First test pictures with my new tele lens (some new added in #20)

[Kirsten]

Your latest pictures are awesome. You've inspired me to get out my camera again and take up the art again. Need a telephoto for the Digital and I might purchase one anyway. The manual has a telephoto but processing film is so expensive these days.

I'm going to put up pictures of my kitties and the upstate mountain area where I live. They won't be great as I am way out of practice, but we will see. Perhaps I'll remember what I've forgotten.

Everyone who can take pictures with an analog camera has my deepest respect! I think I would fail miserable if I couldn't view my pictures right after I took them, to adjust the settings, if needed...

[Karen]

Everyone who can take pictures with an analog camera has my deepest respect! I think I would fail miserable if I couldn't view my pictures right after I took them, to adjust the settings, if needed...

It's funny - children nowadays expect to be shown the picture on the camera right after it has been taken - they have no concept that it used to take days and even weeks to get film developed, and pictures printed out before anyone could see them! And I do like digital cameras so much better because as I have have mentioned, I am not the most patient photographer in the world, so I'd rather the ten pictures I take to get one good one not cost me anything!

[mrspunkysmom]

Everyone who can take pictures with an analog camera has my deepest respect! I think I would fail miserable if I couldn't view my pictures right after I took them, to adjust the settings, if needed...

Well, thank you. After I invested in the digital I was very frustrated because it had all of these automatic settings. So I had to read the book to figure out where to adjust the f-stop and ISO settings. That was so annoying.

I do enjoy looking at the pictures right away, too. That way I know if there is some glare interfering with the picture. I also like the auto-focus since my vision, while good these days, wasn't always so good, and focusing took a lot of time.

Kirsten, you have a natural talent, and I hope I'm not stepping on toes when I tell you I think you should try to publish your photos. Even if it's just on your website.

It's funny - children nowadays expect to be shown the picture on the camera right after it has been taken - they have no concept that it used to take days and even weeks to get film developed, and pictures printed out before anyone could see them! And I do like digital cameras so much better because as I have have mentioned, I am not the most patient photographer in the world, so I'd rather the ten pictures I take to get one good one not cost me anything!

Children have no concept of patience for anything these days.

I used to take 5 or ten pictures to insure I would get one good picture. It was called "burning film". Of course Tri-X-Pan was the cheapest 400 film to use. Color film was expensive when I started. Later because of popularity it became the cheapest and BW became expensive. I prefer a good BW picture. The color doesn't get in the way.

Thanks Karen.