View Full Version : Who thinks the digital age is here?
Tony7683
03-24-2004, 9:11 AM
Just wondering how many of you still use 35mm's and whether or not you think the age of digital photography has finally arrived.
nimbusv
03-25-2004, 9:29 PM
I have an old Semi automatic 35mm Pentax and use it, just not for fish
Molino
03-27-2004, 7:04 PM
I also have an Old Canon Rebel 35mm that I use exclusively for Black and White photos. I then process the prints in a small darkroom I've got setup in my storage room. I enjoy doing Black and White photos the old-fashioned way.
Having said that I have found I'm not using that camera nearly as much as I used to.
The film developing stores are shifting to digital image output stores gradually last yr here in Taiwan, and there are only 1/3 left. So, I would say, it's just a matter of time that only few left. But, it won't be gone completely, coz there are too many great photos took by film. I still use my 35mm Canon, Nikon, Olympus occasionally.
ccplim
04-01-2004, 8:46 AM
The film developing stores are shifting to digital image output stores gradually last yr here in Taiwan, and there are only 1/3 left. So, I would say, it's just a matter of time that only few left. But, it won't be gone completely, coz there are too many great photos took by film. I still use my 35mm Canon, Nikon, Olympus occasionally.
Wah! How many you have?
I can't bear to part with my film equipment too. I've too many to dispose of anyway. Besides, I'm sentimental.
I also like to keep old cameras too.
Cheers,
ccplim
04-01-2004, 10:53 PM
Same here. Have been using that film camera since I started photography and I am still in love with her.
Dracofish
04-27-2004, 12:31 PM
I think that 35mm will gradually be phased out. I was watching a show about models and whatnot and the Playboy photographer was shooting with digital. You can get just as good of quality, if not better, out of digital and it's much cheaper and easier to work with.
not for another 5-6 years, when prosumer cameras reach 15-16 MP.
benny
05-03-2004, 11:27 PM
The digital backs on the pro cameras these days are already 15 to 22 MP.
But I'll still hang on to my film cameras anytime as long as there are labs around that process them.
Cheers,
meriadoc
06-20-2004, 1:21 AM
yees, but those 22mp backs are for medium format.
you'd never get the quality of a 8x10 NEGATIVE from digital :)
oh, how i'd love to pull an ansel adams and work with a 4x5 inch negative or two...
i wanna set up my darkroom again ;)