Board:   [DoveNet] Hobby Corner
Subject: Re: Photography
From:    Nook8081
Date:    Wed Jul 08, 2026 14:11

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> I did a lot of street photography on film in the 2000s - mostly on a
> LOMO LC-A and an Olympus XA/XA2. PLayedwith a Canon DSLR, but most of
> my photos nowadays are on a cameraphone or an older digicam.
>
> I have a host of older digital cameras - a Canon Digital Elph running
> custom firmware to allow me to shoot raw, a Nikon Coolpix 995 and a

That is sick, how does the buffer hold up shooting raw on that camera?

> 4300, those models from the early 2000s with the rotating body. They're
> fun because they have a threaded ring on the lens and can mount a
> polarizer, neutral density filter, wide angle and telephoto
> attachments. It also has a full manual setting.

Ooo

> I'm not driven my megapixels, I want to be able to print at 5x7 or
> show them on the web. Then again, I was never a fine art photographer.

Me too for the most part, I have a baseline minimum Iwon't go below, but
I'm not interested in getting a high MP camera just for the high MP, I have
to like it for other reasons too.

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