Natural Progression of Camera Bodies. Type Your story below.

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#21
In short:
1998 - 2008 -> Canon Rebel G
2008 - 2009 -> Panasonic Lumix - PS(do not remember the model)
2009 - 2010 -> Xsi, kits + tamron 90mm
2011 - now -> 7D + 100 2.8L IS
2011 - now -> 230HS as secondary camera for family outings.

In detail:
1998 - 2008 -> Canon Rebel G. Still have it. Really liked it and made loads of images.
While visiting Canada in 2008, my wife bought Panasonic Lumix(it was a PS, do not remember the model). I used Rebel G and Lumix for a month and fell in love with Lumix. I liked the flexibility of digital camera. So I stopped using my Rebel and used Lumix till 2009. I started feeling that the flexibility of the Lumix was limited only to digital vs Roll. I couldnt control lot of parameters that I was able to in Rebel G. Arrival of my kid was the "reason :)" to upgrade to digital SLR and I moved to Canon XSi. Bought kit lenses too. That was a good jump for me. Bought Tamron 90mm and rarely used kit lenses after that. In 2010 my XSi and Tamron 90mm broke almost at the same time. So one more round of upgrade :). Bought 7D and Canon 100mm 2.8L IS. 7D and 100mm was very bulky for family tours, So bought Canon 230 HS IS as secondary camera. My current thinking is no plans to upgrade to a new body till 7D works, but you never know.
 
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#22
Well...

2005 - Old 2mp compact camera with broken display - I liked the photography.
2006 - Canon A430 - wow display, autofocus and zoom :)
2007 - Canon SX100 - I needed manual options.
2008 - Canon SX110
2010 - Canon 500D - you can even use your viewfinger :)
2011 - Canon 60D - one level up, good improvement.
 
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#23
SLRs
1981 - Olympus OM10 w/ 50 1.8 (those of you old enough and in the US should recall those Cheryl Tieggs comercials)
1983 - Olympus OM2n w/50 1.4 (love photography, learning a lot--must have a manual camera, sold the OM10)
1985 - Olympus OM4 (very cool, built in spot meter--must have camera.)
1990s - mostly absent from photography, married, kids, work--life is hectic.
2000s - life is more hectic, teenage girls, need an escape must get back into photography. Sold all film gear.
2010 - 7D (was actually waiting for the 60D to be announced [which is how I found this site], disappointed in 60D specs, ordered 7D.)
2010 - Canon AE-1 Film camera for my daughter's photography class
2012 - 5D Mk III (about 36 hrs ago)


Point N Shoot
Olympus Stylus Zoom
Minolta something - hated it
Canon APS - needed a tiny camera for mountain biking
2000 - Canon A20 (first digital)
2005 - S80
2012 - S100

First ever camera, great grandfather gave me a Kodak Brownie, never found any film for it. Graduated to a Vivitar 110 with "flip flash"
 
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#25
Before my little niece was born, all I had were small point and shoots and didn't think too much of photography. But All that changed.

2009 Canon XSi (still use as backup)
2010 Canon G11 (currently on permanent loan to brother)
2010 Canon 7D (still in use)
2010 Canon T2i (gave to my brother)
2011 Canon 300 HS (broke after one day, infamous lens error, returned)
2011 Canon S95 (got it after going cheap with 300 HS)
2011 Canon 5DMK2 (sold it this year)
2012 Canon 5DMK3

5DMK3 is probably the camera which has impressed me the most. I love the speed of the 7D but the image quality bothers me at the higher ISOs in low light. I liked the 5DMK2 but I still had to bring the 7D if I wanted to shoot fast action. Now I have the 5DMK3 and it does everything I want it to do. My sentimental favorite is the Canon XSi. I just like the colors that come out of it. I used it as a backup to a backup on a wedding shoot two weeks ago. I mounted a 100mm f/2 on it and shot at 5:30 pm (light was perfect). Nobody could tell the difference between the XSi/100mm f/2 and the 5DMK3/135mm f/2 pics.
 
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#26
From the 80's I still have an A-1 and a T70 plus some lenses, for the rest I can even supply dates:

2007 40D and 24-105mm
2008 50D and 17-40mm
2009 7D and 70-200mm f2.8 IS plus 2x Mark II teleconverter
2011 50mm f1.2 and 14mm f2.8 Mark II
2012 5D Mark III and 1D-X, 100mm f2.8 IS macro and 180mm macro, 85mm f1.2 Mark II, 17mm TS-E and 24mm f1.4 Mark II
 
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#27
My most memorable bodies (all dates approximate):

1970: Kodak Instamatic
1974: Used school's Yashica Mat-124G for a year
1974: Argus C3 (very used)
1975: Canon FTb-n black body (my sentimental favorite)
1975: Rollie 35 (the "Elph" of the 35mm before Minox got into the game)
1979: Mamiya 645 1000s
1980: Canon AE-1 (got 3 of these as refurbished cameras)
1982: Polaroid SX-70
1985: Canon FTb-n (used silver body)
1990: Canonet G-III QL17 (got 2 of these silent shutter wonders)
1995: Canon Rebel G
2000: Kodak 2mp (first digital)
2003: Canon G3
2006: Canon Rebel XT
2011: Canon 60D
2012: Canon 7D

Plus, there have been a handful of point-n-shoot 35mm rangefinders and digitals throughout the years.
 
