Why shoot analogue colour photos?

[RezaLoghme]

Yeah MF + film + travel makes an interesting cocktail, see my threads in the MF section of the forum. Yet I came to realize that while it is a nice performance, many aspects of reality were against me.

So today, using a R body, some vintage R lens and something like the Orwo I recently tried is a nice, relaxing, un-performative variant of using colour film. Yet I have it developed and scanned by an artisan lab, my core (in)competency is making photos.

 

[Alan Edward Klein]

I am going thru a mental wrestling match now. i have an upcoming trip to london, paris and munich in nov. I usually always take film with me, but for some resason im thinking of bringing dig for color and then film for b&w. I know I am over thinking this, but traveling with film can be difficult at times for me. I do love old school slide shows much better then slide shows on a tv. I know I will most likely shoot all film, but over the last year ive shot less and less film. life is full of difficult, (sometimes meaningless) decisions.

I gave up on film for travel and vacations. Too inconvenient with security, theft, Xrays, customs inspections, etc. Too much to carry. Wife complains. So now I take a small digital camera that fits in my pocket and create video sldie shows of the vacation trying not to spend too much time on special shots. I save those for when I'm home and have the time and ease of transporting in my car.

 

[brian steinberger]

Yeah MF + film + travel makes an interesting cocktail, see my threads in the MF section of the forum. Yet I came to realize that while it is a nice performance, many aspects of reality were against me.

For me a Mamiya 6/7 or Bronica RF645 is the perfect travel camera for medium format. No larger than any average digital SLR/ mirrorless. Also a single TLR would be nice and simple.

 

[gbroadbridge]

I gave up on film for travel and vacations. Too inconvenient with security, theft, Xrays, customs inspections, etc. Too much to carry. Wife complains. So now I take a small digital camera that fits in my pocket and create video sldie shows of the vacation trying not to spend too much time on special shots. I save those for when I'm home and have the time and ease of transporting in my car.

+1. I have a Fuji X just for travel. Even that is at risk of being replaced by the smartphone.
Too much to see and do when travelling to spend time with an eye glued to a viewfinder.

 

[xkaes]

So today, using a R body, some vintage R lens and something like the Orwo I recently tried is a nice, relaxing, un-performative variant of using colour film. Yet I have it developed and scanned by an artisan lab, my core (in)competency is making photos.

When William Henry Jackson was young, he hauled mules up mountains in Wyoming -- in the late 1800's, to take pictures on 20x24" GLASS plates. Think about that for a moment. No trails, No darkroom, No nothing.

In his later years, he preferred a Kodak Pocket camera.

 

[MattKing]

When William Henry Jackson was young, he hauled mules up mountains in Wyoming

Somehow, I have a feeling that the mules probably hauled him up the mountain, not the other way around.
But yes, things were tougher back then!
Now I probably should Report myself - but I'm afraid I just couldn't resist!

 

[gbroadbridge]

Somehow, I have a feeling that the mules probably hauled him up the mountain, not the other way around.
But yes, things were tougher back then!
Now I probably should Report myself - but I'm afraid I just couldn't resist!

Ansel Adams these days would be using a smartphone, not stuck with Zones. He told me.

 

[Alan Edward Klein]

+1. I have a Fuji X just for travel. Even that is at risk of being replaced by the smartphone.
Too much to see and do when travelling to spend time with an eye glued to a viewfinder.

I use a Sony RX100-IV. I like it better than a cellphone. Egrnomically it handles better and easier to snap. The flash is stronger than the cellphone, and it comes with an eye-level viewfinder as well as the back screen that washes out in bright sun. The eye finder is a lifesaver for me. Also, the articulating screen helps in some situations with pets and children down low.

 

[Alan Edward Klein]

When William Henry Jackson was young, he hauled mules up mountains in Wyoming -- in the late 1800's, to take pictures on 20x24" GLASS plates. Think about that for a moment. No trails, No darkroom, No nothing.


In his later years, he preferred a Kodak Pocket camera.

No TSA.