Anyone still shoot film?
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From: Patrick L on 25 Jan 2010 00:01 I've got four dSLRs, but I miss shooting film, so come Christmas, my mom wanted me to take pictures so I dusted off my old ElanII, 28-105 lens, and bought a roll of Kodak Gold ( nothin' particularly fancy about this rig ) with a 580ex flash took some snaps and had the pictures developed at a local drugstore. The shots were beautiful, or at least I thought so and so did my family. The "white balance" ( as we now call it in the digital world ) was stunning. I couldn't get 50 bucks for that camera now ( minus the lens and flash, of course), so no point in selling it. In fact, I bought it at a flea market for 10 bucks. I picked up an old Polaroid Land 250 and a bulb flash unit for a song, and I can still get batteries and film ( fuji ) for it, so I'm looking to have some fun with it. I found a guy that sells bulbs for it, but, I was a little boy the last time they used them, and these bulbs have been sitting in a warehouse for a long time. Expensive 'cuz they no longer make them. I'm doing some math, and I think each shot, with flash, is going to cost about 4 bucks. Sheesh -- better get it right the first time !! Patrick
From: Noons on 25 Jan 2010 01:13 On Jan 25, 4:01 pm, "Patrick L" <itsab...(a)time.com> wrote: > I've got four dSLRs, but I miss shooting film, so come Christmas, my mom > wanted me to take pictures so I dusted off my old ElanII, 28-105 lens, and > bought a roll of Kodak Gold ( nothin' particularly fancy about this rig ) > with a 580ex flash took some snaps and had the pictures developed at a local > drugstore. The shots were beautiful, or at least I thought so and so did my > family. The "white balance" ( as we now call it in the digital world ) was > stunning. I couldn't get 50 bucks for that camera now ( minus the lens and > flash, of course), so no point in selling it. In fact, I bought it at a > flea market for 10 bucks. Go to apug.org and meet a large crowd still happily shooting film. Or go to one of the many cimmunities in flickr doing the same. And a lot of other places.
From: rwalker on 25 Jan 2010 09:47 On Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:01:22 -0800, "Patrick L" <itsabout(a)time.com> wrote: >I've got four dSLRs, but I miss shooting film, so come Christmas, my mom >wanted me to take pictures so I dusted off my old ElanII, 28-105 lens, and >bought a roll of Kodak Gold ( nothin' particularly fancy about this rig ) >with a 580ex flash took some snaps and had the pictures developed at a local >drugstore. The shots were beautiful, or at least I thought so and so did my >family. The "white balance" ( as we now call it in the digital world ) was >stunning. I couldn't get 50 bucks for that camera now ( minus the lens and >flash, of course), so no point in selling it. In fact, I bought it at a >flea market for 10 bucks. > >I picked up an old Polaroid Land 250 and a bulb flash unit for a song, and >I can still get batteries and film ( fuji ) for it, so I'm looking to have >some fun with it. I found a guy that sells bulbs for it, but, I was a >little boy the last time they used them, and these bulbs have been sitting >in a warehouse for a long time. Expensive 'cuz they no longer make them. >I'm doing some math, and I think each shot, with flash, is going to cost >about 4 bucks. Sheesh -- better get it right the first time !! > > >Patrick I've got an old Kodak Brownie from the early 50s that I still shoot with sometimes. I have a small supply of flash bulbs for it, but I don't use them often because they're getting very hard to find. I do still shoot a fair amount of film, almost never 35 mm. though. I slit film and reload 110 cassettes for a Pentax Auto110, and shoot 120 film in a Pentax 67 and a Yashica D, as well as the Brownie (rerolled 120 film on Brownie spools). It's a nice change of pace. > > > >
From: tcroyer on 25 Jan 2010 11:56 "rwalker" <rwalker(a)despammed.com> wrote in message news:ribrl5dd71q93ll994qcotkiasodreplcf(a)4ax.com... > On Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:01:22 -0800, "Patrick L" <itsabout(a)time.com> > wrote: > >>I've got four dSLRs, but I miss shooting film, so come Christmas, my mom >>wanted me to take pictures so I dusted off my old ElanII, 28-105 lens, and >>bought a roll of Kodak Gold ( nothin' particularly fancy about this rig ) >>with a 580ex flash took some snaps and had the pictures developed at a >>local >>drugstore. The shots were beautiful, or at least I thought so and so did >>my >>family. The "white balance" ( as we now call it in the digital world ) >>was >>stunning. I couldn't get 50 bucks for that camera now ( minus the lens >>and >>flash, of course), so no point in selling it. In fact, I bought it at a >>flea market for 10 bucks. >> >>I picked up an old Polaroid Land 250 and a bulb flash unit for a song, >>and >>I can still get batteries and film ( fuji ) for it, so I'm looking to have >>some fun with it. I found a guy that sells bulbs for it, but, I was a >>little boy the last time they used them, and these bulbs have been sitting >>in a warehouse for a long time. Expensive 'cuz they no longer make them. >>I'm doing some math, and I think each shot, with flash, is going to cost >>about 4 bucks. Sheesh -- better get it right the first time !! >> >> >>Patrick > > I've got an old Kodak Brownie from the early 50s that I still shoot > with sometimes. I have a small supply of flash bulbs for it, but I > don't use them often because they're getting very hard to find. I do > still shoot a fair amount of film, almost never 35 mm. though. I slit > film and reload 110 cassettes for a Pentax Auto110, and shoot 120 film > in a Pentax 67 and a Yashica D, as well as the Brownie (rerolled 120 > film on Brownie spools). It's a nice change of pace. >> >> >> >> I have a Leica Z2X that I put a lot of film through (bought used on eBay because I always wanted a Leica and it's the only one I could afford -- It was actually made in Singapore, but it has a legit Leica logo on it and it takes beautiful pictures). I also have a Yashica Electro 35 that I use when I need a hot shoe accessory and can make use of the fairly wide angle lens.
From: Savageduck on 25 Jan 2010 12:45
On 2010-01-25 08:56:28 -0800, "tcroyer" <tom(a)solidus-ts.com> said: > > I also have a Yashica Electro 35 that I use when I need a hot shoe accessory > and can make use of the fairly wide angle lens. It is good to know there is somebody else who still owns and uses an Electro 35. I got mine in 1969, and have always been amazed at its performance. http://homepage.mac.com/lco/filechute/Yashika%20Electro35G.jpg -- Regards, Savageduck |