M9 users still shooting film?

[Double Negative]

I still shoot film, though perhaps more in MF than 35mm. I do my own B&W at home, but color has to be sent out. So, being a bit lazy I tend to shoot B&W film, but leave the color for digital.

However... There are times when only film will do! For example, Velvia, Ektar, Provia... They just have such a LOOK to them that lacks in digital.

So I guess... "It depends."

 

[thompsonkirk]

My choices aren't complicated. I use an M9 for things that move, and vintage Rolleiflexes for things that hold still.

Kirk

 

[PeterA]

For me any camera system is about how the glass renders the shot be it whether I shoot B&W film or digital in 35mm or MF. I use film for a different look which even flatbed Epsons are capable of showing. By far and away the best looking digital files are from my M9 and my S2 employing Leica glass and these two cameras as well as some old school Hasselblad and Rollie MF glass make taking pictures a very satisfying hobby.

I will never go back to a chemical darkroom but processing ones own B&W using a dark bag and some simple chemistry is a simple pleasure. Is anyone a real photographer unless they can soup their own B&W? -

I am also heartily tired of to much photo shopping - which a lot of MF and 35mm camera systems require to make the most of a file. Again Leica shines here - out of camera files requiring the least amount of mucking around.

But B&W souped up according to the zone system effect you are after ? IMHO digital is nowhere near it - black blacks and white whites with a lot more subtle tonality in between - and isn't that what everyone's eyes like to see.:thumbup: