Saturday, May 14, 2011

Cheap Lenses Aren't Always a Bad Thing -




Shot with my back-up Nikon D-300 using a specially modified, $10 HOLGA (cheap, plastic camera from China, infamous and desired by many for its low quality and known manufacturing defects) FIXED FOCUS, f/8 50mm LENS.




Conventional wisdom says get the best (most expensive) glass you can afford. But in the real world, food and mortgage payments need to come first.




Challenge yourself. Leave the Nikon, Sigma, or other DSLR at home and stop by Walgreen's. Pick up a $7 disposible camera and walk Old Town, Zoo, or the BioPark.





Develop and print some 4x6s and see what you captured. Scan the best of the negatives and play with them in Elements, Lightroom, Photoshop, or your choice of editing programs.




This could be a fun and challenging theme and exibition for your camera club!




Keep Shooting -




Steve Snowden