but there were more film
SLRs than digital.