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[jaylach]

Nice! 50's are so versatile. The color rendering looks great! And I'd bet if Canon's 100mm is anything like NIkon's you'll be bringing that bad boy home too! If you don't mind selling a kidney to pay for it.

Depends a lot on where you buy. Along with the 50 MM that came with my Canon Rebel T7 I have a 75-300 MM lens that I got from B&H. When I got it the lens went for $650.00 USD but I got for $300.00 USD slightly used. It is my 'go to' when out shooting.

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@gimme30 Squids ! I’ve always liked that term . My very best friend in the world, who , unfortunately , has passed went in as an E1 (?) because he completed NJROTC in high school and came out twenty two years later as a Chief Warrant Officer was not fond of the term . He was a sailor as he put it .

 

[anewbie]

I miss the old days of film and manual focus.

 

[jaylach]

Film does have one big advantage. With digital you are limited as how large you can print by the number of dots. With film being analog there are no dots so the print size is pretty unlimited.

 

[anewbie]

Film does have one big advantage. With digital you are limited as how large you can print by the number of dots. With film being analog there are no dots so the print size is pretty unlimited.

Film has dots the just aren't uniform. They were known as grain; though in truth colour is a bit different than bw. Ever try to print a 22x48 with asa 1600 film ? I used to do a lot of b&w work when i was a kid. Never did colour but did own a 6x7 for a while. Dang that camera was sharp - great camera - mamiya 7. Oh well those the days. There is a certain look to film that digital never really copied - perhaps too clinical.

 

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I really do miss the old days of film . I loved dropping the film off and waiting to get the pictures back and seeing how they turned out . People these days don’t have the patience to wait for their next breath of air let alone wait to see pictures from film . I think digital has cheapened the whole process of picture taking too . Pictures aren’t special anymore because everybody has hundreds of new ones every hour . Okay , end of my curmudgeonly rant .

 

[jaylach]

I really do miss the old days of film . I loved dropping the film off and waiting to get the pictures back and seeing how they turned out . People these days don’t have the patience to wait for their next breath of air let alone wait to see pictures from film . I think digital has cheapened the whole process of picture taking too . Pictures aren’t special anymore because everybody has hundreds of new ones every hour . Okay , end of my curmudgeonly rant .

Actually dropping off film was one of the things I didn't like as you often end up paying for garbage prints. With digital you know what you have before printing. When I go out I may take 200 shots and only keep 10-20. Up to 8X10 (sometimes 8.5X11) I also print out my own. I have a 6-cartridge Canon Ink Jet that puts out really nice photos.

Many believe that the more megapixels the better photo but that isn't true. Megapixels just control the maximum print size. For actual photo quality it is all about the sensor and optics. Don't take this wrong as some cell phones can take awesome shots but they just don't have the optics to match a decent DSLR.

Another advantage of digital is video. My Canon T7 can do 1080 video with stereo audio that looks excellent. With my old Canon T3 the card had to be formatted in FAT (If I remember right) which restricted a video file size to 4GB. With the T7 it will accept an exFAT format which throws the 4 GB limit out the window.

LOL! I still have the T3 but it is stored as a backup if my T7 goes down. The battery/card cover broke off on the T3 but I broke off a toothpick in the switch that says the cover is closed and it still works fine. Since an 18/55 MM lens came with both cameras I also have a spare lens.

I don't do much with filters but DO use a UV filter on my lenses for a couple of reasons. One is to protect the lens. from getting scratched. I'd much prefer to replace a filter than a lens. Second is to give a little protection for the sensor against UV burn if UV burn is even a term.

I keep putting it off but my next lens will probably be a fish eye... no aquarium pun intended as that is really what they are called. It takes a photo with a clear center gradually getting more and more blurred toward the edges.

 

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@jaylach I hear you about seeing and paying for wasted shots . That happened to me plenty of times back then but I still think that film was better because the real photographers among us , such as yourself , were able to better show off their skills . I do also think , as you pointed out , that a real camera like the digital SLR is superior to a cell phone camera . DSLR pictures are breathtaking in the hands of a guy that knows what he’s doing . Anyway , it’s a new world with new things in it but I think a “real” photographer does an infinitely better job than the common schmo .

 

[gimme30]

Film isn't dead guys! I still shoot it all the time, although always b&w. Processing is the only drawback, since I don't develop my own anymore. The person/machine that does it won't make the tiny corrections that can save an otherwise ruined shot.

People these days don’t have the patience to wait for their next breath of air let alone wait to see pictures from film . I think digital has cheapened the whole process of picture taking too.

This is where a lot of people's work suffers, unfortunately. When we were paying for film/developing, with only 36 frames available, every shot counted. Composition mattered. Now we can press a button and get 120 frames per second. I take my time out of habit, but I'm guilty of holding down that go-button myself. It can make the difference between getting that once in a lifetime shot or missing the moment entirely.