I'm Ron from Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories of Canada. Having grown up with analog photography, and other repairable, understandable, technologies, I've moved with the times into digital photography. In the last decade or so disposable technologies, that require little more than operating skill without an understanding of the underlying processes, have lost their appeal to me. Recently I started considering what to replace my failed, unrepairable, or at least its not economical to repair, point & shoot digital camera with. While considering the options I spent a little time thinking about what type of photography I'd like to do with a camera. Another point & shoot digital camera, of better quality than my disposable smart phone, will do for most occasions, and for the others I'd like to add a 4x5 film camera.
Several house moves, and more than a decade ago, I'd played with medium format including processing my own film and prints. Where I live now, Yellowknife (about 62 degrees N, 114 degrees W) things are changing at a rate I wouldn't have imagined possible even five years ago. Landmark sites have been, and more are scheduled to be, torn down. Record setting fires have burned off much of the vegetation in the area, some types of wildlife are rarely seen now, other species previously found south of here are a common site. My hope is to capture images of my geographic area as my personal archive.
Getting back to the 4X5 camera, our long winters can be a good time to work on indoor construction projects. My ideal camera would be something light (I have also built a double Scotch mount for long exposure night sky photography that I'd like to use it on), transportable, affordable, and reasonably basic/simple. Help will be needed with this project as I haven't been into film photography for some time, stuff is still in boxes from several moves ago.
On another note, I'm also an amateur radio operator (VE8RT), as is my wife Laura (VE8LT). My occupation is avionics (aircraft electronics) maintenance. I'm probably a few years away from retirement.
Ron
Several house moves, and more than a decade ago, I'd played with medium format including processing my own film and prints. Where I live now, Yellowknife (about 62 degrees N, 114 degrees W) things are changing at a rate I wouldn't have imagined possible even five years ago. Landmark sites have been, and more are scheduled to be, torn down. Record setting fires have burned off much of the vegetation in the area, some types of wildlife are rarely seen now, other species previously found south of here are a common site. My hope is to capture images of my geographic area as my personal archive.
Getting back to the 4X5 camera, our long winters can be a good time to work on indoor construction projects. My ideal camera would be something light (I have also built a double Scotch mount for long exposure night sky photography that I'd like to use it on), transportable, affordable, and reasonably basic/simple. Help will be needed with this project as I haven't been into film photography for some time, stuff is still in boxes from several moves ago.
On another note, I'm also an amateur radio operator (VE8RT), as is my wife Laura (VE8LT). My occupation is avionics (aircraft electronics) maintenance. I'm probably a few years away from retirement.
Ron
