Anyone still uses film?
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Kris Lockyear
It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera they are made with the eye, heart and head. Henri Cartier-Bresson
Lots of film bodies, a couple of digital ones, too many lenses (mainly older glass) and a Horseman LE 5x4.
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I read about a young photographer in BJP a while back and he shot film. Lots of film, He was saying he shot about 100 rolls a day (something like that). Well, its all very well if you have the money and facilities to process 100 rolls plus, you'd have to be a bad photographer not to end up with a dozen good shots from 2400 odd frames.
Film is no guarantee you aim to get a good image every time. And shooting on auto just means less effort in dialing in the meter readings to the camera.
Its a broad church.
Lurking is shirking.!


Just got 3 films back from testing my cameras, some ok, some not so ok..... But I like the feel that you get from the film pictures. Very retro. It's not all about sharpness and resolution!

K5, K200 and several film Pentax cameras!
K1/K3, DA*16-50mm F2.8, FA 31mm F1.8, FA43mm F1.9 Limited, FA77mm F1.8 Limited, SMC Pentax K 85mm F1.8, DA18-135mm F3.5-5.6, FA*28-70mm F1.8, FA*200mm F1.8
My camera bag currently holds a Z-1p

I actually do enjoy film more than digital because each frame has to matter, so we take more care than we would if we were using a digital camera. The histogram facility on our DSLRs has made life so much easier to get better exposed photographs, at the expense of actually thinking about each exposure. Plus there is the matter of seeing a correctly exposed Velvia slide on a light box.

Z-1p, K-1, P50
F50 1.7. FAs 24, 35, 50 1.4, 85, 135

Metz 45 CL-4, AF500FTZ. AF540FGZ.
Some Mamiya and some Nikon
I like the look of them, the feel of them and the results they give.
But they will never replace digital!

Best regards.
Geoff Davis

Only get 12 shots per film so it really does make me stop and think about what and how i'm shooting. Fantastic quality prints come back and i find that i'm far more disciplined about my digital photography as a result. Yes, digital allows you to knock out 100's of shots in the hope that one or two turn out well....but i'd rather knock out 100's of shots where 10's or 20's turn out well, that's where the film shots help.
Fortune favours the brave.

Emma
"Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever... it remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything." Aaron Siskind
Bodies K20D, LTL 3, K1000d
Lenses Pentax 50mm, Pentax 135mm, Tamron 70-300 macro

Tim
AF - Pentax K5, Sigma 10-20/4-5.6, Tamron 17-50/2.8, Sigma 30/1.4, Sigma 70-200/2.8, Tamron 70-300/4-5.6
MF - Vivitar CF 28/2.8, Tamron AD2 90/2.5, MTO 1000/11
Stuff - Metz 58 AF1, Cactus v4, Nikon SB24, Raynox 150, Sigma 1.4x TC, Sigma 2x TC, Kenko 2x macro TC, Redsnapper 283 tripod, iMac 27, Macbook Pro 17, iPad, iPhone 3G
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Feel free to edit any of my posted photos! If I post a photo for critique, I want brutal honesty. If you don't like it, please say so and tell me why!

Use less film in the UK these days but will take a couple of rolls worth if I go down to Stourhead in the Autumn or West Woods (Southwest of Marlborough) if I'm after bluebells. Again, usually with an MZS but with the FA Ltds attached. I try to exercise an LX as well from time to time. This on top of what I do with the K20 or K7.
Film is a good for your technique - makes you stop, think, compose, check DoF then recompose before you complete the shot. Digi can be a bit too easy - especially if you have the camera set to auto bracket and use AF and Programme all the time (IMHO).
Steve
In the Pack - Gripped K5 (SE),K7 & K20, Gripped MZ-S(SE)& MZ-S,DA10-17, DA12-24, DA14, DA*16-50, 50-135, 60-250 & 300mm; FA31mm/43mm/77mm Ltds; Sigma 8-16, 135-400 & 150-500
Half Backs: K10+BG,DA16-45, DA50-200
Backs: LXs,Super As and lots of A, M & K lenses
Impact Subs: 28mm Shift, K 135-600 (the Banahan of Pentax zooms

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The viewfinder is also glorious on the MX.
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