Old School
equipment, whatnot, pictures June 22nd, 2007I’ve purchased so many lenses for my Letus setup that I couldn’t resist the urge to buy a film camera body for it.
If the camera you’re using is older than you are - now that’s old school. The Canon EF…
Roughly 33 years old since it was first introduced.
Some BW shots, negatives were subsequently scanned (click to enlarge).
Although I’ve been spoiled with the instant gratification of digital, the experience of shooting in film is truly something else.
The challenge is enormous in coming up with a good picture without being able to preview and review the shots you just took. It’s even harder when you mentally estimate and calculate exposure settings because metering is unavailable (oh and so is auto-focus).
There’s a certain excitement and impatience in going to a brick and mortar shop to have the film processed. The one hour wait is excruciating.
And the tactile feel of actual prints on my hands is extremely gratifying, light years beyond staring at a digital rendition on a computer screen.
*Did you know that so many are memories are lost because people just store and store digital images and never get around to printing them. Said images just pile up and eventually get lost in a sea of digital information without ever seeing the light of day (or ink from a printer). Do yourself a favor and start printing on paper.
June 22nd, 2007 at 2:04 pm
Truly different, the stiffness of the shutter, the sound of the shutter screen as it open/closes, the complexity of putting film and catching the sprockets, turning the knobs. ahhh the film camera…. remember…
June 23rd, 2007 at 10:10 am
i can’t believe i let shooting in film pass for so long.
so many experiences apart from digital, so many more screw-ups to make. (my first try the film didn’t load properly, the second I exposed some of the film). :p
Can’t wait for my portrait!
June 23rd, 2007 at 11:23 am
i agree with the last paragraph.
my wife’s family has been in the photo-finishing business for the past 15 years and the digital age has indeed made its impact.
the hardest task is really trying to convince people that digital storage is risky (i.e. will CDs still be readable 30-50 years from now, etc.) and that the best means of archiving is still to print their images.
June 23rd, 2007 at 8:32 pm
Thanks for commenting Justin.
Shuffling through prints is way better than clicking on a mouse.
June 26th, 2007 at 9:00 pm
bagay naman sayo ang oldschool ah, sana di ka na din nagwebsite para sa mga walang client lang yun hahaha. thanks for the prints, can’t believe they were taken from this, kala ko galing sa camera phones ng bestfriends mo dun hahahaha
san na yung amin, bat wala pa sa site, takot ka noh baka lalong mawalan hahaha
January 14th, 2008 at 9:21 pm
Agree with the last paragraph like justin. Printing digital images on paper put them to life, and they age and fade with time. old pictures ought to look old aren’t we?
January 14th, 2008 at 9:25 pm
jason, thank me naman for commenting. pinaghirapan ko yang english na yan. aren’t wea?