Ol’ Clickety is a thirteen-year-old camera I picked up for $279, and the first thing he made me do was wrestle a firmware update before we ever stepped outside.
That’s the whole idea. He’s not here to show what money can buy… he’s here to prove you can make real photographs with the gear you already own, even when it’s a little stubborn.
This trail log isn’t about specs. It’s about patience, wrong turns, quiet surprises, and learning to slow down long enough to actually see.
So pull up a chair and follow along. Ol’ Clickety’s got stories to tell. We are leaving on our first PhotoSafari tomorrow. Follow along on our journey at ByWinslowCampfire.com
Ok, while I’m on PhotoSafari I wanted to show you the first “real Image” from ol’ clickety. It’s a picture ol’ clickety captured of a very rare in the deserts of the southwest, Mandarin Duck. Now lets understand… in the days of all the gear hype out there… an awesome, clean, sharp, colorful image of this rare duck, by a lot of accounts, would also be rare. Yet here it is.
Ol’ clickety and his support team are here to prove it’s not just about the gear! Ansel Adams is very famous for stating that the entire reason he captured images, was simply so that he could go play with them in the darkroom. And before you go there, zero Ai was used on this image!
Yes, great glass played a key role. I have always stated that lousy glass in front of the most awesome sensor, will still produce a crap image. This image was captured on the worst possible rainy day, at high noon in the worst light! With a NIkon 300mm f/4 PF lens, in front of the 13 year old sensor on a Nikon D-7100… No I won’t tell you where the duck was… and no it was not in some wildlife park or anything… knowledge is power my friends. If you click on the image you will see it larger.
Howdy friends! Another chapter in the ‘Ol Clickety trail log… this image was captured while on PhotoSafari to the Oregon Coast over New Years… In case you’re new here I have over 5 decades behind the lens as a Professional Photographer.
I get a bit upset to see all this feldercarb about gear all over the internet now-a-days… this image was captured on the 13 year old sensor of a Nikon D-7100 I bought to assist the newer Photographers out there with actual equipment choices.
You do not need the latest and greatest cameras my friends… A bit of knowledge and some digital darkroom skills go a long way…
Another tale from the trail…’Ol Clickety was on PhotoSafari with me again with a desert landscape right after a fresh rain… Zero Ai here my friends… the desert colors really come alive after a nice rain…
Another from the trail with ‘Ol Clickety… this time dashing through the snow… Not to B A D with a $279.00 13 year old camera… the Nikon D-7100.
I went on a little trip to Southern California last week to look at a possible upgrade to my mobile command center. Since I don’t go anywhere without a camera or two, ‘Ol Clickety came along for the ride. I see a whole lotta gear reports all over the inter-webs these days… They all say “ya need this new camera, or that new camera”…
I’m sorry… I disagree. What people need now a days is better understanding of their current gear and the digital darkroom. Once you learn how to capture light, and display what you saw with editing in the digital darkroom? My ‘Ol Clickety purchase of $279.00 and a bit of education might make more sense to you.