New film camera aimed at 'nostalgic' young Japanese fans

Although I mainly use a Nikon D5000 now, I still occasionally use my Canon A-1 (the predecessor to the AE-1).

Digital images are great with the speed, sharpness, and clatity, but real film images have a distinct quality to them, more as the eye sees. Yes, much more thought goes into composing the image.

i remember those days well. i guess you can only get fuji film and chromes processed now, which has a blue/green bias. but kodachrome had much better red tones.

i guess you could process kodachrome as b/w.

i shot with a nikon f2 and also and a great manual mamiya 645 format. the mamiya lenses were made by hasselblad. beautiful lenses. i used chromes mostly, so you had to be more precise with lighting than print film.

strobes, reflectors, light meters, and yes, composition through the lens finder. a lot of thought went into it.

remember when you’d go to a camera store, put money on the counter and have them tell you when to stop shopping. it was like eating potato chips. you couldn’t stop.

nostalgic.

I'm not someone who has nostalgia for the film days. I did my camera training in the back then, but when digital came along it was and is much better.

If you are a hobbyist faffing around with film is fine, but none of my clients give a flying Fujifilm what it is taken with as long it is on time and as they requested

I have a Olympus OM1, brought second-hand in London more than ten years ago, I purchased lens too.

I have to say I have spent most of the decade plus learning how to use it features properly.

I do enjoy reviewing inflicting on my neighbours and friends, my many photo albums and slide shows, so polite I don't have to lock the doors so they cannot escape.

When the world went digital, some of the fun left with it. I guess that is progress.

Kudos to Keita Suzuki, leads a group of young analogue photography fans. 

Nikon Df from 2012, similar. Steel body, mechanical dials and levers, digital innards. Great camera, and can take virtually all of the Nikkor lenses ever made.

There are some special effects I can do with film that I do not know how to do with digital. That said, I would never go back to film.

Natsuki..?

"Like a camera!"

Moving to Florida several months ago, I didn't have the heart to throw out my 50 yr old Nikkormat 35mm SLR and lenses. Picking it up for the first time in soooo many years, I felt a true joy - finding an old and trusted friend. So glad I kept it. Didn't even think they still made 35 mm film, but, yes the did! Bought a second body and 24 mm wide angle. Very, very happy taking razor sharp pix of Florida's boundless nature. Framing the prints and mounting them on my walls is sublime.

Film photography can get expensive real quick with not just film rolls, but the cost of development. Yes, film photography can be a hobby, but not the primary means of taking photos today.

Comparing film and digital cameras is a bit like comparing horseback riding with driving an EV. No one wants to see horses go extinct, but no one wants to use them as their primary means of transportation.

Hmmm, maybe I need to dig out the old Minolta XE-7 and its lenses and see if I even remember how to use it 0:

Showa chic isn't new. Ironically, it may now be tougher to get a decent digital camera that works off a couple of AA batteries than a film camera. I'd prefer to recreate the 1980s more comprehensively, largely ignoring the 21st century, which has turned out to be wretched. An 80s bubble with a net connection to permit day to day life.

I have seen there are what are called "digital backs" that replace the film back on certain models of old Hasselblad large format cameras. Pretty cool that you can have the optics of a Hasselblad and be able to switch back and fourth between film and digital media. It would be cool if there were such conversions available for more pedestrian 35mm SLRs.