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End of Film Photography


After shooting color slides and black and white negatives for forty years, I went digital in late 2003 with a Nikon D100 and lenses left over from film photography: 20mm, 28-105 macro zoom, and 70-300 zoom.

These images document my transition from film to digital.
Newest postings are at the bottom.


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Light box used for examining slides
Light box used for examining slides		 Slides on the light box
Slides on the light box		 From light box to Excel file
From light box to Excel file		 Last roll of film
Last roll of film		 Railing as metaphor
Railing as metaphor
Bon voyage
Bon voyage		 Receipt for mailed slides
Receipt for mailed slides		 Editing photos with Photoshop Elements 2
Editing photos with Photoshop Elements 2		 Dust cover for film card reader (obsolete since I started using Secure Digital memory cards)
Dust cover for film card reader (obsolete since I started using Secure Digital memory cards)		 My N80, retired
My N80, retired
Boolean surprise in Lightroom
Boolean surprise in Lightroom		 First photo log (film; paper)
First photo log (film; paper)		 Second photo log (film; Excel)
Second photo log (film; Excel)		 Third photo log (film; Excel)
Third photo log (film; Excel)		 Fourth photo log (digital; Word)
Fourth photo log (digital; Word)
Final photo log (film again; Word)
Final photo log (film again; Word)		 Sixth and current photo log (digital; Lightroom)
Sixth and current photo log (digital; Lightroom)

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Ali Majdfar07-Oct-2013 01:54
Great documentation; hope to enjoy digital. ~V
Alan in Massachusetts 28-Jan-2008 03:03
Wow. Great gallery. Now I'm scanning my bunches of color slides. Photoshop vs. the old enlarger. Miss the strange yellow light and the smell of chemicals? I think not.
Guest 03-Jan-2007 02:45
Well, I guess I'm in the minority but I only started taking photos a year ago, and thus far I prefer film. I don't shoot as much as you do though -- so I get quick feedback because I can develop my own the night I shoot if I want to.

I shoot digital too but something about it just isn't as much fun. I guess it's the fact that the element of surprise has been totally eliminated with digital. I suppose if I shot for a living I might not want the romance. But I don't, so I do.
Dave Beedon12-Jun-2006 10:59
All rolls have been developed and I am enjoying looking at the negatives.
Corey Bunje Bower12-Jun-2006 02:56
Very cool. I hope your 71 rolls are developed now ;)
Guest 31-May-2006 12:06
I love this historic review...I'm a digital child but I loved this sense when I was litle..There isn't anything the ps can do that a true master wouldn't....Just great..
jeromee19-May-2006 01:37
This is great!!! I do miss it every now and then. The only film camera I have kept is my 8x10. The F3's & 4's, Blads, 4x5's... all gone.
This gallery tells a really nice story!!!
J
1moremile07-Apr-2006 23:49
Nice gallery and great idea. I should have read Steve Martin's comment. I tossed my camera. Could've had a nice paper weight.
Guest 15-Mar-2006 06:00
I tried to rekindle my interest in film a month or so ago but realized it was a fools errand and gave it up after only three rolls.
Guest 08-Mar-2006 13:45
Only after I started scanning my negatives I realized how crappy my point and shoot cameras were. My best shots so far were taken by a Nikon FM2, manual focus and guestimating my exposures. Still I don't miss film at all, feedback takes weeks. Hard to learn from mistakes this way.
Mike Stobbs07-Mar-2006 00:04
Very cool galleries Dave......keep up the super work....Mike
Amy 20-Jan-2006 03:56
I think it is a sad period for photography. Nobody actually prints their digital shots--the days of flipping through photo albums will be over.
Henry Taitano14-Jan-2006 07:13
I too have given up on film.
I just Love Digital!
Ronald Gale Johnson15-Nov-2005 05:09
Tells a great story. I agree...sad in a way, but a wonderful subject to document.
Guest 10-Nov-2005 17:57
Why does this gallery make me feel slightly sad? Nostalgia? Not sure, but I LOVE this newfangled technology. This is a cool way to represent the "out with the old" sentiment.
Steve Martin03-Nov-2005 01:50
Yep... amen to that! My old film camera is a paperweight these days.
cheers,
-sm
Guest 14-Oct-2005 15:51
When the photocopy was in its infancy... :)
Robin Reid25-Sep-2005 01:49
Great idea Dave. Yes, for most of us it is good riddance. I know I take many more photos now and they are better than in the old days.
Guest 31-Aug-2005 21:49
Nice documentary... very introspective.
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