Welcome!!

Hello Everyone,
I am of the FF K-mount Tribe. The only digital I have is a Canon P&S.
I seem to have trouble loading film. So I buy a new used camera and try to load it. Doesn't work out to well for me. So I buy another. My neighbor a Nixonian I mean Nikon Fanatic teases me about my inferior equipment and operator issues. He says I have more cameras than pictures. He's right.
I also have CBA. It's dreadful and it leads to LBA. He (the neighbor again) thinks I should quit these habits cold which would allow me to buy a Nikon DSLR with the money I save. I dunno, I still haven't fiqured out all of the bells ,whistles and pixels with the Canon.

But alas, I join the community to learn. to express. to share.
From the Inside looking Out ~ Peace.

My Junk:
Kmounts>Pentax P3n, Ricoh XR-s, Sigma SA-1(with a mirror that could slap you into next week)
Addiction Collection of Yashica,Kodak,Voigtlander,Argus Nikon P&S(it was part of a E**Y lot..okay) plus a lot of other cams/lenses. :eek:

So are you a member of the Commercial Brokers Association?

or as described in the urban dictionary as: CBA = Can't Be Arsed.

CBA is a severe form of laziness.

Often comparable to a psychological/medical condition. CBA is most common in teenagers around the age of 16-17 years of age.
Person 1: You coming?
Person 2: Nah, I've got a severe case of CBA.

And I guess LBA is "lens buying addiction".
Maybe you will get into a tinkering mode and start interchanging parts off some of those cameras and come up with something that brews coffee.

Really though, welcome to the friendliest and most helpful photo forums and hope to see some posts and photos from you.
On thing about a dslr is you don't have to load film but I guess those memory cards could get tricky.
Why don't you have a Polaroid?

Hello all, I'm Steve. What a friendly place this seems to be! Found it while searching for advice on taking the DSLR plunge. I did a fair amount of photography in high school and college 30-odd years ago, primarily b/w with a Pentax SP500. Kids, jobs etc. intervened; I eventually got a Nikon 6006 which I liked a lot but never had the time nor concentration to take full advantage of. Most recently I've been fine with a little Canon A620 (see gallery); now kids are heading to college and I have more time for a hobby (and I have a trip to Costa Rica coming up for which I don't want to rely on point & shoot).

Delighted to be here!

Hi, Steve and welcome. You are right about this being a friendly place. We have novices to pros and everywhere between.
Stuff you learned 30 years ago will come back pretty fast. The basics of film and digital are the same. You'll save a lot of money not having to have your film developed and buying a new roll all the time. A few memory cards will last a long time.
The hardest part for me to learn after coming back was what all the camera settings do and editing in photoshop. Still a LOT to learn.

If you still have some of those Nikon lenses, they may work if you get a Nikon. Probably niot for D60 to D5000 but D90 or D300 or even a full frame like the D700. Learn about crop factors.
Anyway, I'm getting wordy and just want to welcome you and hope to see some pics and any questions you have.

Thanks Frog. I've already posted in the Nikon forum about choosing a body that will use the old lenses and gotten very useful advice.

I have posted a few photos off the A620 in my user gallery.

Look forward to hanging around, thanks again for the welcome.

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Why don't you have a Polaroid?

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Oh! But I do! Not one but TWO. :D
And I was a hip teenager with my "swinger" Ha Ha.
I seem to collect alot of things that film isn't available.
Thanks 4 the welcome.Mr. Frog.

Hello from Montreal in the GWN! I am new here and have only limited knowledge of cameras.
I am almost 70 years young and have spent most of my hobby time working with wood.Now I would like to record my work for my family and friends.I need lots of help to get up to speed.
Thank you.I am glad to have found such a wonderful website.Cheers! John.

Welcome John!
I'm not much behind you in years and still learning from both the young, the mature, the experienced, and the newbies here.
I've always admired those that can do so much with wood. Myself, I have a hard time cutting a straight line unless I want it to be a curved line of course.

Thanks Frog! I am also a great fan of the Italian director and cinematographer Sergio Leone,you know of "Once upon a time in the west" fame .Have you ever seen any discussions here of his techniques? Cheers! John.

Hi everyone! I am Angela, I am new to this forum. and pretty new to photography. I have always loved taking pictures with my trusty canon a640 and just recently got a canon t1i that I am learning the ropes on! Just trying to get my footing with this new camera!

Greetings from NJ, USA. My name is Valerie but on the web I go by Natural. I've been into photography since I was 17, I'm not 17 anymore. I upgraded my digital to a SLR in September of 09 with an Olympus E520. Last week I bought a E620 and I'm in love.

