Flim SLR's

I know this community is typically a digital photography community, however since I only see canon talk here, I just wanted to know if any of you still use canon's Film SLRs from the past.


The reason I thought of this was since the other day I was sorting out my old photography stuff and managed to locate my old F1(N), A1, EOS 500 and Elan 7E QD. I have fond memories of these models since I learnt photographyon these cameras. Infact the F1 is older to me by 6 years and still works great. And the same it the case with the A1, which I really admire since it is mechanical and can work with out batteries.


These are just thoughts and would surely like to know your experiences with similar analog equipment....


Regards..NG....

I still have my trusty old Olympus OM10 and Canon EOS100. I don't think I'll ever get rid of them, too many happy memories. (the OM10 still has a few specks of red African dust lodged in the viewfinder from my first big foreign trip!) I'll probably never use them again, but its comforting to know that if I ever need to expose a roll of film, the EOS100 is compatible with all my newer lenses.

I'm strongly contemplating enrolling in some photography classes this summer or fall, and find myself quite willing to buy a film camera, just to break some lazy habits and gain the perspectives.

Yup. I still shoot with an EOS Elan7ne. I love that eye control!!!

One thing I remember from my film days was the high costs involved. This did however have the advantage of forcing me to put a lot more thought into composition and getting exposure, focusetc correct. Nowadays we can just fire away at X fps & hit the delete button when we get it wrong, back then it was money down the drain! This thread is enticing me to purchase a few rolls of slide film and take a trip down memory lane[:D]

Like I said, I'd like to break some lazy habits. All too often, when I mash the button and fire away, I feel like the "best shot" was the action between the first and second frame, meaning I missed the great shot in the 100ms between shots.


Strobist recently had a guest post on someone else's blog where he described the old game of First Frame. Two photos shooting a game would load a fresh roll of film, shoot a frame of each other as proof, then prepare to shoot the game. The First Frame each shot was their entry into the contest, to be judged on composition, technicals, and of course how big of a moment it was in the game. It's things that force me to think about what I'm shooting that I really feel that I need.

In just a couple of years things will have gotten to shutterless shooting at variable frame rates and just choose the frame you like in post. Pretty crazy.

I still have my 30 year old AE-1, 10 year old to me A-1, and a bunch of FD lenses. I haven't shot any film for at least 3 years but I haven't got the heart to sell my film stuff. I have a lot of fond memories shooting film but it's just so expensive compared to digital. I figured that it costs about $20 a roll including film, developing, and printing these days. But I have this great 35-105mm F3.5 zoom that shoots great shots and I'll probably bring it out to shoot again soon.

I think I need to get back to film shooting, The digital cam has turned me into a lazy photographer always quick on the trigger and not taking time to compose the pic. Take a few shots and then choose the best one of the lot and discard the rest....

Hi naturegrapher


I am glad You post this one! I am frustrated with "must have" stuffs !


One could by a 5D and a few "L" lenses...I Did...After couple of months, oooopppssss, 5DII 22Mpix camera is on the market,


another must have...


OK, new, beter...But, hey... Are my lenses good inough for new resolution?


I'm tired!


I use my Canon 1VHS a lot. All my lenses are sharper on film body then on 5D!


It's kind of enjoyment when I feel a Pro tool in my hands, listening the shutter sound andrelax my mind knowing


there is no needs for post process after scanning. So I can spend my time with my friends and family instead with my comp.


I 've been using The Eos 1V HS since it came to Europian market.
This is so far, The Best 35mm<span>filmcamera ever. The Eos 1V HS was always in my bag next to my Hasselblad camera in a HQ film days.
I sold my Hass but kept The legendary Canon 1 V HS.

Today, my 5D and 5D II looks like a toys compared to a Working Horse 1V HS
The body is full metal &amp; solid constraction, non like 1DsIII, even better, and it is enjoyment to use it and fill the rolls in the field.
It has brightest and biggest viewfinder with 45 focusing points and with 10 frames per second shooting rate and no focussing issues like 1DmkII or III does in AISERVO mode!


