I really did'nt know where to post this guess this is as good a place as any ...
I started my photography journey for real in middle school .... my 1st serious camera was a Minolta SRT-101 and a year or so later I knew what I wanted ... I wanted a Nikon ...
Owned a F1 & F2 before slowing switching to digital and I love digital but when I look at my current cameras something just felt like it was lacking ... maybe just old memories , maybe just the feel of
a classic pro Nikon film body in the hands ...
So last week I ordered a very nice , well taken care of F2 Photomic from Robert's camera ... looks like a 1974 serial number and opening that box and picking up that camera was like re-meeting a old friend ...
So much has changed and I've got alot to re-learn but I'm hoping this will further improve my photography ... I think we all get comfortable with digital and the disposable photos and just clicking away and checking our photos on the camera and deleting and I'm hoping that using this camera will slow me down even more and get back to the basics of photography, re-learning light and knowing that every click on that shutter is costing me film and developing costs ..
When I showed my wife she's like " why buy a old camera" ? and I honestly didn't have an answer and I'll still be using digital 95% of the time but for me there is just something, some pull that a film camera like the F2 has ...
Yeh I'm a bit crazy and yep I'm sentimental but I'm enjoying myself checking this old friend out ...
Ron
I started my photography journey for real in middle school .... my 1st serious camera was a Minolta SRT-101 and a year or so later I knew what I wanted ... I wanted a Nikon ...
Owned a F1 & F2 before slowing switching to digital and I love digital but when I look at my current cameras something just felt like it was lacking ... maybe just old memories , maybe just the feel of
a classic pro Nikon film body in the hands ...
So last week I ordered a very nice , well taken care of F2 Photomic from Robert's camera ... looks like a 1974 serial number and opening that box and picking up that camera was like re-meeting a old friend ...
So much has changed and I've got alot to re-learn but I'm hoping this will further improve my photography ... I think we all get comfortable with digital and the disposable photos and just clicking away and checking our photos on the camera and deleting and I'm hoping that using this camera will slow me down even more and get back to the basics of photography, re-learning light and knowing that every click on that shutter is costing me film and developing costs ..
When I showed my wife she's like " why buy a old camera" ? and I honestly didn't have an answer and I'll still be using digital 95% of the time but for me there is just something, some pull that a film camera like the F2 has ...
Yeh I'm a bit crazy and yep I'm sentimental but I'm enjoying myself checking this old friend out ...
Ron
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