Back in the day when the News used to be on really late they’d say, “Film at Eleven.” Now the news is on all the time and they have the guy on the 4:30 news briefly tell you about what the 5:00 anchor person is going to tell you. Of course he or she will innevitably tell you about the 5:30 and 6:00 newscasters will be filling you in on. Apparently their news is unimportant to me now, but will matter in some time.

However, this post is not abou that, it instead is about camera film. This morning my friend Mike gave me an SLR camera. Not only that but it has a telephoto lens, which rocks my world. I’m stoked and can’t wait to use it. My only problem now is that I don’t have film. My only other problem besides that is that I need to re-learn how to use it. My only other only problem is that I can’t fix mistakes on a film camera like I can on a digital camera. This means that I’ve got one other problem: I’m going to spend a lot more money on film, developing and other expenses associated with film cameras. I’m looking forward to it because this could be a whole new side to camera work.

Oh, and the telephoto lens apparently also has some sort of macro focus length, the only problem is that you have to be about 3 feet away or more to get the macro to focus. I guess I’ll have to learn how to use that, too.

It’s a Pentax K1000, in case you care 🙂