Pentax returns to film cameras

Absurd, the reader will say. And it turns out to be wrong. Demand for film cameras, it turns out, exceeds supply. Everything that the market now offers is products from the second, and maybe from the 20th, hands. The thing is that studios for training professional photographers recommend that beginners start with mechanical cameras. This provides many benefits:

 

• Correct exposure. Clicking 1000 frames on a digital is easy. But not the fact that at least one frame will be correct. And the film is limited by frames - you have to try, think, calculate in order to make at least 1 out of 36 frames correctly.
• Working with shutter speed and aperture. In automatic mode, the digital camera does everything by itself. But what kind of photographer is he who doesn't know how to do the calculations in his head. The mechanics here are flawless. Even better than manual mode in a digital camera.
• The price of one frame. Any professional photographer is simply obliged to make the first frame flawless. This is a creative process that cannot be trusted with electronics.
• original quality. No effects - that's great. The film conveys maximum realism. The number is not subject to it.

What's in store for film and digital cameras?

 

Basically, it fades away. Cameras in smartphones with artificial intelligence take very colorful pictures. And SLR cameras, and compact ones, have ceased to interest buyers. Professional full-frame cameras are in demand in the media and bloggers. And in everyday life there is no interest in massive equipment. And then they started talking about film.

 

Pentax is taking a big risk by entering the market with a line of film cameras. Of course, there will be cool optics and wear-free mechanics. But the demand is in question. Less than 0.1% of buyers in the world are ready to buy a film camera. Only at the suggestion of teachers who correctly conduct training in the subject of "Photography".

 

The child wants to become a cool photographer - what should he buy

 

This is a turning point in the life of a child, which makes it clear what he wants. Own a cool DSLR or become a professional photographer. It is worth limiting the budget and offer a film camera, new or second-hand. Rejection is a reason to think. After all, those children who have already learned the basics of photo magic know that film is the beginning of perfection.

The desire to get a cool DSLR - crop or full, is a fashion trend. To stand out. And the chance to become the best photographer in the world tends to zero. There are exceptions, but rarely. But a film camera is a desire to learn everything from scratch. The same exposure. Most bloggers don't even know what it is. They look at the screen and take thousands of pictures. The horizon was filled up - it does not matter, AI will help. The object is far away - cut off. All this is amateurism. And nothing good will end. It is necessary to learn the material part correctly from the very beginning.