posted on June 27, 2001 08:32:26 AM new
What are yours? I'm sort of curious considering all of the diversity here, what everyone does in their spare (I know, what spare time) time.
posted on June 27, 2001 08:36:33 AM new
I haven't pursued my favorite hobbies lately - black and white photography and gardening. I need to clean the eBay junk out of my darkroom and get my camera repaired or buy a new one. I've fiddled around with my Mavica and the computer but I miss the darkroom fumes and the solitude.
posted on June 27, 2001 09:31:28 AM new
Used to sew, crochet, stained glass (mostly mirrors and small items for nieces and nephews) one lamp and several wall hanging planters.
Now I garden (on a limited basis) and Ebay!
Let me tell you no where near the satisfaction of the other hobbies. You aren't making anything (especially profit!)
posted on June 27, 2001 09:40:49 AM new
Photography, Bicycling, Sport Kites, and I love movies by the classic directors (Ford, Hawks, Wyler, Chaplin, Capra, Cukor, Wilder, Huston, etc.)
posted on June 27, 2001 10:44:25 AM new
saabsister,
I know just what you mean about those darkroom fumes. Black and white photography was always a special hobby for me until the Mavica and the computer rearranged my life.
I used to like to sew...made all of my children's clothing, even though it would cost me twice as much.
I like to draw and paint...watercolor, oil amd acrylic.
posted on June 27, 2001 11:15:50 AM new
On photography I love B&W. With B&W I'll do all the processing, I buy 100' rolls of film and load my own cassettes, develop the film, and I make the prints on fiber based paper. Hand coloring a B&W print with oils will give you a knockout picture that your great great grandchildren can see.
Color is okay, I'll make prints from slides which I pay to have processed (Kodachrome processing can't be done at home.)
It is sad how most photographs today don't have the quality they did 80 years ago. Look at the pictures your grandmother has and look at the pictures from the 70s. My grandmother's pictures are sharp and clear, but the color pictures from the 70s are fading, and fuzzy. Something is wrong when modern films and lenses produce pictures that pale next to the pictures produced in the 30s.
posted on June 27, 2001 11:18:57 AM newFemme and Helen
Do you use a 35mm camera? I've got an old Minolta. I've had the shutter rebuilt and now it looks as though I'll no longer be able to get batteries for it. Of course all the lens and filters fit this camera. What would you suggest as a replacement camera - I like to operate everything manually? I'm thinking that it's time to suggest to my husband that we buy a Nikon.
posted on June 27, 2001 11:39:33 AM new
saabsister,
I always dreamed about having a medium format camera but could never afford one.
Maybe that could tear me away from this computer! Wow, what a wonderful idea.
I just have a 35mm Cannon. Nikons are great because they have better lenses.
But I'm not an expert on photography...just a lover of photography.
posted on June 27, 2001 11:45:37 AM new
I use Leica, Minox, and Olympus, I like manual cameras but I do have a few PHD* pocket cameras. I tell anyone to start with the basics and that's the Pentax K-1000. I imagine the K-1000 is most photographer's first camera, mechanical shutter, match needle light meter, and depth of field preview all you really need. With a camera like a K-1000 the photographer operates the camera, not just the shutter release.
posted on June 27, 2001 12:40:20 PM new
I like scuba diving, riding my mule, wood carving, papier mache, drawing, reading, and watching movies (old, new, classics, schlock--all of 'em)
posted on June 27, 2001 01:22:50 PM new
Ohh Ohh I forgot one of my most exciting hobbies: Reading "ALL" of krs political articles (Bush Bashing) without ever commenting on them....the reason; I'm into M&M's remember the movie 9 to 5, with Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin?
It's a model SRT101. The last time I took it to a repair shop, the clerk told me they may be able to rebuild the battery case so that I could continue to use it. I don't know how many times I should patch this camera up.
I've got to go pick up my car at the shop. I'll stop at Radio Shack on the way home and buy the battery and see if the camera will work. I'll get back to you. I might be interested in the other cameras. Thanks.
After doing some homework, we bought our daughter a Canon SLR 35mm Rebel for Christmas. She likes to dabble in photography also. You can shoot automatically or manually and change lenses. I really like it and now I want want too.
After Christmas, my husband's Masonic Lodge had a speaker who is a serious amateur photographer. His camera of choice is the Canon Rebel. He has several with various lenses.
I only dabble and have used my husbands old (70s) Canon FTB with several lenses. It's all manual. I don't think they're available anymore. It still works like a charm and is the only camera he uses.
I've often thought I should take some classes, because I "see" pictures all the time (usually humorous) and seem to be pretty good at composition.
We were away on Sunday and we passed a lounge marquee advertising "Raymond, the Amish Comedian". Cracked me up and thought it would make a great picture. Alas, no camera.
posted on June 27, 2001 05:16:14 PM new
Femme, isn't that the way it goes - I've missed several good shots because I forgot to bring the camera along.
krs, thanks for the tip on the battery. The last time I went into a camera shop the battery that they suggested for the Minolta was a slightly different voltage so of course the light meter wouldn't work. I couldn't get the battery at Radio Shack but there was a Ritz Camera in the mall and they had a battery that works!! Thank you. Thank you . Thank you. Now about the car....
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