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COLUMN: My camera's getting old
The longtime newspaper photographer says the camera has produced thousands of published images but is now taking grainy pictures.
- She recently told the writer that the Nikon D70s is nearing the end of its usefulness, as the well-used camera is now taking grainy pictures due to its advancing age.
- Most cameras generally have a life span of about 10 years, making the Nikon's 26-year service across the writer's career exceptional and arguably museum-worthy.
- When digital cameras became the rage more than 20 years ago, issues disappeared; but discovering that the old and trustworthy Nikon is now a dinosaur is disconcerting.
- She can see the difference in image quality with her younger eyes, even though the pictures look fine to the writer's view.
- Needless to say, darkrooms were once integral to newspaper operations; another significant difference is that photographers no longer fear running out of film with digital cameras.
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COLUMN: My camera's getting old
My editor recently told me that my old Nikon D70s digital camera is nearing the end of its usefulness. She said the well-used camera, which I’ve dragged around me with during the last 26 years of my writing career and produced thousands of photos that ended up in publication, is now taking grainy pictures due to its advancing age. My editor said that, generally, most cameras have a life span of about 10 years, so I guess mine should be in a muse…
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