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[curmugeon]

Does anyone still shoot film? Have we abandoned film for digital? Does the creative process suffer? Do we see differently?

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[monkeyone.livejournal.com]

I sometimes shoot film.

I don't think the creative process suffers when I shoot digital. I don't see much difference between looking through the viewfinder of a DSLR and film SLR.

However, there is a difference when I look at the LCD monitor of my small digital camera. I still don't think that changes anything. It may make composition a bit easier, but then it's almost like looking at the ground glass of a twin lens reflex.

There is something about shooting film, though. I like it. I started with film and what it did was to teach me to consider each shot. There are only 36 shots to a roll (or 12 or 24). It's not like digital where you can shoot hundreds of shots and then pick the best one. When I shoot digital, I shoot the same way that I shoot film.

I've seen younger photographers, those brought up on digital, shoot hundreds of shots to my 5 or 6. It's just click, click, click.

The other thing is that digital gives one immediate satisfaction. I can shoot, go home and view my photos in no time. I've shot and uploaded photos in the same hour.

I still have film in my camera that I need to shoot to finish the roll. Then I have to bring the roll in to be developed, wait a half hour, then go home and scan the negs.

It's fun, though. I even like scanning the negs and then removing the dust spots from the images. That way I really get to know each image.

That's the way it is for me.