Your Most Hated Camera: I have been enjoying the 'most beautiful camera' thread here and it got me thinking about my first camera. A total lemon. In the late 60's I had saved up my...

NormanHarley Loc: Colorado

I have been enjoying the 'most beautiful camera' thread here and it got me thinking about my first camera. A total lemon. In the late 60's I had saved up my paper route money and bought a Praktica. The shutter never worked right, everything was overexposed and after a month the camera store gave me a full refund after seeing me in there week after week. One of the employees had taken a liking to me and he told me about a used Nikon F that had come back from Vietnam and was pretty banged up. The prism was broken and a local camera repair man had it in his shop fixing it up and put a beat up FTn head from another abused camera on it. Cosmetically, my F was UGLY! But it worked perfectly and came with a 50mm f/2 lens. I went from a beautiful, shiny new Praktica that never worked right to a travel worn, pieced together old workhorse. I consider that Nikon F as my first real camera, I only got a few properly exposed pictures with that Praktica.

bobmcculloch Loc: NYC, NY

In contrast I had a used Practica, adaquet camera, bought a used Nikkormat, perfect condition, worked perfectly, lousy to hold and use, one roll of film, sold it for what it cost me, good riddence, that was my most disliked camera ever. Bob.

banjonut Loc: Southern Michigan

I'm thinking that the worst camera I ever had was a Kodak disc camera. Lousiest IQ of anything I have ever used.

Marilyng Loc: Lorain,Oh.

NormanHarley wrote:

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I had a terrible time trying to zoom & take photos with the Canon SX50.I guess it just had to be me because so many people love that camera.My photos just never seemed sharp enough for me so I sold it!

wingclui44 Loc: CT USA

NormanHarley wrote:

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I too had my first SLR in early 1970,, it was the Praktica Super-TL, then couple years later, I got a pair of Nikon, the Nikon FTn and the Nikkormat FTn. I think the Praktica was ugly but did Okay with limited Shutter speed at 1/500sce. I still have both Nikon, they are beautiful and love them!

Jackinthebox Loc: travel the world

Marilyng wrote:

I had a terrible time trying to zoom & take photos with the Canon SX50.I guess it just had to be me because so many people love that camera.My photos just never seemed sharp enough for me so I sold it!

Did you try a tripod? Did you try to lay of the booze for a spell? How about drugs, legal and otherwise? Taking a deep breath and holding it while gently pushing the shutter button helped me with an sx40hs. Some of the best pictures ever came right out of that model.

jethro779 Loc: Tucson, AZ

Jackinthebox wrote:

Did you try a tripod? Did you try to lay of the booze for a spell? How about drugs, legal and otherwise? Taking a deep breath and holding it while gently pushing the shutter button helped me with an sx40hs. Some of the best pictures ever came right out of that model.

This kind of remark is not very nice. Why didn't you just keep your fingers off the keyboard.

jcboy3

Olympus OM-PC. Had sticking electromagnets that would drain the batteries in no time. Too many times, the battery would go dead just as I was trying to take a shot. Click. Dead. No shot.
Got rid of the beast before Olympus figured out what the problem was.

Rich1939 Loc: Pike County Penna.

banjonut wrote:

I'm thinking that the worst camera I ever had was a Kodak disc camera. Lousiest IQ of anything I have ever used.

:thumbup:
But the average buyer of these pos thought that as long as they could recognize Aunty Batty in the picture it was a good camera. The 110's weren't far behind

joer Loc: Colorado/Illinois

NormanHarley wrote:

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I do extensive research before buying a camera. All my cameras were/are good, at least for the time.

The cameras I dislike the most are my phones although they worked well in some circumstance. Of course, I didn't buy them for the camera feature.

In direct sun light you can't see anything on the screen so they are worthless.

Bill Houghton Loc: New York area

My first Digital camera - A Casio QV-10. I don't even want to go there. I was so disappointed with it I don't think I took more then 50 snaps with it. Have no idea where it is today or what ever happened to it.

http://www.theverge.com/2012/9/14/3330924/first-lcd-digital-camera-casio-qv-10

BebuLamar

I am thinking but wanted to ask the OP. You want me to name the worst camera or the one I hated most. Because the one I hated most isn't the worst in fact it comes close to the best.

Jackinthebox Loc: travel the world

Marilyng wrote:

I had a terrible time trying to zoom & take photos with the Canon SX50.I guess it just had to be me because so many people love that camera.My photos just never seemed sharp enough for me so I sold it!

Did you try a tripod? Did you try to lay of the booze for a spell? How about drugs, legal and otherwise? Taking a deep breath and holding it while gently pushing the shutter button helped me with an sx40hs. Some of the best pictures ever came right out of that model.

Jackinthebox Loc: travel the world

jethro779 wrote:

This kind of remark is not very nice. Why didn't you just keep your fingers off the keyboard.

jethro779, get a life.
If you are sincerely trying to help someone you must consider all possibilities. It is obviously not the camera, unless you have one in a thousand lemons. I should have mentioned turning of digital zoom and many more reasons for blurry pictures.

I will not tell you to keep your fingers off the keyboard but don't touch mine.
Tell us about your least favorite camera. :XD:

jethro779 Loc: Tucson, AZ

Jackinthebox wrote:

jethro779, get a life.
If you are sincerely trying to help someone you must consider all possibilities. It is obviously not the camera, unless you have one in a thousand lemons. I should have mentioned turning of digital zoom and many more reasons for blurry pictures.

I will not tell you to keep your fingers off the keyboard but don't touch mine.
Tell us about your least favorite camera. :XD:

Since I think you are not being sincere with your remarks to Marilyn since you blame her and not the camera I can and will not keep my fingers off the keyboard. As for a camera I hated, it too was a Canon. The powershot SD1400 IS digital elph. I bought it as a shirt pocket camera and it never took a decent picture for me. I used it 2 weeks and gave it to my daughter to try and she loved it.