I think I need to steer her toward something a little more sophisticated. I think she likes the idea of trying her hand at using old technology. This could end up being a “wooden toy” that she will soon tire of.
My daughter has been into photography for several years. She has her own photography business and does portraits, architectural, and food photography. Her husband, at her request, is purchasing an INTREPID 4X5 MK4 medium format camera for her birthday. These cameras are handmade in England (bespoke) and are made to order but they look very primitive to me. Does anyone here have any knowledge or experience with this camera system? Comments, reviews, advice, etc. is appreciated. She plans to concentrate on b&w photos until she feels comfortable enough to move on to slides or color prints. I hope to learn enough here
to have an intelligent conversation with her. My background was 35mm but have moved onto APC-S.Thank you in advance.
I purchased a Ashai Pentax Spotmatic II at the Navy Exchange at NAS Atsugi, Japan in the early 1970's. I believe it came with a 50 mm lens. It replaced an old Argus (pictured) handed down from my parents. Loved the built in light meter.
I have a a6000 and get around 300 shots per Sony orig. equip. battery. I have always charged any battery that is used by any electronics equipment I own by using an external charger and to avoid charging the battery while it is still installed, if possible. This is to avoid damaging my equipment in case there is some battery issue that could damage said equipment. To me, it is not worth damaging an expensive camera due to an onboard battery charging problem such as overheating, leaking, fire, or some other issue. In my experience, attempting to charge a battery while it is installed in the equipment it powers while that same equipment is operating (turned on) really slows down the charging process because the charger is under too much load trying to accomplish two tasks at once instead of the dedicated task of re-charging the battery.
Tom1068 wrote:
Cannot update firmware for Sony A6000 for Mac!!!!! Tried it for two hours this morning!!!
I have not experienced any problems updating (MAC) or with any camera operations . . . so far.