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#1

Yesterday was our club meeting. We had a nice turnout. Ran trains and slung a lot of bull. :smiley: So I tested out my new camera…:frowning: I just don’t like it. My pictures are not as sharp as they were with my old antique camera. Besides I like the feel of the old camera better and I like the fact that it still had a regular viewfinder instead of just the stupid postage stamp screen like the new one that I can’t see sh*t in. Below are the 2 pictures that were fair enough to post. The RS3 is mine, while the Pair of S4’s belong to Steve Featherkile and Teresa Goatz.

Yesterday was an absolutely beautiful day for August. Nice and sunny and not too hot. Today on the other hand is a duck’s delight. But I guess I shouldn’t complain…we REALLY needed the rain. So I got the headlight wired in on the box cab and the lettering almost done. Another crappy pic from my new camera.

#2

Soooo why didn’t you buy a D-SLR? :confused: :confused:

#3

$$$$$$$$…!! If I did that I would have to give up my trip to Marty’s. :frowning:

#4

We have a digital Nikon that is several years old and keep talking, talking, talking about a new camera. I do like the size of the screen because my eyesight is poor and Nikon actually had a slightly larger screen. I really like the new Canons but even though my Canon was less than 8 years old the lenses are too old for the new camera!

#5
Doug Arnold said:
We have a digital Nikon that is several years old and keep talking, talking, talking about a new camera. I do like the size of the screen because my eyesight is poor and Nikon actually had a slightly larger screen. I really like the new Canons but even though my Canon was less than 8 years old the lenses are too old for the new camera!
Doug,

You mean you have a Canon EOS?
If that’s the case the lenses should fit on the Digital Rebel line. Not as fancy as the new specific for D-SLR lenses, but certainly a temporary solution. Less sticker shock when you’re looking at macro, wide and long tele. :wink:

PS I bought the Digital Rebel in 2004, my Yashica FR was by then 25 years old. No, not a chance of using those lenses on a D-SLR. My Yashica is still around, I won’t sell it. I got the D-SLR because I was sick and tired of getting film developed and then scanning it. Picture taking has been a lot more fun since.

#6

I still have my Canon mechanical F-1 that uses (gasp!) film!

You can have it when you can pry it from my cold dead hands!

I have my dad’s Leica viewfinder and a Mamiya 2.5 inch also. Same thing!

Nice photos, Warren.

#7

After the Brownies, I progressed to a Rollieflex, and Minolta SR-1 (if I recall) 35mm SLR, a Hexacon (pry the nameplate off, and what was ground away left the distinct “East Germany” name) with Brit lenses!
Used a Leica for a while, did NOT like it (not a SLR, if I recall, and it’s been over 40 years).

Those Rollies took good shots.

Now?
Got a Nikon 2100 Coolpix.
Couple of tripods.

Does the job.

#8

What? TOC admitting to using technology newer than 1960? Say it ain’t so! :wink:

I shot with a Canon AE-1 for 20 years. You would have had to pry it from my cold, dead hands, too, but the convenience of digital was just too great when writing articles. I retired the Canon 5 years ago when I bought a Minolta digital point-and-shoot. It worked okay, but the shutter delay drove me up the wall. I replaced it a year ago with a Digital Rebel XT, and have rediscovered what photography is all about. None of my old Canon lenses fit, but they too were 20 years old. They–and my venerable AE-1–now sit on top the ledge in my family room with the rest of my collection of antique/obsolete cameras (my other “hobby”). I figure in a few years, I’ll add a brick of 35mm film to the collection sitting up there. I think that’s about as close as my daughter will ever come to knowing what this thing called “film” was.

To give you an idea of the difference between a point-and-shoot and D-SLR, in the 4 years I shot with the Minolta, I took around 4000 images. I’ve had the XT just about a year, and I’ve shot over 6000. Need a bigger hard drive, now. They’re a bit more expensive, but worth every penny.

Later,

K

#9

The Leica, Rollie and Hexacon were definitely pre-1960.
The Minolta was maybe just, as I got it in 64 or 65.

#10

I still go into my dark room, when I can clear a path :lol:

I like the control of the image that I get when I expose for the shadows and print for the highlights.

#11
Curmudgeon said:
The Leica, Rollie and Hexacon were definitely pre-1960. The Minolta was maybe just, as I got it in 64 or 65.
So, that kicking and screaming I heard [i]was[/i] you being dragged into the digital age. I thought Suzi had dropped one of her stuffed animals again. ;) Truthfully, though, the simplicity of the old technology is exactly why I clung to my AE-1 for as long as I did (even with a T-90 that needed only a new battery holder to be brought back to life).

