Railpictures.ca - Stephen C. Host Photo: It would only be two weeks between the time I got my first SLR digital camera, and the last run of VIA 85. I experimented with film SLR (Slides and prints) for a few months prior and I believe my reasoning was to get a digital so I could shoot the ‘piss’ out of this while I still could and avoid the costs and bother of film. So I pretty much shot this train every day for two weeks: Mostly to capture what I could but also to make up for my crappy camera that I had outgrown but just couldn’t afford to replace. $3000 ($6000 in today’s money) got me a Nikon D70 with 6 megapixels a 64 meg memory card. Today you can get this camera for 50-100 bucks. By comparison my first car cost me $10,000 in 2001 and it was used. In 2010-2012 I dropped a car’s worth of money on camera gear and never looked back. Still rocking most of that gear today. What’s your camera gear story? Film or digital – post below :) | Railpictures.ca – Canadian Railway Photography

It would only be two weeks between the time I got my first SLR digital camera, and the last run of VIA 85. I experimented with film SLR (Slides and prints) for a few months prior and I believe my reasoning was to get a digital so I could shoot the 'piss' out of this while I still could and avoid the costs and bother of film. So I pretty much shot this train every day for two weeks: Mostly to capture what I could but also to make up for my crappy camera that I had outgrown but just couldn't afford to replace. $3000 ($6000 in today's money) got me a Nikon D70 with 6 megapixels a 64 meg memory card. Today you can get this camera for 50-100 bucks. By comparison my first car cost me $10,000 in 2001 and it was used. In 2010-2012 I dropped a car's worth of money on camera gear and never looked back. Still rocking most of that gear today. What's your camera gear story? Film or digital - post below :)

Caption: It would only be three weeks between the time I got my first SLR digital camera, and the last run of VIA 85. I experimented with film SLR (Slides and prints) for a few months prior and I believe my reasoning was to get a digital so I could shoot the 'piss' out of this while I still could and avoid the costs and bother of film. So I pretty much shot this train every day for two weeks: Mostly to capture what I could but also to make up for my crappy camera that I had outgrown but just couldn't afford to replace. $3000 ($6000 in today's money) got me a Nikon D70 with 6 megapixels a 64 meg memory card. Today you can get this camera for 50-100 bucks. By comparison my first car cost me $10,000 in 2001 and it was used. In 2010-2012 I dropped a car's worth of money on camera gear and never looked back. Still rocking most of that gear today. What's your camera gear story? Film or digital - post below :)

Photographer:	Stephen C. Host [1572] (more) (contact)
Date:	4/21/2004 (search)
Railway:	Amtrak (search)
Reporting Marks:	Amtrak 27 (search)
Train Symbol:	VIA 85 (search)
Subdivision/SNS:	Mosborough (search)
City/Town:	Mosborough (search)
Province:	Ontario (search)
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Eric May

November 26, 2025 at 7:47 pm

I switched to digital in 2005 as I wasn’t happy with the film processing results I was getting. I have worn out four point & shoot cameras so far, currently using a relatively compact Canon SX740. I love being able to shoot as many frames as I want. In my younger days, film was expensive and I was broke so a lot of long gone things didn’t get recorded.

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Eric May

November 26, 2025 at 7:47 pm

I switched to digital in 2005 as I wasn’t happy with the film processing results I was getting. I have worn out four point & shoot cameras so far, currently using a relatively compact Canon SX740. I love being able to shoot as many frames as I want. In my younger days, film was expensive and I was broke so a lot of long gone things didn’t get recorded.