How old is everyone here in 35mm land?

[JBrunner]

I was at a park with my view camera. Up hobbles this guy with a cane, easily in his eighties, maybe more. He sizes up me and the camera, looks me right in the eye, and says, "You're a dinosaur".

 

[Terry Christian]

I'm 41, having been born in 1971, the same year as 110 film. I grew up with an Argus pocket 110 camera and a Polaroid One-Step (white rainbow model) that used flashbars.
These days I shoot 35mm, medium format, and 4x5 large format.

 

[mooseontheloose]

I'm 38 (!), have shot film all my life, and my favourite camera is only a few years younger than me (Nikon FE). I mostly shoot 120, but have been gravitating back to 35mm, and hope to do more LF work this year.

 

[SuzanneR]

Fifty-one, which snuck up on me. Always used film, probably won't ever stop!

 

[jmccl@yahoo.com]

Go Geezers

I just put my age in. Glad I was able to one up the 60s. I'm 71, shoot Kodak Retina, Minolta HiMatic, Zies Ikonta 6X9. I have a Sony Alpha 550 digital, but I'm much more deliberate with the analog gadgets. There's a lot of things in life that are better the longer you take

 

[bobwysiwyg]

Well, technically 60's for the moment, turn 70 in August. Photography keeps me young. Don't feel a day over 69 and half.

 

[crsantin]

45 this year. I started out with film as a youngster in the 80's, nothing serious just a Samsung compact. Wandered away from photography completely until about the age of 35 or so, then came back to it when digital started to improve. I am now back to film (35 and 120) probably for good. Last year I learned how to develop my own b/w and will learn c-41 in the very near future, then E-6. There are so many beautiful film cameras I would love to own. For now I adore my Nikon FE, a Yashica 24, a Nikon F90x, an Olympus OM-10, and Yashica TL Electro.

 

[ulysses]

59, not for long. Been shooting film since, uh, 1960. Not planning to stop. I've been stockpiling film and wine. My goal is to run out of both about the time I expire.

Ulysses.

 

[Born2Late]

21,742 Days or about 59.5 years.

To quote the Byrds famous song, "My Back Pages" (written by Bob Dylan) "Ah, but I was so much older then,
I'm younger than that now".

 

[MattKing]

I was at a park with my view camera. Up hobbles this guy with a cane, easily in his eighties, maybe more. He sizes up me and the camera, looks me right in the eye, and says, "You're a dinosaur".

The type that eats plants, or the type that might eat people?

 

[LJSLATER]

At 26, I thought for a while I must be one of the youngest members, but a ton of you are way younger than me.

Earlier today the poll results showed an inverse bell curve, which actually made more sense to me; I figured old people simply don't want to change, and young people like film because it's trendy.

 

[lxdude]

Not a lot of 35, mostly bigger. I'm surprised at the poll, I thought our bulge was in the forties.

Well, my bulge started in my forties, but it's gotten much bigger in my fifties.

 

[Roger Thoms]

Turned 53 yesterday, had a fever, felt like crap. Fever broke, feeling better today. Processed 6 sheets of 57 in my newly made BTZS tubes. Went pretty well, only ruined 2 of the negatives. I was doing the film in pairs, just in case I had some kind of problem. My initial agitation prior to dropping the tubes in the water bath was too vigorous and the film moved and ended up over lapped. Reduced the initial agitation and the next 4 sheets turned out great.

Btw I do shoot 35mm, just happen to be processing 57 today. When I was hanging the film to dry I actually noticed 3 rolls of 35mm that I need to process.

Roger

 

[StoneNYC]

I was at a park with my view camera. Up hobbles this guy with a cane, easily in his eighties, maybe more. He sizes up me and the camera, looks me right in the eye, and says, "You're a dinosaur".

Great story!


~Stone

Mamiya: 7 II, RZ67 Pro II / Canon: 1V, AE-1, 5DmkII / Kodak: No 1 Pocket Autographic, No 1A Pocket Autographic | Sent w/ iPhone using Tapatalk

 

[Ricardo Miranda]

Well, just voted and it seems I put the bulge back in the forties! Will turn 42 this year.

