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I threw out our Nikon 35mm and Canon 35mm cameras years ago as the new digital cameras were/are superior and more convenient in every way. Would have been happy to give them to you if I still had them. Just finding paper and chemicals became a nightmare so we broke down the darkroom and moved on. Kodak did not believe in the new age and we all see what happened to them.
If I was smart I would have bought a Byrnes saw a long time ago, but as I had a Microlux tilt arbor saw that was only a few years old, I hesitated. But on the positive side, some 15 or maybe 20 years later, the saw is still working very well so I can say this saw was not a bad choice, at least it wasn't back then.
Allan
Allan
Hi, Did Byrnes Machines call you back?
My God! You threw out Nikon and Canon gear? I can only hope it went to a good home.
You do realize that, like vinyl phonograph records, film is now experiencing a renaissance? While film will never beat the convenience and other advantages of digital picture-taking, film is now retaking its rightful position as the archival standard for high-quality artistic work. In a fashion vaguely analogous to scratch-building ship models, in the collectors' market, film photography is widely considered as being of a higher order than digital photography these days.I'll bet you've thrown some amazing garage sales. Next time you get the urge to "throw out" something like this, call me first!
So we look here for cameras or saws? As to cameras, just get yourself iPhone, not necessarily new, and learn taking pictures with it. You may look at my Victory blog reffed to at the bottom. All pictures were taken with the phone. Believe me you are not going to make a better ones with any film or digital camera. A camera separate from phone is a waste of money today.
Humility compels me to agree. I doubt a fancy camera will ever make me a better photographer.
There are, however, a lot of professional, and serious amateur, photographers who would disagree with us. Smartphone cameras have opened up the field to billions of people who would not otherwise have ever been able to take a decent picture, both practically and economically. "Point and shoot" smartphones are the "Saturday Night Specials" of the photography world.- Joined
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Like scratch building, “real photography” can be an absorbing activity. Even as a retiree, I don’t have enough shop time. When my daughter moved to New York she said that were some “Chinese Guys,” her description, that could repair the shutter on my much loved Minolta SRT101 camera. It must be a big job because I haven’t seen it for the past 24 years! Maybe they sent it to China. I replaced it with a DSLR but have never mastered it.
Instead, I point and shoot with my IPad.
Roger
Instead, I point and shoot with my IPad.
Roger
I still have a Nikkormat EL and and a Nikon F100, as well as a cannon EOS. But my goto is a Nikon 300D which produces great images even though it is only 12 megapixels. Somewhere in there I have an older Coolpix 880. Where digital cameras shine ( including phones and tablets) is the ability to get your pictures NOW. If you're going to be serious about photography and not just taking snapshots, consider some processing software. I've used Adobe Photoshop since it was first introduced. Great abilities to tweak your images!
When we were moving, we gave away MANY bags of clothes and other things, including the cameras, to the VVA and DAV veteran organizations. We like working with them as much or more than Good Will.
Allan