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The first one on the list is my favorite. The Holga 120N.
This plastic toy camera was given to me by my girlfriend as a Valentine’s Day present. It is my favorite because of its simplicity, it is easy to use and of course it has sentimental value to me. It never leaves my camera bag. I love taking pictures with this camera outdoors when the sun is high up and bright, loaded with Fujifilm Superia 100ISO, and take colorful landscape pictures, like mountain top views, beaches, etc. I don’t bother using this indoors, since it has a fixed shutterspeed of 125th of second, blurred, underexposed pictures is all I’m going to get.
I would love to try E-6 slide films with this camera, and have it properly processed to see the plastic lens’ performance and how capable it is. Cross processing is not my cup of tea. I’ve seen some cross processed shots, some are great, the colors are saturated, and gives pictures some kind of a fun, warm feeling to it, but yeah, I’m not much of a fan of it. I only use Fujifilm Superia 100ISO 120mm film, i like the saturation of colors and the overall tonality of it when used with this camera.
When used properly, i mean, properly focusing, using the right kind of film, and proper knowledge of exposure, with a little bit of creativity, it give amazing crappy pictures. LOL.
I love it. ‘Nuff said.
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The Nikon FM2n
This is my first Single Lens Reflex (SLR) Camera. I bought this a couple of months ago. It came with a Nikon 50mm F/1.8 Series E Lens.
I’ve taken so many pictures with this camera, and it has been my workhorse. I’m planning to get a new lens for it, a Nikkor 50mm F/1.4 AI-S maybe or a longer Nikkor 105mm F/2.5 AI-S to replace the Series E lens that is like glued to the body because I have no other lens to replace it. LOL. But looking at the bright side, I get to master one lens, and I was able to produce great pictures with it.
It’s fairly easy to use once you get to know the camera. There are no White Balance settings here (of course, its a film camera), or exposure compensation knob (EV + or -) but just shutterspeed, aperture and ISO, i guess what i meant to say was, if you really want to learn photography, then you have to know the basics, and this camera is a great tool to master it.
This camera is built like a tank, and it looks great.
This camera gave me the best pictures of my life, and I think I have more pictures to take, more adventures to be shared, and more films to waste with this camera. I plan to keep using this camera until it dies, and when it dies, i plan to revive it, and use it again and again.
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Minolta Hi-Matic 7s Rangefinder
This is the latest addition to my gears. It is my first rangefinder, and I got it for free. I got this baby a few months ago, it was given to me by my uncle all the way from Canada. He said, he found it at some flee market 20 years ago, and rarely used it. It was sitting inside the closet until he learned that I’m into photography.
The fixed lens is wobbly. I plan to have it fixed and get it in tip top shape. I saw pictures taken from the Rokkor Lens, and it is amazingly sharp. I tested this camera, and found out that is still functioning, and no light leaks, thank goodness. I just have to get the lens fixed since the focusing is so bad, I only have a handful of properly focused shots in my test roll. LOL.
Cosmetically, its great, like it came out from the box, thats why i plan to get it running.
I always refer to it as the Minolta Hi- [Proble] Matic 7s… LOL.
These are my cameras. And i love them all. I plan to add more in the future. Who knows, maybe I will get my hands on a Leica! LOL.
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