On 10-09-22 5:50 PM, Eric Weir wrote:
On Sep 22, 2010, at 4:58 PM, Cotty wrote:
On 22/9/10, Eric Weir, discombobulated, unleashed:
I don't have plans. I'm a novice. A RANK novice
You should have 2 items and two items only in your kit. An MX and a 50mm
f/1.4. That's it. For one year.
If you're learning, this is what you need to learn with. No zooms, no pixels.
Interesting. That's exactly where I was headed when I encountered this list. I
have a K1000 SE, but there's something in the finder that I'm told will cost
more than a replacement used camera to fix. I have a P3 and just bought a P3n
today. [The film rewind mechanism on the former doesn't work properly; and I
know that P3n's are not a fully mechanical, but they are a lot cheaper than
MX's.]
That said, at the risk of insubordination, from where I stand now the cost of
film and processing, and especially the disconnect between what I do and the
results I get make me hesitant about going back to film completely, even
temporarily.
That does not mean I am not open to guidance regarding this.
Sincerely,
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Eric Weir
Decatur, GA USA
[email protected]
P.S. I forgot to say that I have an Olympus XA which I was using exclusively
until I got the ist* DS. My pattern was to shoot several rolls of film before
getting them processed, by which time I had no idea what I'd done when I shot
the pictures.
Back in the day (mid 1970's), I had a 35mm Praktica LTL (pretty much a
Spotmatic clone afaict) and a 50mm f/1.8. Within a few years I became
seriously bored with the whole film processing and waiting thing and
completely lost interest in photography.
Some many years later, after dabbling with a couple of digital P&S's, I
got a K100Ds and my interest in photography was reignited in a big way.
The ability to get instant feedback and do post-processing and printing
in the digital domain means everything to me. Film was what had killed
my interest completely.
So I'd say for some the film SLR + 50mm prime is fine advice, but not
for all. There's no reason you can't slap that old 50mm f/1.4 + $20
adapter onto your *istDS and learn just fine with that. Far as I'm
concerned film is obsolescent and unimportant except historically -- and
good riddance. But learning the basics using a stripped-down kit is
still useful and a good idea.
-bmw
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