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Does anyone here still shoot film?

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steezemeister
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if so, any good shots to share?

what camera do you use, what do you like about film, etc
Aug 24 2010 8:18PM
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ILoveOhio
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Film as in 16mm, super 8, ect? I wish.
Aug 24 2010 9:45PM
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.jr
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I feel like hes more referring to 35mm and 120, and yes.
Aug 24 2010 10:01PM
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miroz
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Film like old SLR film?

My parents found an old XG1 in the basement with a cool lens and some film, so I've been shooting on that.
Aug 24 2010 11:07PM
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DrZoidberg
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Yup, check out my flickr. It's awesome and I like developing it. Yashicamat for MF and canon t90 for 35mm.
Aug 24 2010 11:12PM
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Keyjibbs
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Film still holds a place in my heart and I'll continue to shoot color slide as long as they make it. I'm a fan of Provia and Velvia but I do like to shoot the occasional roll of B&W. You can ever replicate the dynamic range that film has with digital. It will come close but it's never the same.
Aug 25 2010 12:18AM
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ILoveOhio
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Yeah now that I read it again you're right.

35mm is amazing. Medium format = sex.
Aug 25 2010 12:46AM
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TWoods
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Every once in a while. This shot is from a Yashica A TLR I found at an antique store, and some super expired BW 120 I found at a thrift shop. f3.5 and about a second long exposure at 80mm

I have a lot of stuff that I need to scan and edit.
Aug 25 2010 1:05AM
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TWoods
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Cathedral of the Madeleine, Salt Lake City, by the way.
Aug 25 2010 1:05AM
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icantskiiFILM
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dude i love this. the reflection is spot on
Aug 25 2010 1:20AM
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[~_~]
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Super8!

only in Portland though. Can't develop it in AK and I'm too lazy to ship it.
Aug 25 2010 4:08PM
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steezemeister
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that's a sweet photo, really feeling the reflection. i have a ton of stuff i need to scan too, but it's tough at college when my scanner is back home...

Aug 25 2010 7:53PM
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TWoods
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I just invested in the epson v500. initial scans came out good, I need to re-scan the photo I posted.

At only 200, it's a real solid scanner. And, you can sometimes find it for around 150
Aug 25 2010 8:08PM
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TWoods
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I just invested in the epson v500. initial scans came out good, I need to re-scan the photo I posted.

At only 200, it's a real solid scanner. And, you can sometimes find it for around 150
Aug 25 2010 8:10PM
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salty
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i still shoot Bronica ETRS when i really feel like it, film is super cheap and medium format rules pretty hard.
Aug 25 2010 9:42PM
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michelle
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Canon EOS 3, and I shoot a lot of color film. It's my minor in school. I shoot a lot of Kodak Portra, but I wanna explore a bunch of different film soon
Aug 25 2010 9:54PM
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DrZoidberg
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A V500 for 150 would be sick. I bought my canon 8800f a few years back for around 200 I think. It has an led light source so it doesn't warm up, and I get awesome 120 scans and decent 35mm scans out of it.
Aug 25 2010 10:00PM
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.jr
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Whos that one guy with the blue icon? Aenigma or something, Im fairly sure he does on the regular.
Aug 25 2010 10:04PM
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Mooserz
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I have an AE-1. the pictures that come out of this thing are unreal
Aug 25 2010 10:13PM
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steezemeister
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no way, i've got one of those too,
but i do most of my shooting with either an EOS-1n or a Leica M4-P
Aug 25 2010 10:17PM
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DrZoidberg
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Leica... Lucky. My brother has a 1n with the booster, you could kill somebody with it and take a sequence while doing so.

Also, neopan 400 for the win.
Aug 25 2010 10:23PM
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a_pla5tic_bag
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where's that church?

I have a 1nhs (1n with booster) and a bronica sq-ai

http://www.flickr.com/
Aug 25 2010 10:29PM
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TWoods
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It's the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City. More specifically, it's on South Temple and 400 E.

Here's a fairly objective picture of it Click for larger image

here's another one from that day:

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Aug 25 2010 11:27PM
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fsscott
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'and edit'

it may just be me, but this defeats the purpose of film in some respects


Aug 25 2010 11:29PM
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Aenigma
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I almost never use my 5D anymore. Right now I do most of my shooting with my Toyo 45 GII 4x5 studio camera, and I just got a 6x12 pinhole that is pretty fun. We also have a Hassy 503C and a Mamiya RB67 at school that I check out every one in a while. I am going to use film for as long as I can! I doubt digital will ever be able to come close to what my 4x5 camera can do.
Aug 25 2010 11:34PM
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DrZoidberg
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I got to use a 4x5 in highschool, but we had to use printing paper as negatives... I'd love to work with a camera like that but it seems to be expensive as hell to do, plus I gotta pay for other stuff. The whole process of using something like that is sick though, the other two kids in that class who were using it were annoyed by the whole thing though. Not quick enough for them.
Aug 25 2010 11:51PM
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fsscott
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and i still shoot a tonne of 35mm, have yet to develop my own stuff though.

