Your Most Hated Camera
May 10, 2015 11:59:12 #
Archiefamous
Loc: Manhattan
I had a canon FT QL that scratched film and had a loose lens mount despite multiple trips back to canon. First new camera I ever bought. Switched to Nikon and never looked back
May 10, 2015 12:00:38 #
Lou37
Loc: Long Island, N.Y.
My first camera was also an Argus C-3 which I still own too. It is funny that you mentioned the word brick in your comments as the C-3 is shaped like a brick with a lens on it. While it was a basic camera, it took very good pictures, and as with yours, it is still working. I purchased the C-3 about 40 years ago and started in 35mm photography with it.
May 10, 2015 12:22:36 #
My most hated camera was an old Panasonic video/stills combo. Horrid. Video was passable, and that was about it. Stills were horrendous. When I went in to buy it, the salesman led me by the nose and went on and on about how it was just the greatest thing since sliced bread, I'd just love it, etc. When I went back and complained about the crappy thing, another salesman told me "Well, yeah....the video is fine....the stills aren't worth a sh*t." Hmmm....sure wasn't that way when I bought it a few weeks before.... Oh well, live and learn. A close second was my D7K. Driving down the road, shot of a lifetime, bald eagle on the frozen lake with a deer carcass that had somehow gotten out that far. Whoo hoo....love eagles. Got out, carefully snuck down the bank to get in the ultimate position. Bird still either hadn't noticed me, or didn't give a rip that I was there. Everything was perfect. Lights, camera...nothing. Battery was dead. ARRRRGGGHHHHH. Of course, total negligence on my part, but at that particular moment I really hated that camera. Or at least the battery in it.
May 10, 2015 12:23:24 #
I have no "worst". The closest is a Nikon Coolpix S3100, which is poor when racked out. But that may be partly me because it has no eye level finder. The first camera I ever bought was a miniature Speed Graphic. Still have it but haven't used it in years. Now with film essentially gone I guess I never will.
May 10, 2015 12:54:02 #
Mogul wrote:
You are RUDE!
Takes one to know one.
BTW your comment is of topic.
May 10, 2015 13:04:47 #
ATTENTION HOGS
The most hated camera is the one you don't have with you when the most amazing photograph of your life presents itself...
The most hated camera is the one you don't have with you when the most amazing photograph of your life presents itself...
May 10, 2015 13:08:50 #
I had funky problems with the zoom on the SX50 too--could be great, often couldn't get focus. Sometimes the whole camera would just stop working. Not at all like the SX40, which was a terrific camera, focused well, and could take a lot of abuse. The guys on this site with their snarky comments generally know nothing about what they are talking about and make this one of the worst and least helpful photography forums.
May 10, 2015 13:09:06 #
MontanaTrace wrote:
We do have a few that post comments that are unpleasant. Some think they are being funny. He was probably the one doing the drinking and was probably upset because he set his camera on the roof of his car and drove off. I did that once. Hic!
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Ha ha,MontanaTrace no drinking here (at this time). I just arrived at my new duty station and have to suffer Altitude Sickness. Alcohol would really wipe me out, so none of it for me.
Yes, with my light headedness, at 9500ft elevation, everything looks, feels and tastes different.
I look forward to get used to this, or die trying, and have a Pilsener with dinner, in a month or so.
Also looking forward to many pictures to be taken and post a few.
BTW: I never had a bad camera. I do read the entire manual though. Once without the camera and again with the camera in hand and that manual becomes my camera's best pal for a long time. :oops:
:oops: , following is an afterthought
no doubt getting in from way above the clouds, thin oxygen area, slipping in through the ear openings and making the fingers twitch and turn on the keyboard producing, at least to some, offensive and even insulting letter combinations.
PS: some manuals do, or should, warn about operating the equipment while impaired by excessive alcohol consumption, over use of legal or illegal substances or inability to follow clear and concise instructions. :lol:
I have it on good authority that the major manufacturers like to hear, in writing from their customers. Please send them a picture of the camera, perched on your car and they will suggest some kind of seat/roof belt for your precious machine.
