Berries

[geminiguy]

Such awesome detail and crystal clear.. Everything's perfect, I don't see one flaw in this pic... That lens is def. worth the moola

[ss-kalm]

I have some really nice 35mm equipment, but guess when the last time it was out of the case. Haven't taken a serious picture with it for 10 years. Actually come to think of it, I don't think I've taken a picture with it at all for 10 years.

[raynerj1]

I sure can't say that. I have taken over 40,000 pics in 4 years.

[ss-kalm]

Don't get me wrong, I have taken lots of pictures. But all with the cheap and cheerful digital junk that I bought. Can't get the enthusiasm for film the same as I once had. Since the children were born it's harder to lug the 30lb camera bag full of lenses etc. around too. One day I can see me getting a Nikon D80 (or something similar) ....... Alas, the roof needs new shingles first.

[haakoo]

Hi,

Found a pic about berries i made this summer,
as you can see you can take a nice pic with a crappy digital camera

Hans

[molucca]

I tried photographing lady bugs, but those little critters are very fast and difficult to keep in focus.

Rich

[ss-kalm]

....as you can see you can take a nice pic with a crappy digital camera

Not mine - Mine's only 1.0MP and won't focus less than 4' away. Have enough problems just taking pictures of people. By the time the shutter fires (with the 1/2hr [Approx] lag) they've walked off. To be fair it was originally bought (a long time ago) to take quick pictures for the website. But now it's hard to find the cash (or justification) to replace it.

[ss-kalm]

Nice photographs Rich.

[raynerj1]

Nice shots Hans,

Like I always say, You don't need a fancy camera to take nice shots. The fancy camera just makes the really hard shots much easier to take.

Eric,

Depending on the make of your SLR you can probably pic up a used DSLR body for a great savings. the shutter will not last as long as a new one, but you can probably get your moneys worth. Just make sure you grab a model that will work with your existing lenses. If you can take a photograph with an older manual film camera, then the new DSLR's will be a joy to use.

My typical photo shoot for myself is about 300 shots. What would it cost to do that with film? Would you want to waste 300 shots on flower closeups with film?

Would you use film to take the extreme bug closeups that Rich enjoys taking? I would imagine he has more than one shot of every bug he shoots...

I personally use a Pentax... and you can pic up a brand new DSLR body for around $400.

[ss-kalm]

Eric? I assume your talking to me, John .....

My SLR is a Minolta MD5. Was a beautiful Camera in it's day. The problem with Minolta is they switched their XD mount lenses to MD mount and back again. I believe only the MD5 and MD7 had MD mount lenses. The chances of all my lenses fitting a DSLR are probably remote. Which as you are aware makes the cost astronomically greater.

Mind you, I could be wrong about the mount...... I've been wrong before.