Old Enough To Remember?

meta said:
hahah that was a rubbish modern invention, 110 film cassette, terrible photos cos the negative was far too small. Cameras before those were far superior.
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Well, that Kodak Pocket was convenient back in the day; we'd the 100 series with the 4x cube flash (that actually rotated 1/4 when you pushed the transporter)
Later models then had that flasher array shown...

Now everyone relays on their phones... but even my IXUS 60 makes better pictures then a smartphone...
And frankly, digital has its limits, like nature panoramas always suffer that white hue hiding the depth, a thing that never occurred with my 35mm TTL kit...
 
St-Gerard said:
Scared the "beep" out of the tellers long time ago, Friday was pay day went to cash my check. In those days they closed at 5:30 pm sharp. Got off work a bit late so rushed down to the bank made it two minutes before closing time. Being late didn't have time to take off my helmet , got asked politely not to do that again.
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There was a convenience store in Lakefield, Ontario that had a sign by the door that said something to the effect that motorcycle riders who did not remove their helmets and entered the store would be shot.

Odd thing to see on a store in Ontario vs., say, one in Texas. I assumed the sign was there because they had been robbed by someone who dashed in wearing a helmet.
 
My first camera was a Polariod Swinger.

Check focus by rotating button, squeeze the red splines to check, if correct, the viewfinder indicated a "Yes" Depress the shutter.

Instant developing film was a fortune, quality not great. Didn't have it long.

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Yeah the tellers were relieved when I stopped just inside the door and took off my helmet off. Pay check now is an E-transfer ,welcome to the new now.
 
ST1100Y said:
Well, that Kodak Pocket was convenient back in the day; we'd the 100 series with the 4x cube flash (that actually rotated 1/4 when you pushed the transporter)
Later models then had that flasher array shown...

Now everyone relays on their phones... but even my IXUS 60 makes better pictures then a smartphone...
And frankly, digital has its limits, like nature panoramas always suffer that white hue hiding the depth, a thing that never occurred with my 35mm TTL kit...
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yes well I am a professional photographer of 50 years and digital is just rubbish compared to the old school methods. Feel sorry for young guys in photography because they are not really taught about detailed observations which was required back in the day. They can cheat with computer software, cover mistakes and they dont learn efficiency. I ask digital guys to do a portrait of a subject, take 12 shots only and 10 must be sellable. Use their eyes. Dont press the button until its right. That's a pro. When you are photographing the UK royals, you dont have an option to screw up or take forever. And use a hasselblad!
 
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meta said:
yes well I am a professional photographer of 50 years and digital is just rubbish compared to the old school methods. Feel sorry for young guys in photography because they are not really taught about detailed observations which was required back in the day. They can cheat with computer software, cover mistakes and they dont learn efficiency. I ask digital guys to do a portrait of a subject, take 12 shots only and 10 must be sellable. Use their eyes. Dont press the button until its right. That's a pro. When you are photographing the UK royals, you dont have an option to screw up or take forever. And use a hasselblad!
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We discuss this at length on Photrio. Digital cameras are great in many ways, but the downside is they make it too easy to take a thousand bad pictures to get a few keepers. When I'm shooting film, I'm far more careful.

Of course, it must be said that digital shows up in the workflow of many film photographers in the form of scanners and image manipulation software.
 
meta said:
yes well I am a professional photographer of 50 years and digital is just rubbish compared to the old school methods. Feel sorry for young guys in photography because they are not really taught about detailed observations which was required back in the day. They can cheat with computer software, cover mistakes and they dont learn efficiency. I ask digital guy to do a portrait of a subject, take 12 shots only and 10 must be sellable. That's a pro.
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ST1100TX said:
We discuss this at length on Photrio. Digital cameras are great in many ways, but the downside is they make it too easy to take a thousand bad pictures to get a few keepers. When I'm shooting film, I'm far more careful.

Of course, it must be said that digital shows up in the workflow of many film photographers in the form of scanners and image manipulation software.
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yes when every shot was costing money one tends to learn to be better. Like a lot of things, young people have been made lazy and standards have fallen greatly, no such thing as real quality tradesmen, accurate with their work. Its the same for joiners and builders with all their fancy power tools. I test them by putting a door on a table, giving them a hand saw and saying take 2-3mm off the bottom of it. I'm expert at that. No power saw, no batteries required. Same as cameras, non battery models were best. Batteries present risk and weakness. More skill, more satisfaction. "Old ways are best with skills" - not being cool!
Better shut up I guess or move to a photography forum hahaha.
 
ST1100TX said:
One of my vintage Pentax cameras. The SV is 60 years old and still going strong. I think it's a beaut.

Here's my Minolta SRT-101 high school camera on the left and one of two backups on the right. That camera sure has preserved a lot of memories and still works like new.

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I had one of those pentax, really nice item, my first really decent camera when I was about 17
 
ReSTored said:
My first camera was a Polariod Swinger.

Check focus by rotating button, squeeze the red splines to check, if correct, the viewfinder indicated a "Yes" Depress the shutter.

Instant developing film was a fortune, quality not great. Didn't have it long.

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lol brings back memories. I have a passport / ID polaroid camera, takes 2 shots side by side, for the studio when I had it. Offered a passport service.
 
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meta said:
I had one of those pentax, really nice item, my first really decent camera when I was about 17
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I still have my Olmypus OM-10, flash, normal lens and a 70 - 200 zoon lens. Have not used it in over 20 years. Low end version of the OM-1 I think. I shot slide film primarily.

Still have a Kodak slide projector + FIL's as well, They are not working great, solenoid swithch issues I think, but between the 2 of them we had a slide show a couple of months ago.

FIL had 2 Nikon F4 bodies, one for film and one for slides + an array of high quality lens + flashes. Great camera system and he knew how to use it. Sold for a song when he passed on.
 
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I still have my Olmypus OM-10, flash, normal lens and a 70 - 200 zoon lens. Have not used it in over 20 years. Low end version of the OM-1 I think. I shot slide film primarily.

Still have a Kodak slide projector + FIL's as well, They are not working great, solenoid swithch issues I think, but between the 2 of them we had a slide show a couple of months ago.

FIL had 2 Nikon F4 bodies, one for film and one for slides + an array of high quality lens + flashes. Great camera system and he knew how to use it. Sold for a song when he passed on.
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I have three OM2n's. Great little cameras.

I'd love to get a Nikon F4 and Nikkor lenses for a song!
 
ST1100TX said:
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Here's my Minolta SRT-101 high school camera on the left and one of two backups on the right. That camera sure has preserved a lot of memories and still works like new.


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Still have my 101 that I bought spring semester '73.
Such a solid feel to it, and still to this day. Put a new battery in it and it would be ready to go!
 
scootac said:
Still have my 101 that I bought spring semester '73.
Such a solid feel to it, and still to this day. Put a new battery in it and it would be ready to go!
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That's when I bought mine at a pawn shop in Dayton Ohio. Came with a 58mm f1.4 lens which I still have as well. I wish they still made Kodachrome 64.
 
Sadlsor said:
I lost literally hundreds of slides at a storage unit, years ago.
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Ouch... :confused:

And then there is the issue with "digital"...
No one will find a shoe-box full of decades old prints underneath granny's bed anymore...
Just one HD crash, one glitch in "the cloud" and all your precious memories are gone...
 
I can back up my cards and hard drives, and use cloud storage and all... much easier than I could duplicate the transparencies. And I do.

Also, "back in the day", copying prints or slides usually meant a loss in resolution.

On that note, I had "intended" to scan all those slides, but procrastinated due to the enormity of the task.
 
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