[Originally written February 2014 for Technaddict (now defunct). Formatting and images have been removed for copyright reasons.]<\/em><\/p>\n The digital camera world’s fascination with mechanical-style cameras continues as Fujifilm announced the X-T1, an interchangeable lens compact (ILC) with all mechanical controls and Olympus announced the OM-D E-M10, a Micro Four Thirds body modeled after the classic Olympus OM film camera. These are the second and third serious enthusiast\/professional cameras to be announced in within the last three months, Nikon’s Df being the other.<\/p>\n I’ll admit that the retro look on these cameras pulled me in initially…but the the experience and feel of using old-school controls is what sold me. Because of this, I recently bought a Fujifilm X100s (in the same series as the Fujifilm X-T1) for fun since it is a great street photography focal length and size. These new cameras are all for users of different expertise levels and range in price from $699 to $2746, not including a lens. With their current popularity rising it is worth wondering whether the retro design is just a phase, or a style that will last.<\/p>\n I am someone who grew up and learned on a point-and-shoot digital, migrated to film for more control and interchangeable lenses and then back to digital once digital with advanced controls and interchangeable lens-capability was affordable. I still remember how cool I felt when I first got a film camera and turned the knobs to adjust the shutter\u2014somehow it just felt more real.<\/p>\n Old-school knobs feel more tactile, more solid in my hands; I seem to think more about the shot and what I’m doing when I use them. Numbered knobs, as the ones on the Nikon Df and Fujifilm X-T1 are great for learning because when the user looks at the camera to adjust settings they will reconfirm the setting in another place besides just seeing it in the viewfinder.<\/p>\n The experience of shooting, for me at least, becomes so much more visceral when using a camera like the X-T1\u2014I actually want to shoot even more. This could be just me being a romantic…but I doubt it due to the positive reception so far.<\/p>\n To be able to have the beauty and classic styling of older film cameras with the capabilities of modern digital cameras…it’s a good time to be a photographer, and with newer technologies coming it’s only going to get better!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Mechanical Nostalgia in a Digital World: Trend or Staying Power [Originally written February 2014 for Technaddict (now defunct). Formatting and images have been removed for copyright reasons.] by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1183,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P8e4rE-j3","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briangooding.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1181"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briangooding.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briangooding.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briangooding.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briangooding.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/briangooding.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1181\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briangooding.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briangooding.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}by Brian Gooding<\/h3>\n