jmahto Posted December 10, 2018 Share #1 Posted December 10, 2018 Advertisement (gone after registration) I completed my first year of back to film (stopped shooting film in 2003 when digital became convenient). I did shoot digital for past one year as well and it was fun to compare. I shot around 32 rolls of film (mostly 36 frames each) and almost 90% was in M2 (rest on Nikon FM2 and Konica T2). Many were experimental but I did use it for my summer roadtrip and to capture life as well. I got around 86 pictures that I like very much. That is 7% of total. Still small but I was experimenting a lot. Around the same time I shot more than 6000 digital pictures (with M240 and Nex6 evenly distributed). I got around 4% keepers from that. How much do you shoot in one year? (Note: Nobody pays me, I shoot for myself) All my film keepers Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/292186-how-much-film-do-you-shoot-in-one-year/?do=findComment&comment=3645032'>More sharing options...
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adan Posted December 10, 2018 Share #2 Posted December 10, 2018 When I shot 35mm film, I shot around 10 rolls per week average (some weeks (heck, some weekends!) 25, some weeks 2). About 90% color slide, often a long way from home, and with no chance to check the results - so I did a lot of experimenting in the sense of bracketing exposures, making multiple "versions" of pictures just in case, and otherwise shooting scared ("Everything I've shot so far is probably garbage, so I'd better keep looking for something better.") I never worried about percentage of keepers, just absolute number of keepers. The latter counts on the gallery wall; nobody cares about the former. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug A Posted December 10, 2018 Share #3 Posted December 10, 2018 I shoot about one 12-exposure roll of film a week. I take substantially fewer digital pictures than that - always with my iPhone. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsj Posted December 11, 2018 Share #4 Posted December 11, 2018 about 90 to 100 rolls per year. This year was 65% colour negative and 35% B+W film. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bateleur Posted December 11, 2018 Share #5 Posted December 11, 2018 My total last year was 62 rolls of various formats, this year I will end up shooting much the same amount plus sheet film (new for this year). The term keepers is a loose one for me, it depends, but of the negatives, I print (in the darkroom) approximately 10 - 15%. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
frame-it Posted December 11, 2018 Share #6 Posted December 11, 2018 3-4 rolls a week 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted December 17, 2018 Share #7 Posted December 17, 2018 (edited) Advertisement (gone after registration) Funny, I just did my annual count a few days ago (and didn't shoot with film since ;)): about 855 frames taken with 35 mm film (approx. 24 rolls of 36 frames), 234 frames in medium format (6x6, 6x7, and one film roll with 4x4), and 16 frames in 4x5" large format. Mix of B&W, C-41, and E-6 films, all self-developed and scanned. I shot with 7 analog cameras (four 35 mm ones, 2 medium-format cameras, and one large format camera). Edited December 17, 2018 by Martin B 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkassenkunde Posted December 17, 2018 Share #8 Posted December 17, 2018 This year my total is 30 rolls in different formats, last year only 18. While I did shoot more film, I consequently shot less in digital. I wish I could find the time to shoot as much as others here 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Clark Posted December 17, 2018 Share #9 Posted December 17, 2018 (edited) I don’t use much film anymore and I really don’t keep a tally on how much I’ve used. No color film. I use black & white film only now. I still bulk load as I’m working down film I bought quite a while ago. No scanning. Why scan as I can capture with digital cameras? Film is film and, to my way of thinking, film is meant to be printed with an analog darkroom. When I had my business, I would carry a cooler divided up into various parts each with a different type of film. When I went completely digital in 2004 what a relief! My process stage went from the darkroom to an iMac. Edited December 17, 2018 by Bill Clark 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
benqui Posted December 17, 2018 Share #10 Posted December 17, 2018 The number of rolls is increasing since I sold of my digital stuff except the Monochrom I. Up to now, I shoot approx 6 films/months (35mm and 120, mostly b/w 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted December 18, 2018 Share #11 Posted December 18, 2018 6 hours ago, Bill Clark said: No scanning. Why scan as I can capture with digital cameras? Film is film and, to my way of thinking, film is meant to be printed with an analog darkroom. I do exactly this with my film negatives, but in a very limited amount compared to the images I scan. Why - because that's the only way to show the taken film photo to a greater audience which a single print will rarely get. There is some loss when digitizing film, but I find it marginal. It is still different especially in B&W compared to a photo from a digital camera. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sblitz Posted December 18, 2018 Share #12 Posted December 18, 2018 Enough film in a year for the developing and scanning costs to pay for an M10 and a new lens ..... but in this day and my age rational is not the driving force. To your original point, though, when I go out with my digital and film cameras, I shoot many more digital .... it is free.... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmahto Posted December 18, 2018 Author Share #13 Posted December 18, 2018 22 minutes ago, sblitz said: Enough film in a year for the developing and scanning costs to pay for an M10 and a new lens ..... but in this day and my age rational is not the driving force. To your original point, though, when I go out with my digital and film cameras, I shoot many more digital .... it is free.... This is why when I want to shoot film, I leave digital behind. Yes, film cost is not rationally justifiable, but I love the variety of different films. Digital becomes monotonous in comparison. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sblitz Posted December 20, 2018 Share #14 Posted December 20, 2018 On 12/17/2018 at 11:39 PM, jmahto said: This is why when I want to shoot film, I leave digital behind. Yes, film cost is not rationally justifiable, but I love the variety of different films. Digital becomes monotonous in comparison. +1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
semi-ambivalent Posted December 20, 2018 Share #15 Posted December 20, 2018 It's 20, December. I'm not going to make a hundred. Worse, I'm less happy with them. But "1, January, 2019" is an excellent albeit phony temporal landmark at which to begin trying to see deeper. I suppose Now is an even better one. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyrogallol Posted December 21, 2018 Share #16 Posted December 21, 2018 (edited) In 2018 33 rolls of 35mm film in 24 different cameras (mostly Leica), plus a few rolls of 120 film and some 5x4 and 5x7 sheet film. mostly FP4, sheet film Adox CHS100. Edited December 21, 2018 by Pyrogallol 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted December 21, 2018 Share #17 Posted December 21, 2018 Can we measure by square inches of film? 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Verrips Posted December 23, 2018 Share #18 Posted December 23, 2018 (edited) avarage of 52 films 36 exposures Ilford FP4+ & Ilford HP5+ only self development & self wet printing I don't shoot digital Edited December 23, 2018 by Paul Verrips 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmahto Posted December 26, 2018 Author Share #19 Posted December 26, 2018 On 12/21/2018 at 2:31 PM, pico said: Can we measure by square inches of film? The digital equivalent will be storage bytes of all pics taken. Why not? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnaudl Posted December 27, 2018 Share #20 Posted December 27, 2018 20 films 36 esp. / month on average, more or less 250 B&W Kodak triX films / year 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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