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Regular Camera OR Digital Camera...which do You prefer?

Cruzah

Cruzah

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Lets see, I've got a Nikon D3100 plus 2 other digital point and shoot cameras.
I take shots with em at the Zoo, Maybe a Portrait and stuff for Myself.
But I don't trust them/Myself enoufh to shoot a Wedding or any other Important event with em. :no:


For the important Money Makin stuff I'd STILL rather go with my Old Nikon FG or My Minolta 5000 in a Heartbeat. :yes:

Do any of Youse folks still feel more comfortable with older non-Digital equipment?
 
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All digital...

Sold the last of my film equipment about six months ago. Sold most of it about 3 years ago. (went down from 3 bodies an 5 lenses to 1 body and 2 lenses)

Most of it got shipped to Japan and sold for more than what I originally paid back in the 80's.
 
:headscrat: I thought Digital cameras WERE regular cameras?

Really though, once in a while I shoot some 120 film on my Yashica TLR but other than that it's all digital.
 
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I think it comes down to physical training - I know I don't shoot enough to keep the automatic memory of what to do with two entirely different cameras. My suggeston is, if you don't trust yourself with the digital now, just start using the digital for everything so it does become automatic. Put the film camera on the shelf as a show piece (I know, sigh), or for use with slow unstressful situations; maybe portrait sessions, but definitely not weddings.
 
Nikon digital L20 all the way. I had several different 35mm cameras, but the lack of decent film and high and harder to find processing made me do away with all of it.
 
Almost entirely film, at least for what I'd call "hobby" shooting. I enjoy that much more, and process here at home.

I do keep a Powershot G5 and G7 around for snapshots/family stuff/posting my audio gear on the internets. :D
 
I still have film cameras in most every format and my darkroom is still ready to go. Maybe someday I'll use them again, but I haven't shot film in almost a decade. I was raised on film, trained at RIT with film and enjoy wet processing, but good digital has really raised the bar and I can do better work with digital than with film. If I ever suggested shooting a commercial job on film, my clients would think I had lost my mind. I only do a bit of advertising work, but film is dead as a door nail except for art photographers.

Just for fun, tonight I was going through some family photos from a ways back. Some of the negatives were in Kodak Velox paper envelopes. They were stamped that the paper went out of date in 1914. Probably time to buy fresh!
 
ConradH said:
I still have film cameras in most every format and my darkroom is still ready to go. Maybe someday I'll use them again, but I haven't shot film in almost a decade. I was raised on film, trained at RIT with film and enjoy wet processing, but good digital has really raised the bar and I can do better work with digital than with film. If I ever suggested shooting a commercial job on film, my clients would think I had lost my mind. I only do a bit of advertising work, but film is dead as a door nail except for art photographers.

Just for fun, tonight I was going through some family photos from a ways back. Some of the negatives were in Kodak Velox paper envelopes. They were stamped that the paper went out of date in 1914. Probably time to buy fresh!
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I usually ignore expiration dates (on film and chemistry, not food) with impudence, but 1914! Wow.

Photography's never been anything but a hobby for me, so my needs are not the same as family snapshooters, or professionals of any kind. I like processing because it's relaxing and it's a long-ish process that I can sorta meditate on. Like watching baseball. And I like that the end result is something I've literally had my hands in. Left to my own devices, I can be kind of hyper, so I seek this stuff out on purpose.

I've owned DSLRs through the Nik D200 but came back to film for hobby shooting: the DSLRs I can afford weren't beating film at much other than convenience. DSLRs have advanced a bunch, but I can't justify spending for it. The value in not-yet-collectible film gear is appealing to my cheapskate nature, too. I could afford another low-end current DSLR, but it's much more fun to shoot a $300 P645, an $18 N90s, a $180 GS645S, a $150 F4, a $10 Yashica RF... well, you get it. :) Oh, and all those nice 17-35mm ultrawides that aren't ultrawide on a crop body got nice and cheap.

There's no doubt that I'd be all digital if I were a pro, or didn't really enjoy processing in my kitchen.
 
ConradH said:
I still have film cameras in most every format and my darkroom is still ready to go. Maybe someday I'll use them again, but I haven't shot film in almost a decade.
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Where does the time go? Last time I shot film was 1999! Unfortunately my darkroom while still intact would require some work to make fully operational.

