Cameras are so big these days
Oct 14, 2019 11:05:39 #
Picture Taker
Loc: Michigan Thumb
In the good old days the government gave me a Minox camera. I never found it that heavy even with extra film.
Oct 14, 2019 11:07:42 #
nadelewitz
Loc: Ithaca NY
Scruples wrote:
When I first started to learn photography, I had a ZenitE with a 55mm lens. It was like carrying a brick every day. Then I moved over to a Canon AE-1. It too was a brick. When I picked up an EOS Rebel 2000 I hardly knew I was carrying it. It was as light as a feather. Now I have a 5D. I don't mind the weight. I was going to pick up a 1Dx but it didn't feel right in my hands!
The AE-1 was a brick?????? Far from it, compared to earlier Canons and most SLRs of the day. All the plastic-chassis cameras make for lightness, but weight gives stability.
But any judging of camera size, weight, etc. is a highly subjective thing. Always has been, always will be. What is too big/heavy, or, TOO SMALL/LIGHT, will never be settled.
The Olympus OM film SLRs were hailed for their "revolutionary" smallness . I have one in my collection (OM-2n). It is too small for comfortable holdability in my hands. A Canon F1, or Nikon F, F2, F3 are better fits for me. The F4 WAS a brick even without add-ons. I have added winders or motors, and now DSLR battery grips, to make my cameras BIGGER.
To each his/her own.
Oct 14, 2019 11:15:50 #
DaveyDitzer wrote:
I don't understand by digital cameras have to be so big and heavy!
I will trade my minox if you want a smaller camera...
Oct 14, 2019 11:27:21 #
Picture Taker
Loc: Michigan Thumb
And the took my Minox back when I got out. And then I found they were expendable. I could have said I lost it. I had the sink developing kit too. Plus all the other need stuff.
Oct 14, 2019 11:28:44 #
lamiaceae wrote:
Silly. Compared to the 8x10" Burke & Jam... (show quote)
Oh you can't compare in that manner. Cameras are too big these days for their sensor size.
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Oct 14, 2019 13:09:42 #
radiojohn wrote:
About a year or two after leaving the Army, where ... (show quote)
Great title for a photo article about Russia or a Russian camera. So who was playing "James Bond 007" at the time of your adventure?
Oct 14, 2019 13:24:03 #
nadelewitz wrote:
The AE-1 was a brick?????? Far from it, compared to earlier Canons and most SLRs of the day. All the plastic-chassis cameras make for lightness, but weight.......
To each his/her own.
To each his/her own.
The Zenit-E and AE-1 were premier workhorses of their time. I have them and they are in pristine condition. That is what they were designed for. I also have an EOS Rebel 2000. It's as light as a feather. I hardly know that I'm carrying it. Even fully loaded with film and 9 additional rolls of film, I need to keep checking my bag that it didn't fall out.
I sometimes have a problem with the weight. Imagine a 5D body, 5 batteries and four pieces of glass.
I'm inclined to believe that any camera that doesn't take up a significant amount of size, weight or girth, may be viewed as a child's toy by the DSLR generation. I may be enticed to play with a Mirrorless.
Uh! Oh! I feel a severe case of G.A.S. coming on!
Happy Shooting!
Oct 14, 2019 13:47:12 #
xt2
Loc: British Columbia, Canada
DaveyDitzer wrote:
I don't understand by digital cameras have to be so big and heavy!
They don't have to be!
Oct 14, 2019 13:54:29 #
DaveyDitzer wrote:
I don't understand by digital cameras have to be so big and heavy!
And you don't even have a grip added like I have, nor a 200-500 attached. LOL I have a blown out right shoulder and it makes it difficult at times, but the photos you can get are worth it.
Oct 14, 2019 14:07:51 #
Jim Eads wrote:
And you don't even have a grip added like I have, nor a 200-500 attached. LOL I have a blown out right shoulder and it makes it difficult at times, but the photos you can get are worth it.
That would just about carry my RB7.
Oct 14, 2019 14:31:42 #
DaveyDitzer wrote:
I don't understand by digital cameras have to be so big and heavy!
Take the crap off the camera, add a 35mm f1.8 and it's perfect.
Oct 14, 2019 14:33:57 #
Are you really complaining or an opportunity to show-off your gear?........just saying.
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