Fail of an Automatic SLR
I”m currently taking a photo class at San Jose City College for all who Don’t know. Of course, this class requires a camera which uses film (an SLR). I’m currently borrowing a camera from a friend (or more like had his camera but never got to return it), but decided to try my dad’s automatic SLR. It is pretty nice to have an auto-focus lens and being able to set my shutter speed and aperature at a higher and lower range, but i discovered that I get less film counts out of this camera.
The first roll of film I took with this camera did give me less shots, but then the pictures turned out pretty nice. So, going with my gut, used another roll of film sacrificing 2-6 shots for nicer pictures. However, today, when I used p all the shots (18 only this time out of 24….), it had some problems rewinding the film. At first I thought it was actually done rewinding, but seem too quick. It actually got stuck or something. It was stupid of me, but I opened the camera thinking all the film was in the cassette. I was wrong. So probably more than half of my shots were exposed. I had some pretty neat pictures in there from today all ruined.
Sometimes its a pain to lose pictures that may only come once in a lifetime. I feel this way for these shots. I could buy more film to make new shots, but film is pretty expensive (or at least to me). Unless I buy in bulk, then I would be paying between 6-8 dollars per roll. So as of now, I have one roll of film left, but I decided to try to save that last roll for the next class session incase the professor assigns a different theme.
To risk using a better camera or stick with the basic SLR?
Basic SLR
Automatic (or autofocus) SLR
SJSU College Semester Finale
The semester is coming to an end and work is piling up! One day I decided to write down all the remaining things I have to do for school on my whiteboard since i rarely use that thing. Sucks that I got three finals in one day. I guess that is what I get for having only three days for school and enjoying my Mondays and Fridays off. At least its almost coming to an end. I’m actually more worried about finishing up those essays.
Here’s what I have left:
It is kind of hard to see in some parts and probably doesn’t seem much compared to other peoples’ schedules. I really can’t wait till summer starts so I can finally relax and enjoy my time off. Work hard now then play later!
