I got an SLR!
Jun. 10th, 2003 11:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lilfluffWell I've now entered the ranks of the SLR camera owners. A nice manual Minolta SRT 101. Metal construction, a lever for advancing the film, the nice solid sounding thunk-click of the mirror flipping out of the way just before the shutter opens. It even appears to play nicely with my glasses, although I suppose I could possibly consider contacts (Ick, touching my eyes on purpose doesn't sound fun -- and after all these years having the edge of my vision in focus might feel strange).
The SRT-101 even has some nice features. A mirror lock-up (if you're using a tripod it lets you lift the mirror out of the way in advance, so it won't cause any vibrations that might blur slower exposures), and Depth of Field preview (For finding out just what really will be in focus for whatever aperture you've selected).
Of course the real test won't come until I've run a roll of film through it and checked the results.
All metal construction, only the light meter requires battery power, controls that don't require a full day of manual reading to use (Let's see a grand total of 9 on body controls -- including the lens release switch and film rewinding knob). Just set your film speed, shutter speed, then place one hand on the body and the other on the lens barrel. A manual SLR is what I first learned to make photographs with when I was, oh half as tall as I am now, if I could do it in the single digit age range I can certainly learn to do it well now.
The SRT-101 even has some nice features. A mirror lock-up (if you're using a tripod it lets you lift the mirror out of the way in advance, so it won't cause any vibrations that might blur slower exposures), and Depth of Field preview (For finding out just what really will be in focus for whatever aperture you've selected).
Of course the real test won't come until I've run a roll of film through it and checked the results.
All metal construction, only the light meter requires battery power, controls that don't require a full day of manual reading to use (Let's see a grand total of 9 on body controls -- including the lens release switch and film rewinding knob). Just set your film speed, shutter speed, then place one hand on the body and the other on the lens barrel. A manual SLR is what I first learned to make photographs with when I was, oh half as tall as I am now, if I could do it in the single digit age range I can certainly learn to do it well now.
