Hello to everybody and thank you for the responses or/ and suggestions!
Originally posted by roblgs Hi,
Depending how brave you're feeling, I'd suggest going fully mechanical with something like a K1000, or an MX... personally I have a soft spot for the MX, having owned two of them back in the day when they were current, and they're still with me now, something like 35 years later.
I already purchased it, and the photos I uploaded were taken with the Pentax MX and mostly with the SMC Pentax M50mm F1.7, and sometimes with the Samyang Aspherical 85mm F1.4.
Originally posted by jfdavis58 Please don't take this wrong, I've got boxes of old film cameras that I still enjoy playing with and I wouldn't dream of denying anyone the opportunity to relive that era, but... Who do you most admire or perhaps most enjoy? Logically, you must have seen their work, so I'm guessing it's published in some form. Pick some aspect of that work and 'shoot for that' outcome.
This for me, is merely a hobby. All the money I invested in it, are a `bad investment` . I did not read any books to `open my eyes` , or study technique; all I' ve done was by trial and error on my K5, for the past year and a half. For half a year now, I' ve took it easier, taking off the foot from the acceleration pedal. I am an amateur, and you can clearly see this from the quality of my photos (which is not great; in its most better days of shooting) . The thing is, I didn' t want to copy anybody else. I don' t really have a favorite artist. I like a few artists, younger or `more senior in the domain` , but I really really try not to copy them; I don' t even succeed as they are mostly nude photographers.
All the best!