Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Lately I have fallen in love again with my old Nikon FM and a 50mm f/1.8 lens. Here begins my problem. I LOVE film however, I just can't afford shooting it as much as I would like. Soon perhaps, but that's of no consequence. So I take my Canon EOS 10d out most places with me and rarely shoot ever. I try to make myself, but I don't know why the finger doesn't push the button. If I take my Leica with, I'll shoot several rolls a day. Same with the Nikon FM and my EOS RT. The digital DOES have a few issues that I don't like: warm up time, battery life, the crop factor and a small viewfinder. (I was spoiled by Nikon F3's and F4's a few years ago and have kicked myself every day for selling them.) So I'm wondering, is there any logical reason that I would consciously or subconsciously want to shoot film over digital? I'm hoping that a move up to an EOS 5d might help this, but I wouldn't want to invest $3k and find out that I still have this digital "funk" and continue to shoot film. I'm not saying that one is better than the other. I'm "soul searching" for a reason of why I want to take a photograph with a film camera and not a digital. Because I believe that in the end it's all about the image itself & not the tools used to make it. Your sage wisdom is appreciated. Philip