Post your "old camera collection" photos

working on a job and spotted theses in the old fella's shed.

medroller wrote in post #18199878
working on a job and spotted theses in the old fella's shed.

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Too bad he did not take better care of those

Yep, the bottom Brownie was grumbling in my hands.

A while ago I posted a picture of my EOS 50E SLR. I found some 400 ASA Kodak colour film in Kmart and bought a few rolls and started shooting. Yesterday - after a three week wait - I got the first roll back, developed ad printed on 10x15cm format glossy paper. The old camera still seems to work well and exposure was reasonable although I think for the next try I'll have generally have EV+1.
I scanned some of the shots into a 600dpi TIFF file and processed it marginally ( pulled the shadows a bit and sharpened some plus some noise reduction).
This is the result:

You are absolutely right Henk.

vk2gwk wrote in post #18201600
A while ago I posted a picture of my EOS 50E SLR. I found some 400 ASA Kodak colour film in Kmart and bought a few rolls and started shooting. Yesterday - after a three week wait - I got the first roll back, developed ad printed on 10x15cm format glossy paper. The old camera still seems to work well and exposure was reasonable although I think for the next try I'll have generally have EV+1.
I scanned some of the shots into a 600dpi TIFF file and processed it marginally ( pulled the shadows a bit and sharpened some plus some noise reduction).
This is the result:

When I compare the quality with some similar shots taken with my DSLR's over the years the quality is rather poor. I am glad to live in the digital age although it used to be fun in the darkroom. May be if I still had the developg and printing gear I used the result would have been slightly better. I think DSLR have definitely surpassed the analog stuff....

I was going to compare digi to film ,but that's been done to much. What a digi camera can do is fantastic . Now ,more often than not, I am shooting with film. Digi sort of leaves me empty, but I do always carry my trusty G16 ( great little camera ). I'm not knocking digi, I'm glad we have it, but imagine a John Wayne western shot in 4K ??

medroller wrote in post #18216905
I was going to compare digi to film ,but that's been done to much. What a digi camera can do is fantastic . Now ,more often than not, I am shooting with film. Digi sort of leaves me empty, but I do always carry my trusty G16 ( great little camera ). I'm not knocking digi, I'm glad we have it, but imagine a John Wayne western shot in 4K ??

I shoot 99% digital because I shoot a lot of wildlife. But film still has a place in my life, although I haven't shot any this year at all due to time limitations. I am promising myself to shoot film next year- I have a lot of film in my fridge!!!

The intent is there and yet when I grab a camera, I leave the film stuff sitting. Been meaning to shoot the Contax G's again but about all I get is a battery check, shutter check then batteries removed and they sit another year. The other mentality which I've lost is the 36 frame capacity of 35mm film. Hard to believe the days when I'd lug 1-2 bricks of 35mm on trips. That I don't miss because they were accompanied by the lead lined film bag and a much larger camera bag to hold it. Even had the wife stuff 2-4 rolls of film in her purse just to be sure.

edmidlifecrisis wrote in post #18217049
I shoot 99% digital because I shoot a lot of wildlife. But film still has a place in my life, although I haven't shot any this year at all due to time limitations. I am promising myself to shoot film next year- I have a lot of film in my fridge!!!

You've given me an idea to throw on the telephoto lens and finish off the roll of film down at the local bird hang out.

When I find a film camera I always put a film in it and go out testing it. But since I have only 36 exposures I find it double hard to find suitable subjects that deserve the shutter click, plus the limitations from the camera they all make me forget about film and shoot digital.

InPhoto wrote in post #18217331
When I find a film camera I always put a film in it and go out testing it. But since I have only 36 exposures I find it double hard to find suitable subjects that deserve the shutter click, plus the limitations from the camera they all make me forget about film and shoot digital.

I have to agree. It takes time to find click worthy on a 36 roll ,even a 24. Happily though, that is translating to my digi side. Most times after a couple of hours shooting digi , I'll only have 15 or 20 shots. I remember the days shooting race car events and manual focusing was the order of the day . We worked hard ,but we didn't know any better . I also said Auto focusing was a gimmick and never work . Like I know what I'm talking about . All that said, I would rather sit down and look at film photographs than digital images . But hey,that's just me .

Just thinking about click worthy. Imagine being the fella who shot the last roll of kodachrome .

Exploring the capabilities of a film camera is also a joyful task.

Olympus Trip AF 51 point 'n' shooter. One shutter speed I suppose (1/100 ?), apertures from f5.6 to f16, wide angle 28mm lens and an auto flash. In the right conditions it takes accurate and sharp images.

samples from the Olympus AF 51

The films days I was very deliberate in pressing the shutter. Suffice many secondary level shots were missed that would be nice to have. Those times were quite interesting and the rewards from a nicely exposed transparency on a light table was