Started in photography in the 80s by reading my father's books which dated from the early 50s to the early 70s. Used for many years a Petri FT from 1970 and a range of nice Petri glass until I got one of the last Prakticas in the early 90s. Only went AF with Canon in 2000. Switched to Nikon in 2004. Disappointed with the "D" world, I left any photographic pursuit from 2006 until last year when I got back a F4 and a F90X. I am happier today than ever with my photos!

 

[StoneNYC]

I turned 30 a half year ago, really wish I could have clicked the 20's button, I was proud of being in my 20's not so much in 30's not sure why, it just feels less "exciting" still I'm learning more.

I started shooting at 12 with 35mm film, in 2008 I went digital in 2010 I went film for exactly 1 month in December shooting only Kodachrome and traveling the country, then back to digital. Then in the beginning of 2012 I explored film again by accident (I found an old 6x9 120 Kodak folder camera for $20 at a tag sale, I thought it would be a cheap way to "play" with film on the side) and now a ton of film cameras and accessories later I have TONS of film, it's the MF that got me, hardly ever shoot 35mm except panoramics.

I think for financial reasons I need to step back and shoot more digital for a little while. I've got enough film and chemistry at this point but the time involved in processing and scanning and editing the dust spots out really cuts into my life. It's a constant battle between art (I prefer my film images for my framing and thought process to limit waste) and practicality (digital means saving on $ and time and not damaging the environment with bad chemicals and more working space with less miscellaneous equipment).

Honestly, APUG has kept me in film, it's the best resource for photographic knowledge and unfortunately I can't post digital images for critique or questions about issues from a shoot, so I'm almost forced to shoot film or I lose all my friends haha.

Film is a balance.

When is PE taking the poll, he'll shift the balance hehe


~Stone

Mamiya: 7 II, RZ67 Pro II / Canon: 1V, AE-1, 5DmkII / Kodak: No 1 Pocket Autographic, No 1A Pocket Autographic | Sent w/ iPhone using Tapatalk

 

[Soeren]

47 and very happy to see so many half my age and younger Good to know analogue photography wont die with my generation
I shoot metric formats up to 13X18cm + 4X5" but mostly 24X36 and 6X6/6X7
Best regards

 

[andrewf]

Born May 1980 which makes me 32 at time of writing this post.

Only shooting 35mm film at the moment but would love to try some medium format next.

 

[Vonder]

Woo hoo! Us fifty+ guys are pulling ahead! They'll never catch us now!

 

[Pfiltz]

57

Shooting MF/LF film now for 9 months.

 

[perkeleellinen]

I joined the game through Super 8, sometime in my 20s I started to think the still image had something over the moving image. The inadequacy of high street B&W processing drove me to the darkroom. I flirted with digital in '08 and hated it, almost quit photography altogether because of the reliance on computers. Tried scanning in '09 and found it depressing. Now printing both colour and B&W and I'm 39.

 

[MartinCrabtree]

54 next week. Get to see the ortho and receive some more steroids for my arthritic knee too. Getting old sucks. But she's really hot.

 

[removed account4]

im around 24797330 minutes
and i have been shooting 35mm film for 18446400 of them ...
i started shooting film when i was around 2635200 minutes old

 

[Ambar]

Mostly 120 nowadays.. But I've been known to play around with 35mm every once in a while!
Btw: I'm 28 last time I checked, but the onset of darkroom intoxication has hindered my math skills.. Hehehe!

 

[E. von Hoegh]

I'm 52. My Nikon F is 45, Nikkormat FtN is 42 (that's my 'new' camera ), my Deardorff V8 was made in 1950, Linhof STIV 1959; I have and use lenses made from 1904/5 to 1971. I do use mostly fresh chemicals and color films, but I'm currently using Tri-X in 8x10 that has been stored frozen since 1989.