I am a retired PhD chemist and have been using photography for over 60 years. My absolutely best picture was taken on a brownie box camera with Tri-x, indoors, available light of my step father on the sofa with the family dog. My mother had this blown up and was her favorite. When I got married and had a son, I needed a camera, so I bought a Minolta Electroshot, which was good enough for family pictures. In graduate school, I needed to obtain copies of various spectra and I couldn't afford professional services, so i bought a Minolta SRT 101 and a Bessler enlarger to do the copying. The SRT was followed by a Minolta XD-11, which was my only camera until retirement. I then got a Nikon D3200 and, just a week ago, bought a Nikon D850. It will take all my intellectual resources to fully take advantage of this camera. I will probably ask for help with this camera as I explore all of its capabilities
My primary interests are> Family, wildlife, flowers and macro photography--from my days reproducing spectra.
Thank You
d2b2
Loc: Catonsville, Maryland, USA
I loved the SRT101 - it was my first SLR, as well. I thought photography could not get much more refined!
Perhaps you can experiment with the small group of people who are processing black & white film in concentrated instant coffee and using some common pool chemical as a non-hardening fixer? I am not making this up. I think someone called it caffinol. I doubt if many people with your backgroud would find this fascinating.
Welcome. Looking forward to your posts.
Welcome. Enjoy the D850. Lots of good YouTube videos about that camera. Post pictures.
Welcome to the UHH Chem, enjoy.
Welcome! Looking forward to your posts and pictures. Happy shooting!
Welcome to UHH chem, glad you joined us. You purchased a very fine camera, don't skimp on the glass.
Have fun, learn and enjoy the forum.
Don
Welcome to the forum.
Jack
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