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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
01-05-2009, 02:32 PM
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Yes, that is very sad. It is truly the end of an era.:(
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
01-05-2009, 02:26 PM
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After many years out of photography I bought a Lumix FZ30 in May of 2007. About a year later I upgraded to an FZ50 and then a few months after that I bought a Nikon D60. But I missed film, so after keeping an eye on Ebay I found a good deal on a Pentax MX with three lenses. My second SLR, and my first really serious camera was an MX which replaced the somewhat less than perfect Vivitar I learned on. Oh how I missed that camera. I sold it when I finally gave up on ever being able to afford my old addiction. Before I got married, I had a job that provided access to a darkroom. Then I got laid off, and being young newlyweds, the apartment we shared did not have room for a darkroom, and I could not begin to hope to afford decent processing without doing it myself. My camera sat unused for some years, and during a financial crisis I sold it at a terrible loss.
So, years later, divorced, relocated across the country, and in a well paying job, I decided to stick my toe back in the water. Oh well, now photography once again eats up a part of my paycheck. I do mostly digital, but I plan to start doing more film with my Pentax.
My only regret is that I still can't seem to afford a black MX body. Thirty years ago they cost too much, and the ones on Ebay go for a premium as well. So, I once again have a chrome MX. And once again, I am still thinkng I might, eventually, when I can afford it, get an LX. But my "new" MX does a nice job. But now I have to learn all the new films. The ones I knew are mostly gone, or have changed significantly.
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