I was organizing my photo stuff the other day and stumbled onto my old Pentax K1000 file camera, with telephoto lens. I don't miss it at all. It took me a second or two to figure out there is no LCD screen on the back. Just for fun, I pressed the shutter, oops, there is still film in it. I wonder whats on it?? Might be some racing pics from Laguna in 1993. Wish I could just fire it up and check the LCD screen!!! NO I am never going back to film!! I don't really think of myself as young and always needing instant gratification, but in the photography world, I need it!!! Larr On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 11:24 PM, <humminboid@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I keep thinking I should simplify my life, somehow, including > photography. > > > > I keep looking at the ads for film cameras, like the little Canonet or > other "pocket cameras", and I keep looking at all the film cameras that are > looking for a good home, being sold because people have gone to > digital, don't do film anymore, and never did know how to do it right, > anyhow. A lot still don't know how to do good digital, either, but now they > can do it faster than ever and more of it. > > > > I used to be able to do photography and darkroom work pretty well, and the > small 35mm cameras with f/1.8-2.8 lenses beat the digitals all hollow when > you are trying to photograph small, active kids, or anything else that > moves. ALL the small digitals all have shutter lag. Some are better than > others, but they all have it, no matter what you try! And all the darkroom > stuff I have in my basement! > > > > I keep thinking of buying a Crown Graphic 4X5, or a Bushman Press Camera > for the lens movement, or a Rolleiflex or Yashica MAT, and using it as a > field camera, for large, tack-sharp enlargements. So far, I have taken a > couple of aspirin, and laid down in a dark, quiet room, and the urge has > gone away. > > > > That is not simplification! > > > > I keep thinking I ought to buy a film camera for old time's sake, but one > that has the newer technology, like autofocus, matrix > metering and different modes, plus manual, because they brought photography > out of the dark ages, as far as I am concerned. I dearly love those > upgrades, and the camera should be able to use my lenses,(probably > will...it'll be a Nikon!) which will be a complete circle for the > 70-210, "Iron Duke"...bought 20+ years ago for my 6006, which I dearly > loved. It's still sharp and going strong! > > > > I say that, then I go and buy a new lens, the 70-300 VR, which I say will > be my racing car-air show-animal-bird lens. So far, it's proving that at > 450mm equivalent, hand held, the sharpness is there. And I am not a steady > as I once was, darn it! > > > > Soooo... what's a guy to do? Halp! >