Do you still use or buy film cameras?
By Artgirl
@owstalaga (4707)
Philippines
May 20, 2008 9:31pm CST
In this day and age we are all into using digital cameras for storing and sharing our memories... We don't have to go and wait for an hour or more just to see how our pictures came out. Now with digital cameras, we can immediately see how we look in a picture or how good the photo we took looks like.
I know some people who still love taking pictures using film cameras... it's all about how good they are as photographers or they just like to wait before they see the results. Other people i guess still enjoy taking pictures using film cameras.
Me? i think i'm more into digital cameras than film cameras... With digital cameras you can get high resolution photos. Although i would want to explore more on film cameras... but i just don't have the time to tinker about with it or wait until the films get developed. although i could wait for them to develop... i guess i just lost my passion in manual type photography... =). Haha.
So anyway i ask you this... do you or would you still use film cameras? Either the manual or automatic type? Why or why not?
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25 responses
@trickiwoo (2702)
• United States
21 May 08
I bought a 35mm SLR camera about a year ago. I absolutely love it! While I mostly shoot digital, I still enjoy shooting film here and there! I currently take my photos in to get processed, but I would love to set up my own darkroom some day! I also plan on getting myself a medium format film camera at some point. And maybe even one day I'll get a large format camera!
I love shooting digital for so many reasons, but film can be a lot of fun too!
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@owstalaga (4707)
• Philippines
23 May 08
yep, film cameras can still be a lot of fun. =) hope you get that large format camera... hehe... although i'm not sure i know what that is... =)
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@Pigglies (9329)
• United States
24 May 08
I use digital 99.99% of the time. However, I do have an old manual film camera and it kind of fun to have to do things manually and then hope for the best. I don't use the automatic film cameras anymore because digital is better. I'd say digital is also better than my manual Nikon, but I still love that camera because it's just so fun. But film is also so expensive to develop. I have like 5 rolls that I need to use but I'm always so afraid to use them because I know something could go wrong and I'd waste money developing that photo.
I love digital though. Hopefully this summer I'll start taking more photos again. I used to take about 100 photos per week. Then I got bored of that after awhile.
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@owstalaga (4707)
• Philippines
27 May 08
hahaha... that's what happens if you have your own digital cameras... sometimes you get bored of it... haha... =)
Anyway i also have a Nikon FM10 but i'm currently selling it online somewhere... haha. =) Don't really use it anymore so might as well let other people buy & use it. =)
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@owstalaga (4707)
• Philippines
27 Jun 08
well i'm selling it for around $200 including camera flash...
i'm hoping i could sell it this month or until july... haha... =)
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@vianneyanzu (908)
• Philippines
26 May 08
We use digital cameras... It's been a long time since we last used those film cameras. They have been sitting in our cabinets for a long time... I wonder if there are still people who use it (and loyal to it... )
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@owstalaga (4707)
• Philippines
27 May 08
yep... there are still people loyal to film cameras...
=) There are also collectors who buy film cameras... i just sold some a few weeks ago...
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@joliefille (3690)
• Philippines
28 Jun 08
I don't think I would want to buy film cameras these days. I'm too impatient for those kinds of things. 
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@owstalaga (4707)
• Philippines
30 Jun 08
If i get the time maybe i'll buy one that's good just for hobby, but right now, i don't think i have the time to use film cams... =)
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@Davidarich (985)
• Australia
5 Dec 08
I have about $4000 worth of film cameras sitting in my workroom: at least, that is what they cost me. If I sold them today I'd be lucky to get a few hundred. They are just paperweights these days, but maybe some day they'll become collectors' items.
As to the film I have sitting in a cooler...it is way out of date and probably useless.
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@Davidarich (985)
• Australia
5 Dec 08
just realised I have already posted here...sorry.
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@Davidarich (985)
• Australia
16 Oct 08
I shoot digital. I always new that the rate of development in digital would eventually make film obsolete, and it saddened me.
In 2003 I went to Africa with a Canon EOS5 and a Panasonic Lumix FZ20. I ran 300 images a day through the little 4megapixel Lumix and a similar amount of film through the Canon. That Canon is a pro level camera; the Lumix was, at the time, a well specified consumer camera. Yet since then, I have not taken more than 1 roll of film and the EOS languishes on the shelf.
I often feel guilty about that ~ sort of disloyal. I still have the Panasonic (well, my wife does) and two others beside, plus a Canon EOS digital system.
