Film Any other pure film forums

You could take a look here, I like film...(open thread) - Other - Leica Forum. Although a site for Leica cameras this one thread (after some discussion and several pages) allows photos from any camera as long as it's on film. Most members quote the camera, lans and the film used. You will be able to see some of the uploads without joining but to get the lot you will need to join.

Hope that's helpful
 
APUG.org is one that is for film. They use the term Analog - but no one I have met has ever, ever gone into a camera store and bought roll or box of Analog. They buy film.
Some analog users will use photographic paper rather than film. Probably only with large format, but film is not the only analog option.
I'm likely to end up using Harman direct positive paper more than film.

Analog is simply a more inclusive term for non digital photography and even includes those who use archaic processes like wet plates, daguerreotypes, cyanotypes...
 
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The use of the word analog as described in this thread catches my attention because at one time any digital cameras were specifically called or referenced "digital" in their name so everything else was "analog" by default. Has the Rubicon been crossed in that now photography is assumed to be "digital" unless otherwise specified? 🤔
 
While not exclusively film Photrio.com Photography Forums has a strong bias towards analog, then there are specialist ones for large format but they have less relevance for those shooting normal film cameras.
I held off Photrio for a long time for no reason at all, but now I lurk. Some good info there. A lot of web searches bring up ancient photo.net threads, so if you are looking for older know-how, that's a good spot.
 
The use of the word analog as described in this thread catches my attention because at one time any digital cameras were specifically called or referenced "digital" in their name so everything else was "analog" by default. Has the Rubicon been crossed in that now photography is assumed to be "digital" unless otherwise specified? 🤔
The term "Analog" as it applies to film "is just wrong!" Film is chemical based. An Analog camera is an Electronic Camera that stores the signal on a medium without passing through an analog to digital recorder. I have those. There were Electronic Analog Still cameras that recorded the electronic readout of the Sensor to tape and special "VideoDisk" in Analog form. These used Vidicon tubes and later, CCD sensors.

I'm guessing "Analog Photography" applied to film cameras is just to mean "not Digital". Given how Grain acts, I'm sure we could come up with something.
Flexible Imaging Light-sensitive Media.
 
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The term "Analog" as it applies to film "is just wrong!" Film is chemical based. An Analog camera is an Electronic Camera that stores the signal on a medium without passing through an analog to digital recorder. I have those. There were Electronic Analog Still cameras that recorded the electronic readout of the Sensor to tape and special "VideoDisk" in Analog form. These used Vidicon tubes and later, CCD sensors.

I'm guessing "Analog Photography" applied to film cameras is just to mean "not Digital". Given how Grain acts, I'm sure we could come up with something.
Flexible Imaging Light-sensitive Media.
"Analog" is used as an antonym of digital in more places than photography. It's close to universally understood, if imprecise to the pedantic (which sometimes includes myself).
 
I equate it to a counter-culture rebellion to digital. Makes me sad that Film based photography has become accepted as a form of rebellion against modern technology rather than just another form the art of photography. Artist painting on Canvas kept calling themselves Painters, and made paintings. These days- what do you call an artist that paints? Not an analogimagineer.

I'll go listen to Kate Bush "running up that Hill" on my LP.
New Order, "Power Corruption and Lies" LP, made to look like a Floppy Disk. Maybe that is where it all started. Have that one too.
 
Yeah... So part of me, the linguist part, should say that if one wants to define "analog" as not digital, that's the way language works.

The photographer part of me, that realizes that light is analog, and analog isn't a bad (or old) thing wants to cry a little bit inside.

But, this usage is about as common as it gets. Especially in the Army, I don't know how many times I hear the word used this way...

Edit: forgot what I was going to say... :)

PentaxForums also has a really good film community... I'm actually thinking of shooting film for my next trip to Poland. Haven't done so in a while...
 
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