I Went Mirrorless in the Late Sixties: The one on the right was made in the 40s. I purchased it in 1969. The other was produced and purchased more recently and is used almost...

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

The one on the right was made in the 40s. I purchased it in 1969. The other was produced and purchased more recently and is used almost exclusively now. Oh, I still use mirrored cameras, that is what was used to produce this photo.
--Bob

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Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

dennis2146 Loc: Eastern Idaho

And a great photo it is too Bob.

May I ask what tripod you are using. I have not seen one like that, R. No 4.

Dennis

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

Thanks, Longshadow.
--Bob

Longshadow wrote:

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

Thanks, Dennis.

It's a Gitzo. the R. No. 4 is the model of the head.
--Bob

dennis2146 wrote:

And a great photo it is too Bob.

May I ask what tripod you are using. I have not seen one like that, R. No 4.

Dennis

wrangler5 Loc: Missouri

I actually started off with a mirror in the early 1950s - with a Brownie Hawkeye and 620 film.

But I quickly saw the error of my ways and went mirrorless in 1956 with a 35mm Retina II (Kodak Ektar 47mm/2.0) when I first went to summer camp in Colorado, and a few years later a Leica IIIc (Summitar 50mm/2.0) which I kept for 40 more years.

I stayed mirrorless until I succumbed to the call of the SLR and got an Olympus Pen FT in 1969.

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rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

I have and use a Leica and Retina. Technically, the Retina and Leica have mirrors. They are used for focusing.
--Bob

wrangler5 wrote:

I actually started off with a mirror in the early 1950s - with a Brownie Hawkeye and 620 film.

But I quickly saw the error of my ways and went mirrorless in 1956 with a 35mm Retina II (Kodak Ektar 47mm/2.0) when I first went to summer camp in Colorado, and a few years later a Leica IIIc (Summitar 50mm/2.0) which I kept for 40 more years.

I stayed mirrorless until I succumbed to the call of the SLR and got an Olympus Pen FT in 1969.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

I wish I remembered what camera I borrowed from a friend circa 1970 that started me in this hobby.
It might have been a Leica. It was a rangefinder.

wrangler5 Loc: Missouri

rmalarz wrote:

I have and use a Leica and Retina. Technically, the Retina and Leica have mirrors. They are used for focusing.
--Bob

Mirror Nazi.

Well played.

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

rmalarz wrote:

The one on the right was made in the 40s. I purchased it in 1969. The other was produced and purchased more recently and is used almost exclusively now. Oh, I still use mirrored cameras, that is what was used to produce this photo.
--Bob

I started out Mirrorless in 1956 with a Yashica "A" TLR

BebuLamar

I started out with mirrorless using my father's camera a Petri 7s fixed lens rangefinder in the 60's. I was 10 year old then but my father kept telling how he wish he could afford a single lens reflex camera. So when I bought my own camera about a dozen years later I got myself a Nikon F2AS a camera with mirror. I use camera with mirror ever since and I don't think I want to go back to mirrorless

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

Interesting.

I had a 4x5 once. I loaned it to my brother who had it for so long that he forgot where he got it. And traded it in for another camera. I didn’t really care because I wasn’t going to use it. Now I wish I had it back.

alberio Loc: Casa Grande AZ

rmalarz wrote:

The one on the right was made in the 40s. I purchased it in 1969. The other was produced and purchased more recently and is used almost exclusively now. Oh, I still use mirrored cameras, that is what was used to produce this photo.
--Bob

Cool cameras Bob. I only wish I was talented enough to use them properly.

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

Thanks. You are just as talented as anyone who uses these. It's a matter of practice and a strong will to not get disappointed with results from time to time. Eventually, the number of "keepers" when using one is close to 100%.
--Bob

alberio wrote:

Cool cameras Bob. I only wish I was talented enough to use them properly.

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

rmalarz wrote:

The one on the right was made in the 40s. I purchased it in 1969. The other was produced and purchased more recently and is used almost exclusively now. Oh, I still use mirrored cameras, that is what was used to produce this photo.
--Bob

I went to mirrorless after starting out with a mirror camera.
Here is my mirror camera then my mirrorless camera I went to.

Mirror Camera
Mirror Camera...

Mirrorless Camera
Mirrorless Camera...