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I'm so excited that camera manufacturers would go out on a limb with a niche product like this. I typically shoot in black and white and am lusting after this.
by corinroyal 3y ago
I'm so excited that camera manufacturers would go out on a limb with a niche product like this. I typically shoot in black and white and am lusting after this. Like Fuji's X-100 series fixed lens cameras, it's an exciting time to escape the treadmill of incremental feature upgrades to produce a camera with a dramatically different photographer experience. Love live Pentax!
- Kaibeezy 3y agoI’ve been shooting actual film lately (Ilford XP2 b/w and CineStill color) with my old Pentax ME recently back from a slow-mo refurb by the last semi-retired Pentax guy. Very happy to get one or two nice shots per roll. They are from an entirely different reality.
- corinroyal 3y agoWow, that sounds really fun. A friend of mine got into medium format film photography and had a blast. Personally, while I love film, I don't know if I could go back to point and hope. I'm so used to instant feedback. How did you manage?
- Kaibeezy 3y agoMy kid is getting a uni degree in photography, which is obviously heavily digital. I wanted a way to connect without overlapping, so I went for creative anachrony. I am also hoping, without pushing, to spark an interest in great grandpa’s Praktica, my dad’s Nikkormat, or the little Konica rangefinder I had as a kid. We picked up a pinhole box kit where you expose straight to paper and develop that, no negative. Next week we’re going to check out the new dark sky area near us. Etc. Just finding motivations and being nerds, really.
- corinroyal 3y agoWhat a wonderful project to do together. The most amazing thing about my switch from DSLRs to mirrorless (Fuji) is the tools like focus peaking that make it easy to focus with manual lenses. I'm poor, so dropping 4-900 on a new Fuji lens isn't possible. But used camera sites like KEH have old lenses one can use with a cheap adapter. I got the Nikkor 10.5cm f4 sonar, a legendary old lens that shot the most famous photograph in the world. This was produced before Nikon was Nikon. It is fantastic still today. So while I used to shoot kit zooms, now I have a range of primes and am discovering what strengths the different lengths have. It's really extended my capability and fun. https://www.35mmc.com/24/03/2022/nikkor-t-10-5cm-f-4-review/ https://www.35mmc.com/24/03/2022/nikkor-t-10-5cm-f-4-review/
- maratc 3y ago> the most famous photograph in the world Which one you're talking about?
- Kaibeezy 3y agoI was wondering the same thing. One of these, right? The Most Famous Photos in the World and the Cameras that Captured them! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37385175 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37385175
- corinroyal 3y agoYes, the Afghan girl by Steve McCurry.
- corinroyal 3y agoI meant Steve McCurry's portrait of the Afghan girl: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghan_Girl https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghan_Girl
- maratc 3y agoThe Afghan Girl was shot with Nikkor 105mm Ai-S f/2.5 Gauss design, not with 10.5 Sonar. I know it only because by some chance I own one :)
- corinroyal 3y agoWow! Good catch. I've heard that lens is fantastic for separating the subject from the background and flattening the view--turning a person into a poster. And they say it has velvety, lush out-of-focus areas. How are you liking it?
- maratc 3y agoAll correct, I like it very much although rarely use it, and needless to say mine is not likely to produce any famous images :)
- 10729287 3y ago"point and hope" Is the pun intended or autocorrect from "Point and shot" ? I find it very poetic
- rob74 3y agoI guess it's appropriate for film photography, where you point, shoot and then have to hope that the picture will turn out as intended, because you can't check it until you get the film developed...
- 10729287 3y agoI know it's appropriate, my question was if it was intended by OP ;)
- corinroyal 3y agoSorry, yes it's from the old marketing category "point and shoot" cameras. I love all the snarky photography lingo. "Chimping" is a good one. It's rather the opposite of point and hope where digital photographers stop between shots to stare at the LCD and see how it came out. I'm not sure, but I think the term comes from the way these photographers look from a distance, crouched over the tripod, hands shading the screen.
- Kaibeezy 3y agoI thought “chimping” was when the subject/s swarm the photographer to see the photos just taken, chanting “show me show me show me”. Especially kids, and more so back when digital was new and shockingly fun.
- corinroyal 3y agoLOL. My favorite is "spray and pray" for a indiscriminate shooting style where you hold down the shutter and capture many photos in rapid succession and hope at least one comes out.
- wrboyce 3y agoYou should take CineStill's BwXX for a spin too, really nice film. I'm a big fan of 400D/800T too but shoot way more B&W than I do colour (primarily Kodak Tri-X 400). EDIT: Shameless plug! https://www.instagram.com/35milwill/ https://www.instagram.com/35milwill/