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WOW that's great! Its good to see some dealer is still doing fun stuff!

 

Thats great!

 

Well it is. The best camera is always the one you have with you. My oldest daughter is a very good photographer, she almost always uses her phone. The cameras on phones are really good that on top of the computational things the phone does before presenting you the picture can make them an excellent choice. But depending on what you plan on doing there may be better choices.
The question has to be asked. I know there are several very good photographers on here so my hope was that everyone would jump in and give advise.
I was more thinking did you want a camera with changeable lenses or something with a fixed lens. I am a Canon guy so something like the G7 would not be bad it’s around $500 and has a fixed 24mm to 100mm lens.

 

Once I no longer had access to a darkroom I stoped shooting for the most part. I remember when I got my first nice laptop to take with me on the road I started shooting agin. I would use film, have it developed and scanned then edit it. My first digital camera was trash. So I went back to film. Now I have a very good DLSR. It is nice to to be able to shoot then do my edits on the computer. I use a Wacom Cinitq so I can edit on the screen, their pen is great. It makes me feel more involved with my pictures. For a long time I didn't make prints very often. I was listing to another photographer talk about the importance of printing. The last step to bring your photo into the world. I decided to get a nice printer that is for photography. I found one on sale, almost half off. Now I do my own prints. It adds another facet to my photography. Getting your picture ready to print then deciding what kind of paper to use for that shot. Its nice to hold my pictures in my hand agin. I cant describe it. I encourage all photographers to do their own prints. But for us old farts that started with film it brings back some of what we lost.

Even with all I just said I will never stop using film. Film forces you to be more thoughtful, to slow down. I know film can never match the dynamic range of my DLSR but there is something special about film.

As I sit in my office typing this I am surrounded by my camera collection. Only two are digital My 5D and one of the first digital cameras an Apple QuickTake 200. The rest are film dating back to the very early 1900's. They are all in working order. It would be nice to see all the pictures taken with them through time. It reminded me of an article I once read titled the camera on your cell phone is better than what Ansel Adams had. It's not the camera it's the photographer behind it.

Sorry to wax long about this but @Crashton and @agranger post struck a cord.


P.S. For mothers day I bought my wife an old Canon AE-1 off eBay. It had 3 lenses with it. If you don't hear from me after Sunday you will know that the AE-1 not a hit.

 

That is insane! Great story!

 

The name must start with a G.....
What I photograph most is night cityscapes. I do this with film and now my Canon 5D. I have lots of old cameras one is a Brownie No.2 autographic made in 1919, yes it works. They each produce very different looking pictures. But my two main stay cameras are my 5D and medium format film camera. Both produce great images.

 

Im with you on that! lets see....is there someone here that takes pictures of cars?

 

@Friskie Nice shot!