Film slowing down even more?
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Ha Zu Ni Za
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To my knowledge, there are still alot of film enthusiasts here in singapore. Maybe it's quiet here in the forum but I think people especially the generation after the 90s don't use forums as a gathering point.
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It is really slowing down. Many friends of mine who used to shoot film a lot now do not shoot anymore. Of course, it is not the statistical number but i can feel it. The increasing cost (film/dev) and lesser development facility are main reason. Also, digital is getting better and better.
Ha Zu Ni Za
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No doubt digital is getting better. And with film presets in lightroom and all, why would anyone want to shoot film, right?
Then again I do believe there are still film enthusiasts. I know my friends are still shooting it. And their friends are also shooting. And I myself still do shoot film. [emoji16] [emoji16] [emoji16]
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Still, if you monitor the sales of film cameras... It is much less active now compared to 4-5 years back. I do believe that there are less ppl shooting. If it remains the same, we do not have less and less film lab.
not much film cameras are still in production.
IMHO another contributing factor for the apparent "quietness" in this forum is that in 35mm film rangefinder world there's not much new gear topics to discuss. People usually use vintage cameras (on which there are already quite a lot of existing information and sample photos). So if a person is considering buying, say, a Canonet, he/she can probably just search for existing reviews instead of starting new thread. If later he/she want to share the resulting images it'll probably be done elsewhere in a genre-specific subforums (street, portraiture...). And if the person likes shooting with the camera he/she might just use it for as long as it's practical. So there's lower probability of us seeing new threads related to "upgrading"/"switching" camera 
SIBEI SAD MAN! Give free also nobody want. End up throwing away.
No wonder nobody want to buy my F5. Maybe I should also throw it away. Smash it with a sledgehammer. :cry:
some people still KPKB about buying film from local camera store very expensive, suggests to boycott the local camera store and buy film from oversea, that is really helping.................... to end the film photography faster.
The Dry Box
Senior Member
On the contrary, I actually felt there's are still a substantial amount of individual shooting film, but with toy cameras, having visited Ruby from time to time I have seem more enquiries from lca and sardinas girls than actual interchangeable camera users... i think!
Though for serious shooters, I just do not feel it's necessary any more? A single check box in image editors made some camera files looks close to my hp5 @ default iso. Crush the blacks to get the pushed look. Especially the new sony a7r2 where it's noise is very fine grain.
In the past, I always bitch about how I dislike the micro-four thirds digital files. With full frame and high mp, it's not bad.
I am still keeping a m6 and 35 summicron... just in case I want to shoot film though.
Though for serious shooters, I just do not feel it's necessary any more? A single check box in image editors made some camera files looks close to my hp5 @ default iso. Crush the blacks to get the pushed look. Especially the new sony a7r2 where it's noise is very fine grain.
In the past, I always bitch about how I dislike the micro-four thirds digital files. With full frame and high mp, it's not bad.
I am still keeping a m6 and 35 summicron... just in case I want to shoot film though.
Its more hipster lifestyle and maybe scrapbooking than conventional photography.
Bandi
New Member
Some unnamed most likely expired film in random sizes? Very appealing.
Ad for Ruby and local stores: if you really shoot film (I only shoot film now) then it's a tough call. Most of the time they don't have stuff on store, months of waiting and for novelty: limited amount per person.
Ad for Ruby and local stores: if you really shoot film (I only shoot film now) then it's a tough call. Most of the time they don't have stuff on store, months of waiting and for novelty: limited amount per person.
I hope won't give some people excuse of skimping on film usageQuality is more important then quantity. Volume is never for film. at least not now.
ones do need to have enough practises to make things perfect, but practises can't just shoot without loading film into the camera, so ones still need have to spend enough of films to learn how to get quality shots.
I think the situation with film photography today is similar to the situation with drawing / painting after invention of photography. Centuries ago if we need portraiture or some image to illustrate something (content of books, advertisement etc) it has to be drawn or painted, since there was no photography technology yet. With invention of photography, photos are used instead of drawing/painting for many things. But even now there are still people creating and buying paintings and related supplies. It just changes from "the only choice" to "one of the available choices"
Anyway, if an artist is creating a work for himself/herself, choice of medium is really up to the artist. Oil painting, ink and wash, BW photograph, color photograph, large format, tintype, whatever ;p With commercial works, this depends on the client, but if the artist happens to have a client who is OK with the choice of medium (or even specifically wants it) that will be OK. As for "ecosystem"-related matters like survival of related businesses, it's pretty straightforward:
- If people buy more stuff related to film photography -> existing businesses can survive, and there might even be new players interested in entering the market.
- If people buy less -> existing players may fold, and potential new players may be discouraged from entering.
zk-diq
Senior Member
I do agree with you. but do think / compose don't any how release shutter. haha
