Film camera for weddings (as guest)

This has gone so far ot, it should probably be moved to talk arguments business where the pros can wade in and tell us how wrong we all are.
 
steveo_mcg said:
This has gone so far ot, it should probably be moved to talk arguments business where the pros can wade in and tell us how wrong we all are.
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Quite frankly, as the OP is charging money to photograph a wedding and doesn't even know what camera to use, we shouldn't be helping at all!

<fx: stage whisper>

Wait, what? Oh, sorry, that was just instinct. As you were.
 
I think the charging thing was a joke Paul.... Back to sleep now, there's a good lad. :D
 
Gulp!

(I suspect the actual decision will be made by SWMBO and will be on the lines of "didn't you buy a smart phone with a camera? That'll fit better in the pocket of that ghastly old suit...")
 
Solved:- let your wife use the X10 and if she is really not interested in photography then tell her to snap everything and everybody and something should come out interesting...then you can use what you like for the special film shots.
 
Well, for the niece's wedding I took the mju II and the X10 up to Scotland, but in the end it was a nice enough day not to need a coat, so I only took the X10 to the event (thinking the Oly would make an unsightly bulge in my suit... :naughty: ). I haven't used a digi camera much at all in the last couple of years, and I found it a bit weird, specially using the back screen rather than the OVF for "composing". But... the results were more than acceptable, not for composition, but for colour, vibrancy, sharpness etc. It was a bit of a (pleasant) surprise. Not sure why, of course, it's as it should be. I found the photo-making process much less involving and interesting, and much more hasty and un-considered. It's left me rather confused :confused:o_O , as to whether I'm right to put most of my photography effort into film.

The real question, I think, is: am I going to learn to make better images more easily with film, or with digital. But maybe that's a question for another thread, or even one of those questions that should just never be asked because folk will get hot under the collar for or against...

And it seems very likely the camera at my son's wedding will also be the X10, although I am definitely considering leaving it behind too!
 
H'mm I can't see the confusion as it's the photographer that makes the picture, and we all know using a digital camera makes it easier and more convenient to get what you want. If you can't get what you want from a film camera then use digital gear.
 
excalibur2 said:
Well formal shots at a wedding and there is nothing wrong in the old days using a TLR, but in the same era how many war, sports photographers etc used a TLR...it's no good saying "use your feet" when you can't and need a tele lens...so the camera\lens you use does make a difference.
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Do some research on Tim Hetherington. He often used a TLR as a photojournalist, often in wars, because it was less imposing and found he was much more approachable and less conspicuous due to holding it at waist level rather than eye level.
 
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I took my Minolta Autocord out for a couple of hours a few days ago, and I must admit I didn't get on with it. I've only shot a couple of rolls before. I suspect the screen is part of the issue, and once Rick Oleson comes back fom his medical leave I'm going to try a replacement. Basically I couldn't see well enough to focus unless I used the magnifier thingy (loupe?), and to use that, it became a chin-level finder rather than a waist level finder. Then dropping it back to waist level for final composition I tended to knock the focus lever (at the bottom)! It was very frustrating; much more difficult than when I used a borrowed Mamiya 645...
 
thorton said:
Do some research on Tim Hetherington. He often used a TLR as a photojournalist, often in wars, because it was less imposing and found he was much more approachable and less conspicuous due to holding it at waist level rather than eye level.
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Interesting thread on it's own on who used what, when and why..I'm old enough to remember the Rollei was used a lot by Fleet st in 50s and 60s, but the first decent SLR (Nikon F) only came out in 1959 and then with other makes the SLR became very popular...but can't remember if\when Fleet St changed to the new format.
 
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