FILM CAMERA TALK...
chasrich wrote: I suppose cave etchings would be off topic?
Yes. Feel free to start a thread though.
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Keep talking about the good ol' days people.
Lets see once you popped in a roll of film you had to shoot that ISO till the roll was spent, granted you could roll back but that was a pain. Developing while I liked doing it myself, I didnt like having to store the supplies and having to dedicate space for it. Film taking a dump or losing rolls of film, dont miss that. I liked film grain but now I can emulate that in post. Also since I used to do astrophotgraphy I dont miss cooking film to do it and having to either freeze it or use it quickly or it would die. Also I dont miss that you can lose over 20 years of shooting in a fire. Now I can back it up on drives and at various sites. So yes I dont miss film.
Joves wrote: You know since I have been shooting digital I dont think of those days as good.
Lets see once you popped in a roll of film you had to shoot that ISO till the roll was spent, granted you could roll back but that was a pain. Developing while I liked doing it myself, I didnt like having to store the supplies and having to dedicate space for it. Film taking a dump or losing rolls of film, dont miss that. I liked film grain but now I can emulate that in post. Also since I used to do astrophotgraphy I dont miss cooking film to do it and having to either freeze it or use it quickly or it would die. Also I dont miss that you can lose over 20 years of shooting in a fire. Now I can back it up on drives and at various sites. So yes I dont miss film.
Shhh the old folks'll hear you.
I guess I should contribute a little. I do remember shooting film. Not as a photography buff (I got into photography when the 40D was still about) but as a normal consumer.
My mum had some sort of Kodak camera or something. I can't remember. All I remember is it had a leather cover and we weren't allowed to touch it without permission.
My brother was more into photography than me ironically. He had a Minolta DSLR. It seemed pretty awesome to me, but I stuck with my Canon P&S film camera.
"Switched" to digital in 2002 (just before my first kid was born). Got myself a Canon G12, which did fine till years later and my wife wanted something smaller (Canon IXUS 65). I then started to like taking arty shots with that and decided I wanted something better. After much convincing I managed to get a Canon 40D. The rest is history.
So I have little or no nostalgia for the ol' days of taking film into be processed etc. I remember taking film into our local chemist and having to come back a week (WEEK) later to get the photos.
Give me digital any day.
If you like it, that's cool too.
Joves wrote: But I am one of the old folks.
Why aren't you in bed then?! NURSE!?!!
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