I primarily choose a DSLR, the Nikon D780. It is a pleasure to use, versatile and produces beautiful images. I also shoot film, 135 and 120 (medium format.) Film photography is a different experience, it creates an additional cost. The film itself and processing, also the film lab is an extra layer of delay and risk, they can ruin the film which wasted your time, effort and money. But getting a good photograph on film is aesthetically pleasing and certainly worth the effort.
A good digital camera is really satisfying and economical to use. The D780 utilizes the Nikon F-Mount, a uniform system of attaching Nikon lenses to Nikon camera bodies. Nikon cameras also have different methods of communicating auto focusing commands to lenses. My F6 (35mm film) camera will electronically control auto focus lenses as well as drive shaft focus a plethora of Nikkor lenses. The F6 is the epitome of 35mm film autofocus cameras, some say the best in the world…
This is my journey and these are cameras that I have used along the way. I still carry and shoot the FG, a 40+ year old compact manual focus 35mm film camera. I have a small kit of lenses that I use for it. I like to return to the basics and this one is just right for me.
Purely for fun, I have a 35mm point and shoot. The little Pikaichi, LF35 AF. It has a really nice built in quality lens and although it doesn’t seem like much, it is, it takes excellent pictures.
And then there is my late model 1 terabyte storage telephone camera, the iPhone. Although the camera and lenses in it are very good, hard to even take a bad picture, the cameras here put it in its place. I always have it in my pocket but I rarely use it anymore.
You can click on the pictures above or the list below to take you to my experience with each camera.
I love my FM, FE, FE-2, F3, N90s, and F100 bodies. I have not tried the F6 yet. 🤔
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