This isn't a very exciting thread as I don't have much to say but I do read the Kodak SLR forum often and feel guilty for not contributing, someone may read this!
I use an SLR/n at work just about every day. When I read some of the negative posts/comments about it I sometimes think about 'retiring' it and start daydreaming about what to buy as a replacement.
When I then go back in to the studio or out on location I am so busy getting on with the job it isn't until I have returned, finished the PP and sent the images to my client that I remember I was thinking about 'upgrading' to something else.
I suppose what I am trying to say is that the SLR/n is a perfectly capable, everyday pro camera than can easily be used to make a worthwile living. Get someone to put it in a head to head battle (test) with the latest XYZ Mk2 and it would probably be embarrassing, but in the 'real' world my SLR/n is there every morning waiting for me to plug it in and switch on (I use it tethered in the studio) or be packed up with it's two (original) batteries which will last me all day and many shots, and hiked off to somewhere on location.
It has gone through rain, chemical smoke, icy conditions, hot humid conditions, longhaul flights in cargo bays and so on and guess what, it's always there waiting for me to plug it in........etc etc!
I no longer get excited by the beast (I love opening the box and playing with new toys!!) but (excluding my bad composition or other mess up) I am always very happy with the images it produces and the clients seem to be too as my business is strong and they keep coming back for more.
To finish then, whatever Kodak is up to now, whatever critics say about 'me old mate', I am grateful it and the 14n came to market when they did and at the price they did (I actually bought this one second hand with approx 3500 actuations on it, I bought a 14n new when they first came out). The excitment has gone to be replaced with familiarity and trust (as much as you can trust a mechanical/electronic device) and a feeling of well being. There will be a day soon when I will buy something else, but very much as an addition rather than a replacement.
There, I feel better now!
Thanks for reading if you got this far!!
I use an SLR/n at work just about every day. When I read some of the negative posts/comments about it I sometimes think about 'retiring' it and start daydreaming about what to buy as a replacement.
When I then go back in to the studio or out on location I am so busy getting on with the job it isn't until I have returned, finished the PP and sent the images to my client that I remember I was thinking about 'upgrading' to something else.
I suppose what I am trying to say is that the SLR/n is a perfectly capable, everyday pro camera than can easily be used to make a worthwile living. Get someone to put it in a head to head battle (test) with the latest XYZ Mk2 and it would probably be embarrassing, but in the 'real' world my SLR/n is there every morning waiting for me to plug it in and switch on (I use it tethered in the studio) or be packed up with it's two (original) batteries which will last me all day and many shots, and hiked off to somewhere on location.
It has gone through rain, chemical smoke, icy conditions, hot humid conditions, longhaul flights in cargo bays and so on and guess what, it's always there waiting for me to plug it in........etc etc!
I no longer get excited by the beast (I love opening the box and playing with new toys!!) but (excluding my bad composition or other mess up) I am always very happy with the images it produces and the clients seem to be too as my business is strong and they keep coming back for more.
To finish then, whatever Kodak is up to now, whatever critics say about 'me old mate', I am grateful it and the 14n came to market when they did and at the price they did (I actually bought this one second hand with approx 3500 actuations on it, I bought a 14n new when they first came out). The excitment has gone to be replaced with familiarity and trust (as much as you can trust a mechanical/electronic device) and a feeling of well being. There will be a day soon when I will buy something else, but very much as an addition rather than a replacement.
There, I feel better now!
Thanks for reading if you got this far!!
