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Im not buying anymore cameras for a while . . .
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Over in the Digital Photography thread Davedunne posted a thread about
the 50th anniversary of the PEN cameras by Olympus . . .Martinoc said he was not going to buy any more cameras for a while.
I uinderstand where he is coming from. This hobby/profession IMO is
a highly addictive and costly one.I myself have gone through a serious amount of gear I thought it would
be interesting if people posted a type of chronology of the gear they have
gone through since they started and what they have now.Well.. I’m about to leave for my bus shortly… but before I go:
I often wondered what it’d have been like to start my own Formula 1 Team if I hadn’t of been sucked in by photography.
Looking through the Speedgraphic.co.uk catalogue the other night… it’s not even funny the amount of sh*te you can buy that’s photography related… and it’s all serious money.
Well, I’ve only owned two point’n’shoots, two DSLRs and a lomo fisheye.
Nikon Coolpix 4100
Nikon Coolpix P2
Nikon D50
Nikon D200
FisheyeI’ll buy myself a D300 at some stage but probably not for about 18 months.
I’m much more inclined to spend my money on lenses. Which are very expensive.
All my gear is worth about €7,000 in Irish prices, but I haven’t spent quite that as I got most of it abroad/online.
Having said all that those Olympus Pens (the originals) look very interesting, as do these more modern pocket sized almost-dslr quality cameras.
Well I have owned . . .
2 x Canon AE-1’s,
1 x Canon AV-1,
1 x Eos 1000F,
1 X Nikon F,
1 X Canon T90 and various Lenses.
Im on my 4th Tripod and I have 6 cameras now.And there is so much more stuff I want . . .
Do I need it?
PhotographyIreland.net could have easily been Forumla1Ireland.net
with characters like F1-FAN, irishshumacherfan, Pirelli451, pitstop321 and so on . . .
I don’t have cameras or lenses that I bought and found useless. Only my Smena 8 is collecting dust, but I only bought it out of nostalgy. Photo equipment tend to keep their value fairly well if you buy second hand and always the good stuff.
Digital toys like that Olympus loose value quick, and I keep myself away of them.
I was sooooooooo tempted earlier this year
to extend the credit card limit and go for a . . .
But now I am really thinking of buying a new piggy bank for the
Pentax 645D . . .Alan, what is that????
a new vase waiting for some tulips?anyway I have far too many cameras :(
:lol: :lol: :lol:
Carl zeiss ! can be converted from Contax N to EOS
For me the biggest mistake was selling the T90, at the time I wasnt doing any film
work at all but now im getting into it more and I would love the T90 back :cry:Where do I begin………………
..Box Brownie
Hanimex 135
about three more film cameras that I cant remember the name of
Samsung ECX-1
Fuji Finepix 330
Fuji Finepix E550
Panasonic FZ10
Sony a100
Sony a700
Minolta XE 1
Minolta 28-70 lens
Tamron 500 Mirror + 2x converter
Tamron 200
Sigma 15mm Fisheye
Sigma 70mm Macro
Sigma 70-300
Sigma 50-500
Sigma 70-200 2.8
Quantaray 18-200
Sigma Flash
Sony Flash
Minolta Flash
Mamaiya Flash
Various filters/holders
remotes.
tripods
gorilla pod
monster podshall I go on…….jeez no wonder i’m broke !!
For years I used a point and shoot, a Olympus Mju 2 didn’t really care too much about features but I thought it had a nice lens.
With the coming of digital I decided to get a dSLR so I could see what all the fuss was about.
Canon 350D
a few months after followed by a Canon 28-135 lens
after a year my camera packed in so I got a Canon 400D
I got a Sigma 30mm f/1.4, a Canon 35mm f/2, Canon 50mm f/1.8
then a Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8
then a Canon 135mm f/2 L
then a Canon 24mm f/1.4 L
Every lens for the canon system has a hoya polariser.
Panasonic LX1
then a Lomo (Toy)
then a Voitlaender Bessa r3a rangefinder
Nokton 40mm f/1.4
Konica Hexanon 50mm f/2
Voitlaender Bessa r4a rangefinder
Nokton 35mm f/1.2
Cosina Voitlaender 21mm f/4
Konica Hexanon 50mm f/1.2
Hasselblad 501c with 80mm and 180mm lens
Olympus XA, baby rangefinder always in pocket
Vivitar Ultra Wide & Slim clone (Toy)I wish to sell most of my canon lenses except the last 3 I bought, and the 180mm lens for the Hasselblad, and have a friend interested in buying the r3a with 40mm.
I use my rangefinders mostly (one with fast film and the other with slow), occasionally bring the Hasselblad out for the day, and there are occasions where I use the digital (eg butterflies, as the film cameras have manual focus).
I don’t see it as a waste, I needed to try out different forms to see what would appeal to me. Expensive trials for sure but I’m now in reduction mode. I hope.
M
My film days aside where I went throuch many changes with many lenses
[couldnt even list them, have forgotten the particulars about them]
my digital escapades are . . .350D body only
I was using an old Sigma 28-70 which I got re-chipped for digital
I tried a 28-135 and sold it
Then got an Sigma 18-200
Battery grip followed
Upgraded to the 5D
17-40 F4 followed by a
70-200 F4 L
430 Ex speedlite
then a 28-70 F2.8L
Sold the above and bought a Sigma 15-30
Nikon 50mm F1.4 prime
Nikon 35mm F2.8 prime as a stop gap until the following arrived
Zeiss 24-85 F3.5-4.5
Zork PSA
Pentax 645 33-55 FA F4.5
Sold the Nikon 50 and Sigma 15-30
got an Olympus 100 F2.8 prime
Olympus 135mm F3.5
And my latest addition glass wise is an Olympus 200mm F4
Holga 120
Lubitel 166B
Balda Baldixette from the mide 50’s [which i am fearing is lost in the post]
and at the weekend I bought an O.P.L Foca sport from the late 50’sWould really fancy changing me gear to the new Pentax 645D when it arrives
but yea that might be a bit of a pipedream.is this some sort of camera porn?
in randomized order.pentax ME-super with 28, 50 and 70-200 f4
a screw-mount pentax with again 28, 50 and 200mm
my old pentax that fell in the ocean and it’s a its now an expensive paperweight.
a kodak retinette
holga 120N
eximus ultra wide
two 35mm compact from yashica
a ducati half frame
canon eos 1vhs, 5d and 30d
with 17-40, 50, 70-200 and 400mm
and a mamiya c330s.but I can quit whenever I want.
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