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#28
Cameras without a line through them I still own & use
Camera phones not included

1994 - my first camera (as a gift) plastic Kodak fixed-lens film camera
1997 - Olympus P&S film camera - I don't remember the model #, but I just remember shutter lag being tremendously long
2000 - Canon G1 (first digital camera)
2005 - Canon SD550
2008 - Canon SD950IS
2010 - Canon Rebel T2i
2011 - Canon 60D
2012 - Canon 5D Mark III
 
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#29
1982 - Pentax P30 (28-80 and 80-200 zooms)
1983 - Pentax ME Super

1985 - Canon T-90 (24/28/50/85/135 28-80 and 70-210 lenses)
1985 - Canon AE1 Program (backup body)

1986 - Bronica ETRS with 75mm lens

1989 - Canon EOS 1 (28/50/85/135 and 70-210 lenses)
1992 - Canon EOS 10QD (backup body)

Various digital P&S

2007 - Fuji S100fs (hybrid/bridge camera with 28-400 equalling lens on a small sensor)

2012 - Canon EOS 60D and 15-85mm lens
 
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#31
This is a great one! Fun to see what people have... and have come from.

1991 Canon AE-1
2002 (late) Canon 1D (started photo business...)
2005 Canon 1D Mk2 (2)
2007 Canon 30D (2)
2009 Canon 7D
2010 Canon 7D (another), Canon 60D
2012 Canon 5D3 (2), Canon 1DX (2)
 
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#33
1988-1995 - Cheap film camera, don't remember what type
2000 - Canon Elan II (still have it, still a good simple 35mm)
2000 - Nikon Coolpix (My first digital camera, paid $1600. DSLRs at this time were way too expensive. Camera kept giving error messages after I had it for about 2 years (used very lightly), became unusable, no response from Nikon Service -- this event is what kept me from considering a Nikon DSLR as I wasn't too heavily invested in Canon glass yet)
2006 - 30D
2010 - 7D
2012 - 5D3
 
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#36
  • 1980 and on - I would borrow my Dad's Yashica FR-1
  • 1981 - Gifted Kodak Ektralite 400 (110 film)
  • 1986 - Gifted Canon Sureshot Supreme
  • 1994 - Canon 10s (35mm film with EF 25-105 f3.5/4.5 lens)
  • 2001 - Canon s40
  • 2008 - Canon 40D, EF 28-135 IS, EF 75-300
  • 2009 - EF 70-200 f/4.0L - sold EF 75-300
  • 2010 - EF 50 f1.8, Lightroom
  • 2011 - Canon s95, Photoshop
  • 2012 - Canon 7D, Kenko 1.4x, EF 40mm f2.8, EF 17-40 f4.0L, 430EXII, Several MF lenses via adapter, Plustek Optifilm 7400
  • 2013? - EF 70/300L or 100-400L
  • 2014? - Canon 5Diii - (Most likely whenever it hits a fire-sale after the 5div is announced)
So a slow building of equipment. I'm obviously an enthusiast - my equipment and interest got more serious when I wanted to start getting good sports shots of my kids. A fun thing to track from Lightroom is shutter count through the years:
  • Before 2008 - Around 1000 per year
  • 2008 - 3,600
  • 2009 - 5,600
  • 2010 - 6,300
  • 2011 - 8,800
  • 2012 - over 10,000
 
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#37
Film:
1987 Pentax K-1000 w/50 2.0 (still own)
1989 Canon EOS 650 w/35-70
1991 Nikon 4004 w/35-70
1998 Nikon FM10 w/35-70 & 70-210 (still own)

Digital:
2001 Fuji Fine Pix MX2900
2002 Nikon Coolpix 5000 (still own)

DSLR: (w/various lenses)
2007 Canon 40D (sold 2008)
2008 Canon 5D MkII (still own)
2010 Canon 7D (sold after 4 months)
2010 Canon 1Ds MkII (still own)
2012 Canon 5D MkIII
 
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#39
2010 - EOS 1000D and 60D
2011 - Olympus PEN EP-2
2012 - sold the PEN and bought a 5D Mark II, sold the 60D an bought a 1D Mark III, sold the 1D Mark III and bought a 5D Mark III
2012/2013 - 1DX

I still have the 1000D ;) O.K. ....and the 5D's Mark II and III
 
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