Film User Spotted!

Steve Smith · Jun 9, 2010

I was on the top deck of a bus coming home this evening when I spotted someone getting on carrying a tripod and with a modern looking black and yellow Nikon strap over his shoulder.

At the end of the strap.... not the modern plastic gizmo I was expecting but a Rolleiflex (or similar looking) TLR.

Excellent!

Steve.

jonsparkes · Jun 9, 2010

It certainly is a great feeling to see film camera's being used

Christopher Walrath · Jun 9, 2010

Just remember D'ers. We're watching, always watching.

Excellent.

ntenny · Jun 9, 2010

I was in Venice for Carnevale this February, and saw a surprising number of people shooting older film cameras---several 35mm SLRs from before the Wunderplastik era, and at least one Rolleiflex. It was heartwarming.

Also, on a recent business trip I happened to come through Incheon Airport in Korea at the same time as a prominent mixed-martial-arts fighter called Fedor Emilianenko (who seemed like a nice guy with a sense of humour, by the way). He was attracting a substantial crowd, a couple of whom were using ~1970s film SLRs. These were teenagers from one of the most technologically advanced countries on the planet---if Korean kids are shooting film, you *know* it's cool!

-NT

mhcfires · Jun 9, 2010

ntenny said:
I was in Venice for Carnevale this February, and saw a surprising number of people shooting older film cameras---several 35mm SLRs from before the Wunderplastik era, and at least one Rolleiflex. It was heartwarming.

Also, on a recent business trip I happened to come through Incheon Airport in Korea at the same time as a prominent mixed-martial-arts fighter called Fedor Emilianenko (who seemed like a nice guy with a sense of humour, by the way). He was attracting a substantial crowd, a couple of whom were using ~1970s film SLRs. These were teenagers from one of the most technologically advanced countries on the planet---if Korean kids are shooting film, you *know* it's cool!

-NT

No pictures? :confused:

David A. Goldfarb · Jun 9, 2010

Saw someone carrying a Zenit SLR near Herald Square in Manhattan yesterday.

Mainecoonmaniac · Jun 9, 2010

Steve Smith said:
I was on the top deck of a bus coming home this evening when I spotted someone getting on carrying a tripod and with a modern looking black and yellow Nikon strap over his shoulder.

At the end of the strap.... not the modern plastic gizmo I was expecting but a Rolleiflex (or similar looking) TLR.

Excellent!

Steve.

Was it a Black Bird?

http://blackbirdflycamera.com/

MFstooges · Jun 9, 2010

Mine is F3. Am I cool enough? Or should I get a Yashi-TLR with a hippie strap?

ntenny · Jun 9, 2010

mhcfires said:
No pictures? :confused:

None of the photographers from Venice, because I was busy being in costume. I've got one or two of Emilianenko and the crowd, but d*g*t*l only (I didn't have a loaded film body at the time) and I think nothing that shows the other people's hardware well. I remember seeing an older black-bodied Ricoh SLR.

-NT

Steve Smith · Jun 9, 2010

Mainecoonmaniac said:
Was it a Black Bird?

No. It was definitely a Rollei or similar TLR and was fitted with a square hood on the taking lens - just like I have on my Rolleicord.

Steve.

alexhill · Jun 9, 2010

ntenny said:
I was in Venice for Carnevale this February, and saw a surprising number of people shooting older film cameras---several 35mm SLRs from before the Wunderplastik era, and at least one Rolleiflex. It was heartwarming.

Also, on a recent business trip I happened to come through Incheon Airport in Korea at the same time as a prominent mixed-martial-arts fighter called Fedor Emilianenko (who seemed like a nice guy with a sense of humour, by the way). He was attracting a substantial crowd, a couple of whom were using ~1970s film SLRs. These were teenagers from one of the most technologically advanced countries on the planet---if Korean kids are shooting film, you *know* it's cool!

-NT

At least in art school all the hipsters shoot film. 35mm + tmax400 with perhaps a TLR. So yes, film is hip. LOMO is pure hip cred

Alex1994 · Jun 9, 2010

Saw a Holga resting on a table in a cafe in Aix-en-Provence with a group of people who had gone out for a drink.

mhcfires · Jun 9, 2010

I think my Brownie Hawkeye is hipper than any Holga

Alex1994 · Jun 9, 2010

Holgas are way overrated in terms of hipness. An SLR like an old F-series Nikon, Olympus OM or indeed a Leica also shows you understand photography.

Jeff Kubach · Jun 9, 2010

I still see 'old' cameras around where I live, true not a whole lot but still!

Jeff

mhcfires · Jun 9, 2010

I generally have my M2 with me, the Brownie or one of my Speeds can be fun though.

Wade D · Jun 11, 2010

I happened to look in a mirror yesterday and saw myself holding one of my Exakta VX's. Does that count?

Poisson Du Jour · Jun 11, 2010

Pinholes are sexy.
The thinking man's camera.
And most people have no idea what it is I am pointing to them, but it's guaranteed to use film!

Ron G · Jun 11, 2010

I have a couple of Voigtlander Bessamatics finished up,just need to replace the leather on them and my foam brushes came yesterday.They take excellent pics and I almost always carry one when I am out.My last repair was a black Konica T3 which also takes great pictures so my last several rolls of Kodak 200/400 Gold was run through those.I also carry a D (dirty word) but seldom use it.Ron G

Steve Smith · Jun 11, 2010

Ron G said:
my foam brushes came yesterday.They take excellent pics

The foam brushes take excellent pics?!!!!

One of my favourite carry around cameras is a Voigtlander Vito B.

Steve.

Ron G · Jun 11, 2010

I bought a Vito CL when I was stationed in Germany in the early '60s and I still have it and it still takes great pictures.It has the Lanthar lens but it seems to be as good as the Skopars in picture quality.
I have accumulated a few more awaiting repair/cla,some with Skopars and others with the Lanthar lenses and look forward to using them.I have CLs,CLRs and I just picked a CSR that needs a battery box cover but seems ok otherwise.I have several Bessamatics that I intend to restore and sell as I can.Who knew?
When I bought my CL a buddy with more money bought a new Bessamatic and I always wanted one.LOL.Ron G

perkeleellinen · Jun 11, 2010

I don't see many film shooters here in rural Oxfordshire, or photographers at all for that matter. The exception to this is a bridge over the railway line which seems to attract photographers every now and then waiting for a special train, those chaps are all digi shooters, though. That said, I did speak with a fellow holding an Olympus OM last year at the railway station, didn't bring up film, though. When I lived in Göteborg in Sweden I used to see film shooters most days, all sorts of cameras, and I'd say almost everyone was under 40.

benjiboy · Jun 11, 2010

It makes me very sad that it has come to a state that seeing someone with a film camera is a remarkable occurance .

Jeff Kubach · Jun 11, 2010

benjiboy said:
It makes me very sad that it has come to a state that seeing someone with a film camera is a remarkable occurance .

I agree but when it does happen it is a happy occruance!

Jeff

Steve Smith · Jun 11, 2010

benjiboy said:
It makes me very sad that it has come to a state that seeing someone with a film camera is a remarkable occurance .

I agree. However, it wasn't really the sighting of a film camera which I found remarkable. It was seeing it hanging from a modern Nikon strap where I was expecting to see a DSLR.

Steve.

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