Poll: Whats your film usage a year?

RobC · Jun 6, 2015

Title says it all...

The more people that vote, the more meaningful the poll result will be. So please place your vote rather than just looking to see what that the current poll voting says....

Note: ITS MULTIPLE CHOICE

mehguy · Jun 6, 2015

I dont use film all that often. Maybe 20-30 rolls a year?

Jeff Bradford · Jun 6, 2015

About 50 rolls in 2014. Only about 15 so far in 2015. Plus some Fuji FP100-C.

BradleyK · Jun 6, 2015

Just a rough guesstimate: 35mm: a) Color slide: typically 40-50 rolls/year (more currently, because I am at work on a major multi-year essay)
b) Black and white: 50+ rolls/year

120: a) Color slide: ~50 rolls/year
b) Black and white: 60-75 rolls/year (mostly PanF+, some FP4+ and TMax 100)

removed account4 · Jun 6, 2015

i expose more than 1000 rolls+sheets / year
that includes 4x5, 5x7 and 8x10 sheets, 135, and 120 rolls
and if you count paper negatives, glass plates and metal .. even more
because i hand roll 122 rolls of paper, do 4x5-11x14 paper negatives
4x5-5x7 dry plates and a few 7x21 retina prints a year

railwayman3 · Jun 6, 2015

I've tried to vote with the numbers used over the last 12 months.....it's somewhat difficult to estimate an average, though; my usage has depended on time and circumstances available for my hobby, e.g. special vacations or family events, etc., and has varied quite a lot over the past 5-10 years.

JPJackson · Jun 6, 2015

Since returning to the practice; about 350 sheets of 5x7 per year.

NedL · Jun 6, 2015

Maybe 15-20 rolls / year including both 135 and 120. Perhaps a little more since I started using shorter rolls, but that's more rolls not more frames. And somewhere around 100 paper negatives per year, and probably 50 sheets of FP-100C.

This kind of poll does not match the way I do photography very well... I often go out with a camera or pinhole camera loaded with a single piece of paper. And if my attention is on making a calotype then a salt print, it might take a week or more to make 1 exposure and one print. During times like that I might still use some film when I'm walking the dog, but at a slower clip than if my attention is on film.

It's all strictly hobby for me, and sometimes life gets busy and I can't do as much photography as I'd like. Although the truth is that when I retire, my rate of film use might go down, since I'll probably spend more time going after those single images... and probably more paper.

Heinz · Jun 6, 2015

Regulary use 135 film mainly in my Rollei 35S cameras, but less than 50 rolls a year - 120 mainly in my Makina 67, also not more than about 10 rolls - 4x5 up to now a few sheets in my Linhof Kardan Color - and some Fuji FP (the small ones - slightly larger than 6x9 - but also the 4x5, discontinued ones - I have still about 15 boxes in my fridge).

Ko.Fe. · Jun 6, 2015

I count it not by rolls, nor by shets.
Around 120 meters per year.

mooseontheloose · Jun 6, 2015

Probably 100-150 rolls a year, 80% of that would be 120, and most of it would be black and white with some chrome mixed in. A lot of my photography is travel-based, so the more (or longer) I travel, the higher the roll count will be. If I never went anywhere (this included travelling around Japan) I would probably average less than 20 rolls a year.

cliveh · Jun 6, 2015

Probably about 5 35mm rolls a year, but dependent on how much travel in that year.

RattyMouse · Jun 6, 2015

mooseontheloose said:
Probably 100-150 rolls a year, 80% of that would be 120, and most of it would be black and white with some chrome mixed in. A lot of my photography is travel-based, so the more (or longer) I travel, the higher the roll count will be. If I never went anywhere (this included travelling around Japan) I would probably average less than 20 rolls a year.

Less than 20 rolls a year? Have you SEEN the city you live in??? :confused: I can, and have done, 20 rolls a weekend in Kyoto.

RobC · Jun 7, 2015

74,697 members and only 57 voters so far :confused:

does this mean that only 0.076% of members here use film?

mehguy · Jun 7, 2015

RobC said:
74,697 members and only 57 voters so far :confused:

does this mean that only 0.076% of members here use film?

haha. I bet most of those members are inactive and not everyone is gonna notice your topic.

Bob Carnie · Jun 7, 2015

I expose about 500 sheets of colour 4x5 and 1000 sheets of Black and White 4 x5 and 8x10 per year. All process is done in deep tank to allow for a hit of light half way during development in colour and BW.

I use FP4 for all BW and I use Fuji 160 for Colour

I think this will continue for a few years and then I will basically stop.. I have been doing this consistently for the last 2 years and at a certain point will have more
film to print than I can ever do in two lifetimes.

I print silver - and tri colour over pd so now I am splitting my BW into two groups one for straight process , one for solarization.

I solarize the straight process using enlargers and silver gelatin then tone the prints
I scan the colour and BW solarized film and make silver negatives in register to do multiple hit printing.

BTW I have never taken a digital exposure , other than the camera on a phone, which didn't last long as I threw it against a wall in frustration.

RobC · Jun 8, 2015

It's good to know that one or two people are using a lot of film. The working photographers by the look of it. The rest of us being hobbyists don't seem to be using much but keep the votes coming in as it gives a better picturer.

perkeleellinen · Jun 8, 2015

I'm very busy since our boy was born three years ago. Currently around 50 or less each year. Lack or darkroom time is what is limiting me - I hate having a backlog and I'd rather poke myself in the eye than scan.

I'm shooting Superia 400 in a Rollei 35 and printing three times per year.

RalphLambrecht · Jun 8, 2015

RobC said:
Title says it all...

The more people that vote, the more meaningful the poll result will be. So please place your vote rather than just looking to see what that the current poll voting says....

Note: ITS MULTIPLE CHOICE

about 1-2 movies a night

RobC · Jun 8, 2015

RalphLambrecht said:
about 1-2 movies a night

Have you verified they were made using film or digital capture and did you view them digitally or from a film projector?

Pioneer · Jun 8, 2015

A bit over 200 rolls of film so far this year. About 70/30 135 vs 120.

The majority used in my Leica MA and my Rolleiflex Automat which have been my go to cameras this year.

About the equivalent # of frames used in the format that shall not be named.

piu58 · Jun 9, 2015

A secure way to good photographs:

Shot a lot
print less

Ricardo Miranda · Jun 9, 2015

piu58 said:
print less

I think people ought to print more.
After all it is the paper side that warrants the survival of the factories.
That is true for Adox, Kodak, Fuji, Foma and Ilford.

Oxleyroad · Jun 9, 2015

My other vote was for 2000' to 2400' of 16mm cine film a year mostly b&w but a good portion color. I consume about 800' of 35mm film stock in experimental developing, so have not included in the 35mm roll film tally.

RobC · Jun 12, 2015

Over 1000 people online and still only 98 voters

Poll: Whats your film usage a year?

How much film do you use a year ?

135 (35mm) rolls a year < 50

135 (35mm) rolls a year 50 to 100

135 (35mm) rolls a year > 100

120 rolls a year < 50

120 rolls a year 50 to 100

120 rolls a year > 100

4x5 and larger sheets a year < 250

4x5 and larger sheets a year 250 to 500

4x5 and larger sheets a year > 500

Other: Please explain below

RobC

mehguy

Jeff Bradford

BradleyK

removed account4

railwayman3

JPJackson

NedL

Heinz

Ko.Fe.

mooseontheloose

cliveh

RattyMouse

RobC

mehguy

Bob Carnie

RobC

perkeleellinen

RalphLambrecht

RobC

Pioneer

piu58

Ricardo Miranda

Oxleyroad

RobC

Poll: Whats your film usage a year?

How much film do you use a year ?

135 (35mm) rolls a year < 50

135 (35mm) rolls a year 50 to 100

135 (35mm) rolls a year > 100

120 rolls a year < 50

120 rolls a year 50 to 100

120 rolls a year > 100

4x5 and larger sheets a year < 250

4x5 and larger sheets a year 250 to 500

4x5 and larger sheets a year > 500

Other: Please explain below

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