Anybody Still Using 35mm Film?

[Lichen]

I ask because I just haven't been getting quality pics with my point & shoot digitals. I have a perfectly good Olympus OM-1 that I used for years with great results. 95% of those were Kodachrome slides. I figure why spend big money on a new DSLR when I have a perfectly good camera, lenses, and scanner. Anybody see any downside to this thinking? Will I be dissapointed with the scanned results?

 

[SunTzuNephew]

Someone must be...whenever I go to Walmart and ask for film cans, they have lots that they'll give me.

 

[evldave]

I ask because I just haven't been getting quality pics with my point & shoot digitals. I have a perfectly good Olympus OM-1 that I used for years with great results. 95% of those were Kodachrome slides. I figure why spend big money on a new DSLR when I have a perfectly good camera, lenses, and scanner. Anybody see any downside to this thinking? Will I be dissapointed with the scanned results?

I've started archiving all my old film slides/pics/negatives...the quality of the scans for pics is ok (I'm using a Canon flatbed scanner, and previously used an Epson Perfection scanner)...but really, compared to my D90, it's not even close - the quality of the raw digital pics is much better, not to mention the flexibility to mess around with the digital files...I have a basic slide scanner, and it works ok, but again the quality doesn't seem to be as good as my digital pics...You could buy a really nice slide/film scanner, but then why not just buy a new dSLR?

And this doesn't include the materials costs...I think when I stopped using film it was like $8 for a 36 role of slides + another 5-10 to have them developed...and I take a ton of pictures (3k in the first day I had my D90 - I was doing photo work for a skateboarding competition), just couldn't afford the development costs...I have kept my body + leftover film just in case someday I want to play with film, but I'm fully converted to digital and probably will never go back.

 

[Michael Slade]

Yes.

 

[Lichen]

I have a nice Canon scanner for slides and photos. It seems that scanned slides produce nice large images, but the photos not so much. I bought a roll of film and new battery, so I'm going to give it a try anyway.

 

[SeaRubi]

I use a projector, too. So much nicer on the wall than just seeing stuff on my tiny laptop.

 

[Michael Slade]

Still exclusively film.

:wings::victory::wings::victory::Wow1::luxhello:

 

[Michael Slade]

I processed 8 more 4x10's today. Now I have no more to process...that means I'd either better start printing, or go shooting.

 

[Lost Canadian]

You analogue elitists, it's just gear, sheesh. LOL. I kid, I kid.:sombrero:

To the OP, I dabble with 35mm from time to time, but the absolute quality, if that's what you're looking for, is not up to snuff with todays digital equivalents. Talking strickly 35mm equiv. here. Film certainly has a different look compared to digital, and some still prefer it, so if you like what you got from it in the past I say go back to it/ stick with it, at least until you find yourself looking for something more/different.

 

[DaveInDenver]

Meh, there's more to a 'quality' photo than lines/mm. Render unto CMOS that things which are digital, and unto film the things that are analog.

 

[DrMoab]

Speaking strictly 35MM here, I think there are two types of people still doing it(mostly).

There are those type of people who think they are making better "art" because what they are doing it with is more difficult. Then there are the type of people who just hate change.

Notice I said strictly 35mm here. I think once you move into the bigger stuff, 8X10 plates and such then the process of making the image becomes as much an art form as the outcome of the image.

I have seen the 35mm vs. Digital debate rage on for a long time though and all I have seen is the fact that it's all what the individual sees in it.

There really isn't a right answer.

 

[Lichen]

Thanks for the replies. And I still listen to vinyl too!

 

[Lichen]

I couldn't get the exposure meter to work with a new battery. Turns out, the camera requires a mercury battery which are no longer made. I found a site that sells something called a Wien cell which is supposed to work. I'll soon find out.

 

[SeaRubi]

Lichen -

Gossen's Digisix compact meter is a good option, too:

http://www.adorama.com/Als/ProductPage/GSDS.html

there is a hot-shoe adapter that let's you mount it to the camera, but it's probably easier to just hang it on a lanyard and wear it.

I've had one of these on my to-buy list for awhile but I've become less self-conscious about using my Luna Pro out in public. All the reviews seem to say good things.

cheers
-ike

 

[Michael Slade]

I purchased one of those Digisix meters for my program. I liked it so much I ordered two more. Be advised, they are on back-order. You may want to order it sooner than later.

I also made an offer today on a Nikonos V. We'll see if she takes my offer. It was below $150.