February 9th, 2009
Cameras, cameras and more cameras. Over the past few weeks, I encountered a bump in the road regarding completion of my senior thesis presentation. When I first started gathering information and equipment for the items I needed, I developed a preliminary list of questions. I kept fighting myself on the idea of bringing digital cameras into the project or solely staying with film cameras. Once I started trying to find cameras that were digital I encountered an even larger problem with cost. I could not justify spending hundreds of dollars on a camera that I would saw in half I also fought with myself over the whole idea of film meets digital and the exploration within. There are definitely a lot more film cameras that are easy to access (older in age and newer in age) then there are when you step into the realm of digital. So, when all was said and done, I decided that it would be more appropriate to stay with all film cameras for this project. The decision is made.
Here is a list of the cameras that will be used; Brownie Hawkeye Flash Model (May 1949 to July 1961), Golden Shield (1958 to1966), Argus Instant Load 270 (1966 to 1967), Polaroid Land Camera 340 (1969 to1971), Polaroid Super Colorpack (1971 to 1972), Nikon F2 (1959 to 1974), Minolta Maxxum 5000 (1986 to 2004), Canon Rebel 2000 EOS (1999 to present).
