Resurgence?

[Ken N]

http://www.red.com/cameras/ I thought that maybe there would always be a place for film until i read this.When this technology seeps down to the mass market i just can't see any purpose in maintaing a film based system in my workplace.... since christmas i've been working with a full frame 24mpl dslr and i have been printing with an epson 4880. sorry guys,for me 35mm is finished. I still use mf but mainly for personal projects, To be quite honest, i really don't need to have a film camera around at all. Oh, rangefinders are the exception .....wouldn't part with mine for anything....grin

I have one main reason to maintain film in my workplace--the cameras. When Olympus has a digital version of the OM-3Ti and OM-4Ti then we'll talk.

I agree about the image-quality of a 24mp DSLR--it is absolutely amazing. But there is more to life (and images) than resolution and noise/grain free.

Strangely enough, it's my grainy and fuzzy film stuff that sells the best.

[winjeel]

I have one main reason to maintain film in my workplace--the cameras. When Olympus has a digital version of the OM-3Ti and OM-4Ti then we'll talk.

I agree about the image-quality of a 24mp DSLR--it is absolutely amazing. But there is more to life (and images) than resolution and noise/grain free.

Strangely enough, it's my grainy and fuzzy film stuff that sells the best.

I'd argue that the two are different media and give different results. In case you haven't noticed, black and white is still used in cinema and has a place. Despite the automobile, people still use horses, and even the police. Over a hundred years ago we used electric cars, and now we're turning back to the electric car. There will always be a place for film, and I'm sure the public has just gone digital mad, as a way of 'keeping up with the Joneses'. In time, film will become trendy again, but there will always be a place for it. Photography hasn't replaced oil and canvases, you know.

In my original post, that started this thread, I was hoping that there would be more film spotting, and such should prompt the major manufacturers to occasionally release a new film body.

[hoffy]

There must be plenty of Dynax (Maxxum) 9 's to be had on the used market. I cannot see how Sony could improve on that camera. They are build like a tank and must have loads of service left in them....

Drool, Drool.....I have actually read complaints from some forums about the 9 being a bit too robust (read "heavy"). The biggest issue with the 9 is SSM lens support (if you want to look at modern lenses). For those who own one, it can be modified, but only in Germany.

The other interesting thing about the 9 is that it still demands reasonable money on the second hand market.

For me, though, I really need to get my hands on a 7 before they start to dissappear. At least this way, I will have a good modern camera

Back on topic just a bit. The one thing that I have noticed very much about digital and DSLR users as a whole, is the LAMBWooL syndrome – “Look At My Big White Lens”….

[Q.G.]

Back on topic just a bit. The one thing that I have noticed very much about digital and DSLR users as a whole, is the LAMBWooL syndrome – “Look At My Big White Lens”….

It's not as if there is a choice.

Well, that's not true, there is:
You either look like a fool carrying a white lens, or not have a lens.


Any report of a resurgence of film photography is grossly exagerated.

[Poisson Du Jour]

On a bushwalking trip in 1991 I took with me a Minolta 9000 AF (a recent trade-up from a Konica Big Mini AF compact). As memory serves me, this Minolta did have a clunky, industrial feel to it, with 4 poorly spaced low profile (silver) press buttons (a little fiddly with gloves on); I think this camera was in the Dynax family (can't recall the nomenclature); images shot with this camera (PKL 200 Kodachrome) were recently dug out for reference for revisiting a bushwalking route after all those years.

Beside Canon's T90 (which fpreceded the Minolta 9000 AF), the camera that really put a smile on my dial was the favourite is the Olympus OM4 (plain or Ti). I am not seeing any shortage of availability of the classic marque bodies (Nikon, Pentax, Olympus, Canon), and many such bodies are in mint condition, seemingly used as mantlepiece curios! I am considering adding an OM4 to my stable of toys.

[Poisson Du Jour]

It's not as if there is a choice.

Well, that's not true, there is:
You either look like a fool carrying a white lens, or not have a lens.

Any report of a resurgence of film photography is grossly exaggerated.

White/grey lenses seem to be the latest toy for the cashed-up "must have" nouveau grandé set. I have a "white knight" from Canon. But I don't really like the white colour, so I cut a dark blue sock (the very latest "it" thing to have for photographers who don't like cold lenses!) and stretch that over it, thus it is my LAMBING (Look at my big indigo gizmo!!) howitzer.

[hoffy]

OK, maybe I am being a bit unfair to those users of the Canon SLR ilk who use lenses painted white/Grey. Yes, they are quality lenses and this shouldn’t be discounted.

But I stand by my comment. There nearly appears to be as many cashed up novices buying 5D MkII with 100-400 L lenses around as Soccer mums with 450D twin lens kits.

[Poisson Du Jour]

Well, let them. The novelty of lugging around a huge kit (especially that highly specialised behemoth, the 100-400 L coming in at 1.3kg!!) and a 5D in whatever "yet again" reincarnation will soon wear off. I promise it will. These are the combos you see in 2H windows in mint condition. More for show than for professional practice.

[clayne]

Any report of a resurgence of film photography is grossly exagerated.

Disagreed.

[hoffy]

Well, let them. The novelty of lugging around a huge kit (especially that highly specialised behemoth, the 100-400 L coming in at 1.3kg!!) and a 5D in whatever "yet again" reincarnation will soon wear off. I promise it will. These are the combos you see in 2H windows in mint condition. More for show than for professional practice.

Aint that the truth. I think that DSLR’s are the gadget “de jour” at the moment. Give em a few years and there will be an awful lot of second hand digital equipment on the market and not simply because they are obsolete (which they will be….)