How Old Is Your Favorite Camera?? (Page 6): Larry, I have 3 lenses w my 101: MC ROKKOR PF 58mm 1:1.4, MC TELE ROKKOR QF 200mm 1:3.5, and a MC MACRO ROKKOR QE 100mm 1:3.5 all made in...

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Larry, I have 3 lenses w my 101:
MC ROKKOR PF 58mm 1:1.4, MC TELE ROKKOR QF 200mm 1:3.5,
and a MC MACRO ROKKOR QE 100mm 1:3.5 all made in Japan.
I remember how great the photos came out. What/who do you use for film, processing, etc?

Emp Loc: new york state nassau county

Hi Apple,
I agree. Even though I have a few digital cameras I keep using my classic film cameras. I guess I feel very comfortable with them!!!
Take care,
Emp

alliebess Loc: suburban Philadelphia

Neubee wrote:

For those that use a favorite camera,how old is it and do you plan on keeping it for some time to come or are you planning to upgrade soon??

Still love and occasionally use my Kodak Z740 purchased c.2005. It was my first digital camera and introduced me to the world of digital photography. No plans to discard it although I now have a Nikon D3100 which is my regular camera these days.

kb6kgx Loc: Simi Valley, CA

My favorite camera, if it hadnt been stolen back in the mid-90s, would have to be my Nikon F (that I inherited from my dad). Nikons way of carrying a brick around your neck. But, being all manual, auto nothing, it forced you to learn how to take photographs, what worked and what didnt. Replaced that with the FE2, which I still have.

But my FIRST REAL camera was an Agfa Karat, the one where you push the button and the lens pops out, has a little bellows on it. Rangefinder, but no meter, had to use a handheld light meter, take the reading, make the adjustments and THEN take the picture. A real PIA, but it taught me what it was all about.

Raleigh Loc: Reside in Olympia WA

It's similar to friends sitting around and just talking about things. The subject could have been cars. Around the stove in the country store it might have been horses. Just frinds chatting. By the way Slick Willie, what's your favorite beer?

Slick Willie wrote:

I'm kinda new here as a member but I've been a long-time lurker and while I know it may be perceived as impertinent but I just gotta ask, what is the purpose of this thread, what is it accomplishing, and why would anyone serious about photography want to participate in it beyond an opportunity to make the point of "mine's bigger than yours?" Who benefits from this discussion?

jaygreen55 Loc: Westport CT

Slick Willie wrote:

I'm kinda new here as a member but I've been a long-time lurker and while I know it may be perceived as impertinent but I just gotta ask, what is the purpose of this thread, what is it accomplishing, and why would anyone serious about photography want to participate in it beyond an opportunity to make the point of "mine's bigger than yours?" Who benefits from this discussion?

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speters Loc: Grangeville/Idaho

Bob Yankle wrote:

Canon 5D MK III which I've had for 4 or 5 years now. It's all the FF I could ask for. I also own the 7D which I will probably update to the 7D MK II someday. Of course that upgrade may have to compete with the release of the Canon 100-400mm L series II lens. On the other hand, if they price it at $2K or above, I'll probably pass.

The Mark III is only out for about 3 years now ( I upgraded to it when it came out), maybe you're talking about the M II?

Raleigh Loc: Reside in Olympia WA

My current camera, the Nikon D300 about five years old is my favorite.

BUT my all time favorite is my Nikon F5 that I bought in the '60s and still have. Learned and earned a lot with that sweetheart.

speters Loc: Grangeville/Idaho

Neubee wrote:

For those that use a favorite camera,how old is it and do you plan on keeping it for some time to come or are you planning to upgrade soon??

My favorite camera is about 40 years old, but it is a movie camera and not a still camera. It is a Fujica ZC 1000 an 8mm (Single-8) camera, I also have a Bolex H 16 reflex (which I love), but I prefer the Fuji. In 8mm, it can't be beat, I have had the Beaulieux 4008 ZM and the Leicina Special ( both great cameras ), but again the Fuji tops them. In still photography, of the cameras that I own and use, I like my Pentax 645nII the best, second my Canon EOS Iv Hs, but I also like my 5D's ( MII & M III), but overall I prefer film, because the image quality is way better and there is just something special about shooting film you don't get shooting digital! Back in the very early 80's, I was shooting with a Nikon F2 and that one is one of my favorite cameras of all time.

kb6kgx Loc: Simi Valley, CA

raleigh wrote:

BUT my all time favorite is my Nikon F5 that I bought in the '60s and still have. Learned and earned a lot with that sweetheart.

The F5 came out in 1996. Maybe yours is the F, which came out in 1959? Even the F2 wasnt made until 1971.

GoldenInCO Loc: Colorado

Have had my D300 for about 5 years now and love everything except as my arthritis gets worse, the camera seems to gain weight. I've carried it all over Europe and the US, but there are times it just seems too heavy. Also have a Nikon P7700 that I can carry in my purse which takes great photos. I think I may be more psychologically addicted to my "big girl" D300, and need to start thinking that a lighter weight mirrorless will be just fine. Anyone else having problems with big heavy cameras?

Kingmapix Loc: Mesa, Arizona

I think the definition of an "old camera" is one that has since been updated by the manufacturer (eg, Canon 7D now replaced with the 7D Mark II). All in the name of increased camera sales!

axiesdad Loc: Monticello, Indiana

To the "lurker" who wants to know the point of this discussion, If you have to ask there's no point in trying to explain.

Slick Willie Loc: The U. S.

raleigh wrote:

It's similar to friends sitting around and just talking about things. The subject could have been cars. Around the stove in the country store it might have been horses. Just frinds chatting. By the way Slick Willie, what's your favorite beer?

Not the stoves I grew up sitting around - anyone toss out a list of 14 cameras worth about $20,000 would have been ganged up on, called a blow hard, and run plumb out of the general store. People I sat around the stove with learned to say things like, "aw, it ain't nothing but me and the missus likes it ok" right before they whip out a stack of photos that'd knock your socks off. And about the beer - I'm afraid I don't drink alcohol. Got no money left after I make my camera payments. :roll: :D

Slick Willie Loc: The U. S.

axiesdad wrote:

To the "lurker" who wants to know the point of this discussion, If you have to ask there's no point in trying to explain.

I didn't have to ask but I sure would like to hear you try to explain it in terms of anything that makes any sense or any benefit to anyone beyond an opportunity to brag about their camera equipment or for those truly maladjusted people, who argue for inferior equipment and brag about getting it at Goodwill. Why don't you go ahead and treat me like I'm totally stupid and explain it to me, pleassssssse!