Lifetime of cameras
May 4, 2018 11:53:22 #
MCoomber
Loc: Hamilton ontario
Hi there,
While I was eating breakfast reading copy of "Photo Life", I got to thinking of all the cameras I've had over the last 60 years of my life.
1. Kodak Instamatic age 8.
2. Polaroid (not sure which one) age 10
3. Miranda Sensorex II age 15
4. Pentax MX age 20
5. Mamiya 645 age 23
6. Yashicamat age 26
7. Canon T3i age 54 (life,work and family became more of a responsibility from age 26-54)
8. Nikon F2 age 57
9. Nikkormat ftn age 57
10. Sony NEX 7 age 58
11. D300 age 60
Now I'm looking at trading one of my D300 to acquire a D700 to improve my wedding business. I would like to have the new Fugifilm medium format but will probably settle for the x100s. I tend to buy used as the prices are much lower than new and most photographers have GAS. Ido as well but only have so much money to relieve it.
Anyway, I would like to hear others thoughts.
While I was eating breakfast reading copy of "Photo Life", I got to thinking of all the cameras I've had over the last 60 years of my life.
1. Kodak Instamatic age 8.
2. Polaroid (not sure which one) age 10
3. Miranda Sensorex II age 15
4. Pentax MX age 20
5. Mamiya 645 age 23
6. Yashicamat age 26
7. Canon T3i age 54 (life,work and family became more of a responsibility from age 26-54)
8. Nikon F2 age 57
9. Nikkormat ftn age 57
10. Sony NEX 7 age 58
11. D300 age 60
Now I'm looking at trading one of my D300 to acquire a D700 to improve my wedding business. I would like to have the new Fugifilm medium format but will probably settle for the x100s. I tend to buy used as the prices are much lower than new and most photographers have GAS. Ido as well but only have so much money to relieve it.
Anyway, I would like to hear others thoughts.
May 4, 2018 12:20:35 #
I too have had 12-15 cameras in my lifetime, 66, and my be near the end with a Pentax K-1.
May 4, 2018 12:31:25 #
alliebess
Loc: suburban Philadelphia
Started with my father's Ansco folding camera (116 film) which I was allowed to use to photograph elementary school classmates once a year, followed by my own Kodak box camera, a Christmas gift, at age 11. Purchased a Kodak Signet 35mm as a high school junior. Later an Instamatic for snapshots of my infant son, then a Pentax K1000, another Pentax, a Nikon 60 (?) 35mm, my first digital camera - a Kodak Z740 (loved it), another digital Kodak bridge camera, then a Nikon D3100 and 3300, plus a couple of point and shoots. Still using most of the digital cameras.
May 4, 2018 12:51:47 #
MCoomber
Loc: Hamilton ontario
I forgot about these 2: Minolta srt101, Minolta x700 and a Olympus OM 1n. All garage sales or Value Village finds.
May 5, 2018 06:59:33 #
Yashika Electro35, Pentax spotmatikII, Canon 5i-70d-7d- 7d mk II eventually 5d or 6d
May 5, 2018 08:18:59 #
After the Instamatic 124, the Signet 40 was my go to camera for many years; loved that camera!
May 5, 2018 08:30:42 #
OlinBost
Loc: Marietta, Ga.
I just got the D7000 (Amazon) and am amazed at what is can do. Upgraded from the D90 and just wanted a faster camera. I have a lot to learn. Good luck and do a comparison on the camera you might want with others in the price range. Mine from Amazon was $380 with less that 16K shutter count.
May 5, 2018 09:38:44 #
I went the other way; bought the D700 first and then added the D300. They compliment each other as well as my Sony a7. I figure I'm set with Nikons, still have GAS for Sony a7rII.
May 5, 2018 10:56:03 #
spraguead
Loc: Boston, MA
Had a Polaroid as kid because I was not the patient type. Too bad those photos I got of a Yankees/Red Sox brawl have now faded away to nothing.
Had a Pentax K1 as it was required equipment for art school. A soon-to-be ex girlfriend dropped it in New Hampshire's Saco river.
Pentax me Super came next, used it when the kids were young, and finally replaced that because fewer and fewer places were developing film.
Nikon D70 was the introduction to digital. Now have way too many photos of the kids when they were young, because hey, no film expense.
Nikon D7000 was purchased in the middle of a scouting job when the D70 needed repair. Paid way too much, but needed something that day for the job, oh well.
What's next? would like to go full frame, but I'll stick with the 7000 for another year or two, maybe get a new wide angle lens. But happily shooting away, and have a good source for rentals when I need more than i own.
Had a Pentax K1 as it was required equipment for art school. A soon-to-be ex girlfriend dropped it in New Hampshire's Saco river.
Pentax me Super came next, used it when the kids were young, and finally replaced that because fewer and fewer places were developing film.
Nikon D70 was the introduction to digital. Now have way too many photos of the kids when they were young, because hey, no film expense.
Nikon D7000 was purchased in the middle of a scouting job when the D70 needed repair. Paid way too much, but needed something that day for the job, oh well.
What's next? would like to go full frame, but I'll stick with the 7000 for another year or two, maybe get a new wide angle lens. But happily shooting away, and have a good source for rentals when I need more than i own.
May 5, 2018 10:59:32 #
Ah those old memories. My first camera was a simple roll film Kodak job, from the 60s. Not an instamatic, but I remember those very well. Dad had 2. My first GOOD camera was a Canon QL-17 in the early 70s. Loved it. Great rangefinder. Then I move up to a Canon A-1 and we had a darkroom at the time. An Omega B2 enlarger with 2 El-Nikkor lenses. Then into the digital age in the 1990s. Now I have a good, but dated Olympus E420 DSLR and a still usable Canon Powershot G2 with a whopping 4 Mega Pixels. I am now looking at moving up to full frame. I love digital. Just easier than film, the developing tanks, enlargers, and all the darkroom stuff. But I miss it. Maybe I see a real bad GAS attack coming.
May 5, 2018 11:06:15 #
MCoomber
Loc: Hamilton ontario
spraguead wrote:
Had a Polaroid as kid because I was not the patien... (show quote)
Thats funny about the Pentax. Did you drop your girlfriend in the river too?
May 5, 2018 11:47:50 #
This post made me think if anyone has done a definitive study of the half-life of cameras - like Strontium-90 has a 29 year half-life.
May 5, 2018 11:50:55 #
my first 35mm was a Petri 7s. my first SLR was a Minolta SRT-101 w/50mm 1.4 lens.
since those days in the 60's and 70's i have had a lot of cameras, all Nikon.
since those days in the 60's and 70's i have had a lot of cameras, all Nikon.
May 5, 2018 11:59:43 #
I've always had a fascination with cameras, digital as well as old film cameras and your absolutely right, an unlimited income is the only way to satisfy GAS attacks.
May 5, 2018 12:05:27 #
Hbuk66 wrote:
The ten year old D700 is still a formidable camera even by today's standards.I went the other way; bought the D700 first and then added the D300. They compliment each other as well as my Sony a7. I figure I'm set with Nikons, still have GAS for Sony a7rII.
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