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Just been camera shopping with the M-I-L. And I didn't kill her.

I'd done my research, but we didn't buy the camera I had seen as best rated, a Canon, as the controls were too fiddly for her arthritic fingers, so we got a nice little Fuji compact instead.

She won't let me glue the controls into sticking solely on "auto" though.

She wants a camera as, in November, she's going to China for a three weeks tour. Not bad for an old bird of 78, and she's going alone.

She even beat the sales lad into giving her a "little old lady" discount.

I can't believe she bartered. Well done Mum.

Buy her a FILM camera.

dales wrote:Buy her a FILM camera.

Buy?

Aren't they just lying around where people dropped them?

yrs,
rubato

Some of us still use film; I still use my old Nikon for most pictures (although it is harder to find film and even harder to get it developed). However, I still maintain the pictures are better than the digital ones (although the digital ones are gaining) and I see no reason to trade in all the equipment I acquired over the years (including a number of lenses I acquired used from ebay from others who abandoned their cameras).

rubato wrote:

dales wrote:Buy her a FILM camera.

Buy?

Aren't they just lying around where people dropped them?

yrs,
rubato

Some are collectable.

Some not so much.

Others, no.

And many work quite well and are still in use.

Six years ago when I moved, I found about twenty five rolls of exposed Kodachrome from who knows how long ago...no place to get it processed any more...

I also have all the late spousal unit's cameras; a couple of Leicas, several Nikons and a Mamiya 6x7, as well as my Canon SLR and Horseman 4x5. Haven't used anything but the little digital camera in years, and really need to see if any of the others are worth anything to anyone!

If you still have the exposed kodachrome, check Dwayne's processing www.dwaynesphoto.com/, which apparently bought the business from kodak. They also do print film.

As for the cameras, you might check for some on line prices--ebay often caries a lot of cameras. What Nikon models are they?

Dale probably still has his Polaroid Swinger....




ETA:

Without googling, who can recognize the actress?

As a matter of fact Jim........I remember taking my swinger to Hawaii (c. 1966) and still have a few mottled B&W prints from that time.

dales wrote:.I remember taking my swinger to Hawaii (c. 1966)

Very open minded of you Dales, were you very into the swinging scene?

Big RR wrote:If you still have the exposed kodachrome, check Dwayne's processing http://www.dwaynesphoto.com/, which apparently bought the business from kodak. They also do print film.

As for the cameras, you might check for some on line prices--ebay often caries a lot of cameras. What Nikon models are they?

Unfortunately, Dwayne's shut down their Kodachrome line at the end of 2010, and accroding to their website, there's nobody else...

I haven't looked at any of those cameras in a while; I'll check and let you know.

Any Leica at all is likely worth $$$ (maybe $$$$$ depending on the model and condition).

Perhaps rube will find one tossed on the side of the road, uneeded and unloved.

LMFAO

I can't remember her name but I know she starred in a movie with that O'Neal guy...

Sorry Kristina--I should have checked the site first; I had it written down from a while (quite a while apparently) back. It's sad there's nowhere else, but I don't thinkkodak ever released the chemicals for kodachrome home processing so that may well be the case. It's wrth a search on the net to be sure, however.

I can't remember her name but I know she starred in a movie with that O'Neal guy...

Correcto mundo...

Ali McGraw....

Steve McQueen's ex-wife.


What a dish!