Anyone still use a 35mm SLR?

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Anyone still use a 35mm SLR?

Posted: 12/23/2005 5:53:10 PM EDT

I'm still plugging away with a Canon AE-1 Program. I've got a bunch of lenses and accesories for it, and it works fine. Plus, I just discovered E-Bay selss all types of FD mount lenses. No reason to switch now!

As much as my life is about technology - I'm a Technology Director at a school district - I just don't like digital cameras.

I've seen printouts on thousand dollar printers and they don't compare to high quality slide film.

IMHO, anyway.

Av.

Posted: 12/23/2005 5:55:59 PM EDT

[#1]

I have a FTb, F-1n, and a T-90 with a bunch of goodies but I haven't really touched it since I went digital.

Posted: 12/23/2005 6:00:38 PM EDT

[#2]

I still have a Pentax K1000. I still use it. I still like 35mm.

Back when I used to be into cameras, I had a Nikon FG and an EM and a whole bunch of lenses.

But I like a point and shoot digital as well.

Posted: 12/23/2005 7:59:47 PM EDT

[#3]

Yep. Using my ol' rebel 2000 while I wait on a new digital body.

Posted: 12/23/2005 8:06:36 PM EDT

[#4]

Yeap

From time to time I look at picking up a used EOS-1N for a nice price or an RS

Posted: 12/23/2005 8:08:39 PM EDT

[#5]

Still have my Nikon EM bought when I was 12...

Definately looking at the combo digital and film cameras.

Posted: 12/24/2005 2:21:19 PM EDT

[#6]

I have one, but sold my Nikon F3 HP a while back when I realized I never used it and I could put that money towards a new lens.

Posted: 12/24/2005 2:42:22 PM EDT

[#7]

I am with you, dude! I still use Nikon AF bodies and lenses. I don't even own a digicam. Everyone laughs at me but my pictures are 400% better than the crap they produce with thier Elphs, CoolPix or Easyshares. Unless you look at medium-format digital backs (starting around $10K), digital is just inferior.

Posted: 12/25/2005 12:53:35 PM EDT

[#8]

I just sold all my mamiya 645 equipment. only used it once in the last year.weddings and most other paying jobs are now all digital. I still have my Ricoh TLS screw mount SLR, Nikon F photomic tn, Rolleflex TLR, Century Graphic and Gundlach Corona 4x5. 95% of my work is digital now but still use the film stuff for fun. only one drawback, when you take a 4x5 camera that is nearly 100 years old out, it seems like everyone is trying to take your picture.

Posted: 12/25/2005 1:59:26 PM EDT

[#9]

sold my 80's vintage Minolta X-700 with accessories about 4 years ago for some other stuff. On my second Sony Cybershot. I'll never go back. If you must have a SLR, some of the new digital SLR's take pretty good pics

Posted: 12/25/2005 2:18:43 PM EDT

[#10]

Haven't used my A2e since I got my 1DsII last year, although I did bring it as backup in the arctic since I wasn't sure how my digital gear would handle in extreme cold.

Posted: 12/25/2005 2:23:48 PM EDT

[#11]

Quoted:
Unless you look at medium-format digital backs (starting around $10K), digital is just inferior.

35mm film was trumped when the 1Ds came out in 2002.

Posted: 12/25/2005 4:12:40 PM EDT

[#12]

Quoted:
35mm film was trumped when the 1Ds came out in 2002.

I disagree! When you buy a 15mm fisheye lens for close to $2K, and then put it on even the best SLR, you end up with a 24mm lens you could have bought for $200. This is because almost every digital SLR has a "crop" factor comparing to 35mm film plane. I will not be getting a digital SLR until they give me a full frame 35mm sensor. People that do true wide-angle photography will agree with me.

Posted: 12/25/2005 5:46:22 PM EDT

[#13]

Quoted:
Quoted:
35mm film was trumped when the 1Ds came out in 2002.

I disagree! When you buy a 15mm fisheye lens for close to $2K, and then put it on even the best SLR, you end up with a 24mm lens you could have bought for $200. This is because almost every digital SLR has a "crop" factor comparing to 35mm film plane. I will not be getting a digital SLR until they give me a full frame 35mm sensor. People that do true wide-angle photography will agree with me.

Um you might want to catch the latest about the 1DS mk2....you been snoozing?

Posted: 12/25/2005 7:46:42 PM EDT

[#14]

Quoted:
Quoted:
35mm film was trumped when the 1Ds came out in 2002.

I disagree! When you buy a 15mm fisheye lens for close to $2K, and then put it on even the best SLR, you end up with a 24mm lens you could have bought for $200. This is because almost every digital SLR has a "crop" factor comparing to 35mm film plane. I will not be getting a digital SLR until they give me a full frame 35mm sensor. People that do true wide-angle photography will agree with me.

The 1Ds introduced in 2002 is full frame, so is the 1DsII introduced last year, and so is the 5D introduced this year.

Posted: 12/25/2005 10:06:44 PM EDT

[#15]

Just an amateur here...

The Canon 5D is full frame, 12MP, and can be had for under $3K.

I have a 20D (1.6 crop camera) and use the EF-S 10-22 (aprox 16-35 35mm equivelant) for wide angle coverage.

I cannot tell the difference between the 20D and 35mm film. I use a local shop here with an Agfa processing machine to make prints on real photo paper.

Posted: 12/26/2005 10:45:36 AM EDT

[#16]

I have a collection of Minolta SR-T series cameras and lenses that I use from time to time. Minolta made a truly great line of SLR cameras from the 1960s through the late 1970s. The only achilles heel of the SR-T camera today is the light meter battery- they used a mercury battery that is no longer for sale. Some folks have compensated by having their light meters calibrated for use with a silver oxide battery. I haven't looked into having mine converted, as the batteries still work. Mercury batteries last for years with infrequent use.

groups.yahoo.com/group/ManualMinoltaFree/

Galland

Posted: 12/28/2005 9:03:16 PM EDT

[#17]

I swear by mine. It's a Ricoh, and right now it is pushing 13 years old. But I have never seen a photo from a digital that was as good as the photos from my Ricoh. Now, I just got my first digital for Christmas. And while I will carry it, the digital, in my eyes, is a very expensive toy. Anything I am doing that is serious photography with remain in the lens of my Ricoh.

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