Beijing China

                                                                                            Ming Tombs, Beijing

Nature

                                                                     Blue Morning Glory Flower

                                                                                               Raccoon

                                                                                      Tiger Swallow Butterfly

Serenity

Above is the Minolta HTsi 35mm film camera I've used for the past several months.  A great camera, obtained at a good price, on ebay.  Several of the pictures posted here recently were taken with this camera.  It's easy to use, and gives the owner the choice of manual or auto focus operation.  Today, I'm moving on to a different Minolta camera, because I no longer own the HTsi model.  My daughter expressed an interest in film photography, so I gave it to her. 

My new (to Me) camera of choice is the Minolta 300si, also obtained on Ebay.  Now, (the date of this post) is a particularly good time of year to buy camera equipment on Ebay, or any online site because the 2011 school year has just started.  For many families that means discretionary  spending has to come to a halt.  Notebook paper, pens, pencils and other school supplies have a higher priority than camera equipment.  Which means fewer people bidding on the cameras, which means more bargains for you and me.   Happy shutter bugging!

Nikon N2000 film camera

My most recent acquisition from Ebay. This is a Nikon N2000. It is a manual focus camera. There is absolutely nothing automatic about it except for the film advance. Originally produced in the mid 1980's, this is Nikon's first model to feature automatic film advance. It arrived with a 135mm zoom lens. I've yet to take any pictures with it. I have 2 other cameras ahead of it. This one was purchased (if I'm remembering correctly) for less than $25.00 including the shipping.

Manual camera film load

For those of you who may be new to 35mm film photography, and have never loaded film into a camera before, this video is just for you. It really is a simple process, and once you've done it a few times it becomes almost second nature to you. The camera used in the video is a Yashica brand, but the procedure is basically the same regardless of brand name. Enjoy.