Are you shy?

[Angus]

I get that comment "can you still get film for that 8mm?" quite a bit. I do wonder what people think I am doing with it.

Recently I came across a guy who owns a Canon 814, and who thought film was no longer available...but he liked to carry the camera around anyway!

[Rollef]

I get that comment "can you still get film for that 8mm?" quite a bit. I do wonder what people think I am doing with it.

Only at family gatherings have people asked me about a camera of mine. Never in public. Some may look if I film somethig in puplic, espesially men age 25 - 40. Women tend to ignore it.

[schoft]

Most friends i know, dont even know what i'm holding in my hand. They usually think it's a hasselblad photo camera

[Patrick]

Hey when I was filming my segements for 'Pulse of Life' two chicks came up to me and different times of the day and seemed interested in what I was doing. That's one of the finer aspects of having a super 8 camera out in public! Though I have to admit, that this sort of thing has never happened to me before or since............

[BolexPlusX]

I was timelapsing a sunset a couple of years back when our friends' son (12 then) saw what I was doing and asked about the camera. I told him it wasn't video but film, and he looked kind of baffled. I said "You know: many thousands of tiny pictures with holes next to 'em" He said "Ohhhhhh!" I said "So you understand?" and he said "no."

It was about then I started to realize how transparent the difference is to most people. They look at a screen, they see an image, how it gets there is not their problem.

These of course are the same people that get all excited about words like "digital", "bandwidth" and "high definition". They sound impressive, so you really need that...stuff, right?

[schoft]

These of course are the same people that get all excited about words like "digital", "bandwidth" and "high definition". They sound impressive, so you really need that...stuff, right?

nicely put

[filmamigo]

I've had lots of nice conversations on the street while shooting Super 8 or a Yashica TLR. Oddball cameras actually seem to put people at ease. Nothing would make people MORE nervous than shooting with a Nikon F80 or the Panasonic DVX100. People duck and get out of the shot. It's much easier to point something less black and less "photojournalist" their way.

[super8man]

Sometimes, I find the opposite - people give a wide berth when filming with an odd looking camera like a super 8 or Bolex but pay no attention when the minDV is running - I sure don't care when passing by a miniDV - they can always rewind...

[unit22]

Some arsehole skater punks with their daddy's Canon HV20 saw my 814xls and thought it comical to scream about my "old piece of shit camera" and urged me kindly to "upgrade that worthless shit, man!" But when I turned the tripod towards them (with the camera off as to not waste any film) they became bashful and skated away cursing. When I think back on it now I should have filmed them cursing and flipping the bird; it would have been interesting footage..

Another time I was shooting with my Mamiya 645 on a bridge and a rather nice gentlemen pulled his car up behind mine and came out with two cameras, one film(F5) one digital (5D) and we had a good discussion about photography.

Don't like the old time bikes, eh? ( http://www.cafepress.com/buy/the+simpso ... c_666/pg_1)
People seem to stop and stare or ask no matter what you're filming in Wellington, as long as you've got more than a camcorder. E.g. Tripod, Sound Gear, Director Chair.

[fritzcarraldo]

Well, try to film naked, nobody will notice your camera then

[T-Scan]

2 days ago i was at a beach town with my Scoopic DS8. Some BMX kids were fascinated with my camera, then i talked them into doing some stunts for me to film (shot at 54fps!) They went all out and almost got run over a few times in the intersection. Man I can't wait to see how it all comes out (100D!)

[lastcoyote]

Try filming with a Bolex H16 or a Beaulieu ZM4008 in a hip district in Hong Kong, and you will get some stares of admiration. You are a different beast, compared to the rest of the ordinary pack........

Too true. I felt the same when I filming by Canon Scoopic last year. And felt so cool even just to holding it...

[CelluloidDisco]

I've bee getting some nice comments recently when out and about with my Nizo. People seem to remember seeing or knowing someone who had one. Had one guy show a great deal of interest as he said he's got a broken one at home and would love know where to get it fixed. Of course I felt obliged to point him in the right direction.

The usual conversation goes along these lines:
Wow cool camera. I remember those. Can you still get film for them?
Yes.
Cool! Do you need to get it developed. Is it expensive?
Aye. I send it to Germany or the States and it costs me around 15 pounds for the film and processing.
How much do you get on a film?
Around 3 and a half minutes I say.
They then become wide-eyed with disbelief and wish me the best of luck.
Naturally I do also wishing I could shoot lazer beams out of the lens.

I enjoy getting my Nizo out in public, but am less inclined to do so with my "macho" looking 1014XLS which I save for staged work and shooting missiles.

[zantizoom8]

Naturally I do also wishing I could shoot lazer beams out of the lens.
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what? you havent tried mounting a laser pointer thru your viewfinder? :lol:

Zanti

[woods01]

I just shot a friends wedding with a Canon 514xl. A lot of people did talk to
me about my camera and film in general. The only time I felt really
conscience about it was when I grabbed a few shots during the very quiet
ceremony and my camera was clickety clacking.

I've shot a fair bit on the streets and at some major tourist spots with the
same Canon and no one has ever asked me about it. Possibly because that
particular model is quite small and often the ambient noise is enough to
drown out some of the noise.