The simplicity is engaging. No messing with various focus modes and things that make shooting a computer with a lens attached. However, many will not find it so as knowledge of the photography process is required.
I’m based in the UK and regularly shoot film using a Nikon F5 and an Olympus Trip 35. I agree that film gives you time to stand back and think about the image. I shoot mainly black and white which means you have to look at the world differently. Nice video.
You did an amazing job of explaining the relevance of film photography in modern times, in a fairly unbiased way. I'm in SE Michigan, so it was awesome hearing you mentioned you're on the west side of The Mitten, especially since your video was a "random" suggestion. Also, love the images, thanks for sharing.
This is a great video! Just came back by this one a second time. I think there’s always a time and a place for film. I’ll always enjoy it but there’s times I need digital as well.
Shoes at 7:59 ?? And I completely agree that if the actual process of photography is of interest to someone, film seems to be worth trying out. Which is why I've just ordered my first film camera. I'm not sure if it's gonna stick, but I've been curious about it for some time. It seems to be one of those things you just have to try for yourself. I'm excited
They’re Sorel shoes! Not sure the model. That’s so exciting! It’s a really cool experience getting your negatives back and seeing your images. Enjoy the new adventure!
I can no longer afford to shoot with film. I use a 5x4 camera and shoot E6, the cost of shooting ten E6 images now costs £300.00. This leaves no room for error. If I shot 50 E6 images it would cost the same as the digital back I bought for my medium format camera.
Purely an amateur photographer here but In my opinion it comes down to the right tools for the job in hand which includes the financial aspect. e.g I love doing street photography and I could not afford the cost of using film for my style of photography. I find that my best results come from “working” a location with all its variables changing all the time. With digital I’m not restricted by the cost of the number of shots or time taken before loading more film. Doing for instance landscape photography using film can be justified as one can really take time to think and setup each shot and budget for this. Therefore film can have its place even on a budget if that’s what one wants to use. I still love the experience of loading my TLR camera with film and taking time and effort to take landscapes etc. and therefore justify the extra cost so I can still have this experience.
film costs too much for me to shoot with it daily (including having to send it off so I can get my negatives back), but it does bring me back to my childhood, and gives the same image quality/ambiance as those old photo albums of my grandparents. Plus there's just something cool and "tangible" (for lack of a better word) about having the photo negative. I have a bunch of negatives from my grandma I have yet to develop
I've shot film for 50 years now. I also shoot digitally but if it's important, I try to shoot film. To keep things simple I shoot film in 35mm black and white and 120 and in 120 chrome (6x9 and 6x17). For walk around color I shoot FX and DX format Nikons ( D3, D700, and D300 ). If I had to strip everything down to two cameras, I would use FP4 in my Canon VT DELUXE with a 21mm f4 Voightlander Color Skopar LTM and Fuji Velvia 50 RVP 120 and Kodak Ektachrome 100 120 in my Linhof 617s Technorama with the 90 mm F5.6 XL Schneider Kreuznach Super Angulon. I'm not rich, but I love Film. Love will always, always cost you EVERYTHING. That's why it's called love.
5 rolls of 35mm film £85 (Porta 400). I’m going to sell all my film cameras and move to digital. Why the film prices are bonkers? Maybe I get Leica Q3.
Any film to me is expensive because I use a lab service. $20 for a roll plus $20 to get the negatives and then $5 to $10 for one print is about $45. Add time to go to the post office to send off the roll. I do it because it's interesting and fun. There are more expensive "hobbies".
Every duplicate shot diminishes the value of it in a way I cant really explain. If you take 40 identical pictures of the Grand Canyon, it is somehow less memorable than the one picture that was taken. Maybe it's because I know I'm never going to go back and look through all of them. I'll see the first one, and go "Oh yeah, the Grand Canyon" ....
Film photography is very expensive. For the amount we spend for 20 rolls film purchase, developing and scanning, we can buy digital cameras.. Not worth it. Greedy companies like kodak must go bankrupt once again.. Also all our best photos have no value after our life time.. Or after our kids life time. So shoot digital...
