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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
07-31-2020, 11:21 AM
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Thanks to all of you for the great welcome. I prefer manual photography whenever time permits because I usually get much better results. However, as I'm sure you're aware, small grandchildren seldom hold still for very long and I have found that I'm not always quick enough to catch the shot. Also, I'm still learning to digitize my negatives in order to be able to share pictures electronically. Making the camera once again an automatic extension of me and developing an efficient post processing system are immediate goals I look forward to mastering.
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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
07-23-2020, 11:09 AM
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I started out with a KX, then a MX in 1977 and progressed to a Super Program, and a Super A. Along the way I collected an array of K-mount, and KA-mount prime and zoom lenses. Thereafter life intervened for about 20 years.
With reluctance I purchased first a K-10D in 2008, followed by a marvelous K-3 a few years later.
Despite the incredible things these latter two cameras were able to do, digital photography didn't feel as satisfying as my years with film. Spray and pray did not seem to be the photography I was familiar with. Culling hundreds of shots for just the right jpg seemed to be an incredible waste of time and a truly empty experience. Even several courses in digital photography failed to revive my enthusiasm.
Then I discovered a resurgence of film photography and it has made all the difference. B&H recently reported that film photography was up by 20% last year!
I still shoot with digital when I feel the pressure from family for instant gratification, and the need share pictures via social media (yuk!), but I spend the vast majority of my time shooting film because it has made me a much better photographer.
Film photography is SLOW photography simply because it requires one to think carefully about every stage of the photographic process, and for me therein lies the real rewards. We live in an impatient age in which much has been lost where we have unconsciously exchanged quality for quantity.
Recently I inherited a MZ-S and have been amazed at what Pentax created while me and my old cameras were collecting dust. It has re-ignited my enthusiasm for the photographic process. At the moment I find myself eager to explore a fusion of new film developing and scanning techniques, and to once again employ those great cameras and lenses I acquired so many years ago.
So even though Pentax is now Ricoh, it's good to be home! :)
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