Why do you shoot film? Why do you shoot digital? IN ONE WORD EACH...

[Juan Valdenebro]

If I had to explain why do I shoot film and digital, picking just one word for each of them, I'd say I shoot film for PLEASURE and I shoot digital for SPEED (immediate results).

Some years ago, most of my shooting was for work, and I had forgotten, little by little, the huge pleasure film photography gives me... Then, other activities allowed me to stop shooting for money, and I don't need to use digital anymore, except for things that are to me less photographic, and very few times every year: a friend comes to visit my city and I digitally shoot a peculiar map to send it through the net... I see a nice pair of shoes and digitally shoot them to ask my mother in the other side of the world if she wants them, etc... But not even for family / friends I use digital anymore, because those cases with film are a lot more fun to me... And they feel the same! I've discovered they like to see the images days or weeks later too!


Which two words would you pick to explain your feelings or reasons?


Cheers,


Juan

[exe163]

Leica, Photoshop.

[FrankS]

Craft, ads

[robklurfield]

digital: now
film: slow (or zen)

[-doomed-]

Film: Personal
Digital: Work

[stratcat]

film is like love
digital is like sex

[exe163]

film is like love
digital is like sex
I see what you did there.

[kdemas]

Challenge/Convenience.

[Juan Valdenebro]

film is like love
digital is like sex

That's weird...

I could say sex is better than that... Or say film is like love+sex, but I'd better keep quiet... :p

Cheers,

Juan

[peterm1]

RESULTS
( I get much better results from digital because of the ease of post processing.)

[CK Dexter Haven]

film is like love
digital is like sex

Hmmm. How about:

film = sex
digital = food.

Sex, because you WANNA, and for the lasting memories. Food, because sometimes you just HAVE TO, and you can enjoy it, but only for a few minutes at a time. Then, you just feel bad about it.

[Juan Valdenebro]

RESULTS
( I get much better results from digital because of the ease of post processing.)

Strange... I feel nothing is easier than color negative... And it can be scanned and just as easily processed too once it's a digital image... And in the case of processing raw files, it takes lots of time in my experience... Not to start the unwanted discussion, though... Just thinking... I don't see the photographic world has in general much better results since digital sensors. I see more speed and more transformations / retouching...

Cheers,

Juan

[ChrisN]

Film: pleasures
Digital: convenience

[zenza]

film is like love
digital is like sex


No no.

Film is like sex
Digital is like masturbation

[hxpham]

whatever... photographs

[Stanton]

Film, when not flying, because I like it and have fine cameras which use it.
Digital when flying, because it's easier to take on a plane and with a few memory cards I don't have to worry about running out of film in locations with which I am not familiar.

Dave

[umcelinho]

digital: versatility
film: feel

[kmallick]

I am a visual person. may I use pictures? at least for me each of these represent 1000 words differentiating the feeling I get between film and digital

http://www.lallement.com/pictures/memo.jpg

http://www.reddotforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=134&cid=18

[bobby_novatron]

.

Digital: Instant gratification.

Film: Soulful contemplation.

.

[Harry S.]

Annoying/Boring

:-)

[nikon_sam]

I cannot describe why I use film in one word...it means way too much for just one...

[tj01]

film : wet
digital : dry

[Jamie Pillers]

Digital: Options
Film: Tactile

[randolph45]

Film=forever
Digital=experimental

[Keith]

Old ...... New

[ThangNguyen]

No no.

Film is like sex
Digital is like masturbation

+1 Cannot be more accurate!

[Gary Sandhu]

MP
D700

And these words to lengthen message otherwise it won't post

[Keith]

No no.

Film is like sex
Digital is like masturbation


And you have that figured out at twenty one? :rolleyes:

Good luck with the next thirty nine years! :D

[Chris101]

F : D = Art : Fun

[SciAggie]

Film = literature
Digital = movies

[Bill58]

film--feeling
digital-sterile

[Roberto V.]

Quality. Convenience.

[alan davus]

Film: (because I'm) OLD
Digital: (because I wish I was ) YOUNG

[floyd]

Film: pleasures
Digital: convenience

[anerjee]

film: myself
digital: others

Film: pleasures
Digital: convenience

[ruby.monkey]

film is like love
digital is like sex
So... film promises much but digital delivers?

[haempe]

film:nostalgia
digital:work

[Phil_F_NM]

film = love
digital = convenient

Phil Forrest

[capito]

Film = surprises
Digital = consistency

[wakarimasen]

Film: Permanent
Digital: Transient

[Snapper_uk]

Film - Soul
Digital - Fakery

[zasonlam]

Film - surprise
Digital - freedom

[Chris C]

Film • Tangible
Digital • Idon'townone

[tom.w.bn]

Film = surprises
Digital = consistency

Same here....

[Ezzie]

RESULTS
( I get much better results from digital because of the ease of post processing.)
And boy have I been wondering how you get that signature effect of yours.

Film: Craft
Digital: Ease

[Araakii]

Film: Emotional
Digital: Logical

[Bobfrance]

Annoying/Boring

This! Who doesn't love a challenge? :D


But for my part I'd like to add

Film: Aesthetics
Digital: phonepics*.




* It's the only digital I own these days. :p

[seakayaker1]

Film: contemplation

. . . . .

Digital: expedient

. . . . .

[efix]

Film: Aesthetics.
Digital: Aesthetics.

If I am allowed to elaborate on that: Film has its own aesthetics, as does digital. It's easier to get high-resolution pictures with large dynamic range from digital, for me at least, yet film offers a large variety of different looks for different purposes.

