Who prefers 35mm SLR over all other kinds of cameras?

35mm film slrs are built like tanks. I have a rolleiflex sl35 that was purchased in the late 70s and still is in working condition. In 50 years, all digital camras will all be broken and the only working cameras are gonna be film slrs.

flavio81 said:

Best film, technically speaking, is b&w negative film, not color reversal film. Or in any case b&w reversal film... if you have the option.

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"Best" is meaningless term, technically speaking. If you are referring to a traditional concept of resolution defined by the spacial frequency of a sequence of black and white lines, then yes, black and white film can do a better job at rendering black and white lines than color film can. But that is pretty much where the comparison ends.

First and foremost, the color itself conveys a huge amount of information that simply cannot be conveyed in shades of grey. That is why in d!@!#*l imaging only 8 bits are needed for grey scale, while between 30 and 48 bits are required to "fully" render color. Second, color and B&W images are created differently. B&W relies on the actual silver crystals while color is rendered with dye clouds, which by their nature can overlap and blend.

In any case, AFAIK the only films ever advertised as "grainless" were Fuji transparency films. Judging from the clear blue skies I've seen from Velvia, this claim is pretty accurate. As a previous poster to this thread proved by the numbers, the information available at the imaging plane is the same for any format. So a truly grainless film will record the same level of detail, regardless of the format.

GaryFlorida said:

you were talking about your love for Rokkor lenses so I thought I would suggest the site dedicated to it. I thought you might like to go there and indulge yourself.

And actually I am the OP of this whole thread so ... Im not sure what your point is. But enjoy the Rokkor files its great.

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Yes it is a great site. I have been there many times. Thanks.
As far as Minolta gear from the 60's to late 80's, I have about everything he shows there, and some he dosen't
I like this thread as I do prefer the 35mm SLR over other types of cameras, at least in the smaller format.
Leica or Minolta, the photographs please me.

Nokton48 said:

Yes it is a great site. I have been there many times. Thanks.
As far as Minolta gear from the 60's to late 80's, I have about everything he shows there, and some he dosen't
I like this thread as I do prefer the 35mm SLR over other types of cameras, at least in the smaller format.
Leica or Minolta, the photographs please me.

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My Minolta X-700 was a great camera. It was my first and only until the 90s at some point I gave it away because I thought film was dead and my interestes have changed. I wish I still had it. I had the 50mm f2 and on a trip the parents took me to Germany and I found a 70 - 200 macro or there abouts. I loved that lens and the dollar was 4 to 1 Marks at the time I believe. Good times.

Well you know,

If you really enjoyed using it, you should get another.