There is an inherent attraction in nostalgia. But we shouldn’t confuse it with meaningful progress. If there is one thing that has put photography “in my hands again”, it’s been going digital. Taping up my back LCD to “relearn” photography – why would I do that? It tells me right on the spot, if I have nailed a particular shot or not. I gives me access to all the major camera settings in one place. Don’t get me wrong, I usually use my 100-percent-coverage OVF for framing.
And ergonomics do matter. Back in the film days, I sometimes played with my dad’s FE-2 (handling-wise pretty similar to its fully mechanical FM-2 cousin). Well, compared to the Minolta X-700 I was shooting at the time, it handled like … a brick, sorry. No moulded grip, no thumb rest, no nothing. I remember I felt the X-700 had a more contrasty viewfinder image, unobstructed by a needle, much as the FE-2 may have been the better camera in other ways. Try a recent Pentax K model, if you want excellent ergonomics …
Started out doing photography at the age of 6 using an uncle's old 1940 kodak brownie box camera. At 15 years of age, I decided to buy my very own 1975 Praktica SLR camera. I now shoot with a Nikon D850. I do unpaid TFP and commercial paid work.