Where do you stand?

[sepiareverb]

I just recently gave up on color film because wet-printing it here (in my darkroom) has gotten too iffy: the materials I was using are discontinued and the replacements were available inconsistently, then discontinued. This was Endura in sheets and any of the Mono Chemistries. My last boxes of paper went bad while waiting for the backordered chemistry to get here- so I had paper but no chems, then chems but paper that was no good. Too frustrating, so I packed it in.

I do scan film, but it is one of my least favorite things to do. Too time consuming, especially when the all digital workflow produces prints that I like better. I've got a big backlog of negatives left to scan that I'm nibbling away at. I do prefer the results I get from the scanned film and the Epson 3880 to anything I got on Endura.

All my B&W is film exclusively.

[DNG]

Mostly Digital, immediate cost, mostly.

[Stuart John]

I shoot mostly digital with a little bit of film mixed in but I do have periods where I may shoot all film.

[GinoE]

Mostly digital, and with film only digital printing. I like the look of both, they each have their place and purpose.

[gb hill]

!00% film. Nothing against digital, just like using the gear I have. Just not ready to put it on the shelf just yet!

[systemlayers]

Digital for action work, macro and micro work (especially beyond 1:1 work ) and events. And color mostly although I love analogue color and would like to process it sometime.
Film increasingly for pleasure even though I don't have the right equipment just yet. I shoot it mainly for the better equipment and philosophy one is forced to take.
I'm only a year in on photography and film is a great learning tool.

[DNG]

Update:
maybe 60/40 D/F now that I develop my own Film.

[nolasafari]

I shoot digital most of the time, but due to this forum I started shooting film again. My son and i developed a couple of rolls last week, it was fun.

[noimmunity]

Color mostly digital, now, except when I'm backpacking, I use color slide film.
For black and white it's film. And now that I'm developing/scanning myself, using motion picture filmstock, the cost isn't as much of an issue, and I can't indulge the urge to try new things out as I please.

[timor]

Originally Posted by kxl

I find myself straddling the line... I like digital for color, film for B&W.

Me too, just ... I shoot almost no color, OK. family pics. Like to do things by myself (no computer). I guess I am the one lucky to have simple, but permanent darkroom at home.

[clayne]

200% film. I print in the darkroom.

I enjoy my time away from the computer and continual electronic bombardment that I already receive on a daily basis.

The darkroom is peace and solace with zero distractions.

[jnoir]

About 90% of my shoots are film. Digital SLR for backup when travelling abroad.

[itai]

Film and Digital are both amazing.
I find my dig cam better at artificial, mixed light.
Film might be better at daylight.
Still learning both mediums,
I just rediscovered film, and it teaches me stuff.
Love photography!

[rbsinto]

Film. Colour slide film.

[dave lackey]

Film and digital...it all depends on the task at hand. I get different results from each and it is a matter of matching the proper equipment to the task.

That said, I hope to be doing more and more film for the foreseeable decades and much less time on the computer for anything. I would rather be a photographer than a computer nerd.

Now, ask me which is better:


F I L M !!! Because I enjoy it more and the results are worth it.

[chrismoret]

To be honest ?...Got back to film because I couldn't affort/justify a M9. But now I'm settled in again., would not miss it for the world!

[Jamie Pillers]

Assuming the fuji X100 matches up with the hype, I'll soon be 100% digital. Its taken some serious engineering to get me to this place. I've tried digital a few times over the past 4 years since discovering RFF. I've wanted to pull away from film because of the incompatibility with my income (getting down to zero these days), time availability for trips to film processor and scanning (having a nine-yr. old kid around the house puts a serious dent in discretionary time for photo stuff).

Up till now, two things have made it difficult for me to make the switch to digital:
1) lack of significant sensor dynamic range in a reasonably priced camera, and
2) lack of a camera with a large sensor and small rangefinder-like body with an optical viewfinder.

The Nikon D7000 satisfies #1 and the Fuji X100 will hopefully satisfy #2. At that point, I will have come nearly full circle from when this 'transition' journey began for me. When I first came to RFF I owned a Nikon F3 and a Hexar AF... analog twins of my new kit??

[saintotto]

i go both ways! not a fan of the 'either or' debate. films is unique in look and feel but man the stuff you can do in low light with digital is just incredible! film can't touch that. here's a interresting read though by doug muennez

http://dougmenuez.com/2009/04/10/the...gratification/

cheers
otto
http://www.ottoschulzephotographers.com/blog

[hteasley]

Years in digital was bliss, but it was an ignorant bliss... I'm shooting a bunch of film now, but shoot a lot more digital, simply because hard disk space is cheap, and I'm much more willing to do daring experiments with digital.

[dtcls100]

Just ordered about $850 worth of film -- 120, 220, 35mm in both BW (100 and 400 ASA), color negative and color slide films (Astia, Velvia 50). Should keep me set for a couple of years. I see stocks of many films at Freestyle and B&H are getting low and wanted to make sure to get some rolls while many of them are still pretty inexpensive (less than $3.00 a roll).

Of course, this purchase gives away my preference between film and digital, as well my collection of cameras:

Digital: Canon Elph 800

Film: 4 Mamiya 6 (w/2 50mm, w/1 75mm, w/1 150mm), 3 OM-4T, 1 OM-4 (w/upgraded circuit), 3 OM-2n, 1 OM-1n, 2 OM-1 MD, plus Zuiko 21mm f.2.0, 24mm shift f3.5, 24mm f2.8, 28mm f2.0, 35mm f2.0, 50mm f2.0 macro, 50mm f3.5 macro, 50mm f1.8 MIJ, 90mm f2.0 macro, 100mm f2.0, 35-80 f2.8, 75-150 f4.0, Tamron SP 17mm f3.5, Tamron SP 80-200 f2.8, Tamron SP 35-80 f2.8, Vivitar Series 1 28-90 f2.8, Vivitar Series 1 70-210 f3.5, Vivitar Series 1 70-210 f2.8-4.0, Vivitar Series 1 90mm f2.5 w/1:1 adapter ("Bokina"), bunch of Olympus motor drives, flash units, macro tubes, etc.

[Neare]

Originally Posted by dtcls100

Just ordered about $850 worth of film

This is a beautiful moment

[jky]

100% digital here - mainly because of time.

[SixFlags]

100% Film now
3 Months ago I tried out a Lumix LX-5 compact as an allrounder but I wasn't that much convinced. Its not that the camera was bad it was just that in the end I thought the money for the digital is better spent on rolls of film, in terms of value and fun.

[River Dog]

I take photos for fun, as a passion - not to turn out 100's of images commercially. I don't shoot enough for cost to be a major issue and I process all my own mono and colour films (35mm and MF). So I have sold most of my digital gear to buy more interesting film cameras.

My simplest answer is that I now have a full-frame compact that cost me £25, the Olympus RC.


Olympus RC, Neopan Acros 100

[c.poulton]

If it wasn't for the iPhone Hipstamatic app (just a bit of fun really), I would be 100% film...