Kodak Instamatic
Olympus OM10 with 50mm f1.8 lens
olympus trip
*Pentax p something or other with third party 28-85mm zoom
*Kodak 2mp digital point and shoot
*Canon G3
*Canon 20D
(* = still in service - the OM10 got hit by a freak wave standing on the top of a 100 foot cliff..."oooo that's a big wave, ooops.. " I miss that camera. The kids still use the Kodak)
OK, I'll have a shot at this. I'm attempting to do this in chronological order, too:
Praktica SLR (fully manual, no light meter)
Kodak cheapie (110 film - ugh!)
Canon A-1
Canon EOS 650
Canon EOS 1000
Canon Sure Shot 105 Zoom
Canon EOS 500N
Canon EOS 50E
Kodak digital 1 Megapixel P+S (not a cheapie at that time, either!)
Pentax K-1000 (I had a couple of these)
Nikon Coolpix 990
Olympus OM-1 (I had three of these at one stage )
Canon EOS 33
Canon EOS D30
Canon IXUS 2 Megapixel digital (not sure of the model, it was one of the first digital IXUS's)
Canon EOS 10D
I'm sure I'm forgetting several short-term love affairs with different cameras, but these are the ones that I remember.
Edited by rudiphoto on Feb 28, 2005 at 12:03 PM GMT
mid-80's-Konica 35mm
Nikon 8008
which broke and was functional sometimes, so then a
Canon Elan IIe
Work had a Nikon Coolpix 900 (which I pretty much had full use of)
On leaving that company, bought a Coolpix 800 (same sensor, no swivel body)
Sony 707
Mamiya 645e (for those quality shots)
Canon Digital Rebel
and soon either the 350D or 20D with Rebel as backup
Kodak Disc - remember those - circular film!
Yashica rangefinder
Pentax ME Super SLR
Canon T50
Canon A-1
Canon sureshot P&S (left at a restaraunt)
Pebtax Spotmatic SLR (from the 60's)
Olympus ?? P&S (dropped)
Canon Elan II
Kodak 2mp P&S
Canon S400 (submerged)
Canon S410
Canon 10D (bought just before triple rebate)
Canon Dreb
Canon A60 for my 5 yr old...and so it begins for him!
not sure of the date or order I got these in as I've always had several bodies around but I know how it started, with my dad's Rolleifles from the fifties and then his minolta srt 201 in the early seventies.
Then mine
Nikkormat tfn
Nikkormat ft2
Nikkormat el
Nikon FM
Yashicamat 124
yashica fr1 ( or was it fr2 ? 1981 model anyway)
minolta maxxum 7000 ( slowest autofocus in the world - still have this with a relative)
Canon rt ( for a few weeks )
canon powershot A 50
Nikon coolpix 950
canon G1 (still have)
Olympus E100Rs (still have- how can you give up 15 frames per second and pre capture)
canon 10D (still have)
canon D30
Fuji finepix 2650 ( for my daughters 7th birthday)
Minolta A5 rangefinder - 1964 (a xmas gift)
Minolta SR-7 SLR - Nov, 1965 (company camera; first job taking Santa pictures from
Thanksgiving to Christmas)
Minolta SR-1 SLR - Jan, 1966 (took every penny I made taking Santa pics)
A gap while I took up other expensive hobbies (like cycling)
Canon FTB ------- Used in 1974 ( I think my Dad still has this one )
Canon A1 ------- New in 1983 (Sold on eBay in 2002 for above its original price)
Canon Elan 7e -- New in 2002 (Still miss the eye control)
Canon 10D ------- Used in 2004
I've enjoyed all of the above each one more than the last, but I'm enjoying the 10D more than the first three put together!
Cameras I Have Owned (not sure of the exact order)
Kodak Folding - 616 film (circa 1950, given to me by grandparents)
Kodak Brownie Hawkeye
Argus C3
Kodak Retina 3C - Folding 35mm Zeiss lens
Pentax SLR - no light meter
Graflex 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 (still have)
4x5 Graflex
Yashicamat TLR (still have)
Rolleiflex TLR
Nikkormat
-- My pro era - Team photographer for SD Padres, NBA Rockets, SDSU Aztecs, SD Gulls
4x5 Speed Graphic
4x5 View
5x7 View
Several Mamiyaflex TLRs - many lenses
Nikon F
Nikon F2
Nikon Photomic (Every Nikkor lens from Fisheye to 1000mm mirror)
Nikonos
-- My Anti Photo Era (mid-life crisis)
Kodak Instamatic 126
-- Getting Back to reality
Nikon Lite Touch 35mm - (gave away 2 - still have 1)
Nikon FM (going on Ebay Soon)
Nikon FG 20 (going on Ebay Soon)
A couple of Sony Camcorders with still capabilities.
Sony Mavica FD-91 (going on Ebay Soon)
-- And then I found ACDSee (Halleluja - finally a way to manage digital images)
Olympus D40Z (wife's now)
Casio EX-S3 (sold on Ebay)
Nikon 5400 (going on Ebay Soon)
Nikon 8700 (going on Ebay Soon)
Nikon D70 (sold)
-- Current inventory
Sony DSC-T1
2 Canon 20Ds (currently storing 174GB of images)
1981 to 1987 - A 35mm camera made in germany ( it took 72 pics on a role of 36 exp ) , my dad gave it to me from when he was in the service in the late 50s ... forgot the make??
1987 to present - Canon EOS 650 35mm
2004 to present - Canon A300 digital
I'm attempting to do this in chronological order, too:
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