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I’ve been hit by this interest in low-tech cameras. All mechanical hunks of metal. Snap photo, advance film, snap, advance, reach end, wind film back by hand kinds. I’ve been eye-ing some on E-bay and they are (relatively) not expensive. from $20-$80. Yes, of course its film.. costs about $10 a roll including processing and scanning (not going to print anything). Film just has this feeling which digital doesn’t. Also, the raw all mechanical thing is so cool! these things are tough and can take as many pictures as you have film. No batteries, no tech.. Pure photography.

Another thing is this Voigtlander viewfinder I can stick on top of my camera to use as a viewfinder since the inbuilt one is so crap. Why not use the LCD you askl? haha.. I read that the feeling of looking at the subject directly is different from looking in the LCD, also, the blocking out of everything other than what you arte taking is also different. But the analogue feel of a rangefinder cannot be replaced by digital I guess.. digital is just too perfect sometimes.. Sharp photos, fancy optics.. all dime a dozen.. becomes.. anonymous after a while of looking at such hi-fi photos. The only thing stopping me.. is the $136USD pricetag. hahahaha.. I could get a very nice lo-tech camera for that money!

Oh man.. Sigh.. this one start already no coming back. haha.. All this cos my camera is wonky, due for servicing and I just wanted to look for something fun to use for a month or two and then dump aside. Was at cash converters but the cameras there are in bad condition. There was a minolta all mechanical SLR but the mirror was locked-up. Too bad, it looked quite fun to try out actually with a decent old skool lens that was the push/pull to zoom and twist at the same time to focus kind, rubber lenshood too..

Oh well, I’m not going to spend so much time looking. It fills you with this unhealthy desire to buy stuff you don’t need on a whim. I shall see if there are any good deals which I can liquidate at a profit in future when I’m not interested anymore. Shall study and get some banners done first! Sometimes I look at people earn $$$ then spend.. so pointless right? haha.. I mean.. I want all these but I feel its such a waste at the same time.

1 Timothy 6:6 (ESV) says:

6Now there is great gain in^(A) godliness^(B) with contentment, 7for^(C) we brought nothing into the world, and^[a] we cannot take anything out of the world. 8But^(D) if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content. 9But^(E) those who desire to be rich fall into temptation,^(F) into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that^(G) plunge people into ruin and destruction. 10For the love of money is a root of^(H) all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.

Fight the Good Fight of Faith

11But as for you,^(I) O man of God,^(J) flee these things.^(K) Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness.

So.. Haha.. Oh well.

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