Thinking of picking up a film camera.
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Fred Kingston
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I don't shoot that many rolls at one time...At most 1 or 2 rolls... certainly enough time in between to recharge them...
F5 uses AA batteries. According to pg 167 of the Nikon F5 user manual, 8 AA Lithium batteries are good for approximately 250 rolls of film at temperatures near 68 F/20 C, or 90 rolls with alkaline AA. Lithium hold their power much better as the performance with alkaline batteries will noticeably decline after only 25% of their capacity. NIKON GLASS: The Nikon F5 power consumption issue:
@ kevy73
What are your thoughts on the film VS digital debate?
I am of the "the more things change the more they stay the same" camp. By that I mean it is still the same old exposure triangle to produce the image. Subtle differences (Well maybe not so subtle) being asa/iso, a bigger envelope with digital but one can still shoot half a roll of film at 200, push the other half at 800, cut the roll in half in the darkroom and develop accordingly. WB a bit trickier in that you must have a changeable back in order to change it in the middle of a roll.
It just seems to be basically the same thing to me but I'll admit digital has made it easier if that is the right term.
What are your thoughts on the film VS digital debate?
I am of the "the more things change the more they stay the same" camp. By that I mean it is still the same old exposure triangle to produce the image. Subtle differences (Well maybe not so subtle) being asa/iso, a bigger envelope with digital but one can still shoot half a roll of film at 200, push the other half at 800, cut the roll in half in the darkroom and develop accordingly. WB a bit trickier in that you must have a changeable back in order to change it in the middle of a roll.
It just seems to be basically the same thing to me but I'll admit digital has made it easier if that is the right term.