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Message: <blockquote data-quote="taylorkh" data-source="post: 645842" data-attributes="member: 44240">Thanks Todd. I never did get into the darkroom part of it. My dad had a Bush Pressman 4x5 sheet film camera and all the developing equipment. I need to check with my sister. It is probably still in the old family home where she resides. I wonder if it still works?I understand what I want a photo to show so I guess I just need to learn how to leverage the abilities of the digital camera to make it happen. What I really miss, and one of the reasons I resisted for so long, is the split screen focus capability on a film camera. The main complaint about the D3400 in the reviews I read (other than about remote connectivity and movie capability - both of which I could care less) was that the manual focus ring on the factory kit lens was a little crappy. It is but I just took a manual shot of some stuff on my book shelf across the room and then tried the same shot using the portrait program setting. I do think my picture looks better <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />Being somewhat nostalgic, the Df brought tears to my eyes. It LOOKS like a camera instead of a blob of buttons attached to the back of the lens.  But for the better part of $3 grand for a generation or two out of date internals - I still liked it. But when I read that the body was PLASTIC <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown    :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> I am enjoying my D3400.Thanks again,Ken</blockquote>

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