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As far as 35mm SLRs are concerned, another vote for the Nikon F.     As a corollary although not solicited by OP, since the Nikon F had its roots in the Nikon SP, I think that is the best looking ...

Although it may be splitting hairs, while I have often referred to photography as a hobby for myself, and by assumption, many others, I have never referred to myself as a 'hobbyist' or 'amateur'. T ...

Another vote in the 'family and friends' category. I am old, and some old habits endure.    The print is still the primary objective of my photography.    We have around 125 of them hung in our ...

You came up with an excellent example to make your point.     In a past life I did many SAR missions rappelling over the cliffs of S/R 1 in Big Sur where vehicles had gone over the side.    These ...

The majority of my digital cameras are now 10+ years old and still in regular use. The photographs I took then are still outstanding today, so for my types of photography these cameras still get ...

I am old, and my background in film goes back to the middle-late 60s. I converted to digital in 2009. The several film systems I used were prime-based with no zoom lenses, no automation. ...

Some years ago I attended a service club presentation by the artist Anderson Yang.    The first slides he projected were photographs of his watercolors.    Needless to say, these paintings were ...

Despite what one might read into many of my past posts, I like gear - very much. What I like about gear is the photographic results I obtain. The more satisfactory the results, the more I like the ...

I read those same magazines, read the same admonition, agreed then and agree now.  The difference with digital, which was my point in my initial post, is that I can use memory space, derive the ...

Completely agree. Part of my post, using what I hope is an observable degree of editorial license, is in response to so much of what we have seen here on DPR about the virtues of the latest ...

My photography has improved considerably since I went from film to digital. The reason is the opportunity to practice, which I do to this day. With film I was always very aware that each exposure ...

Sometimes I need the reach for the shot I want.    For me it is essential equipment.

I do this frequently. We have a lot of prints up on the walls.    I sometimes find an image similar to one already on the wall, taken at the same time and location, that I find to be preferable ...

In our home I have around 120 prints on the walls, ranging from 8X10" to 13X19" (the limit of my printer).    We are out of wall space, so putting another print on the wall means taking one down, ...

I have both full frame and APS-C systems.    I bought the full frame equipment first.    I subsequently bought an APS-C system as a bridge between my full frame and my first digital camera, a ...

To respond to OP's question, technology may have moved too far for that to happen again. When the cameras OP showed were in production, as well as many others subsequent posters have submitted, ...

I too am an older photographer.    Through all the decades it has taken to become an older photographer, my objective has been to produce as high a quality of images as I can, within the ...

I think there is an element of glass-half-full v glass-half-empty dichotomy in this discussion.   I am on the glass-half-full side. Ever since my early film days, my objective has been the print I ...

To help with the kickstart, here is one from the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento, CA.    This is a museum not to be missed.

If it is a non-photography trip, such as going to town for supplies (the closest is 30 miles via a mountain road), then I don't carry a camera.   Too much else to do.    For the purposes of this ...