Brownie Posted July 12, 2009 Share #41 Posted July 12, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) I just turned 66 and have been shooting with film since 1964. Started with an Olympus Pen EE half frame in Vietnam. I have a rather good Canon system, EOS 3s and a very nice selection of lenses. I started shooting with Leica Ms about 6-7 years and within the past year, the Rs. I have only two digital cameras, one is a Leica C- Lux 2 and a Canon 40D. The little Leica goes with me when ever I leave the house. The 40D collects dust. I have a Microtek film scanner to convert chromes or B&W to digital. I love looking at a film strip of chromes back from the lab and seeing what I can do to improve without the use of Adobe or other software. My own opinion is that too many photographers take bad shoots and rely on their software to give them a Pulitzer. If my shots are good, great, if I miss on a few, OK, lesson learned. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted July 12, 2009 Posted July 12, 2009 Hi Brownie, Take a look here Advanced Age pseudo-requirement for film Leicas?. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
tgray Posted July 12, 2009 Share #42 Posted July 12, 2009 I guess I'm no longer 'young' now that I'm 30. But I've been shooting film M's for about 3-4 years now. The last time I went through the airport they swiped my camera for explosives too. There are a couple of us out there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davorb Posted August 18, 2009 Share #43 Posted August 18, 2009 Got my first Leica when I was 18. I'm in my 20s now, and still using it. It's been a bit wierd lately, so I'll be sending it to Solms in a couple of weeks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bernd Banken Posted August 18, 2009 Share #44 Posted August 18, 2009 Hi, got my first Leica with 60, two years ago. At the moment an Agfa APX 100 is drying in the shower...... 1970 a NikonF Photomic was my choice....... My F & me on Flickr - Photo Sharing! Cheers Bernd Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
moikle Posted August 18, 2009 Share #45 Posted August 18, 2009 Interesting Poll question- I wonder if most Leica users were steam train spotters in thier youth? Of course! Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JE Posted August 18, 2009 Share #46 Posted August 18, 2009 Advanced age? I just turned 20....13 years ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobey bilek Posted August 18, 2009 Share #47 Posted August 18, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) Leica has stopped their educational/demo programs which is what got them sucess after WW2. Walther Benser was a main contributer. Word just does not get around and people do not believe quality by word of mouth. I know I did not. Then I got a loaner kit from a friend. All the Pentax stuff was gone within months. Walter Huen was another fomer contributer 1960`s. By middle 1980`s it was mostly stopped. Now finances are such that only older people can afford Leica equipment. The other problem is competitors glass is better than ever. What you have to do is make a Nikon file and Leica file same time same place same subject. Leica with the better lens and lack of an AA softening filter in fromt of the filter will shock you. I can only imagine what the S2 will do. But the camera is way too big for me. I am disappointed there will be no R10 digital Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
azzo Posted August 18, 2009 Share #48 Posted August 18, 2009 Fortunately, I grew out of that before I started my second school and never went back. No disrespect, but it's not a highly respected activity up here. On the main question, I was 33 when I got my first M3 and 34 when I added a second M3. Twenty years later, I still believe they are the perfect 35mm camera body. Come come now ! Who are you trying to kid ? You mean to say .. Forty-three years later. EDIT - ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
topoxforddoc Posted August 18, 2009 Share #49 Posted August 18, 2009 I tell my wife that my favourite age is 7. She just tells me that I behave like someone who's 7!!! Charlie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
schmelli Posted August 28, 2009 Share #50 Posted August 28, 2009 35 and shooting film on my chrome M6, but sometimes still grab the IIIg I learnt the art with! Hey, there are professional photographers that still do assignments with Ms, so it cannot be that bad! ;-) Best Jyn Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPJMP Posted August 29, 2009 Share #51 Posted August 29, 2009 "I'm 37. I'm not old!" I shoot my MP and film almost exclusively. I've been snapping on film since I was 13 years old and my grandmother bought me a Canon A-1 SLR (pretty swanky kit for 1984!). Got my first Leica (a miniliux P&S) in 1996, followed shortly by an R5 SLR with 50mm Summicron. Then I moved on to a Contax G system for a few years before coming back to Leica properly in 2003 with an M6TTL. I will be exposing film until they stop making it or it becomes impossible to process. