Coming back to film

[wclark5179]

Most of my photography captured back then was with transparency film. I can remember when Kodachrome was either 10 or 25 ASA and Ektachrome was 64 ASA! Wow 64 ASA I thought was fast film! 36 slides including mounting was far cheaper than 36 negatives developed and printed. I still have my Kodak Carousel projector I used back then!

[Ektagraphic]

I love these articles. Good news

[Grainy]

At my shop we have had increased film sales the last couple of months, very fun After maaany years almost without any customer questions about 120-film or having 120-film in stock, we now start to get a few customers buying it again. So now I stock Ektar 100, Delta 100, 400 and 3200 in 120-format.

I also start to stock more B&W 35mm film, so now I try to have Tri-X 400, Delta 100, Delta 400, Delta 3200 and T-MAX 100 in stock. Not very much, but it's better than nothing.

The thing that makes me most happy is that many of the customers buying b&w film is young people.

[IloveTLRs]

... I'd also say that about 25% of the travelers I've met when I was touring around China were shooting on film - and they were all under the age of 30, most of them in their early 20s. ...

My hat goes off to China, which seems to have a very large population of film shooters. Quite a few are on Flickr

[jbwpro]

Great stuff, lets hope these articles continue.

[Moopheus]

Do you remember those things with the half inch screen and gargantuan memory cards, the size of half a brick, boasting 5 megapixels, lol!

Actually, I remember a friend who was a very early adopter of digicams, and his first camera had a resolution of 640x480 pixels!

Don't forget that George Eastman made his fortune selling a camera that was basically and instamatic, and that was what most people used for decades. It's not hard to see how a lot of people would consider digital an improvement.

My main worry is that film and film cameras are industrial products that need a viable commercial market to sustain them. Lomo and used vintage cameras are not going to be enough.

[xjken99]

As someone who shoots as a hobby I shoot both digital and film. I learned most of what I know shooting film and I still own a lot more film gear than digital. For me the process that I use is exactly the same if I am shooting digital or film. This is probably due to the fact I grew up on film. It's always nice to see articles about film use increasing but, digital is going to keep improving while film is just trying to stay alive. How many NEW film cameras were introduced last year. I worry more about being able to get my film processed than being able to find film. I have buying most of the discontinued Fuji film where I work which should be about 17 rolls. That should be enough to last a couple of years. Being 58 I am hoping film outlives me but, I am not so sure.