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I went out for a walk along the beach today and, for a change, I took the EOS1n. It felt great in my hands and I couldn't wait to start taking pictures.
I saw some looverly rock formations with some exoctic looking flowers on so I raised the camera to my eye, composed the frame, tipped the camera up a bit to underexpose the shot slightly, focused on the main flower and reframed the composition while holding the button at half way and "click!".
My eyes flew to the back of the camera to look at the LCD screen for a preview and "BO11OCKS!"..I knew there and then that the camera has got to go to make way for another digital body!
Bye bye old faithful
Martin.
I saw some looverly rock formations with some exoctic looking flowers on so I raised the camera to my eye, composed the frame, tipped the camera up a bit to underexpose the shot slightly, focused on the main flower and reframed the composition while holding the button at half way and "click!".
My eyes flew to the back of the camera to look at the LCD screen for a preview and "BO11OCKS!"..I knew there and then that the camera has got to go to make way for another digital body!
Bye bye old faithful
Martin.
simpo two said:
... I guess you looked it up in the manual and it said 'Your camera is kaput, buy a new one'...
More like 'Your camera uses some antiquated chemical recording system, so image preview will take some time....about 2 days, involving a shop'.
I got my first digital when my film camera of the time ate a corking set of stag do pics.
640x480 resolution and £680.
Times change eh?
I on the other hand have just got a few rolls of Velvia back from the developers, and having got some more dawn shots full of the gorgeous purple colours that you get with long exposures, I'm thinking that I'm in no hurry to go digital.
It's going to have to take a pretty special camera to tempt me away from film I think... but if anyone can tempt me, it is Canon and their new baby
It's going to have to take a pretty special camera to tempt me away from film I think... but if anyone can tempt me, it is Canon and their new baby
I wouldn't worry about the lack of image preview - you forgot to attach a lens!
Oh, and all this 'go digital or not?' stuff - there is no need to switch, you can use both. Its very much 'horses for courses' IMHO. For instance, if I were shooting a wedding, I would shoot in digital as you can take loads of pictures and flog them in the evening. If I were shooting a sunset though, I would probably still use film as there is greater scope for enlarging - e.g you can blow it up bigger before quality starts to drop, and sunsets are the kind of thing that many people like to hang on their walls.
Oh, and all this 'go digital or not?' stuff - there is no need to switch, you can use both. Its very much 'horses for courses' IMHO. For instance, if I were shooting a wedding, I would shoot in digital as you can take loads of pictures and flog them in the evening. If I were shooting a sunset though, I would probably still use film as there is greater scope for enlarging - e.g you can blow it up bigger before quality starts to drop, and sunsets are the kind of thing that many people like to hang on their walls.
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