I disagree the first one needed some skill and talent
Doesn’t get any better than that
The first one is much better.
My first car was a 1950 Studebaker. I drove it to its death.
Very good image you nailed it
I never will get tired of eagles.
I find it hard to believe that a complete rookie would buy that equipment. You must believe that the camera makes you a great photographer.
As far as the life of exposed film goes I was in the photofishing business. It wasn’t unusual to have a customer bring in a roll of film found in a drawer. I remember one roll that was exposed in the 1920S and processed in the 1960S the images were fine