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  1. I do not do any jobs with a camera. I enjoy B/W photography and wet printing for a hobby is the extent of it. Anyway one camera is all I need.
  2. I do not shoot events or anything like that but my camera is a Leica M6 and it never breaks. If I go on vacation I am positive it will work fine. I just own the one camera and do not have or need a back up camera..
  3. I'm always looking for a way to cut expenses in photography. Film plus darkroom can be relatively inexpensive for a hobby or a huge money pit. I keep it on the affordable side.
  4. I just have a folder on the desktop and I put my pictures in there. Every year I start a new sub folder. I separate the photos by topic and that way I can find my family photos fast as they are the most important. In addition I keep a duplicate folder on an external hard drive. Not very fancy I suppose. I average 1 roll of film a week more or less and out of the 24 photos I generally print 2 of those photos in the darkroom on 8x10's. I store the prints in Archival photo boxes that hold 50 prints which is about 1 year per box. Stacks very well lying flat. I do make 4x6 inkjet prints of the family and keep them in Pioneer Space Saver albums from BHPhoto. . The album slips into a hard cover and it stores upright just like a book.
  5. I do not worry much about stuff I cannot afford and most of the stuff that I can. However my Leica M6 was free and it just works perfectly year after year. Just shot a roll of Arista 100 yesterday. I went over to what used to be Fort Ord and they are tearing down the old wooden Army barracks so I shot a roll of film of the beat up old buildings that are left. Photos look great and I printed out one in my darkroom. I did not stay in those buildings but I was stationed at Ft Benning in the late 60's and lived in barracks of the same design. They had coal fired heaters.
  6. I recently bought a TT Artisan 50mm f1.4 to use with my Leica M6. I like the lens and the photo qualities are awesome. No clue if the photo quality would be satisfactory with a sensor camera. This one has a focusing tab and focus tension is perfect for my use. It has click stops that are solid and normal in 1/2 stop increments. The lens cap is a push on type which is new to me but it works perfectly. Threaded front for 49mm filters. I have no experience with the 7 Artisan but they are different companies probably from the same factory. The box says Shenzhen China.
  7. Kodak and Illford films have a steep increase in price every year it seems. I have been cutting costs however over the last 2 years and have dropped 120 film, color film, Kodak and Illford films. I am now just shooting 35mm with Arista 100 which puts me under $5.00 a roll or about $2.50 a roll if bulk loading. I am using Arista RC paper in the darkroom and cannot really reduce the costs in that regard. I work with 8x10 prints only which keeps it simple and helps with the cost. Anyway prices are up every year but my spending is down.
  8. I watched the video and Tony Northrup seems well informed. Sounds like the DSLR will stick around for a while.
  9. The new tech that consumers are buying is the cell phone.
  10. I went to my Granddaughters school play last week and there were hundreds of parents out there. Not a single regular camera among them.
  11. I think the Fuji XT30 would be worth a look. I am not familiar with the various P&S models available. I shoot MFT which can be very small and light to bulky depending on choices made within the system.
  12. Kodak UM400. Hiking at Henry Coe State Park, Ca. The park is vast and they allow Horseback riding, Mountain Bike riding, Backpacking and of course hiking..
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