Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > The vast majority of my film photography is with Polaroid cameras, > using Impossible Project B&W films for Spectra, SX-70, and 600 cameras. > The reason is the same as above: each camera, each frame has its own > unique look … a bit inconsistent, a bit special. You have to work the > camera and film a bit to understand how to get what you want out of it. > > I've seen no point to shooting transparencies since about 1985 … too > fussy on latitude, too fussy to scan or print, mostly just a PITA to > work with. > > I have a boatload of superb 35mm camera gear: Nikon, Leica M and R, a > few fixed lens cameras. The Leica R8 body I obtained via an Ebay > auction for $195 in MINT condition … didn't look like it had ever been > used. What's that about film SLRs holding their value? That was a $2200 > body in its heyday. What a superb (if heavy and large) beastie to shoot > with though, and the lenses are to die for. > > It's way more equipment than I need for the four or five rolls of film > per year I shoot with them, but hard to let go of for sentimental > reasons. All the lenses also work with various digital cameras so it's > the bodies and fixed-lens cameras that are under-utilized. > > Yes, there is way too much little-used camera gear in the closet. :-| > But if I were going to buy any 35mm camera at this point in time, it > would be a Nikon F6 body. Still in limited production, solid and > reliable as a rock: probably the finest 35mm SLR ever made IMO. I'll > likely never buy one, but it would be nice to have both the first and > the last of the legendary Nikon F SLRs. > > I have only one DSLR left: an Olympus E-1 and four Zuiko Digital > lenses. Ancient, only 5 Mpixel, fast on capture but slow as molasses to > write files, and the smallest DR/most limited ISO. But, having had a > bunch of DSLRs before and after it, it's still one of the finest DSLRs > ever made on build, ergonomics, and image quality to my eye. I'm glad > I've kept it; if I'm only making 8x10s (or 12x16s with 2x pixel > upscaling), it's all I'd ever need. I rarely make any larger prints, > and even a 1024x768 image (0.8 MPixel) projects beautifully with the > Epson projector.
Very interesting. I only looked at cameras I'd owned for price remaining stable and should have stated that. I've never gone into the stratospheric levels of Nikon or Leica ownership, due to one brief and singular visit of a local camera club in the 1980s. Alas, regardless of price it's probably too late for me now, as I know so little about their past products, and it would mean new lenses as well. I did find in my box of camera things two used Kodak Disc 6000 cameras and a boxed ITT Magicflash (which it says is for Polaroid 1000, 1500, 2000 & 3000 cameras) in case anyone wants them, because I won't. A while back I bought a lot in an auction, and ended up with a lot of stuff I had no use for in addition to the items I did. But I digress... Don't do what I did and get rid of your film equipment too early. I'm glad to hear it's put to good use. I must really learn more about other manufacturers film cameras. Malcolm -- 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.
