Are you a photography masochist?

[Huss]

You're looking at your AF slr. Great lens. Always gives sharp, perfectly exposed pics. Always gives you the results you want. And yet you pick up that manual everything, no meter, maybe even guess focus relic..
Why do you do that to yourself?
Guilty as charged.

 

[awty]

Because I like to be in control of the camera and I happen to prefer slightly out of focus under exposed or overexposed pictures

 

[Thesecondone]

i like to say i did it all myself

 

[Sirius Glass]

If I want to be a photography masochist I take out my 4"x5" cameras.


What did masochist say to the sadist?

Beat me! Beat me!​

What did the sadist say back?

Maybe ...
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[MattKing]

I must be.
I'm a volunteer moderator here.

 

[Huss]

I must be.
I'm a volunteer moderator here.

Thank you for keeping the riff raff in check.

 

[Huss]

Because I like to be in control of the camera and I happen to prefer slightly out of focus under exposed or overexposed pictures

You got a problem with camera shake?

 

[mshchem]

You're looking at your AF slr. Great lens. Always gives sharp, perfectly exposed pics. Always gives you the results you want. And yet you pick up that manual everything, no meter, maybe even guess focus relic..
Why do you do that to yourself?
Guilty as charged.

I agree. Black and white and a totally mechanical camera, I've been shooting with an old Leica last couple of weeks.

I love autofocus too.

 

[KerrKid]

The older camera has more character than the new flawless camera. Like the 1970 Triumph Bonneville I had. That bike turned me into a mechanic, but I loved it anyway.

I really like my old heavy solid metal cameras, too, and I admit to being smitten with the 60's Rangefinders lately.

 

[gone]

I had an early Triumph single cylinder. Think it was a 250cc. It had Whitworth threads, and the point gap had to be set w/ the engine running. Positive ground electrics by Lucas, the Prince of Darkness.

Oh yeah, the shift and brake controls were reversed from the Japanese bikes. That was fun if you accidentally forgot about it. I loved that bike, it looked and sounded like a motorcycle should.

 

[awty]

You got a problem with camera shake?

No problem, we prefer to call it ICM.

 

[VinceInMT]

The older camera has more character than the new flawless camera. Like the 1970 Triumph Bonneville I had. That bike turned me into a mechanic, but I loved it anyway.

I really like my old heavy solid metal cameras, too, and I admit to being smitten with the 60's Rangefinders lately.

Very true about those Triumphs. I haven’t had one but continue to lust after them anyway. In the meantime, I drive ‘65 Triumph TR4 which does make one wonder if we like them to drive or like having something to work on. Based on what I’ve learned with that, my guess is a British-made point and shoot camera would have about 600 parts and several levers that don’t do anything.

 

[guangong]

From the digital cameras with lenses that I see being carried around, most seem to be very bulky chunks of plastic (although high quality plastic). Not only are manual cameras usually much more compact, but there is a certain aesthetic tactile pleasure handling a well engineered solidly constructed camera...much like holding a mechanical watch and certain firearms. Think Hasselblad, Nikon, Canon...even some fixed lens cameras are works of art. Also, since I began with do-it-yourself photography, saw no need to change. Right now my walking around cameras are a Leica IIIa and a Contax 2a. The computer is in my head.

 

[Disappointed_Horse]

If I want easy, I just use my iPhone. When I want to enjoy photographing and make an image without multiple computers interpreting what I'm seeing, I'll take an all-mechanical camera.

 

[faberryman]

If I want easy, I just use my iPhone. When I want to enjoy photographing and make an image without multiple computers interpreting what I'm seeing, I'll take an all-mechanical camera.

Also, since I began with do-it-yourself photography, saw no need to change. Right now my walking around cameras are a Leica IIIa and a Contax 2a. The computer is in my head.

You guys are really roughing it with those sophisticated precision tools. Henry Fox Talbot is laughing in his hat.

In the meantime, I drive ‘65 Triumph TR4 which does make one wonder if we like them to drive or like having something to work on.

Not only that but you drove all the way to the grocery store in a car with a manual transmission.

Oh for the days when men were men...

 

[Dali]

You're looking at your AF slr. Great lens. Always gives sharp, perfectly exposed pics. Always gives you the results you want. And yet you pick up that manual everything, no meter, maybe even guess focus relic..
Why do you do that to yourself?
Guilty as charged.

Because perfection is boring.

 

[Tel]

Because I like to be in control of the camera and I happen to prefer slightly out of focus under exposed or overexposed pictures

What he said. (I never owned an AF SLR. If I want easy, I take a nap.)

 

[Paul Howell]

I like to use AF and all manual, the AF when I'm shooting sports or wildlife, a point and shoot when just walking about. Other time I like to think about all aspects of shooting, figuring out exposure, manual focus.

 

[grat]

Not only that but you drove all the way to the grocery store in a car with a manual transmission.

I still drive a manual transmission. It's about the only thing in the car that isn't managed by a computer.

 

[VinceInMT]

Not only that but you drove all the way to the grocery store in a car with a manual transmission.

Oh for the days when men were men...

I consider the manual transmission and the necessity of pulling the choke to start it, two forms of a built-in security system. My ‘59 Volvo has the same system.

 

[snusmumriken]

I had an early Triumph single cylinder. Think it was a 250cc. It had Whitworth threads, and the point gap had to be set w/ the engine running.

I only tried that once in my life, on a car. Bloody thing ate my feeler gauge.

 

[nosmok]

I'm getting rid of the rest of my film cameras that take batteries, the exceptions being Olympus XA and XA4 (too many good shots with the XA, and I like the macro and 28mm on the XA4). I haven't used a light meter, even on 8x10, in years. BUT, it'll be a cold day in hell before I everyday-drive a manual transmission car again... too much work for no reward when you live in a big city (one example from 2001: coming up out of a 5 level underground parking garage spiral, in a continuous line of bumper-to-bumper cars, in a stall-prone 1967 Datsun wagon with 4 on the floor ). If I were in the mountains or something, maybe...

 

[Paul Howell]

Auto transmissions get as good or better mileage than a manual transmission.

 

[VinceInMT]

Maybe I am a photographic masochist. I just ordered a cartridge and a roll of film for my dad's old Minolta 16P in order to bring it back to life.

 

[xkaes]

Where did you find the Minolta cartridge and film? FFP?