Forum: Photography


Subject: Last Romance with Film

bclaytonphoto opened this issue on Dec 16, 2009 · 7 posts


TomDart posted Thu, 17 December 2009 at 8:13 PM

Ok, I remember a post still up here from Kort about full frame digital.   I said I would wait.  (In reality what option is there without easily accessed deep pockets of which I have neither.)  So, I will not take my time or cash to shoot film and then try to find a high meg scanner.  

For one thing, I have become spoiled or used to the idea of preview of a image just shot so I can decide to take another or not.  I am used to the idea of adjusting exposure as I desire without having to bracket the dickens out of it with film, not certain of the result.

The last series of photos I took were for my church, all indoor stuff with a high ceiling taxing the Nikon strobe used as a bounce.  I shot a few, found what worked and then went to manual with one more adjustment to speed and did all that way.  All were likely the best "from camera" photos I have taken in that facility, no camera calling the shots but on manual (assisted by the camera in the first place to find the range needed  and what EV to use on the flash).  With film, I could not do that and certainly could not remember how I might have done it with film some years ago!

I did try playing a vinyl LP music recording with water on the disc..a fad to try at the time.  No more abiity to play "records" anymore and all went to garage sales, even the turntable which was a fine one with a very well rated cartridge.  Something better came along.        Tom.