nikon_sam
Shooter of Film...
Analog
When did my Nikon F2a become an "Analog" camera ???
When did I switch to shooting "Analog" pictures ???
Why did my choice of shooting have to change it's name ???
My Nikon, Mamiya, Olympus, Pentax, Minolta or Yashica Mat are and forever will be "Film" cameras or simply just plain "Cameras"...if you want to call your M9 a "Digital" camera that's fine with me just DON'T go converting my "Film" cameras to "Analog"...
Sorry, but that's been bugging me for a while...:bang:
What new terminology is getting you hot under the collar ???
When did my Nikon F2a become an "Analog" camera ???
When did I switch to shooting "Analog" pictures ???
Why did my choice of shooting have to change it's name ???
My Nikon, Mamiya, Olympus, Pentax, Minolta or Yashica Mat are and forever will be "Film" cameras or simply just plain "Cameras"...if you want to call your M9 a "Digital" camera that's fine with me just DON'T go converting my "Film" cameras to "Analog"...
Sorry, but that's been bugging me for a while...:bang:
What new terminology is getting you hot under the collar ???
Dave Wilkinson
Veteran
Me too!.....it's all to do with the type of "CAPTURE" -you know! :bang:
Dave.
nikon_sam
Shooter of Film...
FrankS
Registered User
i hate stupid drivers.
kshapero
South Florida Man
I am sick of hearing, "Is that digital?" and "Can I see the picture?"
MartinP
Veteran
In this context, it's not even as though analogue was spelt correctly either . . .
ferider
Veteran
"you get what you pay for", in particular connected to expensive gear.
climbing_vine
Well-known
There's been a lot of angst about "analogue" on this and other forums recently. Even (incorrect, I feel comfortable saying) claims that the word is being misapplied. Personally, I don't really understand the pique. It's not a personal judgement. It's just a useful descriptor in this day and age when such items have become a very decided minority. If we all drove electric cars, we'd talk about "gas cars".
Personally I just say "film" because it's shorter and I'm lazy
but I don't see get bent out of shape about it.
iamzip
Ambitious, but rubbish
I don't mind it at all because it's appropriate. And guess what? Life is analog. Any digital process is missing information.
So how do you feel about APUG?
So how do you feel about APUG?
Dave Wilkinson
Veteran
and often in a similar post :- "...one of my clients....." - translation - 'uncle Arthur asked for a copy of this picture!
pevelg
Well-known
In this case, I smile and say "sure!" I then let them look at the back of my Leica/FED/Mamiya.... They look at the camera and then back at me, confused. This is especially true to my nieces and nephews, who's parents only use digital for snapshots.
coelacanth
Ride, dive, shoot.
Analogue doesn't really bother me although I don't call my film cameras that way.
One time someone thought my camera was digital and tried to see the "picture I just took", thinking the film label holder on the back was an LCD screen. I told him it's not digital and that's not an LCD. He said "that's cool. it's like a fake dslr!" WTF!
Words I hate:
First question about the camera I carry is "How many mega pixels?"
Calling any camera with proportionally large lens "SLR"
Calling any retro looking camera "rangefinder"
Calling a huge dent "a little nick"
One time someone thought my camera was digital and tried to see the "picture I just took", thinking the film label holder on the back was an LCD screen. I told him it's not digital and that's not an LCD. He said "that's cool. it's like a fake dslr!" WTF!
Words I hate:
First question about the camera I carry is "How many mega pixels?"
Calling any camera with proportionally large lens "SLR"
Calling any retro looking camera "rangefinder"
Calling a huge dent "a little nick"
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nikon_sam
Shooter of Film...
I'm guessing they would be called "Fossil Fuel" cars...:bang:
iamzip
Ambitious, but rubbish
dexdog
Veteran
film cameras have always been analog. It's just that nobody bothered to point it out before. It's just a word...
coelacanth
Ride, dive, shoot.
I think this is the last generation/era people ask that question because pretty much all adults/college student generation have seen film camera as well as digital. The next generation will indeed think all cameras are digital, and won't even ask that question. They won't even have concept of analogue or film. (Or even "digital" for that matter.)
nikon_sam
Shooter of Film...
I put an old color picture of my son in the film label holder of my Nikon F2a and when people ask if it's a digital camera I say "Yup" and show them the picture...
"Fake DSLR"...I love it!!!
MikeL
Go Fish
"build quality"
"sharp"
"sharp"
degruyl
Just this guy, you know?
and often in a similar post :- "...one of my clients....." - translation - 'uncle Arthur asked for a copy of this picture!
Especially when they mean patron...
climbing_vine
Well-known
I put an old color picture of my son in the film label holder of my Nikon F2a and when people ask if it's a digital camera I say "Yup" and show them the picture...
"Fake DSLR"...I love it!!!
Now I'm tempted to replace the film holder on my ME with a mini LCD that can play a slideshow of Queen Elizabeth's coronation or something.