i just got back to film photography a couple of months ago.after having a mamiya sekor slr in grade school i wanted something better.i fell in love with the canon F-1.saved my money , worked in a gas station and finally bought it from 46th street photo i believe way back in 72 or 73.my love affair began. armed with a simple 50mm lens i took a lot of photo's of everything.i was big into drag racing so i bought a long zoom lens.nothing like looking into the car windows while you sat in the stands.so we'll move on from here as i set up my black and white darkroom. shot a lot of color slides as i had a projector and screen.some of them were quite good as i still have them. money troubles etc led me to sell off everything a couple of years later.
so now i'm in my sixties,and i have a digital point and shoot and a young kid at work decides to buy a canon ae-1 program
off craigslist for 35.00 bucks with a bunch of lenses.that convinced me to get my camera again.i wound up cruising thru a flea market and found a used canon A-1 with a 1.8 50mm , 199a flash and an ma motor drive .evething looked almost brand new and functioned perfect.no battery corrosin , so i bought it.i now have 3 A-1'S , an F-1 that is pretty beat up but works.found a power winder f for it really cheap at a flea market also.like brand new. and quite a bit more, so i guess what i'm trying to say is this,dont hold back,go out get that camera whatever it may be and enjoy yourself.life is too short not to indulge yourself in at least 1 vise.legal of course. and film camera's are it for me.just have to convince the wife i need more stuff.
that is a work in progress.
so again hello and thanks for listening.
CANONGARY
so now i'm in my sixties,and i have a digital point and shoot and a young kid at work decides to buy a canon ae-1 program
off craigslist for 35.00 bucks with a bunch of lenses.that convinced me to get my camera again.i wound up cruising thru a flea market and found a used canon A-1 with a 1.8 50mm , 199a flash and an ma motor drive .evething looked almost brand new and functioned perfect.no battery corrosin , so i bought it.i now have 3 A-1'S , an F-1 that is pretty beat up but works.found a power winder f for it really cheap at a flea market also.like brand new. and quite a bit more, so i guess what i'm trying to say is this,dont hold back,go out get that camera whatever it may be and enjoy yourself.life is too short not to indulge yourself in at least 1 vise.legal of course. and film camera's are it for me.just have to convince the wife i need more stuff.
that is a work in progress.
so again hello and thanks for listening.
CANONGARY