Mac McCreery

Are they playing with a full deck?

Is that a tribble?

Some lovely shots here. I just wish that could sometimes be left to draw our own interpretation, if there is one, without being told by the artist.

That OVF sounds wonderful. If only it would hark back to those huge viewfinders of yore. Minolta X700 springs to mind.

Shot a wedding with mine at 15. Loved it and wish I still had it. Cracking camera and not at all 'complicated'.

I had a Samsung little Digi compact but it was the Fuji F11 that started it for me. 1600 iso was unheard of , I think, in a compact at the time. The colours were great and the output awesome.

Great gallery. The lost art of subtlety.

Lovely images. The tonality is a lesson as I tend to push the contrast too hard when converting a digital file to B&W.

Is there an optional rubber cup for that viewfinder?

I used to use a drop of washing up liquid as a wetting agent. My changing bag was a coat turned inside out and fastened. Arms in the sleeves, tank in the coat.

The odd dinosaur comment. To be expected. Those more worried about brand than photography. It was ever such.

Oh dear.

Lovely. Good to see that photography is not dead. It's great being able to snap away on a phone but sometimes........

Define 'old'. If you mean more skilful, less reliant on auto features, more self critical and less of an eejit then I am happily old at 51.

Why not?

What rubbish. There is always room for all photographers. 35mm was considered a toy format when it came out. Then there was film vs digital. Then mirrorless versus DSLR, then smartphone vs any...

I sense ' I use this camera and I think it should have won and all my friends agree so I am right'!!!

And do note that, as much as phone photography is awesome, many who use phones are tied to a subscription model of photography. You own your camera from the get go.

Great article. If you had an interchangeable lens camera as a gift do ignore the snarky comments. Just enjoy!

Stuff happens. Chill.