For me: Film died an abrupt death 4-5 years ago and my Nikon N-90 is gathering dust. Digital still has a long way to go because the best digital that will duplicate film is way out of my price range. I shoot a Fuji S 2 Pro.
Briefly comment on how you see your film useage in the next six months.
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I will give up film when: I can purchase a high quality DSLR with a full 35mm size (or larger) high quality sensor for a reasonable price that will utilize standard 35mm lenses and flash units. When shutter response time matches a quality 35mm camera. When I can get the same quality low light situation pictures without flash or auxiliary lighting that I can with a 35mm and high quality high speed film. (No blur) When digital cameras work as well in extreme weather conditions as quality film cameras do.
Since acquiring my Pentax ist D, 35mm photography with my Pentax ZX-7 represents no more than perhaps 5% of my photography. Originally, I was going to upgrade from the ZX-7 to the MZS, but wife suggested I go digital! I gladly bought the ist D, and haven't looked back. If I had the MZS with its increased capability, instead of the ZX-7, I would probably do a "little" more film photography. The ist D is just too superior to the ZX-7, to much use the latter.
I will still be shooting film for years to come...black & white or color...I don't see digital in my near future as there are much too many problems. Nothing is standard. Too expensive and changes much too fast. You spend and spend all the time. Nothing so far, replaces film. Also, a lot of editors prefer film over digital images anytime. There's nothing like seeing a transparency on a light box. Film is tangible. I'll still shoot Velvia, or E100 VS or Fuji's ACROS (b&w)for a long time....in 6x7 and 35mm. I'm considering buying the new F6. With digital, way too much time is spent on the computer instead of shooting.
I plan on shooting more film in the future mostly because I am confident in my results and I know I can store the negs forever. I am not sure about our ability to read older storage formats in the future. Remember the original floppy disk?
I have both. The Canon Rebel EOS Ti and Canon Power Shot S1 IS digital. Both are great! My Rebel is used for more serious shots, where my Power Shot is used for fun and more candit shots. I enjoy them both. Sure I can download my digital pics faster than I can than my Rebel, but with having to develop my pics at Ritz Camera, I can request a single set of prints with a cd to boot.
I don't shoot nearly as much film as I used to since I got my first digital camera, but I still think there is a place for film in modern photography. I like shooting digital because you get instant results and you can shoot as much as you can as long as you have the battery power and available storage space. I still look forward to buying a film camera in the future.
I prefer my film based SLR, with conventional enses that have no magnificaton factor due to digital sensors being much snmaller than 35mm film. I much prefer to have my film processed, and digitally scanned onto a CD as an option, than try to only use a digital SLR that cannot shoot wide angle shots as well as conventional 35mm cameras. I also find film cameras easier to use.
I am very reluctant to move away from film. I am becoming more familiar with how different films behave under different lighting conditions. If I go over to digital I feel I would be throwing my privious work away for "instant" gratification rather than good, systematic progress towards good image making.
With small town newspapers, I started to use, don't laugh the Kodak 120, in 1997, So now going on 8 years , without film , film is probably still better than digital. Digital is making advances. It all depends on what your final product is for,mine is fast newspaper work, I still think it's the best for the news media useage.
I own a Nikon N60 plus D70 and I like both formats. It really should not matter if you shoot with film or digital, because there will always be someone out there shooting with both. Alot of beginners are running to the Digital format because they think it's alot easier to use. Little do they know that you still have to learn about JPEG TIFF and NEF etc., etc., If you love B&W Photograhy then film is the way.
I have a film camera and am actually thinking of selling it because I pretty much never use it. I'm sure there are virtus to film, but I'm an amateur so digital makes more sense to me at this stage...allowing me to experiment without the high cost of film.
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