Things I Miss (features & experiences from cameras past)

rick_reno wrote in post #14068803
I miss being able to rewind the film and do multiple exposures

I miss the intuitive manual operation of a simple SLR like my Minolta SRT-102. Match the needles, compensate over or under as instinct and experience dictated, press the shutter. Oh yeah, focus too. Then wind film, lather rinse, repeat. And for double exposures, you could re-cock the shutter without advancing the film.

The one thing that I really, really like with my DSLR is being able to adjust ISO at will. And a bunch of other things. Like the fact that I can shoot 1 frame or 100 frames for about the same price - nothing.

The good old days were okay, but the good new days aren't so bad either.

I like the one series eye piece sticks out from the back more than the 5D, so my noes doesn't smash into the rear LCD.

i like my nikon fm2 which i still use, the mechanical clicks of both the aperture and shutter are quite satisfying.

Preeb wrote in post #14071944
I miss the intuitive manual operation of a simple SLR like my Minolta SRT-102. Match the needles, compensate over or under as instinct and experience dictated, press the shutter. Oh yeah, focus too. Then wind film, lather rinse, repeat. And for double exposures, you could re-cock the shutter without advancing the film.

The one thing that I really, really like with my DSLR is being able to adjust ISO at will. And a bunch of other things. Like the fact that I can shoot 1 frame or 100 frames for about the same price - nothing.

The good old days were okay, but the good new days aren't so bad either.

I'm sure you could manual focus yourself:p

400dabuser wrote in post #14090920
I'm sure you could manual focus yourself:p

Actually I still do now and then. It's nice to set the focus where I want it on manual, then meter different parts of the subject or scene for exposure without the AF constantly hunting and changing every time the aim changes.

haha awesome posts...I miss the FEEL of a film camera. I love the modern digitals, but plastic buttons on a polycarbonate body are not the same as feeling metal against metal click, wind, etc...

But, I still have an awesome army of some of the "milestones" of photography (Voigtlander Vito B, Canon AE-1 Program, Canon T90, a few Zenits, etc), and still take them out for a spin when I'm feeling the need for something retro

The smell of the film while loading the camera.

That my yashica fx-2000 can shoot without batteries (with no meter of course)

the removeable pentaprism on my f-1's

bespoke wrote in post #14093590
That my yashica fx-2000 can shoot without batteries (with no meter of course)

haha...I have a few cameras that'll do BOTH! (Meter AND shoot without batteries)...selenium meters FTW!!

bespoke wrote in post #14093590
That my yashica fx-2000 can shoot without batteries (with no meter of course)

My Fujica 35 SE has a selinium meter - no batteries required.

tracknut wrote in post #14064763
I miss the wonderful feeling of shooting image #25 on a roll of 24 and thinking I just got a freebie, then image #26, then #27, then thinking.... oh crap.

Dave

I was such a tight arse, I always tried to get an extra frame.


I would like to see a viewfinder lever shutter come back instead of the el cheapo plastic one now on the strap.

Would love to have a digital back for one of these. I sure like them a lot better than any of the digital bodies made today.

airfrogusmc wrote in post #14098772
Would love to have a digital back for one of these. I sure like them a lot better than any of the digital bodies made today.

You just need the F-1N!

http://eocamera.jemcga​rvey.com/

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Tony-S wrote in post #14098799
You just need the F-1N!

http://eocamera.jemcga​rvey.com/

Mmmm, the aspherical. Best 50-55mm lens ever made!

Yes the 55 1.2 aspherical is amazing.

I also had an 85 1.2 aspherical. Still have the 55....