professional usage of DMF backs vs DSLRs: which uses and why?

[bcooter]

What is interesting about all of this is there is a resurgence of professional film use, mostly in 6x7 and larger formats.

I've known a few professionals dabble back in film, usually for smaller projects, editorial, advertising and personal work,  obviously nobody is going to shoot a 200 image lifestyle, or retail shoot on film, but for that 6 page magazine spread or just adding to your portfolio, film does offer a different look.

Film is obviously a different workflow but also a different look, one that usually takes less computer time than digital which we try to make look like film.

Interesting read that if Kodak wasn't so large and could spin off it's film operation, the film division would be profitable in a smaller company.

Something to think of considering a fuji GX 680III sells for about 700 u.s. with a standard lens.

Think about that next time you look at a $3,000 Nikon or a $30,000 digital back.

I use to say film is just a romantic notion of the past and I guess it still is, but I think there is a longing for that look that we're not seeing in the standard 12 stops of digital, roll your own color.



IMO

BC

[ChristopherBarrett]

I recently had a film scanned that I shot in college.  16mm B&W on HP5 and FP4.  It was really gorgeous.  Left me scouring eBay for Arri SR's... heh.

[Rob C]

Most of them - a few are from vintage negs/slides that I have collected over the years and some feature photography by a Danish photographer/film-maker called Lasse Hoile - a very talented chap!

no-man wild opera

Shot by the water - 50s Pontiac?

Rob C

[fredjeang]

I recently had a film scanned that I shot in college.  16mm B&W on HP5 and FP4.  It was really gorgeous.  Left me scouring eBay for Arri SR's... heh.

Here is a truth film 16mm cam if you want to shoot back in HP5, but contemporary: http://www.ikonoskop.com/a-cam-sp16/

and here: http://vimeo.com/29782888

Download the prores: it's very close to your output.

[BJL]

I carry an Arca Rm3d, M Line 2 and a 5d2. ... sharper and with more DR than DSLR's ... I'd be inclined to switch to my 14 Megapixel Red cameras because of their superior dynamic range, ...

At the risk of reopening an ongoing debate: the Canon 5d2 is far from the best examplar of what 35mm format can do for either dynamic range or sharpness. Your indication that the smaller format Red has better DR than the 5d2 is further evidence that the latter fall short of the current state of the art for DR in formats 35mm and smaller.