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Post by Peltigera on Dec 25, 2012 15:00:43 GMT -5
My all-time favourite changes with the seasons but at the moment it is my Voigtlander Vitomatic II. Occasionally it is my Voigtlander Vito II.
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Post by genazzano on Jun 12, 2013 11:17:47 GMT -5
It may sound strange to those who keep up with the latest DSLR models but my antique Nikon D70 has performed flawlessly for years. If I do get another soon, it will be a D3200. I decided I really don't need all those programs and routines. ...or is there a better one? For film I can't beat my F3 that I bought 20 years ago. What's great is that I use almost all of my Nikkor lenses as well as my Pentax and Hasselblad 645's. I'm a happy man.
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Post by lloydy on Aug 2, 2013 18:23:42 GMT -5
Digital ? the Sony NEX5, it's a no contest thing. Do I miss the mirror and the bulk of a DSLR? Honestly, no I don't.
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Post by casualcollector on Aug 3, 2013 17:18:30 GMT -5
Canon 5D MkII is my favored DSLR because it's the only one I have. Taking pictures with it is great. No appreciable shutter lag like the point and shoots. Getting it turned on and getting to desired settings is still a struggle. I have three compacts. My first is a 2 mp Fuji FinePix 2650 that I bought back in '02. I've used it for just about all of the illustrations on The Casual Collector web site and product photography on my ebay auctions. The lens has awful distortion at the wide end. That disappears about midway in the zoom range. The flash delivers a single flash and is ideal for triggering an external flash. It feeds on a steady diet of rechargeable AA batteries. The relatively small file upload relatively quickly via my bog slow connection. Here is an example of what this old 2mp camera produces. Next is an Olympus FE-310. I picked this up at a thrift store for 20 bucks and thought I found a heckuva deal. I've since discovered why I got it so cheap! It's a very nice 8mp camera. Slim and light, very pocketable, big display screen and relatively intuitive controls. The lens seems quite good. Preflash cannot be disable so it doesn't get used for product shots. The downside, it sucks dry AA alkaline batteries in no time at all! Absolutely unbelievable! I can't charge NiMHs fast enough. A dozen pictures and it needs fresh batteries. When I carry it, it's turned off so I'll never catch any "decisive moments" with it but it is my favorite to carry. I also have a 2mp Canon Digital Elph. Nice, metal veneered body with optical viewfinder and a good lens. The LCD is small, the body is a chunky with sharp corners. The rechargeable proprietary batteries are a bit short winded. The preflash cannot be disabled so it doesn't work for triggering an external flash. It spends its life on a shelf. I am struggling in the digital age... I long for a digital version of my simple Canon FL/FD mount cameras!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2013 22:30:02 GMT -5
I have a Fuji F600 EXR compact, a Nikon D50 and a D300. I use the Fuji pretty much exclusively for travel photos. At home I use the D50 more than my D300 even though its sensor has about half as many pixels. The D50 is lighter and smaller than the D300, too. The Fuji is the first compact I have been able to tolerate as it has virtually no shutter lag. But I still hate composing on a screen rather than a viewfinder.
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Post by Dan Vincent on May 28, 2014 19:06:26 GMT -5
My favorite film SLR's are the Minolta XE-7 and Minolta XD-11. They still work.
My favorite DSLR is my Nikon D90. Thousands of beautiful pictures.
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Post by philbirch on May 29, 2014 9:38:57 GMT -5
Mt fave DSLR is my Nikon D3200. I've had several now and apart from the D40 nothing else has excited me like the D3200.
My favourite Film SLR was my Nikkormat FTn. I sold it last year because I found it hard to use the microprism screen focusing. However good news; the guy who bought it doesn't get along with it so it's coming back.
I will look at getting the screen changed, perhaps by a repairman. Can anyone recommend a UK based tech who may be able to do something like this??
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2014 13:34:22 GMT -5
One of my favorite Nikons is the Nikkormat FT-3. Built like a Tank. Will meter with ai lenses and uses modern silver batteries. I had an FT-3 I got at a garage sale about 10 years ago for $10 because there was a dent in the prism housing. Sold it for $100 and then regretted it. Last year I found another in perfect condition at a local estate sale with an f/1.2 lens. Paid $55 for the camera and lens, sold the lens for about $300 so the FT-3 body was free!!
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Post by Stan on Jun 16, 2014 1:32:49 GMT -5
My favorite film 35mm SLR is probably the Nikon FM. I couldn't afford one back when they were new. On digital; I go back and forth between my D300 and D40. The D300 was the "Holy Grail" for me, but when I got the D40, it caused me to sell my D50, and Panasonic GF-1! Carrying it around with a smallish lens is a revelation!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2014 12:34:29 GMT -5
Can't imagine selling a D50 for a D40. The D50 can use more lenses than the D40 and is pretty much bullet proof. If I had got My D50 (used) before I bought my D300, I probably wouldn't have bought the D300!!.
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Post by philbirch on Jun 17, 2014 5:12:04 GMT -5
The D40 was smaller and easier to use than a D50. Sometimes retrograde is better. I traded in my D3100 for a Pentax K10D backwards I know but the Pentax has so much more going for it - for me. The D3200 was, on paper, a minor upgrade to the D3100 but to me there was a vast difference.
Using 'old' AF lenses manually on the D40 never bothered me, I often turn off the AF and focus manually anyway. The camera responds quicker and turning off the VR (on my D3200) speeds it up too.
I guess it depends on what you want out of a camera.
Stan I had an FM and an FM2 bought in the early 90's from a newspaper that was upgrading included was a Vivitar 28-70, a Nikkor 24mm f2.8, Metz flash and another lens for just - for £200
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Post by Stan on Jun 24, 2014 10:53:28 GMT -5
I've found the same to be true as well. Sometimes, a "retrograde" turns out better depending on what the photographer wants and needs. Years ago, I was using a Canon A-1, but found myself using the manual mode much of the time. I let my brother take it and got myself a Pentax MX which was a great fit for me!
I found the D50 to be "neither fish, nor fowl", not offering the fine control and build quality of the D300 or the compact ease of use of the D40. Ideally, I'd loved it if Nikon could have squeezed the D50 some more while keeping the CF card. The Olympus E-4x0 series kept the bigger memory card. I really rather dislike the smaller SD cards.
These days I use a D300 when I want to do things myself because it affords me great control, and the D40 when I simply don't want to carry the "big gun". I've actually scaled a system to fit the D40's size and weight with the Tamron 28-50, "E" Series 28mm and 50mm lenses.
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Post by lloydy on Jul 21, 2014 18:17:45 GMT -5
Digital ? the Sony NEX5, it's a no contest thing. Do I miss the mirror and the bulk of a DSLR? Honestly, no I don't. But now I have a Sony A6000 ( latest rebranded version of the NEX 6 ) and it is excellent. It has faults, but I work around, and forgive. them. It's a gem.
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Post by barbarian on May 3, 2015 19:13:28 GMT -5
I was just thinking about that last week. I always felt that the kind of love people have had for film cameras wasn't something that happens with digital cameras. I've had 8 digital cameras, and never felt that "I really love this one" emotion for a digital camera.
Until my Pentax K3. Feels, works, performs like it was made for me and my hands. Love it.
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Post by philbirch on May 4, 2015 13:23:04 GMT -5
I've been using my Leica lllf a lot. Its had more films thru it now than any of my film cameras. I know its not an SLR but I'm mentioning it here anyhow!
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