Natural Progression of Camera Bodies. Type Your story below.

[K-amps]

...by the way K-amp. My 24-70 II replacement arrived yesterday. Same vigetting @ 24mm(evenly).

The pic below was shot with new 24-70 II(no AFMA yet) - I'm going to keep the new copy.

Good thing Dylan, it looks great!

Looks like you and your boy have enough sugar to last you a few weeks...!

 

[RobertG.]

1997 first own camera: no name film P&S
2002 - 2006 Canon Powershot A200 digital P&S, shutter button broke
2007 - 2009 Canon Powershot S2IS super zoom P&S, shutter button worn-out
2009 - 2011 Canon 450D, still used for macro and as P&S with 17-55 sometimes
2012 - now Canon 5D II
2012 - now Canon S100

 

[hediz]

Short list
2008: 450D + EF-s 18-55 kit
2009: EF-S 55-250
2010: Sigma 17-70
2011: EF 50 1.8II
2012: 5DMkIII
2012: 70-200mkii 2.8L IS

Yeah took a big leap in terms of technology but oh my it was worth it

 

[woodzy]

My guess is around 1977 Minolta SLR
1980 Minolta XG-M with grip for first Space Shuttle Launch
1985 2nd Minolta XG-M as a backup (Not sure what I did that)
1995-2010 P&S cameras
2011 Canon T2i
2011 Canon 24-105L
2011 Canon 50mm 1.4
2011 Canon 10-22
2011 Tamaron 70-300 (sold it when I purchased with T2I)
2012 (February) - Canon D7
2012 Canon 70-200 ii
2012 Canon 85L
2012 Canon 100L
2012 Canon 400L II
2012 (the days ago) Ordered Canon 5DMark III
Today - I'm on suicide watch... Need to stay off the internet...

 

[jsexton]

Canon AE-1 Program in 1984 (With the Olympic Rings on the lens cover of the 50MM)
2000-2010 various P&S
2011 Rebel T2i (kit lens)
2012 EOS 7D (24-70 2.8 L, 100-400 4-5.6 L)
End of 2012 (fingers crossed) EOS 5D Mark III or EOS 1D X

 

[gilmorephoto]

The digital-only story...
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2000 = Olympus C-3030 (still have it!)
2005 = Olympus Stylus 500 (broken within 1 year)
2006 = Olympus Stylus 1000 (donated it)
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2009 = Canon T1i (EF-S 18-135mm)
2010 = EF 50 f/1.4
2011 = EF-S 15-85mm (sold EF-S 18-135mm)
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2012 = Canon 5D3 + EF 40mm f/2.8
2012 = EF 100mm L f/2.8 (coming next week)

 

[AdamJ]

c. 1975 - Kodak Pocket Instamatic 20

1978 - Yashica ME1 (35mm rangefinder)

1979 - Yashica FX-3 + ML 50mm f/2 + Tamron Adaptall-2 80-210mm f/3.8-4 (model 103A).
Entry-level SLRs in those days were much of a muchness. I recall the most popular entry-level bodies in that period being the Pentax K1000 or, for the really cash-strapped, the Praktica MTL3 or Zenit. I chose the Yashica mainly for its potential to use Zeiss glass (I was a precocious 13-year old). It also sported a vertical metal shutter, and three viewfinder LED lights - very space age compared to the usual exposure needle. It was also a very pretty camera. I think it was about £100 new.

1981 - Contax 139 Quartz + autowinder + Zeiss Planar T* 50mm f/1.7 + Zeiss Distagon 28mm f/2.8.
My parents funded this upgrade when I started studying photography at college. Although not a 'proper' German Contax, the 139 was beautifully built. It had TTL flash metering which was pretty advanced back then. I bought the winder myself, not because it was useful but because to a 15-year old boy it had massive pose value! This kit served me right through until my first DSLR. I sold everything except the Zeiss 50mm in 2004.