[efix]

Film: (because I'm) OLD
Digital: (because I wish I was ) YOUNG

I like that! :)

[Teuthida]

photography
graphic illustration

[buzzardkid]

Film = surprises
Digital = consistency

sums it up best for me

[rbsinto]

Film: familiarity

[sepiareverb]

Film : B&W
Digital : Color

[mwooten]

time : time

[lynnb]

film: paints
digital: plasticine

[newsgrunt]

film=Poirot
digital=Dr. Who

[willie_901]

Film = a medium

Digital = a medium

[Ronald_H]

Film: Fun
Digital: hi-ISO

[jsrockit]

Film = lame
Digital = best



;)

[Turtle]

I shoot both but my heart is with film:

Film is beautifully Imperfect
Digital: All too tempting to make Perfect

[rgpadron]

Film: Contemplation
Digital: Cloning

[Gereonb]

Film : anticipation
Digital : boredom

[dave lackey]

Better...quicker:p

[filmtwit]

I can't put it to two words, but this is my general feeling about film and digital.

They are similar, but not the same.

[Foto-factotum]

Film: Rifle
Digital: Machine-gun


Or

Film: Gourmet
Digital: Fast-food

Eugene

[shadowfox]

Film = lame
Digital = best



;)

You must not be from around here :D

[shadowfox]

Film - Lasting
Digital - Fleeting

[Ade-oh]

Film = fulfillment

Digital = convenience

[Micah]

Hard.
Easy.

(This echoes posts #5 and #35: when shooting for myself, I take pleasure in the challenges of film; when I have to deliver for friends or clients, I need the guaranteed results of digital.)

[jsrockit]

You must not be from around here :D

Sure, I am... I use a digital rangefinder...

[ferider]

Film: everything
Digital: ExceptCameraP*rn

[Peter S]

film...tonality
digital..versatility

[cjbecker]

Film....everything
Digital.....nothing

[dee]

Contax II - LP - ritual
emMa8 - CD - convenience

[Jack Conrad]

Film = Jesus
Digital = Lucifer

Metaphorically speaking, of course... :)

[NickTrop]

Taste great
Less filling

[mathomas]

Film: authentic
Digital: convenient

[semilog]

Film: M6.
Digital: whatever.

[taskoni]

Film: Me
Digital: All

[damien.murphy]

Film for light, compact cameras.
Digital for convenient colour images.

[ornate_wrasse]

Film = Manual
Digital = Autofocus

[jky]

Immediacy, convenience (digital)

[ndnik]

Film: texture
Digital:

[rogerzilla]

Film: manual
Digital: automatic

[shadowfox]

Film - Anticipation
Digital - Constipation

[Brian Sweeney]

Film: versus
Digital: forum

[Brian Sweeney]

Film: chemical
Digital: Electronic

[h_A_Z]

Film: wife (for life)
Digital: mistress (short thrills)

[HLing]

Film: Captured.
Digital: Missed.

[BobYIL]

Film...
http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/9198/57chevy01.jpg




Digital...

http://100monet.com/content/Toyota_Camry_2.jpg

[htimsdj]

film: grain
digital: ebay

[Ezzie]

Film: Tangible
Digital: Virtual

[cosmonaut]

Film, challenging
digital, flexibility

[Riverman]

Film: permanence
Digital: convenience

[Biggles]

I shoot film because, while they still make black & white film, nobody seems to be making black & white digits.

[pinkarmy]

I shoot film because, while they still make black & white film, nobody seems to be making black & white digits.

these are not "one word"...:D

[elara]

Film: Mindfulness

Digital: Impulsiveness

[bfjr]

Film : Warm

Digital : Cold

[clachnacuddin]

Film: Fun
Digital: Quick

[a10101100]

pleasure / precise

[Bobbo]

Film: Fun. Digital: Money.

[Trius]

Film: Connection
Digi: Convenience

[steelheart]

No no.

Film is like sex
Digital is like masturbation


LOL!!! That's priceless! :D

[steelheart]

Film: Quality

Digital: Don't ;)

[tunalegs]

When I want a photograph: Film
When I want to put an image online: digital

[crf529]

Film: Soul
Digital: Perfection

[jamin]

Film = lith print.

[sara]

Film: Real
Digital: blogging

[Martti K.]

Hard to say this in two words. I'm going to break rules and use more instead.

Film - Being-there
Digital - Being-there differently

[seakayaker1]

Patience

Now

[Derwent]

Film...love
Digital...convenient

[kokoshawnuff]

film: therapy
digital: ease

[zilch0]

Resolution / Convenience

[Harry Mueller]

Film-artistic
Digital-now

[Peter_S]

Digital - seeing
Film - feeling

[EdwardKaraa]

Film: cinema
Digital: TV

[tmldds]

I shoot both but my heart is with film:

Film is beautifully Imperfect
Digital: All too tempting to make Perfect

+1! I wholeheartedly agree.

[dmc]

Film - Photograph
Digital - Scan

[rizraz]

film..... by heart
digital..... by finger

[jm51]

Film: Instant (As in mechanical shutter)

Digital: Cheap

[one90guy]

Film: Passion

Digital: Quicky

[celluloidprop]

Film: I like medium-format as a process, and I doubt we'll ever see a 6x6 digital camera (or true square of any kind)

Digital: control and speed, I can't beat the results of quality 35mm/APS-C digital with 35mm film. Maybe if I had a darkroom and a lot of time/money to practice with

[LADP]

Film - passion
Digital - paycheck

[Teuthida]

film= evocative
digital = sterile

[Compaq]

Reality
Editing

[Chrisrw]

intentional
impulsive

[mangie]

sensitivity
speed

mangie

[Mattco26]

Film: Beauty
Digital: Convenience