walking mirage

reveling in my smug sense of superiority over many film photographers: i don't take photos on film because it's cool and trendy, i do it because i'm weird and stupid. if you aren't weird and stupid and you're shooting film you've fucked up bad. i learned how to take photos on a mamiya 645, ruining myself forever. the newest digital camera i use is an eos 5d that was made when i was in middle school. the rest of my cameras were made before i was born. i'm committed to the bit. i'm fucked six ways from sunday.

if you hand me a mirrorless it will take me a while to figure out how to operate it and even then i am gonna be putting it in aperture priority or manual, if i can find them. if it's a sony it will take longer. fuck you sony, hire a UI ergonomicist or something

#photography #film photography

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Maff @maff10/18/2023, 10:09 AM

i take photos with my phone but i yearn to have one of those sonar autofocus polaroid cameras.

Adam @molotovmocktail10/18/2023, 1:42 PM

Genuinely one of the reasons I bought the digital camera I did is because it’s the easiest to put in aperture priority

ISO standard fire lizard @wolf-apparatus10/18/2023, 2:02 PM

idk the last sony mirrorless i interacted with just has a big dial on the top for the AE mode. you can turn it to “A”

walking mirage @atomicthumbs10/18/2023, 6:03 PM

last one i used was an NEX-5 something and navigating any settings on that beyond the basics Sucked Shit

Jolon @wikispittingace10/18/2023, 3:32 PM

I have been handed a Sony before and nearly melted down trying to find the right settings. Navigating their menu system alone without help is terrifying. I nearly lost it trying to find the file directory for videos afterward.

Red Onion Lover @daddragon10/18/2023, 6:40 PM

Having to do physical & chemical bullshit to make pictures makes me feel alive and I'm only inhaling a little bit of acid fumes

Glenn (posting online)@GPN10/18/2023, 7:33 PM

i bought a mirrorless oly pen-f with the intention to sell it but i ended up liking it because its got physical dials most importantly an exposure compensation dial so shooting in Av is chefs kiss

Flaming Spork (tired era)@spork10/18/2023, 8:06 PM

i learned on a pentax k1000 and am now permanently broken on any other camera
maybe eventually i will find a digital camera that actually feels comfortable to use, but for now i shoot film, even though i often feel wasteful doing so

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