I use to shoot film back when was a lot younger. I have some very nice and expensive digital camera equipment now. Taking several hundred and even a couple thousand pics at sport events is the norm. You still have to get settings close to right but Photoshop can make an ugly picture look good. I’m totally disgusted with digital and AI. You have a very well enhanced fake picture by the time you finish editing. But that’s what sells. You no longer need to master the art of photography. All you need to do is master the art of Photoshop. Make one click on your preset and you’re for the most part done. I have a Minolta Maxxum 300SI. It’s not a fast camera but it’s fun to shoot. My father-in-law recently gave me a Canon AE-1 Program and an Olympus OM-1. I’m concentrating on refurbing the Canon right now. One thing that I did forget is buy 12 exposure film and not 36. Take 12 pics, send off to get developed, receive your pics, laugh and ask yourself, what was I thinking. Make adjustments, improvements and have fun. It’s a slower process than digital but more fun.
don_monroe Dec 19, ‘24