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In Reply to: RE: Can I get some camera advice? posted by Mike B. on October 13, 2014 at 12:49:52
when taking film pix grew to cost a dollar a photo plus film's own cost and probably half the pix were throw aways I sold the film cameras at low cost to a teacher of photography for his class to use as needed.
Then I bought digital cameras, newer lenses and began the upward learning curve. Never looked back and all photography costs nothing these days, except my new addiction to metal prints which are to photo prints what 4K TeeVee is to B&W 1950's sets.
Digital cameras come in many price points and even the lesser ones still can give amazing results. I advice getting the most expensive one you can afford and growing into it rather than getting a lesser one and running into creative road blocks and lack of certain possibilities. I find that mid price Nikons serve me very well and see no need to go over 1000-1200 bucks. Spend the rest on good lenses and do not get the cheap kit lenses that are offered with cameras these days.
And your lenses will work with newer digital Nikons...
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Are you SURE that older Nikon lenses, with the TABS will work with newer Nikons?
Too much is never enough
but I have read that Nikon makes them backwards compatible. Of course things like auto focus and auto zoom would not be available....and a quick query nets this
Old Nikon (tabbed) glass is not compatible with EITHER of the 2 methods of driving auto focus.
Canon went with ALL in-lens motors. Different motor types were used, depending on speed, cost of lens, and noise level. The Ultrasonic was tops. Micromotor? Slower and noisier.
The OTHER system involved a mechanical coupling to the lens and the autofocus motor IN the camera. I think Nikon tried this?
Autozoom adds complexity, another motor, a way to switch direction of zoom and SPEED of zoom, if you really want creative control. For me? If I had a motor zoom lens, it would HAVE to be capable of zooming during exposure.
I'm glad to see the Nikon link to 'what works with what' page.
Canon went from FL / FD to EOS mounts and had a transition series of Camaeras, the 'T' Series.
The T-90 still has a following. These were early EOS bodies with FD glass.
Too much is never enough
Yes, I went digital a number of years back. I have a SLR and a pocket camera I shot our feet with. I still have a pile of prepaid Kodak mailers. Those will probably be collector's items in 20 years.
If you wish to sharpen your skills the local community college probably has photo courses....
How did you make the leap from me asking about film camera relevance to taking a Community college course?
LWR is 'free associating'.
A trip to the local community college would be a nice idea. The last class I took in the photograph department was on 'Photography as a Business'.
Too much is never enough
No, LWR is having a LSD flashback. Happens quite frequently.
free ain't it?
(I know I know) that you wanted to make the leap, not realizing that you had. I was not really sure what you were heading for...
About used film cameras, I was offered 10 bucks for a Nikon.
It is against the rules to sell things here. What are you trying to do? Get us in trouble?
what am I going to do with all that underwear I commissioned?
Underware? Does your wife know about this? Never mind.
...that $25 for an AE-1 with an extra lens was brutal.
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