Me being an enthusiast photographer I found digital camera to be a bit complicated. I am loving my analogue cameras. To get the shot I want I change my S or F stop and my feet. Digital to some extent the same but that darn menu screen confused the heck out of me. It may be that I am not knowledgeable in photography but film takes a lot of stress of my picture taking.
@Trecester I think you're right about digital camera over-complication (the Leica digital Ms are very expensive exceptions to this). I suspect a majority of digital camera shooters leave their camera on the default settings, and thus don't get the most out of the camera.
Contast to a traditional manual film camera, and there's not much to know: how to load, how to wind, how to adjust exposure, how to rewind. Done.
Excellent video. I completely agree regarding image quality being fairly consistent with film regardless of the camera used. That begs the question: why do I blow all my money on film cameras? :P
A side note - I accepted the fact that a Hassy is not in the cards for me in the near future, so I just bought a Mamiya RB67 kit on APUG! I'm so excited. Did you ever sell that 503? I'm still drooling over it, but, well ... gotta eat.
@ethancfbz Hehe. I touch on the "why" of different cameras a bit more in Part II, which is coming any day now. The Hassy 503cx is long gone - sold on eBay. I actually have another one up for sale there now, a 501c.
I'm sure you'll love the RB67. Great camera, and a bigger neg than the Hassy :-).
I don't think film would die anytime soon because of the varying sensor sizes its not like we would have all full frame in all digital cameras, there will always be a niche for film I think ESP in medium format. I also saw posts in photo.net forum and film isn't going away as fast as the digital industry wants it to or tells people it does ... in the consumer space yes film is gone mostly ( but consumers usually consume toys for Facebook pics)
@SeonNantonPhotos Oh,my dear friend that was quite comforting indeed, but never underestimate the size of the " consumer space ". professional commercial photographers prefer the convenience of a digital workflow and consumers do consume a lot of expensive toys, analog is left mostly for artist and small group of people who can really appreciate the difference between film and digital, but even Abelardo Morell is using a digital one now~~~~~~I'm sad, very very sad, S.A.D sad......
@psychicspyfromchina1 I believe film will be around for a long time, but agree with both of your points. I suspect it will continue to slide (so to speak), and even more so as labs close. But even glass plate photography is still being done in limited amounts by fine art photographers. Alas, film is dead to the average consumer. I will get into it a bit in the next video: cameras haven't gotten better -- they've only gotten more convenient. But that is worth a lot to a lot of people.
Subscribed to your channel for a while, thought I'd come out and say hi, keep up the good works as the are both informative and entertaining. Thank you for all your videos.
Greetings from China......or......a Chinese guy in Canada
P.S. Excuse me if I made any errors with spelling or grammar, after all English is not my first language. Ha!
To me, shooting film is like fly a airplane, shooting digital is like playing with a simulator, they are equally fun. It's just digital doesn't get you anywhere......
But one sad fact is that the technology is rapidly advancing, there is a better digital sensor every year, but every two or three years there are certain kinds of film being taken out of production, would there be a day when digital cameras get so advanced and " kill " film dead? I always have nightmares about it......
Me being an enthusiast photographer I found digital camera to be a bit complicated. I am loving my analogue cameras. To get the shot I want I change my S or F stop and my feet. Digital to some extent the same but that darn menu screen confused the heck out of me. It may be that I am not knowledgeable in photography but film takes a lot of stress of my picture taking.
Trecester 3 months ago
@Trecester I think you're right about digital camera over-complication (the Leica digital Ms are very expensive exceptions to this). I suspect a majority of digital camera shooters leave their camera on the default settings, and thus don't get the most out of the camera.
Contast to a traditional manual film camera, and there's not much to know: how to load, how to wind, how to adjust exposure, how to rewind. Done.
mathomas1962 3 months ago
Excellent video. I completely agree regarding image quality being fairly consistent with film regardless of the camera used. That begs the question: why do I blow all my money on film cameras? :P
A side note - I accepted the fact that a Hassy is not in the cards for me in the near future, so I just bought a Mamiya RB67 kit on APUG! I'm so excited. Did you ever sell that 503? I'm still drooling over it, but, well ... gotta eat.
ethancfbz 3 months ago
@ethancfbz Hehe. I touch on the "why" of different cameras a bit more in Part II, which is coming any day now. The Hassy 503cx is long gone - sold on eBay. I actually have another one up for sale there now, a 501c.
I'm sure you'll love the RB67. Great camera, and a bigger neg than the Hassy :-).
mathomas1962 3 months ago
I don't think film would die anytime soon because of the varying sensor sizes its not like we would have all full frame in all digital cameras, there will always be a niche for film I think ESP in medium format. I also saw posts in photo.net forum and film isn't going away as fast as the digital industry wants it to or tells people it does ... in the consumer space yes film is gone mostly ( but consumers usually consume toys for Facebook pics)
SeonNantonPhotos 3 months ago
@SeonNantonPhotos Oh,my dear friend that was quite comforting indeed, but never underestimate the size of the " consumer space ". professional commercial photographers prefer the convenience of a digital workflow and consumers do consume a lot of expensive toys, analog is left mostly for artist and small group of people who can really appreciate the difference between film and digital, but even Abelardo Morell is using a digital one now~~~~~~I'm sad, very very sad, S.A.D sad......
psychicspyfromchina1 3 months ago
@psychicspyfromchina1 I believe film will be around for a long time, but agree with both of your points. I suspect it will continue to slide (so to speak), and even more so as labs close. But even glass plate photography is still being done in limited amounts by fine art photographers. Alas, film is dead to the average consumer. I will get into it a bit in the next video: cameras haven't gotten better -- they've only gotten more convenient. But that is worth a lot to a lot of people.
mathomas1962 3 months ago
Subscribed to your channel for a while, thought I'd come out and say hi, keep up the good works as the are both informative and entertaining. Thank you for all your videos.
Greetings from China......or......a Chinese guy in Canada
P.S. Excuse me if I made any errors with spelling or grammar, after all English is not my first language. Ha!
psychicspyfromchina1 3 months ago
@psychicspyfromchina1 Hi, and nice to hear from you! Glad you've been enjoying the vids. I have a good time making them.
mathomas1962 3 months ago
To me, shooting film is like fly a airplane, shooting digital is like playing with a simulator, they are equally fun. It's just digital doesn't get you anywhere......
But one sad fact is that the technology is rapidly advancing, there is a better digital sensor every year, but every two or three years there are certain kinds of film being taken out of production, would there be a day when digital cameras get so advanced and " kill " film dead? I always have nightmares about it......
psychicspyfromchina1 3 months ago