Leaving the digital age behind

[Pherdinand]

gear acquisition syndrome = GAS. I am sorry to be the one telling you what it means. I apologize aforehead.

 

[parks5920]

Gear Acquisition Syndrome.

Have a read of the other "Are YOU an ADDICT!" or "Just waiting for the mail" threads for some of the symptoms.

Thank you! How do you like your Zorki 2c and your kiev 3a?

 

[parks5920]

gear acquisition syndrome = GAS. I am sorry to be the one telling you what it means. I apologize aforehead.

Thank you! I think I look forward to that.

 

[Marc Z.]

Why the switch?

Why the switch?

Was wondering why you want to move away from digital? I am thinking of moving towards it.

 

[Kin Lau]

Thank you! How do you like your Zorki 2c and your kiev 3a?

The Zorki 2c is a nice pocketable camera with the collapsible i-22. Good little shooter but it's got a separate vf/rf so I'll often set it to f8 and hyperfocal.

The Kiev 3a's (I have 2) are very robust and handle very nicely. The wide base length makes it very easy to focus.

 

[Krasnaya_Zvezda]

My primary camera is the Leica Digilux 2, but as one with terminal GAS, my display case becomes more full all the time with film cameras. I endeavor to get some use periodically from each, so I shoot alot of film as well as digital.
Just tonight I heard my wife in the next room chuckling to herself, and making the oohs and aahs that only come from someone looking through a bunch of prints, especially when looking at photos of their baby. And I commented to her that in the digital age, that kind of thing is disappearing. It's not the same reminiscing in front of a computer monitor as it is sitting together by a fire, looking through a photo album. And of course it is quite simple now to have your digital images printed online, or at a local shop, whatever... but you still have to download, tweak a little, throw out the less appealing ones.
And that's just more fuel to the fire raging inside of me to go buy this Leica R4 that I've found locally, and reasonably priced, too. I've been resisting, fighting the good fight, but I'm losing my resolve...

 

[back alley]

so, did anyone else notice that remy is buying an rd1?

awright!!
if only i had the cash...
congrats remy!

joe

 

[parks5920]

Was wondering why you want to move away from digital? I am thinking of moving towards it.

Digital is making me lazy, it's kinda hard to explain. This will sound stupid, but it makes my 'eye' lazy. Knowing that I can simple lift the camera and fire off 5 frames per second, then go back and delete the 80 or so photo's I don't like, pop out the memory card and then tweak the photo's I do like to their nearest perfection...You don't have to think or feel anything. Now, when I'm trying to get my 2 1/2 year old to smile at the camera for a picture to send to her grandparents...I will always and forever LOVE DIGITAL!

 

[parks5920]

My primary camera is the Leica Digilux 2, but as one with terminal GAS, my display case becomes more full all the time with film cameras. I endeavor to get some use periodically from each, so I shoot alot of film as well as digital.
Just tonight I heard my wife in the next room chuckling to herself, and making the oohs and aahs that only come from someone looking through a bunch of prints, especially when looking at photos of their baby. And I commented to her that in the digital age, that kind of thing is disappearing. It's not the same reminiscing in front of a computer monitor as it is sitting together by a fire, looking through a photo album. And of course it is quite simple now to have your digital images printed online, or at a local shop, whatever... but you still have to download, tweak a little, throw out the less appealing ones.
And that's just more fuel to the fire raging inside of me to go buy this Leica R4 that I've found locally, and reasonably priced, too. I've been resisting, fighting the good fight, but I'm losing my resolve...

Leica R4? run, don't walk.