Got a Yashica MG-1 from a fellow CSer yesterday. Took it out for some testing this afternoon and had just sent
it to the photo lab. Will be collecting the prints tml and hope to post it asap. haha. Wonder how will the pictures turn out.
Never really shoot film before, guess it's sort of like life itself, not knowing how things will turn out. How the decision that
you made now will affect the end product. I like how i can sling the camera from my shoulder the whole afternoon without feeling any strain. My Olympus DSLR might be a lightweight in the DSLR world, but this is just different. And i like how i can take pictures without getting any weird looks from people as i would if i'm using a DSLR. Lol
Next step, developing my own film. Black and White. hahaha.
Will be bringing this baby to Wallaby with me, not bringing any digital gear. Bearing in mind that i'm there for training and not sightseeing.Not having any previous experience with non-digital camera and film. This is what people call baptism by fire, i guess.
This might not be a Leica( no offence to the non-Leica rangefinder lover out there),
but now i do know what Henri Cartier-Bresson and Robert Capa feel doing what they do best.
Focusing by aligning the image. Using the film advance lever(below).
Using the camera, i felt like being in a long gone era.
I could just visualise myself walking down foreign streets, geeting lost and taking photos of people and places i had never seen before.
it to the photo lab. Will be collecting the prints tml and hope to post it asap. haha. Wonder how will the pictures turn out.
Never really shoot film before, guess it's sort of like life itself, not knowing how things will turn out. How the decision that
you made now will affect the end product. I like how i can sling the camera from my shoulder the whole afternoon without feeling any strain. My Olympus DSLR might be a lightweight in the DSLR world, but this is just different. And i like how i can take pictures without getting any weird looks from people as i would if i'm using a DSLR. Lol
Next step, developing my own film. Black and White. hahaha.
Will be bringing this baby to Wallaby with me, not bringing any digital gear. Bearing in mind that i'm there for training and not sightseeing.Not having any previous experience with non-digital camera and film. This is what people call baptism by fire, i guess.
This might not be a Leica( no offence to the non-Leica rangefinder lover out there),
but now i do know what Henri Cartier-Bresson and Robert Capa feel doing what they do best.
Focusing by aligning the image. Using the film advance lever(below).
Using the camera, i felt like being in a long gone era.
I could just visualise myself walking down foreign streets, geeting lost and taking photos of people and places i had never seen before.
After saying so much, just just hope the pictures taken this afternoon would not turn out to be all over expose or something.
No comments:
Post a Comment