non digital cameras

[pavester]

Well I recently came across a good deal, i hope on a minolta dynax 300si. I got it for 20 bucks off a marine, he had taken it to 30 plus contries while in the service. What im wondering is what you camera gurus think about it. Im gnna take it on a big trip so any advice on taking good clear pictures is welcome

 

[iamaelephant]

What is this, the Flintstones?

 

[pavester]

Hey, it was my next door neighbors garage sale. Im not exactly loaded enough to pay $700+ for a slr or something.

 

[Mrvile]

You're probably better off with a $100 digi P&S

 

[Mo0o]

In all honesty if you're going to be traveling it'll be a hassle to deal with rolls of film and not knowing how well your pictures turn out.

 

[GalvanizedYankee]

Clean the lense properly. Shoot & develope one roll of film before the trip.
You want to know if it works well. B&W is still making a come back. Canon & Nikon
have stopped 35mm film camera production.

Shoot varied exposures. I still shoot my Canon A-1 I bought in '73. My digi is a Canon G-6.

With inexpensive digi-cams, shutter lag is still a pita. You lose the moment when action shooting.


...Galvanized

 

[pavester]

its suppose to be a good film camera, he said it shot great pictures but he was moving out so he gave me a deal.

 

[destrekor]

all you film haters just enjoy removing the art from photography and letting computers manipulate what you did wrong. film, when done properly, can produce magnificent art. and its all about the darkroom. digital darkrooms (photoshop) are effective only at killing the artwork of such greats as Ansel Adams and of those photographers that don't make it into national galleries but produce more artsy effects, both in and out of the dark room (e.g., light painting and dodging and burning to manipulate the photo).

i support the strides digital photography has made, but it has its place.. and those that think that they can become great photographers without touching film cameras first are gravely mistaken. i believe all those with serious intentions in photography should master film photography first before attemping digital work, because having to work with film development teaches better than deleting a screw up, as you can learn from the effort made and know what to do to fix it. no effort is involved in deleting a photo you don't like. but when you have a digital photo that is art without having to do anything to the digital file, then further efforts can be done in apps like photoshop to greatly improve upon work that is already considered 'grand'.