I am always fascinated by these “old photographs” of contemporary things. We see the past through the old photographs; and by taking photographs using old cameras we actually see ourselves in these old style photographs. Maybe it is just me but it is really interesting! Thanks for sharing.
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Thank you for your comment! I know what you mean. Everything just appears so different, sometimes much more interesting when photographed with an actually old camera than with a technically magnificent digicamera. That's the phase I'm in now and I hope I still have that same feeling towards old cameras after few decades have past.
I am sure you will have. It is really a fascinating journey you are on! I have tried to work with film, but I could not get into it. But I use a film camera lens on my DSLR, which is really strange but it takes some of the most clear and amazing photographs. I heard from a fellow photographer that these old "glass" is much sought after.
That is weird. But of course great that you've found a good lens. I thought that tech and the things related to it is supposed to be better and better but I guess it's not. Perhaps we, the people who build things, have forgot the good old ways to make quality stuff.
Maybe. That is an interesting thought. Not everything is good though, but the things that were built to last were great. Because this old lens you can feel is made to last. It has no plastic and a very smooth focusing ring. Most of the photographs on my blog are taken with it. And on a different topic but still about this strange lens, I do not think I would have gotten where I am now with photography if I did not stumble upon that lens. Life is weird sometimes.
Plastic on things that should be made of metal or wood or something else that lasts better and also planned ageing is the nuisance of our time. I'm fascinated of old cameras that may be the same size as modern day cameras but weigh much more because then you know the camera is built to last. I wish things would soon go back to what it was, that things are made to be fixed if they break, not just thrown away after just couple of years use.
Exactly. You can literally feel it was made to last. I have a 2007 (I think) Nikon D300 and the body was made from some or other durable plastic (albeit not something more rigid) but comparing it with the modern ones (I think I have my granddad’s D7500 or something like that) and it is basically plastic. I know you cannot compare the two really, but you can really just feel the difference. But I hope with you that we go back to the days in which things were made to last.