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You ever wonder???

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Buttons252
Buttons252 Senior Member • Posts: 1,642
Re: You ever wonder??? CCD

Ive never shot film, developing it is a complete turn off to me -- but using a film camera looks like a lot of fun.  Mechanical dials, metal body, smooth focusing lenses.  I remember how much i enjoyed my Pentax SMC 50mm F1.4 lens on a pentax KX.  would enjoy it even more with a mechanical camera to go with it especially if it had a large and bright viewfinder

I am drawn to the older ccd cameras because i enjoy the challenge of what you "can" get out of them.  Everyone seems to be so proud of their Iphone these days, but when i show them portraits I took with a $90 Sony A100 from 2006 and a $30 Minolta 70-210mm F4 lens they are floored.

Everyone talks about "the film" look, i dont even know what that means.  Sigma foveons have a unique look about them and i think my CCD cameras also had a unique look -- is it filmish? i dont know, but its pleasing to me in certain circumstances.

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