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@owstalaga (4707)
• Philippines
8 Apr 09
haha, that's okay. maybe you should use them once in a while so you won't feel guilty. =)
@Ravenladyj (22904)
• United States
22 May 08
As much as I loved my professional film camera, I REALLY REALLY love the digital cameras..I swore that I wouldnt until my husband bought me one a few yrs back for Mothers Day...I've not gone back to film cameras since then LOL
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@owstalaga (4707)
• Philippines
23 May 08
Hahaha... you go girl. =) I pity your film cameras... lol.. ^_^
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@aseretdd (13730)
• Philippines
21 May 08
I don't buy film for my camera anymore... my so called analogue camera is now my baby's toy... i now use a digital camera which is more convenient... since there is no need to go to a film store to buy film and have them developed... but i know a guy who has this passion for photography... who refuse to use digital cameras... i don't know why... but the pictures he takes are quite awesome...
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@owstalaga (4707)
• Philippines
21 May 08
yeah people who are really passionate about photography still buy film cameras and/or use them i guess.
From what i know, people who still use film cameras are either very good photographers or just enjoy using film cameras... =)
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@brenmk (9)
• United States
30 Jun 08
I still use a film camera simply because I haven't bought a digital camera. I really do want to switch over to digital though and plan to get one soon. I also like to be able to see my pictures right away instead of having to wait for them to develop. It usually takes me a long time to fill the film up so by the time it's full I have forgotten which pictures are one it.
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@travibabiesgirl (1690)
• United States
26 Jun 08
I prefer digital. I like knowing if my picture will be good right away. I hate wasting money on pictures that did not turn out.
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@ruby222 (4847)
•
16 Oct 08
Digital cameras are the way forward I am sure,they are amazing really,to think that you can take the photgraph,and then print it off all within the space of a few minutes.I have a compact digital camera,but I do need to buy another memory stick for it though.My Mother still has her camera that uses the reels of film,I have tried to persuade her to buy a digital camera,but her opinion is that the photographs are no goo whatsoever if they are stuck on a disk or stored on a computer!she prefers to stick her pictures into albums.which in turn get stuck away in cupboards and the top off wardrobes and brought out when we eventually have a family get together,which is not too often nowadays.
@jesbellaine (4139)
• Philippines
5 Dec 08
I don’t but my auntie does and the other elders at home. They still prefer film rolls for their cameras. We have a digital camera and the old style camera which my mom or aunt uses. They just can’t get use to the fact that there is a digital cameras.. hehehe…
Happy Mylotting and Happy Holidays! Cheers!
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@fortknox75 (842)
• Philippines
3 Jun 08
Since I had my digital camera, I no longer use the conventional camera with films. Why would I when I already have the advantage of taking pictures with digicam, see the outcome of your shots right away, redo your shots if you are not satisfied, and print only the shots that you want. With the conventional camera with films, we cannot do all the the things that I have mentioned above. It will be more economical to use the digital camera in the long run, since we don't have to buy films and we don't waste printing the shots that we do not like. Have a great day owstalaga!
@br3nn4n (69)
• United States
23 May 08
I personally love the look and clarity of film cameras, but being a computer nerd I don't use them. My mom has a really nice (~$700 several years back) DSL, a film camera, which she rarely uses due to the simplicity of digital. I find digital much easier to use than film, as you can take the picture and have it online or viewing it in under a minute later! :D
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@owstalaga (4707)
• Philippines
26 Jun 08
well that is the advantage of digital cameras... =) instant access. =)
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@roniroxas (10560)
• Philippines
22 May 08
i still have a camera that needs a film but i dont use it anymore i find it more expensive to but a film and after using it pay again for the developing. then when you see the shots that was not properly taken is really a waste of time and money. i still have two disposable cameras that needs to be develpo but i always forgot to. and i still have two desposable camera that i havent use yet.
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@williamjisir (22819)
• China
27 Jun 10
Hello owstalaga. I still keep my two film cameras, but I do not use them any more. I love to use my digital cameras as they are more convenient and easy to handle. You know, we can see photos taken immediately and the photos can be downloaded on our computer and it is considered to paperless photos.
@owstalaga (4707)
• Philippines
30 Jun 10
Yeah that's one the benefits of having digital cameras nowadays... no need to wait to see the images. More fun for us!!!
@MsCYPRAH (394)
•
21 May 08
I certainly don't anymore. I don't even use my digital camera unless I go on holiday because my computer takes my pictures whenever I want, which means they are already stored ready to be emailed etc. I don't see too many adverts for developing films anymore so I guess those types of cameras are slowly going out of use.
@cyberopjames (483)
• United States
21 May 08
I would rather have a digital camera. I just spent $1500 for a HD digital Cam Corder. I am very happy with it. I also have another digital camera that was $800 and I got it at Best buy for $250 with an open box deal. The camera works great. I now have a new device that has an 80 gig hdd built in that allows me to download the cameras without a computer. You really can't do that with a film camera. Remember you get what you paid for. If you buy a low end digital camera you, for the most part get low end pictures.
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@dhangski (3194)
• Philippines
21 May 08
My husband just gave me a digital camera. I think you can save more with digital cams coz in film cameras, you'll buy films and pay for developing. And in digital cams you can edit, or delete the pictures you've taken before you develop it.
