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Going retro...shooting FILM!!!
Mark Buffalo, Photographer
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Lonoke | AR | USA | Posted: 2:14 AM on 10.08.09 |
->> As many of you have seen in the fun pix, I recently returned from a two-week visit to China to complete our adoption of Mary Elisabeth
http://www.sportsshooter.com/funpix_view.html?id=8952
blog is: www.fortheloveofemmy.blogspot.com
Before we headed to China, I decided I wanted to shoot some pictures of our family and our little girl on film. When we go to my grandmother's house on holidays, Nana will get out the old photos, including negatives, and we'll look at the pictures over and over again. I know there are old photos of my and my siblings, as well as pictures of my wife Linda and her family. This is so much fun for me. In fact, 11 years ago, I got some of the medium format B&W negatives and made prints using my newspaper's old enlarger and gave my grandparents a really nice gift. It was a lot of fun.
I know you can get prints made from digital files...which I will. (just wish the P&S digital files were 4x6 proportional). But I want to be able to have negatives to save forever. Does that make sense. I know that the processing place can put the images on a CD, which is awesome. Saves me from having to scan them myself.
So, tonight, were at Walmart and I bought a 2CR5 battery for my Canon EOS A2 camera and a box of Fuji 400 ISO film and loaded it into the camera. I snapped a few pix then tried to find the playback button so I could chimp. Old habits die hard. It has been about 5 years since I shot film. Just glad the camera still works and it is a darn good camera.
Oh well, I'd love to hear your thoughts on this. Take care
Mark, Linda and Emmy Buffalo |
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Kent Nishimura, Student/Intern
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Honolulu | HI | USA | Posted: 3:15 AM on 10.08.09 |
| ->> mark, congrats! i am also adopted. from taiwan though. film is awesome. i still use my EOS5 (A2) with TMAX ASA400 and i love it! my school has a wet darkroom and i use it regularly. hehe. |
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David Harpe, Photographer
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Louisville | KY | USA | Posted: 11:32 AM on 10.08.09 |
->> Film is a great look, and definitely sentimental. But let's remember a key advantage with digital: You know immediately if you have captured a moment or not.
If you're talking about once-in-a-lifetime events, do you want to take the chance that something in the processing chain won't screw up? Light leaks, bad film, bad processing, zapped film in the X-ray machine at the airport, lost negatives...these are all very real risks when you shoot film. If your kiddo is learning to ride his/her bike for the first time and you're shooting digital, you KNOW you have those moments before they are gone forever. You shoot film and you won't know for a week - and only after it's gone through several hands and processes that you can't completely control.
There is a whole lot I don't miss about film. Not for a moment.
The permanence issue is valid. But if you want to solve that problem, shoot digital and then go to a place like slides.com and have your selects transferred to a slide. Best of both worlds. Not that expensive. Looks great. |
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Jeff Stanton, Photographer
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Princeton | IN | USA | Posted: 12:04 PM on 10.08.09 |
| ->> Mark, I owned four A2 bodies back in the day and put them all through hell. Not a single problem ever with any of them. Congrats on the adoption. |
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Preston Mack, Photographer
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Orlando | FL | USA | Posted: 12:12 PM on 10.08.09 |
| ->> Congrats on the new baby! |
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Mark Buffalo, Photographer
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Lonoke | AR | USA | Posted: 1:36 PM on 10.08.09 |
->> thanks to everyone. David, trust me, I'm going to have my digital with me everywhere. This is only a small experience...just for fun. besides, i made a new year's resolution to shoot five rolls of film this year. This is a good way to do it.
In fact, when I bought a battery and film last night, the girl asked me if I wanted to buy a digital camera. I told her I already had five of them.
when we get some film taken, I'll share more.
mark |
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Steve Ueckert, Photographer
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Houston | TX | | Posted: 7:36 PM on 10.08.09 |
->> David, you wrote: "But let's remember a key advantage with digital: You know immediately if you have captured a moment or not. "
If the moment is missed, is it any less missed with digital than film?
As for taking a chance that something in the processing chain won't screw-up have you never had a corrupted CF card, hard drive die or the like? Have you never lost a single digital file? C'mon, not even one?
--Steve |
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David Harpe, Photographer
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Louisville | KY | USA | Posted: 7:49 PM on 10.08.09 |
| ->> You're right Steve. We should all be shooting film. For everything. It's far more reliable. |
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Alex Blackwelder, Student/Intern
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Powell | TN | USA | Posted: 2:19 PM on 10.09.09 |
| ->> Congrats on your baby! How did you like Guangzhou? |
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Mark Buffalo, Photographer
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Lonoke | AR | USA | Posted: 1:56 AM on 10.10.09 |
->> Alex, Guangzhou was awesome...just hotter than you know where. I really enjoyed Shamian Island...I just hope we got good deals there. We seemed to. I do miss china some...it is the birth place of my little girl.
thanks for the kind workds |
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Alex Blackwelder, Student/Intern
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Powell | TN | USA | Posted: 11:39 AM on 10.11.09 |
->> Glad you had a nice time! I ask because I am studying in Central China and I get a month off for break and I gotta figure out where to travel to.
China is crazy... but somehow I think it gets into your soul.... And you will have an extra special connection there. :) |
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