cmc4214 Loc: S.W. Pennsylvania

My first "real" camera was a Pentax K1000 my mother bought me for my 18th birthday, As soon as I saw the ad for the Pentax Super Program I wanted it Imagine! a camera that could be switched between aperture priority and shutter priority auto exposure.

camerapapi Loc: Miami, Fl.

My first camera in the early sixties was a Minolta rangefinder. It had its issues and I went Konica that had decent lenses but also had issues. Then I bought a Nikon F and a Rollei and it has been Nikon ever since.
In the 80's I had a Bronica and a medium format Pentax that I used for weddings and both were sold when I went digital around 2002.

danersmiff

Mine is the Quattro H...
With a couple of Art primes,
and a small zoom...
Like you,
don't know why...
I think it's that sensor...

yssirk123 Loc: New Jersey

Have to say I loved my Canon A1, and still have it somewhere.

cameraf4 Loc: Delaware

I thought the Super Program was "way cool." Dialing in shutter speeds without a dial! Loved it. Did you ever get that camera? Was it as cool as I thought it would be?

On a lighter note, how are things going with the new D750? My daughter (also in the Pittsburgh area) has one and has made a nice business using it. She is Emily Novak Photography and she's in the Mars area, if you have questions about the camera and want a face-to-face.

cameraf4 Loc: Delaware

I thought long and hard at one point about the Pentax 645. I liked the look better than the 6X7 which, to me, looked like a 35mm with a thyroid condition. But I must say, I have loved my Nikons from day one.

Spirit Vision Photography Loc: Behind a Camera.

Nikon FE-2 or F3.

Delderby Loc: Derby UK

My first SLR was a Pentax S1a, and a light meter which sat on the top and coupled on to the shutter dial. This made it big and bulky, but it was a good camera. My favourite though was a range finder type Minolta Hi-Matic 7, which I seem to remember was the same model that Col. Glen took to the moon. I have now, years later, repeated the full circle, swapping Panny DSLR style for a retro style Panny GX7. (Used - with only 1000 actuations - £200). Cheap at half the price! and a fantastic camera!

cameraf4 Loc: Delaware

Among some Nikon guys I have known, "them would be fightin' words." Are you still using your D750?

jccash Loc: Longwood, Florida

Yashica 1976
Nikon FM in 1984
Nikon FE for my wife 1986
Nikon D5300 when it came out
Nikon D7200 2015
Nikon D500 2016 March for a Kruger Park S Africa trip in June.
Sony a6000 for my daughter who went on the Kruger trip with me.

Going to the Melbourne Florida air show with my D500 and 200-500mm lens today.

Tempted to get the Sony a7r3 but have an old Porsche 986 that I’m fixing up so putting off any camera pitches for now plus I love the D500.

davidl743

I have one myself, along with my Nikons, and Fujis, and while I find it not the easiest camera, and not the first one I reach for, it does give me the best results for stills and portraits. You can never have to many cameras. I also have an older sigma DP-1x, which I do find myself grabbing when I just want to carry something in my pocket for the just in case moment.

davidl743

I have one myself, along with my Nikons, and Fujis, and while I find it not the easiest camera, and not the first one I reach for, it does give me the best results for stills and portraits. You can never have to many cameras. I also have an older sigma DP-1x, which I do find myself grabbing when I just want to carry something in my pocket for the just in case moment.

anotherview Loc: California

Leica still makes cameras. http://us.leica-camera.com/

Robert1 Loc: Davie, FL

This point in itself should start another thread.
Two years ago, in March or April of 2017, I finally, gave in and bought my first digital camera ever (at least for me), since I already have bought Pentax digital for my daughter.
Throughout the decades my systems always been Pentax film cameras, with the exception of my very first camera (chinon CE-4s).

When I bought the camera I went with Nikon (D750), but actually want it the Df. Too much money. I didn't go with Pentax due to the less than acceptable (in comparison to the other brands) autofocus system, which always' been Pentax Achilles' weakness, plus the lack of modern up to date lenses released for the K1 at the time. Pentax is so slow to produce, that I knew that if I went with Pentax it would be years before I have the lenses that I wanted to have, so Nikon I went.

This brings me to the point: besides the price, at the time, the other thing that stopped me from buying the Df was the 16 mp. I wanted 24 mp. I still do, why? I keep asking myself why.

Now I have the money, and waited for last Xmas to arrive, thinking that Nikon would introduce a new Df version, but sadly, nothing. Production of the camera was stopped, and nothing has been announced so far. So, I will give Nikon till the end of 2019, if nothing, then, most probably I will get a Fuji X-T3. I just love cameras that have the configurations of a film camera. I hate the having to get into menus to do what I want to do.

cameraf4 Loc: Delaware

When you are right, you're right. I was zoning-in on SLR/DSLR types. The SL Mirrorless system does look really cool. But for me, the R3 and R4 were the ones that pulled on my heart strings.