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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Eye-level" data-source="post: 23493" data-attributes="member: 6548">Thanks Ken! I too someday will convert to mainly digital when one of two things happen or maybe even both...1) When Nikon releases a micro 4/3 camera (imagine a 45 Nikkor on micro 4/3s making an effective 90mm focal length) or 2) I can afford a D700 or D3 or other full frame DSLR...I know it is possible but I can't really fathom my F2 freezing up on me!  <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />  My Ansco Anscoset is nothing other than a Minolta Uniomat with an American badge...my how things have changed!  My biggest frustration with film is probably that is is sort of challenging to find a drugstore that has an employee or two that knows how to scan negatives...lol There are two things that make the photography hobby very interesting to me...one is the suspense generated by waiting to see what that 36 exposure roll of film I just shot is going to produce and more importantly the challenge of determining the right shutter speed and the right f stop and focusing properly...it seems that the more rolls I shoot the more important these things become.  When I do get the chance to shoot digital or try out my friend's DSLR I find myself setting it to manual and trying to figure out how I can pick the shutter speed and the exposure value.  Photography to me isn't about film vs digital or electric vs mechanical or metering vs auto vs sunny 16 or this gear vs that gear...it is all about the sometimes very elusive feat of pushing the button and making a good picture!</blockquote>

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