I bought a used point and shoot recently so that I could be more mindful to not only take pictures more often but also to take better quality pictures.

I noticed that since everyone has a smartphone, people have been less likely to take photos and videos and people get annoyed when they are photographed/recorded. I think part of that is because those photos and videos get uploaded to social media where everyone can see/judge.

I wanted to try to take more photos of family events though since it was always fun to look through old photos of family members. I grew up in the 90s and 00s when it was really common to have photos taken at every event. Though I I haven’t uploaded any of my photos yet, I’ve definitely taken more pictures than I ever had prior to having a camera. (I plan to buy a NAS hard drive during black Friday so I can store my photos privately.)

It sucks that good point and shoots are basically discontinued. I paid almost double the msrp for my camera and it was used and made in 2018. If you’re able to find some good point and shoots for a good price, I would highly recommend you trying it out.

  • then_three_more@lemmy.world
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    11 days ago

    I used to love photography back in the day, but life events and to be honest phone cameras meant I got out of it. With the phone I find I often don’t tend to think too much about what I’m shooting. I’m also coming to dislike the heavy HDR, AI enhanced automatic post processing.

    I dug out my father in laws old Powershot G9 last year and I totally agree that it’s more mindful I’ve been also surprised at how good the quality of the photos has been.

    https://pixelfed.social/p/struds/818890893098325033

    https://pixelfed.social/p/struds/850967984975551156

    This month I’ve gone for the full mindful and got a fully manual (technically it has shutter priority, but I really don’t like the readings the meter is giving) Olympus 35 RC rangefinder.

    • impudentmortal@lemmy.worldOP
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      10 days ago

      Looking at old photos that I took with my old point and shoot (which I sadly couldn’t find) made me want to buy a new camera in the first place. I saw how good my photos looked compared to my smartphone (granted my smartphone is also really old at this point too) and I thought it would be great to have a camera again. Your photos came out great! Hope you’re having fun with photography again.