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Still shooting film?
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Parn190423
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Occasionally with my father's old 35mm Nikon SLR. He also had a Canon film P/S which stopped working a few weeks ago and I gave my G3 to him.
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QRTAN
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Thanks for your kind words. Yes I am rather happy with the result, and the process is pretty quick. The shooting takes only 15 seconds per slide once the process is running. Then there is renaming, some quick and dirty PSE2 job: cropping, contrast, brightness. I found that grand total time needed per pic is around 2 minutes.
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Esquid
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Ok, I do have a G5 and love it. And an SLR film camera, but thats not the one I use much.
I also have a Canon Classic, a small pocketable, 3x zoom with manual controls, and heres why I like it:
1. Exposure latitude. Really contrasty scenes usually look better on the film - such as bright daylight, and many flash shots. And if the exposure is messed up, its usually not so bad it doesn't print ok.
2. Low cost. We need two cameras - It is usually my wifes camera - and it cost $150. My G5 was $650.
3. Low cost of prints. The hit ratio on the film camera is actually much better than 50%, and we get a roll of 24 processed with 4x6 double prints for $9.00. - so thats about $.18 per print for the prints I would have printed if I had taken them with the G5. And theres none of my time involved, deciding which to print. Just drop off the roll and they get done.
4. Less noise. ISO 400 on the film camera seems to have less noise than 400 on the G5. This could probably be debated...
5. Cheap endless media supply. We take trips to places for 3 weeks, and take maybe 50 photos a day. With film, you just buy some more wherever you are. Digital media remains kinda expensive up front; getting cheaper though....
6. Fast prints while on vacation. (1 hr processing seems to be available everywhere for film, and you just drop it off...)
7. A cheap camera with no shutter lag! The film camera is better at catching anything that moves quickly.
8. Shallow depth of field. Remember, this is a full frame camera, so you can get really shallow DOF to isolate a subject - even though the lens is not all that fast.
I've been working with digital images professionally since 1988, and have seen the extraordinary progress - I'm sure eventually there will be almost nothing left for film - but we are not there quite yet!
Esquid
I also have a Canon Classic, a small pocketable,
1. Exposure latitude. Really contrasty scenes usually look better on the film - such as bright daylight, and many flash shots. And if the exposure is messed up, its usually not so bad it doesn't print ok.
2. Low cost. We need two cameras - It is usually my wifes camera - and it cost $150. My G5 was $650.
3. Low cost of prints. The hit ratio on the film camera is actually much better than 50%, and we get a roll of 24 processed with 4x6 double prints for $9.00. - so thats about $.18 per print for the prints I would have printed if I had taken them with the G5. And theres none of my time involved, deciding which to print. Just drop off the roll and they get done.
4. Less noise. ISO 400 on the film camera seems to have less noise than 400 on the G5. This could probably be debated...
5. Cheap endless media supply. We take trips to places for 3 weeks, and take maybe 50 photos a day. With film, you just buy some more wherever you are. Digital media remains kinda expensive up front; getting cheaper though....
6. Fast prints while on vacation. (1 hr processing seems to be available everywhere for film, and you just drop it off...)
7. A cheap camera with no shutter lag! The film camera is better at catching anything that moves quickly.
8. Shallow depth of field. Remember, this is a full frame camera, so you can get really shallow DOF to isolate a subject - even though the lens is not all that fast.
I've been working with digital images professionally since 1988, and have seen the extraordinary progress - I'm sure eventually there will be almost nothing left for film - but we are not there quite yet!
Esquid
plbh
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Looks like a very sturdy rig. 15 seconds? I'm impressed! (More like 15 minutes with the 2450.) Guess it doesn't help with the dust problem tho (I end up doing alot of clone-stamping in PSE).
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Jukka V
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Yes. With my EOS33. Mostly slides, but with regular film also.
rower46
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I love the image quality that I get from my Canon EOS Elan and the lenses that, I amassed over time, go with it.
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Cliff
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Mike Delaney
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With my Contax G/2, and Crown 4x5. Some things just need chromes..
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GregSt
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I enjoy the ability to take tons of pictures and process them the same day. Also, to adjust contrast, brightness, etc. without spending lots of time in a darkroom plus worrying about chemical life.
The downside - how long will a digital camera last. I think they will be like PCs - buy a new one every several years. I doubt it will last the 35 years that I have had my Canon FT-QL SLR and it still takes great pictures.
Greg
The downside - how long will a digital camera last. I think they will be like PCs - buy a new one every several years. I doubt it will last the 35 years that I have had my Canon FT-QL SLR and it still takes great pictures.
Greg
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