![]() It is as simple as that.Īnd what of the modern mirrorless camera? Īs I have written in previous posts the Box Brownie is a delightfully simple camera, unlike my old Minolta which uses a mirror to redirect the image to the viewfinder then when you take the picture that mirror jumps out of the way exposing the film to the light, with the brownie when you open the shutter there is nothing between the light and the surface of the film but the single lens. This is not a high tech exercise, believe me but shall we just talk quickly about what makes the two cameras we are discussing mirrorless. To put my idea to the test I have gone out and recreated some of my favourite Box Brownie photographs using my modern mirrorless camera. I decided that the proof must be in the picture. This started me wondering, how do the two really compare? What are the pros and cons of the old versus the new? Does the Brownie’s 21st century cousin win hands down every time? Or is there something to be said for the vintage, the antiquated and the downright basic? ![]() ![]() But it was arguably the Brownie that brought photography to the masses. Of course there were others that came before. Recently when I was talking about this to a photographer friend he laughingly pointed out that my Box Brownie was to many THE original mirrorless camera. These idiosyncrasies make them wonderful and exciting to use but sometimes you just want to take the best possible picture, without worrying how it is going to turn out! Whip out a modern digital mirrorless camera you can happily snap away and capture gorgeous images – worry free! With my modern cameras I can take as many pictures as I like and I don’t have to think about parallax error or the cost of film or whether I really have enough light to take that important picture.
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