I have some great 35mm still cameras. But it’s more convenient to take pictures with my digital Nikon CoolPix L1. Granted, I’m not ‘making pictures’; but ‘taking snapshots’.
I imagine quite a lot of Pros do it.
I know you prefer 35mm for films, which isn’t quite a traditionalist niche yet but undoubtedly will be soon enough. I would imagine that stills cameras are making the same change, but they began earlier, and are progressing at a slightly faster rate.
I have a 35mm camera (Pentax Spotmatic) in my closet, but I don’t take it out to play often enough (the last time I think was Memorial Day). Most of the time I am taking pictures, it’s for an organization I’m in that has come to expect quick turnaround on the photos (probably because everyone has been using digital for so long)
Oh, and while I’m sure that many pro photogs are still using 35mm, from what I’ve heard, a lot of the photographers that do things like wedding photography and portrait work, if they still use film, tend towards Medium and Large format cameras (35mm is considered a “Small Format” because of how small the image on film is).
The larger the image-on-film, the higher quality the photo can be. Especially important for enlargements.
I’d take more if Kodak still had the Ektar 25 film. I loved that stuff.
But my Canon SLR has been neglected for a few years and unless something happens, it’ll stay on the shelf. Kind of sad
I’m an artist-photog in training, and you simply don’t get the same tonal range with digital. Most artists have a similar work flow: use film, than print digitally.
Actually, the studio fell apart before I could use my Arri BL1, so I never did shoot any 35mm footage. I do like 16mm though. Of course, I’m talking about 35mm SLRs here. 
Yep. Same with my Nikon FM3, Olympus OM1, Canon AE-1 Program, and Pentax K-1000. I don’t seem to have the time to go out ant take pictures. When I snap a photo (on the digital) it’s because I’m just trying to illustrate something.
But working in downtown Seattle, I think I’m going to start taking a camera along so I can photograph some of the amazing old architecture.
I still use a 45-year-old Pentax H3, and I shoot slides.
I do. I have a really good Cannon with a FANTASTIC zoom lens. I use it at concerts, dog shows, all sorts of things. LOVE IT!
I buy 1-2 disposable 35 mm cameras a year for the scant photos I take.
I have a hand-me-down digital that doesn’t work very well and has the habit of turning itself on. Until I get a better one, and figure out a reliable way to get prints made, I’ll stick with the actual film.
My sister uses film for slides too, but everything else is digital.
Out of necessity I am saving up for The Badass Digital Camera that I feel I need to pursue event photography full-time…
With that said, as of the moment I still shoot film exclusively, and I don’t think I’ll ever give it up entirely. Simply put, there’s a magic to it. Particularly black and white film, which comprises 90% of the film I shoot.
I actually use 120, but that’s because my boyfriend owns a film camera store and darkroom and I have to. (I have a little Elph digital for when I actually need a picture of something, as opposed to Taking Pictures.)