Now if Only It Would Stop Raining
I'd put this behemoth to work!So, why a Canon A1?
As you all know, I am a film dinosaur. They will get my film cameras when they pry them from my dead twitching fingers... or when they stop processing film :)
The A1 is the stick shift sports car to my Minolta 700si grand touring machine. The A1 is not auto focus. It is precisely the sort of camera I grew up with but with the addition of superb metering. It is programmable in either shutter or aperture priority, that's all the automation I want or usually need. I feel an extra measure of control, and I like that feeling.
Here my baby sits atop my prized Bogen tripod. We are ready to take on the world... if only it would stop raining.
posted by Monterey John at 10:31 PM
3 Comments:
Oh, this shot makes my heart go pitty pat pat!
Darn rain.
Like the blooms below this photo, too.
Wow the camera lens makes me soo jealous. Makes my lens look like a little stump
I love your analogy. I've always said that cameras are like cars in so many ways. I still have a Canon AE-1 and a few lenses to go with it. It was the type of camera I used when I was about six, following my mother around.. Going back to it now after being in digital so long is a lot like going from an automatic to a stick..
Tsk.. I need lots more driving practice. I keep "slipping my clutch".
Great shot of an old classic. Thank you for sharing. I wouldn't mind having an old medium format to play with one day myself.
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