I want to play with different formats. I keep considering a m4/3 camera just because they are kind of neat little systems. Shame about the cost of lenses there though and that's what keeps me from really considering it. I've been shooting film just for the simple experience of it, but it is somewhat limiting. I have portra 160 in my camera now, and you really need some good light even with a fast 50 to get portraits. So I keep carrying it, looking for those rare moments that everything is right. I'm on frame 4 after a couple of weeks. My next step when I come into some money is to buy some more lenses that I can use on FF. I want to get a 67, but I'm going to have to wait a bit and focus on rebuilding my kit. Too many lens problems and no backups is making me kind of sad at the moment. I just don't think buying a new camera for a different experience serves any purpose unless it gives you a different format or some tangible benefit if it is the same format. A camera is a tool. Pentax opened a world of lenses to me and made old MF glass very accessible. I'm thinking it would be fun to get an m42 adapter for my k-7 and just use screw mount lenses on it. They sure are cheap. :)
On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 11:19 AM, Bill <[email protected]> wrote: > On 24/02/2013 10:08 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: >> >> But I can see reaching a point one day where I'm so familiar with my >> toolset that it could become a tedium. Tuck, as a commercial food, >> headshot and product photographer shoots orders of magnitude more that >> me and has been doing it for a few decades. He could shoot corporate >> headshots in his sleep, and that may in fact be just about what >> happens when you reach that point in your life. Job comes in: no >> problem, cookie-cutter task. Take trusty camera with fave lens, setup >> bog standard lighting arrangement; click. Result? Perfectly fine but >> boring shot. Cash cheque. Thanks. > > Buy all new equipment, and those jobs that used to be cookie cutter are > still cookie cutter, but with the added element of surprise if you miss a > setting on your new gear and bugger something up. So much for that client. > > If you want excitement in your life go find yourself a mistress half your > age. > > bill > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
