Do you still use a film camera?

Question

or have you gone completely digital? Do you have any 35mm film cameras lying around still?

Answer 1

Yes, not that often now. I have Nikon FM2. I also have a little film scanner, and basically I use transparency (mainly Ektachrome of some sort).

Haven't done so in months though.

Answer 2

I have a Nikon F100, a N6006, and a N2000. The F100 still sees regular use, and my daughter uses the N6006. I have a host of older 35mm cameras, including a few older Nikons , a Canon p&s, a Canon AE-1, and an Olympus Stylus Epic. I also have a Minolta Vectis underwater APS camera. My 6 year old granddaughter does a pretty good job with one of the old Nikons, I let her use it regularly. I use the Oly if I just want a small unobtrusive film camera. My most used camera is currently a Nikon D80. I also have a Canon Powershot G6 that gets used a bit. I am on my fifth digital camera since the mid 90s. Love digital, and love film and use them both, but the film ratio is dropping. I have no intention of giving it up, though!

Answer 3

The only camera that lay's around at my place is my Nikon D-100, I was so disappointed with it when I bought it, I stuck with film.

There are a lot of uses for the digital medium, weddings, sports, and any thing that requires a fast turn around, but I mostly shoot the landscape now, and the battery life limits the long exposure, long digital exposures are noisy, and the crop factor kills my wide angle perspective.

I stick to saturated super fine grain transparency films for the most part now.

I am not the rule, I am the exception these days...by the way, need a used DSLR ?

Answer 4

Yes I still have 35 mm cameras, though for the quick photo I use a digital. Though there are so many pluses with digital, I grew up on 120mm and 35mm. I I took a heap of crap pictures, then I learned how to use the old manual 35mm, depth of field, creative composition. So then I had allot more crap pictures, but better composed. I had a few "keepers." Chow

Answer 5

Everyone know that film cameras are better because the digital ones are limited to a certain resolution.
For now, I use a nikon digital slr, but i intend to buy also a film slr, for "special" ocassions and better pictures. With the digital I can experiment and with film I'll do the art work.

But that's just me.

Answer 6

Well... here's a story for ya. I started out digital. Completely digital. Only just in the last couple of weeks I've started playing with film. I don't intend to use it for anything more than a hobby, but I'm still using it.

Answer 7

yes i have both a film and a digital SLR. i don't use the film one much of late but am looking forward to putting some more B&W film through it! can't beat getting a nice image that way! i went onto digital so i could learn faster ad go back to film when i know more.

Answer 8

I shall remain a traditional photographer until the last roll of film is gone. I use 3 to 4 different Minolta cameras on a regular basis.

Answer 9

Yes...I still have an Olympus and Nikon that I will use on occasion. The problem is that I have SEVERAL rolls of film that I am too cheap to get developed. LOL! I hate to go digital because the Nikon is really nice and was really expensive.

Answer 10

yes still have my 35mm slr which is my back up to both of my digital slr. unfortunately I don't use my 35mm slr not as much as I would really like too. personally doing black and white on digital cameras doesn't look no were near as good as using 35mm especially developing black and white yourself.