Interesting, my local college has a photography course, they start using film because there are just three things to change, aperture, shutter speed and focus before concentrating on composition and content. By contrast, my digital compact has over 100 menu options and that's before starting on the software. Perhaps there is a digital bias in the answers to the question because there is no film content in the magazine?
david murray - 8 years ago
Pls note, that @ 16:10, 26 March:
126 voted for no interest in film
140 voted for some interest in film, split between those who wanted content weekly, monthly or in specials.
In other words, a clear majority are interested in film.
Chris Turner - 8 years ago
I read the AP film special with great interest. I've been starting to use my film SLRs again after years of digital only photography. I think film and digital should be able to co-exist although i accept that film will be mostly a niche activity. With the proliferation of smart phones, I can't see film ever becoming mainstream again. One issue I have is finding a suitable lab for film development - there's lots on the internet but quality is unknown. It would be great to see a review of photo labs in a future issue.
Gerald Harper - 8 years ago
I live in the twenty first century and don't want to go back to horse and carts, poverty, black and white photography or a monochrome lifestyle. I am in my 72nd year, by the way.
John Periam - 8 years ago
As A professional photojournalist I still use film on a regular basis. Nice to read your special edition. Yes! Do include more film related topics and bring back film as a choice for a prize for your letter of the week.
Keep up the good work. Still a lot of use film users around. That's what real photography is all about.
It's all about the imagery and I feel that we get carried away with simply reading about the latest digital kit and the tiny incremental advances... Technique around scanning old negatives and making the most of sharing your images would also be really welcome. These days there are 101 ways to get your photos out there and seen by whichever audience you choose - you might be working on a project to scan your parents' old slides for your family to see... or something on a much bigger scale - it would be great to celebrate all these types of creative projects projects we all undertake ????
Michael - 8 years ago
I have just started getting my colour negatives from the 1970's - 1980's scanned so I would like to see articles about the quality of jpeg images that are likely to be produced from the typical 35mm films of that era.
Chester AP - 8 years ago
I would love to see an article where AP lends a 1960s or 1970s manual SLR, its instruction book and one roll of transparency film to an Iphone ‘photographer’, and reviews the results.
Interesting, my local college has a photography course, they start using film because there are just three things to change, aperture, shutter speed and focus before concentrating on composition and content. By contrast, my digital compact has over 100 menu options and that's before starting on the software. Perhaps there is a digital bias in the answers to the question because there is no film content in the magazine?
Pls note, that @ 16:10, 26 March:
126 voted for no interest in film
140 voted for some interest in film, split between those who wanted content weekly, monthly or in specials.
In other words, a clear majority are interested in film.
I read the AP film special with great interest. I've been starting to use my film SLRs again after years of digital only photography. I think film and digital should be able to co-exist although i accept that film will be mostly a niche activity. With the proliferation of smart phones, I can't see film ever becoming mainstream again. One issue I have is finding a suitable lab for film development - there's lots on the internet but quality is unknown. It would be great to see a review of photo labs in a future issue.
I live in the twenty first century and don't want to go back to horse and carts, poverty, black and white photography or a monochrome lifestyle. I am in my 72nd year, by the way.
As A professional photojournalist I still use film on a regular basis. Nice to read your special edition. Yes! Do include more film related topics and bring back film as a choice for a prize for your letter of the week.
Keep up the good work. Still a lot of use film users around. That's what real photography is all about.
It's all about the imagery and I feel that we get carried away with simply reading about the latest digital kit and the tiny incremental advances... Technique around scanning old negatives and making the most of sharing your images would also be really welcome. These days there are 101 ways to get your photos out there and seen by whichever audience you choose - you might be working on a project to scan your parents' old slides for your family to see... or something on a much bigger scale - it would be great to celebrate all these types of creative projects projects we all undertake ????
I have just started getting my colour negatives from the 1970's - 1980's scanned so I would like to see articles about the quality of jpeg images that are likely to be produced from the typical 35mm films of that era.
I would love to see an article where AP lends a 1960s or 1970s manual SLR, its instruction book and one roll of transparency film to an Iphone ‘photographer’, and reviews the results.