Old school photographer new to digital era and hooked (at last)

9 years 6 days ago #437986 by pcn
Good day from sunny South Africa. I am new here and quite intriqued.
Started photography in 1980 with a Ricoh XR2S film camera and favoured slides. No re-takes, no photoshop, sweating for days waiting for the then either WOW or OH NO!
Shot some pretty special ones in my lifetime! Love the mountains (Drakensberg mountains) where the air is crisp and the light is amazing and the horizon endless.
I love narrow depth of field work and given the limited technology, produced some amazing shots.
Wish I can capture those slides, 1000's of them, into digital format!
Now about to enter the DSLR world and cannot wait for my Nikon to arrive (actually waiting for the money to arrive LOL).

well, hope to learn a lot from you high-tech folks here!

Peace & Blessings

Pieter


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9 years 6 days ago #437995 by tganiats
Welcome!   Hope to see some of the scanned images (yes, some of my old slide images have a very special place in my heart, in part because I know there are all "OOC.")     Hope the Nikon $$ come soon!


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9 years 4 days ago #438220 by Richard Taylor
Hey Pieter welcome to the site.  Is that your Triumph in your avatar photo?  I'm a big fan of their bikes!

Richard 


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9 years 3 days ago #438292 by Tuscan Muse
Welcome to PT Pieter!
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9 years 2 days ago #438413 by Travel Nut
Welcome aboard Pieter  - post some images and you'll get a lot of guidance (if needed) :-)


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9 years 8 hours ago #438732 by Simon Says
Welcome to the PhotographyTalk Pieter, nice to meet you!


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8 years 11 months ago #439048 by JaneK
Hello and welcome from outside of London!


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8 years 11 months ago #439096 by pcn
Sure is Richard. My trusty old 2006 Tiger 955. Amazing bike.


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8 years 11 months ago #439115 by Ian Stone
Welcome from the big Apple!


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