DSLR Photography Forum

In the last exhibition I went to in Eutin. Nearly all pictures the photographer showed were taken with a film camera.
How beautiful color, contrast, detal, I don't know how to say. Beautiful blue sky and lots of detail in the shady areas... I imagined to have taken that picture with my camera and I immediately thought about a blown out sky... and his pictures were perfect...

The other day I said G I wanted to take some pictures with film just to try... he opened his eyes so big...
I could see that he was doing the maths.... thinking how much the adventure would cost him....

ha ha what is cost compared to art.

Irma Wrote:The other day I said G I wanted to take some pictures with film just to try... he opened his eyes so big...
I could see that he was doing the maths.... thinking how much the adventure would cost him....

I occasionally think the same... but in the week that I've owned it, my E-3 (which is not an inexpensive camera) has cost me $2.32 per photo. And I get to keep the camera.

I do still wish that I had a FSLR occasionally, but I know I'd go back to shooting two rolls of film a year with it.

Great shot Don.

Irma - contrast the grain in the film with your high ISO shots.

Try using Velvia slide film, Don. It will spoil you for all other kinds of film. It has a lovely magenta undertone, and scans very well because of its very fine grain.

I don't have the patience to scan my own. My scanner isn't that good either. I am going to limit my use of film but it's so much fun to hear the shutter go off.

Don Schaeffer Wrote:I am going to limit my use of film but it's so much fun to hear the shutter go off.

I know exactly what you mean about the shutter. You're making it hard to resist the lure of an old film camera, but I'm afraid to look through a 135-format viewfinder. I may like it too much and learn what I'm missing.

I'll be honest. I like my Kodak digicam a lot more.