ConradH said:
I can do better work with digital than with film.
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And that's the truth, especially with the new software tools and super high resolution image sensors.

ConradH said:
film is dead as a door nail except for art photographers.
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Digital, but love the old SLR lenses, which I find for almost nothing at the thrifts and recycle using cheap adapters for my Olympus PEN digital.

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jsisk said:
All digital...

Sold the last of my film equipment about six months ago. Sold most of it about 3 years ago. (went down from 3 bodies an 5 lenses to 1 body and 2 lenses)

Most of it got shipped to Japan and sold for more than what I originally paid back in the 80's.
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I'm on the tail end of the curve. Just now selling mine. Not going for much money, very sad. Lotta Leica-mount lenses and such. Sad is the world. It was going for a lot more a year ago, but film is nearly dead. People who say it's coming back haven't seen used prices on film bodies and lenses lately.

I'm all digital now for my own shooting, but I keep a few film bodies and lenses around because I'm old and I like 'em.

Film is great. But it is what it is. Over.
 
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Digital, but love the old SLR lenses, which I find for almost nothing at the thrifts and recycle using cheap adapters for my Olympus PEN digital.
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Yep. As we've discussed. I'm just waiting for a chance (and the dosh) to get a Samsung NX20 and a Canon FL lens adapter.
 
JohnMichael said:
I loved the Yashicamat 124G for weddings. I wish I still had one.
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The Yashica 12 is a lot cheaper than the 124G, and it's more or less the same; it just only takes 120, not 120 or 220. I'm watching a very sad auction right now that is going to end with me putting a Yashica 12 in a box and sending it to a very happy person for next to nothing. :tears:
 
I have my Canon Elan7 for film and to have the full benefit of my 17-40L series lens. I also have a full frame Canon 28-105 lens I use on it and my digital cameras.

I also have two digital bodies an older Canon 10D and a 50D. I have the Sigma 30mm f1.4 which has the optical formula of a normal lens and not a wide angle for low light. I have the Canon 60mm f2.8 macro for close-up and portrait work. I have a Sigma 55-200 for telephoto.

I have several Canon shoe mount flashes and a Sunpack handle mount flash that I use for weddings and groups in large spaces. When shooting a wedding the look of film during the overall shots of the church interior and ceremony give a romantic tint.

I think I will shoot mostly with digital but I would not want to be without one film body.
 
I really like how digital photography creates images that can be cleaned up, manipulated, etc with software on the computer. I also love how you can shoot tons of pictures without burning up expensive camera film and processing. Don't like that pic? Just delete it. Take as many as you like (up to the limit of one's SD card, that is!)

What I do NOT like at all is how digital cameras seem to be designed by computer people and not photographers. They're too small, they cram too many obscure functions into far too few tiny buttons, you have to hold the camera far away from you to compose with an LCD screen instead of a viewfinder, and they eat batteries. A set of rechargables and a charger is mandatory.
 
OvenMaster said:
I really like how digital photography creates images that can be cleaned up, manipulated, etc with software on the computer. I also love how you can shoot tons of pictures without burning up expensive camera film and processing. Don't like that pic? Just delete it. Take as many as you like (up to the limit of one's SD card, that is!)

What I do NOT like at all is how digital cameras seem to be designed by computer people and not photographers. They're too small, they cram too many obscure functions into far too few tiny buttons, you have to hold the camera far away from you to compose with an LCD screen instead of a viewfinder, and they eat batteries. A set of rechargables and a charger is mandatory.
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My digital cameras have optical viewfinders...just sayin'...
 
Let's see, I have the following SLRs: Ricoh KR5, KR5 Super, Pentax K1000, Minolta Maxxum 3000i, Maxxum 5000, Maxxum QTSi, Pentax K1000, Nikon F60 and a Vivitar v2000. The last time I shot film in any of them was about 2 years ago.
The thing I like about digital cameras, is that you can see what your results are in real time, and make adjustments if the shot is not what you want. With film you can only use bracketing as insurance of a good shot.
I trust my digital cameras, even my older ones like my Nikon D100, D70s and Olympus E-300, which have some years on them still take beautiful pictures.
 
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