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dswan

dswan

Member Since 02 Apr 2019
Offline Last Active Mar 29 2023 08:28 AM
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In Topic: Will film and film cameras experience a renaissance?

21 February 2023 - 11:01 AM

I just don't understand the "WHY" part.  Whenever I see something shot on film, the appeal is part nostalgic, kinda like how, if you buy a 250 year old house, you want it to have some rough edges so it looks like it's that old, that it survived the War of 1812 and the hurricane of 1867, not to mention 30 years of neglect before you bought it.  The assets of film are mainly about a look someone likes, which they claim is not doable in digital, but probably is, if they were not so wedded to chemicals and film.

 

I also suspect some sort of emotional attachment to the fact that there's no do-overs in film.  If the negative doesn't have what you want....that's it.  If your processing is off....that's it too.  What film has is something in common with something else....murder.  Once that's done, there's no turning back.

 

I like how digital is not like murder.  I can always declare that this version sucks so I'm going back to square one. 


In Topic: Will film and film cameras experience a renaissance?

25 August 2022 - 03:58 PM

It already has some entrenched fans in the Art (note the capital A) community, but it's definitely a niche.  Like it or not, not only is film a cranky niche, but even dedicated cameras lose ground each year to phone cameras.  It's kind of like horses, which most of us don't need, but which some of us (though not me) keep around for the big-house, large property scenery.  I've even seen Artists (again, note the capital A) who use small, cheap, plastic box cameras that need medium format film, because it's somehow more organic or natural or something.  I don't get it, but I've seen it.  When I got my first, cheesy digital camera, I never looked back.  If I want retro, I'll crank up my software to simulate film.


In Topic: D5500 deliberately goes out of focus

25 August 2022 - 12:05 PM

To me, this sounds like a problem with either the submirror or the AF module. Sending it in, explaining the problems and what triggers the behaviour shouldn’t be too expensive. The D5500 is a nice little camera when it works.

Thanks.  That confirms what I thought, at least that it's in the body and not the lenses.

 

I actually have an authorized Nikon dealer down the road from me, so I will probably check in with them.  Even if the body isn't cost effective to fix, as you said, it's been a real useful workhorse camera for me, just the right price point and I don't relish spending a huge amount of money for a completely new system or anything like that.


In Topic: D5500 deliberately goes out of focus

25 August 2022 - 11:39 AM

Have you tried using liveview? If it works in LV, you have eliminated the lenses as a factor.

Yeah, I just did try Live View and it doesn't seem to do it.  I've made a bunch of shots of the same thing (some nearby trees and a bright blue sky with white clouds) and any settings I have tried triggered the error in normal use (not Live View).  I had not thought of Live View, however, just tried it and it seemed to be OK, not doing the focus craziness.

 

When it happens, it goes in and out several times and then lands in a spot where everything is out of focus.  If I shoot real fast, it does not happen.  Sometimes it freezes and then I have to restart the camera.


In Topic: D5500 deliberately goes out of focus

25 August 2022 - 09:14 AM

Kicking this one up the queue.  I've been using another camera in the meantime, but the D5500 is still working badly, with no obvious cause.  I've cleaned the sensor, cleaned the lens mount, cleaned everything I can reach inside, removed any filters and the thing looks like it's ready to be in an operating room.  

 

It's really mysterious since it was fine one day and bad the next.  Nothing happened, it wasn't dropped, just sat in my camera bag, whatever firmware version and lens partners it has are the same as it was when it was working a couple days before.

 

The latest wrinkle to the story, this morning, is that, out in bright light, not only does it go "deliberately" out of focus, but the flash pops up and flashes.

 

I can't help but wonder, if I get another camera body, will that help anything since I don't know what's causing the problem....could be both lenses for all I know.  If I do chuck the thing in the river, at this point my desire for a clean start makes me want something completely different, NOT another Nikon.