Olympus stylus epic ftw


Aug 26 2010 1:11AM
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TWoods
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When you scan a photo, it's not perfect straight out the scanner, no matter how good your exposure is. I wouldn't do anything to it that I don't know how to do in a darkroom.

I increase or decrease contrast (if needed) and increase or decrease saturation (if needed) and shift color (if needed). Maybe dodge and burn a little.
Aug 26 2010 2:02AM
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Mooserz
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they are awesome cameras. everything that you shoot with them comes out amazing
Aug 26 2010 2:03AM
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michelle
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Wait.. what? All you do is 'edit' film when you are processing it. Same stuff as in the computer, but with chemicals/filters/etc
Aug 26 2010 10:34AM
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steezemeister
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well not really... to a degree yeah, but you're not messing with the background or using healing brush, sharpening edges or anything, just adjusting contrast/dodging, burning etc...
Aug 26 2010 2:47PM
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miroz
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Got my shots back from the bros today (I'm not cool enough to do my own darkroom stuff) and they turned out pretty sick!

I'll post some later today maybe if I have time.
Aug 26 2010 5:45PM
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BWalmer
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I have a Canon AE-1 that I still use from time to time...I've stopped for a while cause my Darkroom had to get taken down and I haven't been able to put it back up - not too mention chemicals are expensive, but I do still love shooting with real film every now and then.
Aug 26 2010 5:49PM
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Bentley@DOSMedia
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I use a Nizo Super 8mm. There is supposed to be a bunch of powder stuff in our film with it, but I have yet to get it developed because of the cost.
Aug 26 2010 6:26PM
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a_pla5tic_bag
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if your really good, you can clone things in the darkroom, and do other clone type effects. You have to o it while printing obviously.
Aug 26 2010 7:29PM
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wesley.
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my dad films using one of these badass rigs
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/410747-REG/Sony_DVW970_DVW_970_2_3_Inch_3_CCD_Digital.html $47,000 no big deal
but surprisingly the only camera in my house is a crappy camcorder from the early 90s
Aug 26 2010 7:46PM
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Ben.
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thats not film...
Aug 26 2010 9:17PM
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wesley.
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oh im horrible with cameras i thought it was because it uses 40 minute digital betacam cassettes. but i dont understand how it can be a digital cassette
Aug 26 2010 9:56PM
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[~_~]
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boooo!
Aug 26 2010 10:55PM
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Aenigma
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I have 17 rolls of 120 that I am taking to Burning Man. I am stoked.
Aug 26 2010 11:04PM
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Ben.
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digital should have been your first clue. the digital information is just stored on tapes. same as mini dv, or isame as say an audio cassette tape, just with video as well as audio. its magnetic.
Aug 26 2010 11:22PM
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[~_~]
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Tape does not automatically mean it's digital. Old tape delays are analog, along with the tapes used in every recording studio prior to the digital era. I don't know the exact science, but digital cassette is able to store metadata via binary, whereas analog tape is your basic, workhorse sine wave.
Aug 26 2010 11:37PM
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Ben.
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yeah sorry i didnt meant tape was automatically digital. just that digital automatically meant not film.
Aug 26 2010 11:47PM
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miroz
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Don't hate on my pictures, I'm no photographer...I just do it for fun, and happen to do so on film.

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God I hope these work...
Aug 27 2010 1:56AM
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steezemeister
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i actually really like this one
Aug 27 2010 4:44AM
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michelle
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Blondie, I really like the first and last one. Nice
Aug 27 2010 9:00AM
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LBJJ
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a couple shots from my rolleiflex i took a while time ago, the only and first roll i shot on it
Aug 27 2010 9:01AM
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steep
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I love shooting stills in film, I got my moms old minolta from the late 80s early 90s and the thing is sooo sick, I'll get some shots up around monday
Aug 27 2010 1:06PM
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SeanTom
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do want to see rollei. and i do like this shot
Aug 27 2010 2:49PM
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MADDECENT
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On a minolta 110. Just starting to develop my own at school.
Aug 27 2010 5:56PM
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LBJJ
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ill post a picture of the rollei in a little bit, they have some amazing technology put into these cameras, i was amazed when i got it/inherited it
Aug 27 2010 6:24PM
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