Note: I am Not against Digital at all !


Best Regards, mzemljic

I have an EOS 30 (7E in the U.S.) that I use for landscape shooting. Much cheaper than a 5DII, and more megapixels, if you use the right film and a good scanner.





I'm also currently fixing up an Olympus PEN FT, as a small camera I can keep in my bag. The half-frame format size is still larger than the sensor on my 400D, and film quality has improved a lot since this camera came out, so with the aforementioned good scanner, this could be a good unobtrusive SLR.

I will be procuring my parent's old Pentax A3000 over the weekend. I am without a camera at the moment and we all figured that this is better than nothing, or at least it will be if it still works. It has been stored for almost as long as I can remember.

I have been using the film cameras for the past week or so and I am loving the results. I am thinking of taking the covers offold mamiya 330, but the problem is getting the film developed. I am sure,it would be good fun usingthe beast (mamiya) and my sweetheart A1 together.

i do


1.Canon IXUS APS (SLR)


2.Canon EPOCA


3.Canon EOS 5 (my bro)


4.Canon EOS 1V (my bro)

NG....just thought I'd add mytwo cents worth on the subject of using film SLR's and digital SLR's. I currently own an AE-1, A-1, and an EOS 630. With the exception of my first camera, an Argus C4 (that I also still use), Iuseonly Canon camera's and lenses. I still shoot with the EOS 630 regularly, and occasionally with the AE-1 and A-1, but most of myphotography since September 2006 has beendone with my 30D digital SLR. I still enjoy using my film cameras and continue to get very satisfying images with film. I love shooting digital however, and it hasonly made me more excited about photography.With digital, the ability to adapt to quickly changing conditions out in the field almost instantly without changing film or carrying multiple camera bodies loaded with different types and speedsof film is fantastic. As a result,by just changing a few camera settings I can stay in a creative mode longer, andam able to continue shooting andcapture images that I would never have gotten with a film camera.I disagree with those who say that using a digital camera/DSLR makes you alazy photographer because it's so easy to delete the "bad" shots or fix them later with imaging software. After talking with many fellow photographers I've met out in the field, it is mybelief that most photographerswho consider themselves enthusiastsor serious amateurs like myself, take the time to learn the proper exposure and composition skills andthe capabilities of their camera toget the image right at the time of capture without depending upon their imaging software to "fix" it for them later. Personally, I work very hard to get the best exposure and composition at the time I capture an image whether I'm using a film or digital SLR.With my digital SLR I work in RAW capture exclusively so I perform some post processing on all of my images and I don't hesitate to make minor adjustments in Lightroom or Photoshop if necessary. For those puristswho think the use of imaging software to manipulate an image is so terrible and not in keeping with traditional ways, they should studythe techniquesAnsel Adams used in the darkroom to get his amazing images. He used various chemical mixtures for developinghis negatives and prints depending upon the type of film he usedto get the final print to look the way he wanted it to based onhis vision of the scene as he originally photographed it. It wasn't unusual for Ansel to go back into his darkroom and print an image multiple times using different chemical mixtures at differenttemperatures for different lengths of time until he got it the way he wanted it. In reality he did in the darkroom what we can now do on the computer. I enjoy landscape and nature photography most, and I have great fun capturing the great outdoors onfilm or digital. Not every image I capture is perfect, and I've certainly taken more than my fair share of bad ones over the years,but those bad ones have taught me a lot and I have a lot of fun. Having fun, that's what it's really all about!


My apologies for such a lengthy dialog.


Sincerely...Jeff

I do not mind doing it my self but I do not have theequipment. On the otherhandI do not have an issue with paying what ever the price to somebodyand then getting it done. But the problem that I face in India is that there is not a soul in the city that I live in of 7.5 million people who can do this development. The nearest place where this development can be done is nearly 1500 miles away. I think, I will currently shoot the existing film and then get it developed in the US when ever I visit or send it across to a friend who can get it developed......