Weekly Poll: Did you start with digital or film?

[BlueSage]

I started photography as a kid with point and shoot cameras and my parent's Pentax 35mm. I took photography as a 4-H project and learned some basics like framing and the rule of thirds. In college I took a basic photography class and learned a few dark room tecniques. In 1996 I bought a good film camera of my own. I've always been the family photographer, taking tons of pics and getting everyone together for photos. My Dear Husband had a good Canon film camera, but after dropping it in water for the second time (while taking pictures of the fish he was catching) it was unrepairable. About 5-6 years ago, DH and I purchased an early digital camera (used) from a friend. We had fun learning about the new digital technology. I was fortunate then to work part-time for a friend of mine - a professional photographer who used digital. I did her scheduling and took orders, but also got to do a little photo editing in Photoshop. I'm a writer and need high resolution photos for publication, and my husband needs high res photos for his company's publications. About 18 mos ago we purchased a Sony Cyber-Shot Super Steady Shot DSC-H2 with a 12x optical zoom. We both really enjoy the camera, and often argue about who gets to take it. Since DH paid for it, he is usually the winner, but not always. Sometimes I can make a pretty good case of why I need it.

[Major_Small]

Aww, you left out Polarioid

[Nicole]

lol Polaroid is film lol But yeah, and might I add, I'm very sad that Polaroid is not going to be making film any more.

[Teewinot]

Film. I've owned 4 film cameras...two cheapies when I was young (grade school), one decent Olympus p&s in high school, and a Minolta X-700 SLR in college. I don't miss film AT ALL, but I'm glad I started that way...a cool way to learn and transition to digital.

[Elmo]

Polarioid?? He even left out glass plates

[mdpix]

I had film a film camera way back when (I have scads of photo albums and boxes full of prints that never made it that far to prove it) but I could not tell you what it was (or where it is). Then I moved up to the digital point and shoot with a Kodak, stepped that up to a Nikon 5700, and now I'm using a Nikon D70 (and dreaming of the future when that becomes a D300). I could never go back to film now. I must say though, in some ways I do feel like I'm working backwards . . . trying to understand and constantly learning the camera and all the various functions (light, aperature, speed, etc.) I wish I had taken the time to learn it way back when That's not to say I'm not having a ton of now -- because I am!

[Quo Fan]

I started taking pictures with a box camera that took 620 roll film. then we got a 126 instamatic camera. Cartridge film was all the rage. Then 110 film camera, and my last film camera was a Yashika FX3 that I still have and has film in it. I now shoot almost totally digitally.

[netbymatt]

Technically, I started with film, but I'm not counting that. It was a point and shoot and I didn't know anything about cameras at the time, besides making sure to use the flash indoors. (I know, really bad practice).

I got interested in photography after I roomed with the photo editor for my college's newspaper for a year. I learned quite a bit using his gear, and I finally got my own stuff once I got out of school and got a job.

[Saralonde]

I started with film. I had an Kodak Instamatic when I was a kid and progressed eventually to a Pentax SLR. I loved that camera and started setting up my own darkroom as well. When everyone started buying digital cameras I held onto my film. I hated the live view of point and shoots prefering to look through a viewfinder. I finally broke down and bought a Canon XT which gave me the feel of a film camera. Never went back to film again! Now my darkroom stuff gathers dust in the basement while I edit digitally.
Some cameras I have known and loved (the Polaroid is missing):

[Kamuel]

My dad let me use his old film camera for field trips and that's where i wasted all my film =p
Got a little better after a highschool class on photography but the easy and inexpensive thrill of digital won me over!