Old New Shooter

[OldManJim]

Hi, all

I'm retired and decided to get back into photography. I started shooting as an amateur in 1958, and have been shooting with film - later digital - ever since.

Recently, I cleaned out my storage area and "found" a Mamiya RB with lenses that was in pretty good shape. Trouble is, it's too big to drag around to shoot landscapes.

My son is now using it and I traded an old Toyo 4X5 view camera for a Mamiya 645 pro tl with 80 and 45 mm lenses. That's a lot easier to carry!

My interest is landscapes and I've been playing around with some local scenes. I've also resurrected a Jobo processor and have been "souping" my 120 b&w film.

I want to start shooting E-6 and processing it at home with a view to making prints using an Epson V600 scanner. Still need ot get a good printer, though.

Looking for any and all comments and suggestions on improvements - I figure if I only manage to live about another 150 years, I'll know it all!

 

[Ysarex]

Welcome to TPF.

Comments and suggestions -- seriously, bypass the jobo and the soup (especially the very toxic E6 soup) and the V600 and get a modern digital camera at 1/2 the size and weight of the 645 and a Canon inkjet printer and start making prints. Are you going through all that processing rigmarole because you enjoy it? If not then why. I'm old and retired too and I appreciate a small, light camera and the ability to take a photo and make a print all in a few minutes.

Joe

 

[OldManJim]

Thanks, Joe. Actually, I have 3 digital Nikons, a D200, a Coolpix, and a D3200. They're fine but I really enjoy looking at images where I can control the exposure, the processing, and the printing. Before retirement, I was a chemist, so the E-6 stuff doesn't scare me; I know how to handle it correctly.

I regard the digitals as just fine for snapshots; the film cameras make me stop, evaluate the scene, plan the image, and think carefully, if I want a good result.

 

[Ysarex]

Thanks, Joe. Actually, I have 3 digital Nikons, a D200, a Coolpix, and a D3200. They're fine but I really enjoy looking at images where I can control the exposure, the processing, and the printing.

I do all of that with a digital camera. I control the exposure very carefully, I process the raw files myself and I make my own prints. Apart from being much faster, doing all that with a digital camera gives me finer control and extended capabilities.

Before retirement, I was a chemist, so the E-6 stuff doesn't scare me; I know how to handle it correctly.

I regard the digitals as just fine for snapshots; the film cameras make me stop, evaluate the scene, plan the image, and think carefully, if I want a good result.

I haven't found anything in a digital camera that forces me to rush, not evaluate the scene or fail to think carefully.

Joe

 

[Designer]

It's other people making me rush.

 

[smoke665]

They're fine but I really enjoy looking at images where I can control the exposure, the processing, and the printing.

Welcome from another senior citizen. I can appreciate this as I've always considered being somewhat disconnected in the digital process. I've learned to use it and don't consider it bad enough to go back yet.

 

[OldManJim]

They're fine but I really enjoy looking at images where I can control the exposure, the processing, and the printing.

Welcome from another senior citizen. I can appreciate this as I've always considered being somewhat disconnected in the digital process. I've learned to use it and don't consider it bad enough to go back yet.

I don't consider digital bad - I just consider film a bit more challenging - to each his own.....