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5 years 9 months ago #588361 by Ryan Obryan
Has there ever been a camera that shot both film and digital?
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5 years 9 months ago #588363 by effron
I don't know of one, and fail to see a reason....
Why so serious?
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5 years 9 months ago #588366 by Ryan Obryan
I think it would be fun to have the ability to crank out some film shots if it didn't bulk up the camera.
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5 years 9 months ago #588382 by Shadowfixer1
I don't understand people's fascination with film. I will never, ever shoot film again. Been there, done that a lot. Digital is way easier and cheaper.
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5 years 9 months ago #588383 by garyrhook
I listen to podcasts, and so many wax poetic and philosophical about film.

I'm like, "dude, it's a tool. Get over it."

On top of that, it's a limited tool. Meh.

And the idea of a camera that combines both mediums... I just can't.
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5 years 9 months ago #588386 by Tim Reeder
Think about the space film cameras required.  Now think about the space the digital camera takes.  This camera would be a large brick.  Pass.  
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5 years 9 months ago #588470 by neal1977
Huh?  No.  I'll pass.  If I want to shoot film, I'll take out my old film camera.  
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5 years 9 months ago #588472 by fmw
No such thing, OP.  Sorry.  However if you want to experiment with film you can buy a used film camera for a song.  Since digital has surpassed film in every possible way, film is completely obselete.  That explains why used film cameras that are not coveted by collectors are so cheap.  Go buy one and get it out of your system.  Then you can sell it to the next guy for a song.
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5 years 9 months ago #588538 by Overread
Oh no.  Why?  
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5 years 9 months ago #588566 by Scott Klubeck
Yeah, wouldn't see much benefit from having a film camera part of a digital.  
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5 years 9 months ago #588628 by Harrison J
That would be such a bulky camera.  Frankly, I just don't shoot film enough to warrant that.  
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5 years 9 months ago #588668 by icepics
I didn't think so, but found one that does (sort of) or can or will; it's on Kickstarter. It's a back that can work on a film camera, and apparently records an image digitally from the focus screen. To me some of the samples I saw seemed to have a bit of an odd distortion; that and the overall quality reminded me of the photos you can get using a Holga style camera. I suppose that's because images are recorded from the focus screen. I think hi res scans would provide better results if you wanted a digitized version of your film image.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/samellos/im...tal-back/description

Not sure why a film camera would be limiting, or how it takes up more space than a digital camera, or that it has necessarily surpassed film. I've said before I've done submissions to juried exhibits, images shot on film, and digitally - good is good either way. Certainly film and developing aren't necessarily cheap anymore, but I can do the same things with a film scan that I can with a digital image. If I take along my digital camera and a film rangefinder that use the same lenses, the only difference from taking two digital bodies and a couple of lenses would be a few rolls of film. A camera with this back does seem like it would be more bulky than I think I'd like.
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