Rediscovering My Old Film Camera

Today I was in conversation with my friend Natalie, who mentioned finding an old Minolta (point and shoot) film camera in her house. Like a flash of lightning illuminating a dark landscape, this triggered memories in my head. I recalled owning a little film camera years ago. The Vivitar AF620, It was a gift on my 10th birthday.

By Ron Scott September 6th, 2009

My first camera.

I loved it. And I kept it too, as you can see in the above photo. The first pictures I took with it were in O’Dell Park in Fredericton, NB. I took it on my first trip to New York City in 2004, where I can clearly recall feeling so privileged to be able to take pictures with my own camera, especially from the prestigious locale of the Empire State Building.

I am currently rediscovering how awesome an 8 years old film camera can be to use. The limitation of no zoom, no manual controls, and no digital LCD in the rear is almost truly exhilarating.

Who knows, from here I may venture into using my dad’s old Minolta SLR from the early 80′s.

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