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JosefSchachner Posted September 3, 2009 Share #52 Posted September 3, 2009 I seem to be one of the younger ones here too, 32 and former (nono, not the lack of digital, 2 guys in congo with a very impressive machete) R and current M7 since about 15 years. I do enjoy my own darkroom, without that I would say film is half the fun (and 3 times the price) It seems that quite a few of my friends enjoy the film prints they see from my little lab, but the ones that try film a very often disappointed by the digi-prints that are available from the "normal" sources, on a 10x15 print from scan film does not look good (or better than digital IMHO) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ndjambrose Posted September 4, 2009 Share #53 Posted September 4, 2009 Please don't get me wrong, I do not mean to offend with this thread in any way. Is it almost expected that you are past your, say, 40s in order to be of proper Leica film age? Is that the time when you are more likely to get that nostalgic feeling, you turn your back on that new-age digital and relive your childhood? Reason I ask is, I went through airport security in Frankfurt last Thursday. After running through the scanner, a lady escorted me to a backroom where they swiped my M7 for explosives. Not only did the two security people look at my Leica in complete disbelief ("this must be an ancient relic!"), but they were completely dumbfounded that it was loaded with film, instead of a CF card of sorts. I am 29 myself, am I a rare breed of sub-30s that enjoys film for all its qualities? Hah, hah - same thing happens to me all the time. I shoot a lot of destination weddings and this weekend was coming back from Italy when my cameras attracted the attention of the lady on the security scanner. They were opened, prodded, wiped with residue detectors - one of the security personnel even tried to peer through the unmounted lenses. Strangely they paid a lot less attention to the 45 rolls of exposed film I was carrying. I don't think there's any age requirement for Leicas. I bought my first when I was 33, and I'm still under 40 - just. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
frko Posted September 4, 2009 Share #54 Posted September 4, 2009 So how many other "MTV Generation"-ers own and use film Leicas? Here's another one =) I'm 16 years old and I stopped shooting digital about 2 years ago (I was (and sometimes still am) photographing with Nikon FM2) not long ago I bought my first Leica and got in love with it. With film, its totally different feeling. In my opinion, the meaning of photography changed with digital. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brent1965 Posted September 5, 2009 Share #55 Posted September 5, 2009 I'm 44 going on 23. As I get older the cameras get older. I began with a minter Nikon F2AS - the best Japanse camera, and then on to a IIIG (late 1959 vintage) I was very lucky to get both at very reasonable prices - but that comes to those prepared to look & wait long enough. I love how the Nikon is a conversation starter for those of my age or maybe younger - as they recognise it - an iconic "pro" camera if ever there was one. And then sitting in a cafe somewhere enjoying coffee between rolls of film out there on the street and I'll catch an older bloke looking fondly at the G with a smile on his face. They all know what it is. This IS the golden age of 35mm so make the most of it. Cheap cameras we can now afford, fantastic film available everywhere and using film we seem to be staying under the radar of consumerism/affluenza somewhat. Lovin it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenneth Posted September 5, 2009 Share #56 Posted September 5, 2009 Interesting Poll question- I wonder if most Leica users were steam train spotters in thier youth? Of course! MikeI agree and I was. 60's steam locomotives. Gave up with the advent of smelly diesel David Hey's Collection - HOME PAGE and PHOTO LINKS Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
denniswksit Posted September 5, 2009 Share #57 Posted September 5, 2009 I am 39 years old. Only a few years ago my finanical and professional position put me into the right time to own my first leica, M6. Though I am a techno people, I like shooting films, for the very reason that photographing is an art but nothing else. I love my M6 and I love shooting films... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacarape Posted September 8, 2009 Share #58 Posted September 8, 2009 Here's another one =)I'm 16 years old and I stopped shooting digital about 2 years ago (I was (and sometimes still am) photographing with Nikon FM2) not long ago I bought my first Leica and got in love with it. With film, its totally different feeling. In my opinion, the meaning of photography changed with digital. I sometimes wonder if for some, or many, that digital photography concerns more of a PC peripheral then photography. I n some ways this statement is ludicrous, but I still wonder. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert J Posted September 9, 2009 Share #59 Posted September 9, 2009 I bought my first leica,an M3 in 1978 when I was 21.My most recent purchase was a wartime IIIc a month ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
batmobile Posted September 9, 2009 Share #60 Posted September 9, 2009 Security staff are unlikely to be so young they dont remember film. I think what gets security staff interested is the density of a metal, esp brass, camera. It shows up very clearly on scans and mine are frequently inspected. I have had people think brass lenses are hand grenades, the conceiled winder lever in a Leicavit a hidden dagger and all sorts of rubbish. One female creature passing herself off as security at Dubai even demabded that I 'open' my lenses despite removing both caps and letting her look through them. That became an unpleasant experience, but how STUPID can you be. She stared through each one, then demanded angrily that I do as she said after I told her that looking through the lens was as open as it gets! While engaging her, I saw another clown about to stuff his fingers through the shutter of my MP.... that was seriously stressful and all a result of, well, I don't think there are words for such pond life. I have on the other hand had very pleasant experiences from security staff, including one who recommended I pack my M3 more carefully because he knew they were valuable! PS, I am well short of 40 and my choice of Leica Ms was down to their utility and nothing else. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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