jason_withers Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 <p>I'm 32 and prefer shooting film over using my digital camera. I came into film around 1990 or 1991 when I found my parent's super 8 camera and bought some "then" inexpensive kodachrome movie film. I was hooked after that. It's must more expensive to use film; you really have to think about your pictures in advance. But, it's more comforting I think to slow down and do things that you love to do. We live in a "right-now" society and it's nice to know that there are others out there that enjoy the simpler things in life like film.<br> <img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7080/7317992788_9cb3c09b9e_o.jpg" alt="" /></p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred_haeseker Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 <p>I'm 69 and agree with Ray Hathaway. I could finally afford a Mamiya C330 with three sets of lenses, hoods, Paramender, prism finder -- all the accessories. I'm so used to film digital is a challenge for me.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff_harting1 Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 I am 53 and got my first good camera, a Nikon F at 15 and a yashica may 124 at 16. Since then I have used an wide assortment of film cameras all of which I still have. Sadly, in the last 10 years since going digital my film cameras have gone idle. The darkroom is still there, all that is missing is the chemicals. Recently I showed my very inquisitive soon to be five year old grandson a negative and how to place it in the enlarger. He was fascinated with this "new" technology so don't give up hope for film photography just yet. As soon as I can get some chemistry he will be at work in the darkroom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmin_saveanu Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 <p>At 41, in the light of the previous responses, I'm among the "youngsters" of the classic manual camera users. At 10, I was using a Fed 5 camera for family pictures, bought by my parents from Ukraina, with ORWO film from East Germany. It took me 28 years to find out that the FED had a focusing help called a rangefinder. I enjoy taking pictures but have to confess that it is the mechanics and engineering of the old cameras that I find most interesting. Most memorable pictures took in the last few years came from a Ricohmatic 225, medium format camera.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_the_waste Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 <p>28 years to figure out what a rangefinder was. Cosmin, we're in the same class. I bought my Kodak Signet 35 around 1976 when I was fourteen years old. It was close to 2000 before I found out the same thing. Cheers to being slow learners.<br> ;-)</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmin_saveanu Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 <p>Great to know I'm not alone Rob. In my defense, I must say that I could not read that well the user manual, in Russian...</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Smullen Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 <p>A belated response to a fascinating thread. I am 67 years old and enjoy Kodak Retina and Agfa rangefinders. The SLR's are resting for the time being. I stumbled into photography in the early 1970's when I discovered that the exposure could be manipulated on a Kodak Instamatic by using a dead flash cube. That led to a Pentax KX purchased in Tokyo and a long love affair with things Pentax.<br> And yes I do also enjoy a Canon G7 digital.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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