RodeoMan wrote:
I really like your mini museum. Did you have a favorite film camera?
Yes, I do have a few favorites.
The f100 and f5 were my last used 35mm film cameras, and they just felt “right” to me. I actually favored the f100 over the f5.
I bought my first camera, when I was 12, (1970) a nikkormat FTn. I have such fond memories of using that camera and working in the darkroom, all through my elementary school years
And at 18, when I started to shoot weddings and bar/bat mitzvah’s, I bought 2 Hasselblads, because the studio I worked for, required them.
I used those two hassy’s for almost 10 years, with big Tony Armato brackets, and Metz flashes, before we all started shooting events on 35mm, and then digital.
They are on display, along with a Bronica sq-a, in my living room, as well.
But, in reality, I have used every one of the cameras on display, and I enjoyed using each and every one of them, at the time.
What is impressive, is that each and every camera still works perfectly, a testament to how well they were made.
These days, I shoot with a z9 and D850. And I know that in only 20 years, more or less, they will be worthless paperweights, the software won’t be updated, and the electronics will eventually fail, batteries won’t be made, etc.
but the film cameras will still most likely continue to work, but who knows if film will still be available??
But,
Whatever is next,
I am ready and excited for it!!