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Why I take less and less pictures
In a former post I said I took too many pictures during the last year, but I guess that post was only part of the truth.
I figured out I don't like the digital camera...
I just don't.
It doesn't make me feel like a photographer.
Some days I ago I spontaneously took my FM2, with a superb lens, and suddenly I felt like taking pictures again. (Might have to do with the portrayed as well...)
It feels right, it feels like a part of you, your shift and change the aperture, the diaphragm and you know what you are doing.
The viewer is large (much larger than the digital) and everything is manual.
Though I don't see the result immediate, I still know much better what to expect than with the digital camera.
Tomorrow I am running to the photographer, buying a bunch of film rolls and I a sure I'll take the cam to NYC.
To take some personal pics.
To feel it in my veins.
To know that I know.
(What exactly is lacking in the digital camera?:
-The big viewer
-It is much harder to focus (visually I mean) than with a manual camera.
-Trust in the camera (too many times digital it turns out wrong with the light.)
-The control on speed and diaphragm (it is my habit to work with old Nikon, I know, I hate the thumb control in the new cameras))
Oh, remind me to buy a very very good lens in NYC. 50mm 1.4 or something alike.
I'll be selling a Tokina 19-35mm very soon... (for Canon) Anyone interested can contact me.
Posted on December 26, 2005
in Limit of my knowledge
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