When was the last time you used an old-fashioned slr camera?

[Tuffcookie]

Shutterbug wrote: The other thing about using a regular slr is that it helps keeps my skills up.
Sometimes when I am using my digital camera I get "lazy" Another words, not worry about composure cause or exposure because I figure I can just "cheat" and fix it all on the computer.

That is a very good point!

TC

 

[DueyDooDah]

...The other thing about using a regular slr is that it helps keeps my skills up.
Sometimes when I am using my digital camera I get "lazy" Another words, not worry about composure cause or exposure because I figure I can just "cheat" and fix it all on the computer.

Which brings up a good point. Is it really cheating, and are you really being lazy, if you spend more time "fixing" an image after it was taken than it would have taken if it were shot "creatively correct" in the first place?

 

[Shutterbug]

Which brings up a good point. Is it really cheating, and are you really being lazy, if you spend more time "fixing" an image after it was taken than it would have taken if it were shot "creatively correct" in the first place?

I guess it all depends on how you define "cheating". I guess to me its all about the skill of taking the intitial photo and what you get is what you get.

Now I guess on the other hand it does take skill to fix a bad photo.

To me I would like to load up the photos to my computer and say thats that.

 

[dburg30]

Well I didnt 'use' my film camera, but I did pick it up and look thru it the other day. That's when the urge struck me again to look for a decent priced full frame digital again. . I just miss that view of a full frame.

 

[0bli0]

every day pretty much. call me old fashioned... i shoot a few rolls of 120 or 220 film per week in my Bronica medium format SLR. they're manual focus (one of them has no in-built meter) and fairly limited in functionality. the fastest shutter speed is 1/500 and to change iso, you need to put on a different film back with a different speed film





i don't use any 35mm slr, but i do shoot 35mm rangefinders like my voigtlander r4a and Leica M6.



and i develop all of my mono film (generally while watching fine television programs such as CSI or Heroes ).

i still use the dslr (and digital rangefinder) often - especially where it makes good sense (sports, events, etc.)

 

[0bli0]

doh double post...

 

[Groucho]

every day pretty much. call me old fashioned... i shoot a few rolls of 120 or 220 film per week in my Bronica medium format SLR. they're manual focus (one of them has no in-built meter) and fairly limited in functionality. the fastest shutter speed is 1/500 and to change iso, you need to put on a different film back with a different speed film

And some think it's impossible to get a decent photo unless your camera can do 8 fps and have noise/grain-free 3200 ISO.

I'm still hoping that a decent rangefinder will drop into my lap one of these days... one did but the viewfinder is so small and smeary and it's a real struggle to use, but it still produced good photos.

The bubbles and washing machines shots are great!

 

[Amypm]

Still use my K1000 pretty frequently as well as a Lomo LC-A, and I'm consistently more satisfied with film rather than digital. But ugh, it's expensive. While I'm still in school I can develop my own b&w film for free, but once I graduate this spring I'll have to start paying again.