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I Dream of Cameras, Episode 5: Fight Us
Episode 5
Published 5 years, 4 months ago
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it’s a new year, check your batteries! How to replace the obsolete PX625: the MR-9 adapter, the Weincell, the 675 + paulbg ring, etc.
wrongly valued cameras (Minoltas, Konicas and Mirandas are treated like trash; Mamiya/Sekor is garbage while Mamiya is a treasure; Pentax K1000 overvalued while ME Super is undervalued; Canon AE-1 over, EF and A-1 under; Olympus OM-1 way under, etc.)
autofocus / point and shoot - is it real photography?
does handheld metering make you more of a photographer?
plastic / toy / Lomo cameras
Polaroid, Instax, One Instant (a disaster), Polaroid Chocolate
expired film - what’s so great?
bulk loading
Spotlight: the cameras we each irrationally and indefensibly love (Hasselblad 553ELX, Canon EF)