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Ed_McCarron:
I've got a Canon AE-1 thats on its last legs... I haven't gone DSLR yet...  I like film.

SirPeale:

--- Quote from: Ken Layton on August 30, 2008, 11:32:19 am ---All my friends have 'digital' (I call them electronic cameras) cameras and they're always broken. They go out and buy one and 3 months later it's broken, out-of-warranty, or costs too much to fix. So they throw it away and go out and buy another one! How stupid.

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They must not be getting decent cameras.  I've had the one I've been using for at least three years.  The one I had before that I had for four years.  The only reason I replaced it is I dropped it, and it went *kablooey*.  One of these days I'll get around to attempt repair.

ark_ader:
I'm a professional photographer, by trade and I always use chemical based film compared to digital.  I have worked in different areas of camera work, including studio and wildlife.  Actually my entire family is from a photographic profession, one way or another.

When I worked as an aerial photographer we tried out digital cameras, and there was no comparison, besides you cannot enlarge a digital print as you can do with medium format.  I also used a 9x9 plate camera for helicopter obliques, yet we tried a digital SLR on the second pass to see if we could save money and the shoot failed to impress or make money.  Ground work with filters failed with digital, well we stopped trying basically.

It is a shame that we are losing the plants to develop the negatives, as the consumer chooses digital for ease of use.  I have to send off for all my processing, as my local guy has stopped his processing to devote his time with digital manipulation.  I still work in photoshop but like for reproduction, I colour and mask the prints myself.

The little custom work I do is all film, but I use my camera phone for spec work and when I see an opportunity present itself.  Copy negatives via digital is a waste of time.  Digital restoration work is the same.  You cannot get the right color tones, and you have to invest in expensive color calibration for your monitors, unless you like cartoon prints.  ;D

The only benefit that digital has brought me, is the availability of low cost medium format cameras on eBay.  Also digital video movies are good enough, compared to my old super 8, since most super 8 film is so old that it will come out red.   Also digital camera suffer from signal and color issues. 

Too many technical issues to invest in a professional Digital SLR.  I think that all custom work will go to a central processing plant in the future, which will ensure quality work, than the nightmares I have experienced in the past 23 years.

Just keep parting with those Yashicas and Minoltas.  :cheers:

AtomSmasher:

--- Quote from: Peale on August 30, 2008, 01:24:00 pm ---
--- Quote from: Ken Layton on August 30, 2008, 11:32:19 am ---All my friends have 'digital' (I call them electronic cameras) cameras and they're always broken. They go out and buy one and 3 months later it's broken, out-of-warranty, or costs too much to fix. So they throw it away and go out and buy another one! How stupid.

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They must not be getting decent cameras.  I've had the one I've been using for at least three years.  The one I had before that I had for four years.  The only reason I replaced it is I dropped it, and it went *kablooey*.  One of these days I'll get around to attempt repair.

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I'd have to agree because in my job I usually take 100-200 pictures a week and I've been using the same digital camera for almost 4 years.  Digital cameras definately save me a lot of time and money, but only because I don't need high quality pictures for my work.

Jdurg:
A lot of the reason for the lowering number of film based cameras is, as ark-ader pointed out, the fewer number of developers out there.  Digital images don't require chemicals to create the image.  Film does.  Many of these chemicals are starting to get harder and harder to obtain thanks to the government's decision to crack down on EVERY chemical out there regardless of what it is.  The film processor don't want to have to fill out oodles of paperwork and subject themselves to random searches and seizures just because they bought a chemical that they need to develop the film.

Developing at home has also taken a hit because again, the government thinks that anybody who buys a chemical is a terrorist and a drug dealer.  It is really, really sad that this country (US), and in a sense this world, has taken such a horrific stance on chemistry.  What these government ass-holes don't understand is that everything they fight for and everything in life that they enjoy was the result of chemists not affiliated with any major institution or research company.  Home chemistry is dead and because of that a lot of other hobbies, past-times and enjoyment is dead as well.

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