They should at the very least enter a warning, in the safety section of your manual that a car is no substitute for a TRI-POD.
Daarn, it happened again, no alcohol or drugs, just light headedness keep the fingers .......
May 10, 2015 13:29:26 #
Because I am older than dirt I had to throw in my 2¢ worth.
My very first was a Perfex 55. It was made right after WWII but it should have been a casualty.
The shutter was an early attempt of a cloth curtain that would stretch with temperature and humidity.
I did, however, learn the basic fundamentals of the art with it while in school once I figured out its idiosyncrasies.
It probably was beneficial in the long term.
http://rick_oleson.tripod.com/index-8.html
I got an Argus C3 for my 13th birthday and gave the Perfex to a new, unsuspecting, student who only had a Brownie.
He never really forgave me.
At some point I traded up to a C4 and then on to Canon in the 70s.
Somewhere along the line the hobby became a full blown addiction and I owned almost all of the FD line.
Under much duress, I liquidated almost all of that 5 years ago to KEH.
After a lot of rehab, I bought a 5D MkII & 4 L lenses.
I have been clean & sober for just over 4 years now.
My very first was a Perfex 55. It was made right after WWII but it should have been a casualty.
The shutter was an early attempt of a cloth curtain that would stretch with temperature and humidity.
I did, however, learn the basic fundamentals of the art with it while in school once I figured out its idiosyncrasies.
It probably was beneficial in the long term.
http://rick_oleson.tripod.com/index-8.html
I got an Argus C3 for my 13th birthday and gave the Perfex to a new, unsuspecting, student who only had a Brownie.
He never really forgave me.
At some point I traded up to a C4 and then on to Canon in the 70s.
Somewhere along the line the hobby became a full blown addiction and I owned almost all of the FD line.
Under much duress, I liquidated almost all of that 5 years ago to KEH.
After a lot of rehab, I bought a 5D MkII & 4 L lenses.
I have been clean & sober for just over 4 years now.
May 10, 2015 13:59:46 #
I can't say that I hate cameras with viewfinders - I just hate viewfinders. A lot of my old Kodaks in my collection have viewfinders - I just never use them. My favorite ones however have no viewfinder.
May 10, 2015 14:16:36 #
Selene03 wrote:
I had funky problems with the zoom on the SX50 too--could be great, often couldn't get focus. Sometimes the whole camera would just stop working. Not at all like the SX40, which was a terrific camera, focused well, and could take a lot of abuse. The guys on this site with their snarky comments generally know nothing about what they are talking about and make this one of the worst and least helpful photography forums.
Hi Selene03, This is the only photography forum I know and of course no one would accuse me of making snarky comments. :oops: I always learn something.
Nice to hear that the sx40 was better than the sx50. I have an sx40 and no complaints. Digital zoom should be turned of though.
May 10, 2015 14:35:55 #
The Epl1 was my worst liked camera-but it took wonderful pictures! I hated to get rid of it but have several other oly slrs.The screen was hard to see and you never knew where it was pointing till you put it on the computer-then the shots and color were super. Not my favorite to shoot!
May 10, 2015 14:36:02 #
Mogul wrote:
You are RUDE!
:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: I like your advice line below your input. A good motto to live by. I wish more people thought that way. To remain silent in a Nasty situation is to ALLOW NASTY. RJM BTW, my least favorite camera was a Sony that recorded its' data to a FLOPPY disc. Wow! remember those good old days.. RJM
May 10, 2015 14:48:02 #
Billyspad wrote:
If you think he is rude you should meet my brother. He has refined in into an art form! He makes ya bust ya guts laughing.
Rude is the new cool!!!!
Rude is the new cool!!!!
REALLY??? rude is the new cool.?? Rude is never very funny to the person being malinged. And it never hurts for bystanders to DO MORE than just stand-bye. Jack(asses) should be publicly identified. And ridiculed. And then be ostracized from regular, descent folks!!
May 10, 2015 14:51:42 #
I have never used digital zoom and never plan to. Believe it or not, I may know more about how to use a camera than you do.
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