p.2 #1 · how many DSLR users previously used 35MM SLRs?
ocean7 wrote:
I am suprized to read that so far the poll goes 17-0. FM members must be old enough. Younger generations have actually very little clue about film (usually).
hey! im 22 and I started photography with film. Me and my Canon AE-1 took plenty (of poorly lit and out of focus) pictures!
p.2 #2 · how many DSLR users previously used 35MM SLRs?
I'm 35...still do shoot my 35mm Eos Elan7E a little bit here and there. A coworker recently gave me a Pentax ME Super that's a terrific camera (and it's small!!). I've ran several rolls through that little gem as well.
I have a local lab that will develop only for $2.99 for regular C-41, I just take it home and scan it to see what i've got. Good stuff!
p.2 #3 · how many DSLR users previously used 35MM SLRs?
tomhh wrote:
Minolta maxxum 7000.
It lasted 20 years. I'm waiting for the first digital camera to last that long.
That was my first camera, which my dad got me so I would stop touching his Nikon F gear. I had it with the 35-70/F4 Macro, which was a great little performer until I dropped it on concrete while swapping lenses. I would still have it today if I didn't get a really good deal on a trade-in towards an Elan IIe.
p.2 #4 · how many DSLR users previously used 35MM SLRs?
I guess the trend to digital only being first will only increase but to me it's hard to imagine digital first. Does that mean I'm getting older ? ;-)
I'm 26 and if I remember correctly my first film SLR was a Canon AV-1 that was probably older than I was at the time. (I was dreaming about an EOS-3 back then) There is still something I really miss about the feel/operation of a fast manual focus 50 on that camera and the whole experience. What was it though ? The solid feel of the metal ? The click of the aperture ring and film wind lever ? The focusing prism in the (full frame) viewfinder ? The more careful approach to making photos when they don't just pop up on a screen and can be deleted ? I don't know what it was about it. I still shoot film too (rarely) but just for "fun".
p.2 #5 · how many DSLR users previously used 35MM SLRs?
I started with some low end Canon SLR's (EOS 1000, then 300V).
Then got one of the best SLR's I've ever handled, the EOS 3.
Tied a couple of contax/yashicas, my favourite being the Yashica FX-7 which I rennovated with new light seals and brown lizard skin, I'll always keep that one.
p.2 #6 · how many DSLR users previously used 35MM SLRs?
Started with a Canon AE-1 like 9-10 years ago... It was the camera my parents bought to document my birth in 1988 and the lens broke in the delivery room when it got pushed off a table. I found it in a closet in my house and found a new lens for it at Wolf Camera and started shooting. 3-4 years later I got a Canon Eos Rebel G and then 3 years after that I got an Elan 7. Maybe 8 months later I got my first digital... My wonderful 10D.
p.2 #9 · how many DSLR users previously used 35MM SLRs?
Forgot to say I still shoot film from time to time. I find the process different - OK it's sometimes a pain - but then this camera was such a joy to use when I had it.
I am almost 40 and this M4 is older than me. I wouldn't be surprised if it was outlasting me
p.2 #10 · how many DSLR users previously used 35MM SLRs?
My first was a Rebel 2000, then went to a Elan IIE, and then an Elan 7E---I'm 23. I'd say though that anyone under 20 probably didn't get exposed to film unless it was mandatory for a class. Lots of younger photogs think that there is no good reason to own a 35mm. Wrong I say! Slide film is still downright amazing!
This is kind of off topic, but does anyone know of any setups, be it camera and a handheld light meter that don't require any type of batteries to operate/meter? I'd be really interested in getting one
p.2 #13 · how many DSLR users previously used 35MM SLRs?
Started with a wood-bodied Daguerrotype.
hahah, really started with AE-1, still a great little camera. Have the EOS Elan 7NE too. But digital is good enough now, considering its relative cheapness.
That M4 is beautiful.
p.2 #14 · how many DSLR users previously used 35MM SLRs?
Devin Hillam wrote:
This is kind of off topic, but does anyone know of any setups, be it camera and a handheld light meter that don't require any type of batteries to operate/meter? I'd be really interested in getting one
Any mechanical camera with no built-in meter or a broken meter will do Some cheap lightmeters like the Gossen Pilot 2 do not need batteries.
p.2 #16 · how many DSLR users previously used 35MM SLRs?
I started with an inexpensive Rebel. I think it was the XS if that sounds familiar.
My first photography memory is not a pleasant one. One Christmas when I was about 7 or 8. Someone wrapped up one of my presents in a camera box. The only problem is the gift wasn't a camera. I hadn't asked for one, but the feeling of joy I had when thought I had gotten one was a preview of a future love. The disappointment was hard to hide though.
p.2 #17 · how many DSLR users previously used 35MM SLRs?
Started photography in the early 80’s when I was 16. My parents thought it might just be a ‘phase’ and wouldn’t let me buy the Canon A1 I was drooling after, so had to use my dads old Zeiss Ikon Contina presumably thinking that would be a test of my genuine enthusiasm.
Turns out I loved using it – guessing the distance for focusing, hand held light meter, everything manual – great fun, lots of experimenting and learning.
Ended up being able to get my new ‘flashy’ camera, though alas not the A1 but a Chinon CE4. Later went on to an Olympus OM 10, OM 40, EOS 30 and now digital. Kind of miss those days when photography seemed simpler – if the picture was wrong it was your fault, not the cameras. Now the human part is being taken out of photography. Oh well, that’s progress!
p.2 #18 · how many DSLR users previously used 35MM SLRs?
My first actual photography was with my Rebel XT two years ago. I think that is the case of everyone in my age range. I'm only 22.
The photography students have dabbled in film if they had a high school class, but most colleges I've heard about are digital now too with maybe a couple darkroom classes.
p.2 #19 · how many DSLR users previously used 35MM SLRs?
My first SLR (I had a medium format camera before) was Russian Zenit, the second - Pentax K1000 (I just bought it again a couple of months ago). First Canon - EOS 10S in 1990.
p.2 #20 · how many DSLR users previously used 35MM SLRs?
My first SLR was an early Pentax in the mid 1960's. Yes, I am that old. My first Canon SLR was an original F-1 around 1970. My last Canon SLR was the EOS 3. I still own both of those Canon's, plus many film SLR's that Canon produced in between. I made many images with film SLR's, and now have made many with Digital SLR's. There is something magical about a good through the lens viewfinder, and the confidence it gives when you "know" you got the shot, without chimping.
Younger generations have actually very little clue about film (usually).
