[ratpack] Re: Am I nutz??
- From: humminboid@xxxxxxxxxxx
- To: ratpack@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:18:12 +0000 (UTC)
Not one to mince words, is he, 'packers??
In all of my previous ramblings, the question "? WHY ?" is always always
popping up, sometimes more than once, and (naturally) often from my wife.
Given the economics and storage problems, as John explained, I have not
yet been able to find a satisfactory answer. "It just seems like a good
idea!" doesn't satisfy...especially She Who Must Be Obeyed.
Time for a couple more aspirin...maybe I'll go down to the basement and watch
something calm and soothing ...Shooting & Blasting TV, perhaps.
A favor, Dr. Z; I have lost the directions how to get to the waterfall you
posted some time ago. Could you do it again, including which offramp I take
from 1-15, and where from there? I'd hate to get lost in metro Pleasant Grove!
Thanx. C.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Wells" <mcwellsphoto@xxxxxxxxx>
To: ratpack@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 9:36:42 AM
Subject: [ratpack] Re: Am I nutz??
It seems to me that no one has answered C's original question so I will. Yes
you are. Thank you for playing.
Dr Z
On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 8:01 AM, Larry Knight < carpixguy@xxxxxxxxx > wrote:
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!
--
Dr. Z
aka Michael Wells
MCWells Photography
mcwellsphoto@xxxxxxxxx
801-850-7279
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