Hello from Maine,
I really enjoy taking my circa 1988 Pentax P3n out occasionally and running a roll of film trough it.
Today I had fun with it, I even brought it to the department store
I call it 'film testing'
So limited, it's film is stuck at ISO 200, I have to shoot in aperture priority on account of the lens I have, and that lens doesn't zoom or focus by itself...
Then why is it such a treat to use ? Am I screwy or does a film SLR just feel better than a digital for leisure ?
I like the big viewfinder, with it focusing, though manual, is easy and engaging. I choose the aperture based on depth of field (and available light) and the camera tells me what shutter speed it's going to use. I advance the film and take the shot, clunk, the shutter sounds like a ball dropped into a bucket - and that's it. The capture is complete. There is no looking at the back of the camera, I won't know if the shot came out for a long time.
Film is more rare than digital - I compose each shot so thoughtfully and careful. I look through that big viewfinder and check for a distracting background then I move to frame my subjects. It's like a TV show in there compared to the postage stamp I see in my dSLR.
It's very engaging I guess... But it's completely obsolete
I get better results from shooting digital RAW (for now, I'll get a descent film scanner one of these days) but I just enjoy using the SLR.
Why do we mess around with these film camera and like them so much ? Are we all screwy ?
Just a fuzzy idea I'm having
Cheers,
Craig
Last edited by spystyle; 09-20-2010 at 01:50 PM.