2004 - EOS 350D

2010 - EOS 5D MkII

2012 - EOS 7D

 

[se_photo]

1985 to now

Pentax Super Program (mom's)
Nikon N90s -have it
Mamiya RZ67- have it
Fuji S2- have it
Nikon D2X
Nikon D200
Canon 5D - have and use it
Nikon D700
Canon 5DII- use it almost everyday
Nikon D3200 for wife and son

16-35 2.8II (workhorse)
50 1.2 (tricky)
85 1.8 (awesome)
70-200 2.8II (awesome)
24-105 f4 (yuck)... Might sell 50 and 24-105 toward a 24-70II

2 dyna-lite packs and 5 heads with a million plus flashes on them. tough mo'fo's!

 

[pwalderh]

1974 – Canon F1 MDMF (no meter batteries anymore ☹ )

1995 – Canon EOS 5 (Sold)

2005 – Canon 350D (Sold)
2008 – Canon 40D (Sold)
2009 – Canon 5Dmk2
2009 – Canon G11
2011 – Canon 7D (Sold)
2012 – Canon 5DmkIII
2012 – Canon 1D X

1974 – Canon FD 24mm f/2,8 SSC.
1974 – Canon FD 50mm f/1,8 SC.
1974 – Panagor 85-205mm f/3,8

1995- Sigma 24-70mm f/3,5 (broken)
1995- Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5,6 (sold)

2005-Canon EF 18-55mm f/3,5-5,6 (sold)
2006-Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5,6 (sold)
2006-Sigma 50-500 f/4-6,3 (sold)

2008-Canon EF 24-70mm f/2,8L
2008-Canon EF 70-200 f/2,8L IS
2008- Canon EF 100-400mm f/4,5-5,6 L IS
2008-Canon 17-40 f/4 L
2008-Canon EF-S 60mm f/2,8 Macro (sold)

2009-Canon EF 50mm f/1,4
2010-Canon EF 600mm f/4
2011-Canon EF 8-15mm f/4
2012-Canon EF 100mm f/2,8 Macro L IS
2012-Canon EF 300mm f/2,8L IS

 

[robbymack]

1990 - took high school photography class, pretty sure I was using my parents 1970's canon slr, loved it but didn't pick up a camera for a long time after

Fast forward 2005 had first kid, wife bought me a t2 as a daddy present, some bumps and bruises and a 7d mixed in along the way

Fast forward 2012 5diii

 

[amazin]

Hi,

so here is my story :

> bodies :
- early 90s : 1st camera, a Konica Z up 28w (film P&S)
- 1995 : collection (never shoot with it) Canon demi EE 17 (inherited from my grand father)
- late 90s : 1st SLR (film), Canon EOS 500n (Rebel G)
- 2007 : 1st DSLR, Canon EOS 400D (Rebel xti)
- 2012 :
Sony DSC-TX10 (inherited from my late young brother)
(planned) Canon EOS 5D mk III

> lenses :
- late 90S :
Canon EF 28-80mm f4,5-5,6 (don't use it anymore)
Canon EF 80-200mm f4,5-5,6 (slow & not really sharp, tired of it)

- 2007 : Canon EF-S 18-55mm f4,5-5,6
- 2012 (planned) :
Canon EF 24-70mm f2,8L II
Canon EF 70-200mm f2,8L IS USM II + extender 2X III (in preparation of a trip next year to Namibia)

to be continued...

 

[Rob]

Hi Guys, wont list len's collection as topic asks for bodies;

Olympus OM10 (sold)
Canon EOS 30
Canon 10D
Canon 5D
Canon 20D (sold)
Canon 30D x2 (both sold)
Canon 40D (sold)
Canon 5D markII x2

 

[iaind]

SLR's only

1970s Praktika LTL

1980s OM-1N,2N,3 fast and slow slide plus print film

2006 400D

2007 40D

2010 5DII

 

[karen.tao]

2010 - Canon 1000d with kit lens
2011 - Canon 50mm f.18 + Tamron 18-270mm f3.5-5.6 VC PZD
2012 - