So... who switched to AF/modern film cameras?

Mustafa Umut Sarac · May 27, 2014

I used canon eos 1000 , my second japanese camera in my life and it took blue trees at the shadow , I kicked its ass. I saw few pentax 67 shots and mamiya shots were reasonable but not a Leica cant do.
I have Leica mini zoom and mini 2 and trying to do my best.I found a new job at an hospital and few months later , I will buy a barnack body and roosinov wide angle lens. And I will buy a kiev 60 and a square front anamorphic cine lomo lens. Than I will never buy a camera in my life.

Umut

ToddB · May 28, 2014

I own a F4 that was given to me after a guy here at work retired. You know.. The FE gets sharper images than the F4. It's wierd. Obvisouly the AF is more snappier in regards to focus but I was just not pleased with sharpness.

Todd

markbarendt · May 28, 2014

ToddB said:
I own a F4 that was given to me after a guy here at work retired. You know.. The FE gets sharper images than the F4. It's wierd. Obvisouly the AF is more snappier in regards to focus but I was just not pleased with sharpness.

Todd

So is that a lens issue or a focus issue?

Jeff Kubach · May 28, 2014

i still do all manual cameras.

Jeff

MattKing · May 28, 2014

ToddB said:
I own a F4 that was given to me after a guy here at work retired. You know.. The FE gets sharper images than the F4. It's wierd. Obvisouly the AF is more snappier in regards to focus but I was just not pleased with sharpness.

Todd

Check the diopter in the viewing system.

ToddB · May 28, 2014

Check the diopter in the viewing system.

I'll check it out.. It's not off by much. I don't it's a lens issues , cause I use lenses on FE with no problem. Should I take my F4 with me to big trip?

Todd

John_Nikon_F · May 28, 2014

You may also want to consider getting a K or a P screen. Unfortunately, they're not cheap, but you'll have the same focusing aid that you do on your FE.

-J

ToddB · May 29, 2014

I checked out Diopter in my F4.. It was a little off and played with auto focus.. Seems to be fine. I'll toss in my bag as a backup camera for trip.

Todd

Tony-S · Jun 1, 2014

blockend said:
It's worth remembering that autofocus technology on film cameras is typically 15 - 20 years behind AF on d*g*t*l. I use manual and auto focus, but it won't keep pace with a modern DSLR.

My EOS 3 has a better autofocus system than my 5Dii.

MartinCrabtree · Jun 1, 2014

My F5 doesn't have the multiple points of a DSLR AF system but you'll need to spend a good bit of coin to match the speed and accuracy.

CHX · Jun 2, 2014

I haven't made the jump to autofocus, largely because if it's anything like the AF on my smartphone, I'd rather hit myself in the head repeatedly with a hammer, and I like to decide what I want in focus, rather than what the AF system calculates is my point of interest. I've got aperture priority on my Zenit 18 and Chinon CE-4, and that is genuinely useful for me, so I'm happy enough with those gizmos, esp. as the Chinon has a very handy AE lock and multi-exposure function. It's the most advanced film eating thing I've ever had

mweintraub · Jun 2, 2014

CHX said:
I haven't made the jump to autofocus, largely because if it's anything like the AF on my smartphone, I'd rather hit myself in the head repeatedly with a hammer, and I like to decide what I want in focus, rather than what the AF system calculates is my point of interest. I've got aperture priority on my Zenit 18 and Chinon CE-4, and that is genuinely useful for me, so I'm happy enough with those gizmos, esp. as the Chinon has a very handy AE lock and multi-exposure function. It's the most advanced film eating thing I've ever had

Depends on the camera. Cameras like the Nikon F100, F5, etc, have fantastic AF systems and are NOTHING like camera phones and P&S cameras.

Sirius Glass · Jun 2, 2014

Me for 35mm cameras only.

CHX · Jun 3, 2014

True, but it just put me off and I've never felt the need for it.

nicholaskong · Jun 3, 2014

You can consider Canon Eos 3 or 1V. I just got myself a Eos 1V-HS and it's a wonderful camera.

agphotography · Jun 3, 2014

I went the opposite way, started with AF SLRs from Canon. Then when digital more or less took over I transitioned to that route.

So when I started making my way back to film I of course grabbed my AF SLRs but quickly realized that I wanted to slow down with my film work and let it become more intentional rather than spontaneous.

I moved towards a long series of manual focus SLRs and eventually wound up with an F and F2 from nikon that are keeping me pretty happy.

So... who switched to AF/modern film cameras?

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