CC camera enthusiast corner.

[swee'pea99]

So can we all!

Not true. I, for one, have never got aggressive when drunk. I just get daft, then incoherent, then asleep. But many do. Respect to those who acknowledge it and apologise.

 

[skudupnorth]

It's the eye behind the camera that is important. Get yourself one of these........... View attachment 17876

That is so true ! I always say no matter what you have, it's always the person pressing the shutter that is the most important part of the kit

 

[skudupnorth]

Nikon for me even though i do own a lot of Russian and East German classics aswell. I have an F.3 which is getting pressed back into service again with good old black and white Ilford film which you can still buy easily along with Fuji stuff aswell.
You all know Shaun created a nice section on the other side for photography don't you ???

 

[hoopdriver]

Nikon for me even though i do own a lot of Russian and East German classics aswell. I have an F.3 which is getting pressed back into service again with good old black and white Ilford film which you can still buy easily along with Fuji stuff aswell.
You all know Shaun created a nice section on the other side for photography don't you ???

I've visited the photography section on the other side, but hardly anyone goes there and threads sit idle for weeks - it is kind of fruitless...

 

[Boon 51]

Can you still develop an interest in photography in the digital age?

I would say so... here's a couple of my thought's.

You can take a crap picture then use Photoshop, Light room etc to edit the photo and get a great photograph.
Or like me try and get it right on the first shots, do a good crop and then very little editing, either way you can have fun. ( black and white being my favourite type of photo)

Just for instance you can take 200 shots keep 2 photo's delete the rest and start again at no cost at all, not like the old days.

 

[hoopdriver]

I would say so... here's a couple of my thought's.

You can take a crap picture then use Photoshop, Light room etc to edit the photo and get a great photograph.
Or like me try and get it right on the first shots, do a good crop and then very little editing, either way you can have fun. ( black and white being my favourite type of photo)

Just for instance you can take 200 shots keep 2 photo's delete the rest and start again at no cost at all, not like the old days.

A crap picture will remain a crap picture regardless of how much editing you do on Photoshop or Lightroom. At best it will be a slightly less crappy picture.

 

[Scoosh]

Started with an ancient Minolta - one of those with a light meter !

Moved up and got a Praktika (think it was a Super TL), then after it got nicked at Heathrow, really wanted an OM 2. Couldn't afford it, so got an OM-1.

3 months later, I'm working in the Far East and visiting Hong Kong ... so bought my OM-2, with Zuiko 50mm f1.4 lens.

Other kit was added over the years, including -

• Zuiko 28mm f3.5
• Vivitar Series 1 70-210mm zoom (rotate to focus, push/pull to zoom)
• Auto Winder (3fps)
• TTL Auto flash with sidegrip
• filters, expansion tubes, X2 Converter

Lots of pics and lots of fun, till my camera bag was getting a bit heavy and I wasn't getting any stronger !
Digital came along as well as my family, so my beloved OM-2 sits in the camera bag under my bed. Scoosh son (19 now) uses the OM-1 a bit.
I love the OM-1 and 2 for their light weight, very quiet operation (I was able to take non-flash pics backstage at an am-dram society in S'pore without disturbing anyone) and the balance and feel. I took some good pics with them - but few I would classify as good photographs, as I don't have the real 'eye' for composition.

 

[DTD]

Wrong. Using RAW you can effectively re-expose your photograph. It makes, or can make, a massive difference.

True. Think of RAW as keeping your negatives so you have all the information you started out with. Typically you'll use several versions of a photograph – for web, for reproduction, for prints and so on. If you use software such as Apple Aperture or Adobe Lightroom, storing RAW files and re-puposing the image is easily done and for most people such software is a much better way of working than thinking of individually post processing images with PhotoShop.

 

[DTD]

First camera was my dad's old Russian Smena 8. Then I used to borrow his Prakticamat and Praktica LTL.
I always drooled over Olympus OM1s – and eventually ended up with a couple, which I sold a few of years ago –I thought they were wonderfully designed and built and showed a company trait for ploughing their own furrow.

My favourite compact was undoubtably the Ricoh GR1 – it had a brilliant quality fixed 28mm lens – did a big documentary project on the English seaside using this, as you just looked like a happy snapper so could blend in and get candid photos. I eventually got the digital equivalent, a Ricoh GRD-2, but without the built in optical viewfinder and the small, noisy sensor, it was never as good as the film camera. It broke by breaking my fall off my mountain bike last year :-) Replaced it with a Fuji X100, which reminds me of the old Minolta CLE which was something I lusted after.

For a while when most film cameras became all but worthless I 'collected' a few I'd fancied in my youth – a Minox, Minolta Product 20, an Olympus Ecru. But being into photography more than cameras when I hadn't used them for a while I sold them. Still got a Leica M6, but I think that will go as they still fetch a useful amount of money.

I've been lucky enough to win or been given digital SLRs so use an Olympus E-1 (again a quirky but incredibly well designed camera) and an E-3 (built like a tank, virtually water proof, but not something I'd ever feel a great liking for). Nowadays I really don't have any interest in cameras other than to take pictures – bikes are the machines that I drool over.

 

[Leaway2]

I loved my Zenith. The mirror only returned after winding on the film. I think it was a Zenith E. It had several lenses, one being a massive telephoto. The screw thread did not quite fit but it worked.

 

[Saddle bum]

Still got a Praktica LTL and a bag of lenses. Got reasonably proficient with it but always hankered after an Olympus because of their small size.

Just got an Olympus E-510 and very pleased with it. Lenses are good value if you look carefully.

Snapping has always taken a back seat behind cycling, shooting, fishing, etc. Two kids and a few grand-kids have rekindled the interest. The TdF in Engalnd next year will see me out with it.