The biggest downside to digital photography I’ve found is that I never bother to actually print many of the shots I shoot. We e-mail them to friends and family, or post them on line, but physical pieces of paper with an image on them are a definite rarity here. 'Course, the ones that we do have are piled into shoe boxes never to be seen again, either, so I’m not sure if there’s really a difference. (Except that I really need to get a newer photo of Suzi on my desk at work.)

Later,

K

#12

[b]Like Warren, the point and shoot digital cameras were dissappointing. So… I just bought myself an early [2-months] birthday present: an Olympus E-410 w/ 3.5-14 to40mm, and 5.6- 40 to 150mm lens. It is light [13oz], holds two memory cards, and has far more bells and whistles than I will ever use. Sofar, I am not in love with automatic focus [being Old school]. An adaptor will allow me to use all my old big OM lenses from my OM2 SLR, on the new camera.

http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_section/product.asp?product=1294 Now I just have to learn to use it with confidence, before bringing it to Marty’s. JimC.[/b]

#13

My problem is I’ve never had anything but a point and shoot. I don’t have a clue about lenses etc. But I’ve always been able to take good pictures…until I bought this pile of crap. The cover pic on the MLS 2007 calendar was taken with my old auto focus point and shoot. Forget closeups like that with the new camera. I’m bidding on an exact replacement for my old camera…:slight_smile: I think I can get one for 30 or 40$.

#14

I bought a new Cannon digital soon after Christmas. Too be honest I hated it when compared to my old Fuji digital. I could not get the hang of it. I just couldn’t get nice crisp pictures.
The Fuji always took perfect pictures. Even in close up as long as I turned on the macro.
The Fuji was slow and had a slow media card and crappy Lithium battery. The main reason I gave it to my daughter was I also needed something that had movie mode as well. I have grandiose plans to make short video how to’s showing battery R/C installations.

Anyway, Jen and I are leaving for 5 weeks in the UK on the 28th Aug and she decided to get with it and buy a smallish good quality digital. I persuaded her to forget about Lithiums and use AA’s, plus pick a camera that used the same media card as the Cannon.
As it transpired she chose a Cannon. When showing her how to use it I stumbled across how to slightly press the shutter release to let the camera focus and then press it in fully to take the pic.
Unlike my new Cannon, her new camera had a distinct two stage feel. Mine has a hair trigger with no real feel to it all. So I tried being really gentle with the shutter release on my Cannon. Guess what, it worked. Now my pics are coming out as good if not better, than the old Fuji.

The old adage. If all else fails, read the instructions.

#15

This new camera has that 2 stage function. My clumbsy old geezer fingers just can’t get it right. That might be fine for young fingers but not for old ones. But guess what, I just won a replacement for my old camera that I could take pictures with…$29.39 with shipping…:slight_smile:

#16

Hmmmmmmm, yes gentlemen, it doesn’t hurt to read the manual and it doesn’t hurt to practise. :smiley: :smiley:

BTW any of the AF (auto focus) cameras wouldn’t be worth much if it weren’t for the focus stage ahead of the record stage. Problem with the point and shoot is the shutter lag, makes people impatient and recording before it’s focused. All this because they figure they miss the moment. Most often you miss the moment and get a blurry picture. :wink: :slight_smile:

#17
TonyWalsham said:
Big Snip

The old adage. If all else fails, read the instructions.


Man Rule Number 56. Never read the instructions, it is unmanly. If a machine gets the better of you, con your wife into reading and understanding the instructions, and then require her to report back to you as though it was an assignment. Never let on that you did not understand something.
:smiley: :lol: :stuck_out_tongue:

#18

Buy a Kodak easy share it has both lens one you can look through or the big screen. Very nice I enjoy mine very much and takes bettr Pics than any camra I had. Pays to shop around before buying. All else fails read the instructions. Later RJD

#19

The Easy Share as you describe is what I had and it worked fine. So I went back to another Kodak. Big mistake as this one is entirely different. RJD, I live in Spokane WA. That means there is no such thing as shopping around. Crap selections…very limited choices. I think I found 3 different models in stock in all my wandering around town. This was the only one I could afford. But the problem is solved as I now have another DX3600 on the way…:slight_smile:

Thank you Ebay!