Welcome! I looked through your photos and can't wait for your contributions to those of us who who are relatively new. - TF

Welcome, Natural. I agree with TF.

Hi everyone! Tara here! I'm new to this site and to "serious" photography. I'm big into graphic design (I freelance when I get bored w/my job) and decided I should really learn more about photography since it goes hand in hand with design! Got me my handy point & shoot...might consider getting a DSLR in the future.

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Hi everyone! Tara here! I'm new to this site and to "serious" photography. I'm big into graphic design (I freelance when I get bored w/my job) and decided I should really learn more about photography since it goes hand in hand with design! Got me my handy point & shoot...might consider getting a DSLR in the future.

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Hi Tara and welcome to the family!

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Hi everyone! Tara here! I'm new to this site and to "serious" photography. I'm big into graphic design (I freelance when I get bored w/my job) and decided I should really learn more about photography since it goes hand in hand with design! Got me my handy point & shoot...might consider getting a DSLR in the future.

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Welcome! Hope to see some of your shots as well as some of the design work. That's a process I know nothing about. - TF

hai everyone

nice to meet u here:)
my name is malik

right now i learn photography. im newbie here, so i want to learn about everything, including searching for the best camera to use.

hope i can learn a lot from all of you

thanks for sharing :)

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hi i am danny, i am new to photography..
its a nice forum..
amazingly great information.

Hi! I'm Bob Mielke and this is my first post on this forum. It took a little effort to track down where to post this but I managed to get here.

Where do I start? I'm a nearly 61 year old fart that's been in photography since I was 21. It started way back in my Air Force days stationed in Misawa, Japan. I bought my first SLR, a Canon FTQL, and started shooting like crazy. After all, I was in a beautiful strange land thousands of miles from my home in the Midwest. I also got my film for free since the B52 squadron had moved off base leaving tons of reels of 35mm mapping film behind. BTW it was ASA 2. Now that's incredibly fine grain stuff.

I eventually went on to become a portrait & wedding photographer until I tired of the business side of collecting monies for my work. I've been a serious amateur ever since. I bought my first digital SLR just 3 years ago, a Nikon D40X, which has since been replaced by a Nikon D90.

I have three hobbies that go quite well together, motorcycle touring, photography & computers. I actually work for Intel Corp. in Hillsboro, OR making their computer chips. I ride a Piaggio BV250 Touring scooter, a Triumph Rocket III touring motorcycle and drive a Smart ForTwo Pure car. I do enjoy my toys.

On the photography hobby I love landscape photography and live in one of the most beautiful states in the U.S., Oregon. I've ridden my bikes 76,000 in 4 years of living here covering, Oregon, Washington & California. I will ride anywhere, any distance for a good pizza or good Chinese food. My favorite Chinese restaurant is in Fortuna, CA and my favorite pizza parlor is Tutabellas in Seattle, WA.

Feel free to contact me as I'm open to comments and questions. - Bob

Welcome, Bob! We have many active 'old farts' including myself so you'll fit in fine.
Hope to see some of your work on the boards soon.

Hi, my name is Kelli. I am new to taking pictures. I've always loved to look at other people's work, but just started taking my own pictures. I found this forum because my grandmother just gave me a Konica Hexanon AR 50mm F1.7.Of course there is no manual to go with it. The camera probably hasn't been used for years, but it I would really like to know how to use it. I have a Sony Cyber-shot dsc-h20. I look forward to learning from all of you.

Cheers!

Thanks to old clicker for pointing me in the right direction.

I'm Jim, 64 YO, I've been taking pictures as long as I can remember. Dad had done quite a bit of portrait work, still had some chemicals and equipment for B&W roll film. He bought me a Kodak brownie for my 8th birthday. IIRC it used 127 film? Verichrome pan? We'd develope the film, using taped up closet for a dark room. Contact prints would allow us to see the pics, then the best were printed at the local drugstore. A boy with his Kodak, sounds like a title for a book!

I have an olympus D-380 that's at least 8 years old. It still works just fine, but it's still just a point & shoot. I also have a Yashica FX-D SLR that also still works, or it would if I bought a couple batteries.

My reason for being here is I just put on layaway a Canon T2i DSLR. I need to read a bunch of stuff to get back up to speed on how to use a new toy. I'm sure it will come back to me, as I did some good work with the Yashica.

Welcome, Snuffy.
You'll get lots of good help/advice with your new camera here.

And I think you are the perfect age to be very wise,(guess who else is 64)

Thanks Frog, guess who else has a full white beard, glasses, and wears a cammo hat all the time! As soon as I get that new camera, I'll take a pic of myself for my avatar, it'll be hard to tell us apart!

:) Yeah but you're going Canon and I'm a Nikon guy.