why do you shoot film?
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Before my step into photography, i was quite into Sumi-e painting.
To me, the concept is somewhat the same. You can buy the best programs and tablets and make many works of art on the PC not just limited to brushwork, or you can buy some paper, brush, ink, do alot of study on painting in only that certain genre and spending countless hours mastering the steep learning curve of it.
One swift stroke of the brush on a traditional medium.
The touching up/editing on Sumi-e brushwork is difficult to near impossible,
and the same goes for film.
One swift shutter click to burn the light into the emulsion.
Editing is possible, but room for change is often narrow.
In due time, digital will be limitless.
Not just for this sole reason i shoot film of course. I do an equal amount of shooting for both digital and film, both for different moods, different uses.
To me, the concept is somewhat the same. You can buy the best programs and tablets and make many works of art on the PC not just limited to brushwork, or you can buy some paper, brush, ink, do alot of study on painting in only that certain genre and spending countless hours mastering the steep learning curve of it.
One swift stroke of the brush on a traditional medium.
The touching up/editing on Sumi-e brushwork is difficult to near impossible,
and the same goes for film.
One swift shutter click to burn the light into the emulsion.
Editing is possible, but room for change is often narrow.
In due time, digital will be limitless.
Not just for this sole reason i shoot film of course. I do an equal amount of shooting for both digital and film, both for different moods, different uses.
Oohoh.. here comes another long thread of wordy discussions. ;p
but ths above qoute sounds very relevant.
but ths above qoute sounds very relevant.
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I prefer the film character in prints.
My equipment are stuck to film as the bodies are no longer in production unless I switch to a new system, but I am not prepared to invest further at this moment, and not very keen with adaptors.
As for work flow, to me it is much simpler and faster with films as just shoot and send for development, no need to download raw files, do conversion, do corrections/adjustments, no need harddisk space for backup and storage.
Anyway, digital is good as it will never fade ........
My equipment are stuck to film as the bodies are no longer in production unless I switch to a new system, but I am not prepared to invest further at this moment, and not very keen with adaptors.
As for work flow, to me it is much simpler and faster with films as just shoot and send for development, no need to download raw files, do conversion, do corrections/adjustments, no need harddisk space for backup and storage.
Anyway, digital is good as it will never fade ........
For the film shooters!!:bigeyes::bigeyes: ENJOY film porn.:bsmilie::lovegrin:
http://www.photoness.de/yodo_analog/
Got to shoot film now. M8 went back to Solms.
http://www.photoness.de/yodo_analog/
Got to shoot film now. M8 went back to Solms.
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yea... Tokyo, it's the mecca for photographers...
At Yodobashi Cameras, Shinjuku, they have the entire floor dedicated to papers, negatives sleeves, albums, frames... one can spend just one day going through those things there....
can't agree more with that.. the thinking is what separates photography from just merely "using a camera" for me.
Too much words. Just see the results from a well-exposed, well processed, well printed film...
No need for wall-of-texts discussion.
No need for wall-of-texts discussion.
Been trying out negative film over the last couple of weeks with Leicaflex SL and Summicron 50mm. Got mix results because of poor processing and inaccurate light meter...so switching to slides. I think shooting slides makes more sense for film shooters because it reduces the errors of processing since there's only one major provider left...I assume only the best survives...
slides are even less forgiving towards metering and exposure errors.
usually for negs processing turn out fine, the standard here in sg quite consistent.
nevertheless do try out a few rolls of slides.
usually for negs processing turn out fine, the standard here in sg quite consistent.
nevertheless do try out a few rolls of slides.
shouldnt it be the opposite?:bsmilie: the rolls of films and the develop part of analogue.
Well... if you got your own darkroom and scanner.
To me, digital makes me shoot like crazy. Multiple takes on one composition is hazardous to training the eye, with quantity... quality tends to suffer.
Film is like shooting with a sniper rifle - I shot, 1 kill. Digital is like shooting a machine gun - lots of damage, no finesse. :bsmilie:
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