Almost set to begin photographing human life in film with the Nikon F5. I still have my extra digital Nikon D300, which will be in occasional use. A list of reasons why I chose to begin shooting in film with the F5: 1. Images of people have a warm feel, without the need to post process and the look of film grain is nice. One can appreciate a properly exposed shot without the need for hours of editing. 2. Despite its 8fps shooting capability, will force me to become even better at getting THE shot. My photography is something which at times requires very high physical discipline and fitness. Contorting, crawling, single handed shots while mirroring subjects in street photography are some of the challenges in getting a good shot. Having an expensive roll of 24 exposures will increase the difficulty, and further strain the mind, body, environment connection. 3. The Nikon F5 is one of the last cameras the company built, with no reservations whatsoever. It is still (IMO) the flagship film camera of the company. It was produced from 1996 to 2004 and outperforms most modern cameras today in autofocus capability, metering, fps, build quality and durability. The shutter is extremely tough, capable of in excess of 1 million actuations, compared to the 300,000 rating of many of todays full frame digitals. It is also self diagnostic and can make minor repairs in the event something is out of whack. 4. It was used onboard space shuttle discovery in 1999. 5. Smaller carbon footprint (?). 6. Will make full use of the 85mm 1.4D, for which it was intended. 7. Intended for professionals, it is the highest performing film camera in the world and aside from the film downside, is still an amazing piece of engineering, before the company began producing 3-4 new models every year, many with serious problems related to research & development and poor design and construction (digital photography tech is currently not where film left off with the f5......IMO). Rather than the company admitting it had a serious flaws in one or more of their cameras and take care of their loyal customers the right way, they would simply come out with a new model, the same year ex. (the D610 after the D600). Management aint what is used to be. 8. Film is different, cool and still very much in high demand. 9. Hopefully, with all the digital samples here, I can serve as sort of test, perhaps putting to rest the argument that one has an advantage in a digital slr, with the ability to fire away till the cows come home and picking 1 or 2 out of 800 images which match what the photographer actually MEANT to capture. The F5 does have 8 frams per second shooting capability, but that means nothing with a $20 roll of film with 24 exposures packed inside. It also has autofocus and auto metering, but I dont think thats as critical to getting a technically good shot as the power of choice, composition and action and I will therefore use those features to my hearts content. 10. I dont want to be average. https://youtube/watch?v=w8dQblwn0WE
Posted on: Sun, 21 Sep 2014 12:47:30 +0000
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