how do people react when you tell them you shoot film?

[mweintraub]

I bit my tongue to not say, "Were any of them any good?" and instead just said very pleasantly, "None yet."

Yeah, that would have been my other response!

 

[Sirius Glass]

I would not have bit my tongue and said, "Were any of them any good?" And yes I have said it. I have also said "You must be so proud."

 

[MartinCrabtree]

I'm a bit of a caveman so a brisk slap upside the head would be suitable.

 

[Sirius Glass]

I'm a bit of a caveman so a brisk slap upside the head would be suitable.

His head or yours?

 

[Bruce Osgood]

They smile an all knowing and approving smile. Sometimes even a wink.

 

[Alan Gales]

I don't think that many customers of these cameras REALLY look into the finder...this is true also for DSLRs.

I own a Fujifilm X100s. I always use the finder except for close up Ebay shots inside my light tent. The back screen can be really hard to see on sunny days. It's a great camera for family snaps or Ebay. For art I prefer my 8x10 Wehman with film.

 

[Alan Gales]

The only bad interaction I've recently had was while setting up the 4x5 to shoot a B-17 visiting a local airport. Some bozo (with a noticeably down-market dslr, sniff, sniff) started telling me he used to shoot a Speed Graphic but got rid of it because it was too expensive to shoot and too slow - he couldn't take enough pictures quickly enough. Somehow he was actually offended that I don't find Large Format too expensive and don't feel the need to take a lot of shots. Later after the plane taxied in and did a nice pirouette for the crowd, he came by and said, "I got 10 shots, how many did you get?" Apparently it's a competition for quantity.

The dslr fellow sounds terribly insecure.

 

[cuthbert]

I own a Fujifilm X100s. I always use the finder except for close up Ebay shots inside my light tent. The back screen can be really hard to see on sunny days. It's a great camera for family snaps or Ebay. For art I prefer my 8x10 Wehman with film.

I noticed that most of the owner of Digital Leica NEVER look into the finder and the last time I went in London a family of Indians asked me to shoot a pic of them with their DSLR, I put my eye into the finder and i just saw dark, then the guy came, touched something and the finder became visible again...still I don't understand why they buy these cameras and don't use a simple phone.

 

[Alan Gales]

I noticed that most of the owner of Digital Leica NEVER look into the finder and the last time I went in London a family of Indians asked me to shoot a pic of them with their DSLR, I put my eye into the finder and i just saw dark, then the guy came, touched something and the finder became visible again...still I don't understand why they buy these cameras and don't use a simple phone.

I know what you mean. A lot of people would be better off using their I phones.

A few years ago the father of a girl on my daughter's high school softball team was shooting his new Canon 5D mark2. He had a whole collection of expensive Canon glass. I asked him how his 8x10 prints looked. He replied, "Oh, I would never make a print that big!". :confused:

 

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I noticed that most of the owner of Digital Leica NEVER look into the finder and the last time I went in London a family of Indians asked me to shoot a pic of them with their DSLR, I put my eye into the finder and i just saw dark, then the guy came, touched something and the finder became visible again...still I don't understand why they buy these cameras and don't use a simple phone.

i have cameras i use all the time and the milk glass is impossible to see through .. i have a general idea
what the view will be like and i make the exposure .. i don't know for sure because, well
i can't see through the viewer. i sometimes use a speed graphic the same way ..
it isn't for everyone, but it works for me ..

I know what you mean. A lot of people would be better off using their I phones.

A few years ago the father of a girl on my daughter's high school softball team was shooting his new Canon 5D mark2. He had a whole collection of expensive Canon glass. I asked him how his 8x10 prints looked. He replied, "Oh, I would never make a print that big!". :confused:

why does it matter if he doesn't enlarge to 8x10?
its like suggesting someone with a large format camera HAD TO make contact prints .
i use large format cameras and love making reductions.

 

[Alan Gales]

why does it matter if he doesn't enlarge to 8x10?
its like suggesting someone with a large format camera HAD TO make contact prints .
i use large format cameras and love making reductions.

I just thought it was silly to spend that kind of money on a full frame 21 mega pixel camera and top lenses to get the most out of those 21 mega pixels and to only post to the web or make 4x6 prints. Seems like way overkill for me at a very expensive price.

It's kind of like buying a Ferrari and not breaking 35 mph.

 

[Mick Fagan]

It's kind of like buying a Ferrari and not breaking 35 mph.

Depends upon the model you purchase!

 

[Alan Gales]

Depends upon the model you purchase!

That's great! I love it!

 

[jscott]

I was shooting some trees by the local jogging path with my Rolleiflex 2.8 on a monopod, and a jogger stopped and said "Did you know they have digital cameras now?". Without missing a beat, I looked at his running clothes and said "did you know they have cars now?" He didn't get it.

 

[Roger Cole]

I was shooting some trees by the local jogging path with my Rolleiflex 2.8 on a monopod, and a jogger stopped and said "Did you know they have digital cameras now?". Without missing a beat, I looked at his running clothes and said "did you know they have cars now?" He didn't get it.

a) Awesome.
b) In the immortal words of Bugs Bunny, what a maroon!

 

[pbromaghin]

I'm a bit of a caveman so a brisk slap upside the head would be suitable.

I wanted to punch his lights out, the arrogant prick, but remembered the apug reminders to always be a good ambassador for film...

 

[pbromaghin]

Depends upon the model you purchase!

Please. Tell us this a photoshop joke and Ferrari doesn't make tractors.

 

[Mick Fagan]

Please. Tell us this a photoshop joke and Ferrari doesn't make tractors.

Not a joke.

http://www.lameng.com/products/ferrari-tractors/


Mick.

 

[pdeeh]

The dslr fellow sounds terribly insecure.

And if he'd had a 10fps power winder shooting your favourite film in a vanilla SLR ... And made the same remark?

Would he have come in for derision?

There are lots of Dicks With Cameras, and I expect proportionately as many use film as digital ...

 

[IloveTLRs]

Why is Japan a film shooters paradise?

In my city there were 2 or 3 places that did C-41 in an hour for less than $10. E-6 could be done overnight (I believe Yodobashi in Tokyo still does E-6 in-house, same-day.) There were numerous places that sold film, and quite a few camera shops with used gear. Prices were reasonable and there was always gear to peruse on a rainy day or if you had no money. There are also repairmen all over the place that can fix almost anything.

I had people talk to me at least once a week. Walking around with a TLR was almost a guaranteed conversation starter. As mooseontheloose said, many young people shoot film. I frequently saw Olympus Pens and Pentax 67s, and 9 times out of 10 you could go up and start talking to them (or vice versa.) Through those people often I found galleries and such, and they always like meeting other film shooters. I went to a gallery showing of the LPA/Large Format Photographers Association of Japan and they wanted me to join their group (looking back I should have as I've yet to try LF.)

I never had anyone give me lip about shooting film; there's plenty of respect for it.

 

[film_man]

I noticed that most of the owner of Digital Leica NEVER look into the finder and the last time I went in London a family of Indians asked me to shoot a pic of them with their DSLR, I put my eye into the finder and i just saw dark, then the guy came, touched something and the finder became visible again...still I don't understand why they buy these cameras and don't use a simple phone.

Tell you the truth I'd rather use the screen than the dinky little crappy viewfinder cheap dSLRs have. Plus a lot of people shoot video with them so that means you have to use the screen so it gives you continuity in use, you look at the screen, press the button and shoot video or take a photo. No flipping between the screen and viewfinder.

 

[Ricardo Miranda]

Not a joke.

http://www.lameng.com/products/ferrari-tractors/


Mick.

That is not the same Ferrari that makes luxury cars.
It is a different company.

http://www.ferrariagri.it/en/company

 

[Sirius Glass]

Tell you the truth I'd rather use the screen than the dinky little crappy viewfinder cheap dSLRs have. Plus a lot of people shoot video with them so that means you have to use the screen so it gives you continuity in use, you look at the screen, press the button and shoot video or take a photo. No flipping between the screen and viewfinder.

On our trip to France people were walking around the Louve and other museums looking at the screens while the walked taking videos. They never saw anything because they were so busy looking at the screens.

What is it with the silly gestures and stupid faces with people using selfie sticks? It is some type of requirement or law?? :munch:

 

[Alan Gales]

And if he'd had a 10fps power winder shooting your favourite film in a vanilla SLR ... And made the same remark?

Would he have come in for derision?

There are lots of Dicks With Cameras, and I expect proportionately as many use film as digital ...

Yes, if he were shooting film with a motor drive I would have come to the same conclusion of insecurity.

I shoot a Wehman 8x10 with both 8x10 and 4x5 sheet film backs. I also shoot a Fujifilm X100s and Nikon D300 digital cameras. I have no problem with digital capture.

Yes, of course you are correct. There are Dicks who shot film as well as Dicks who shoot digital. Some Dicks probably shoot both. I'm not so sure if this fellow was trying to be a Dick. It could be that he was just insecure.

 

[Old_Dick]

Such are the tribulation's of having the name Dick. Got any gum on you(re) D***?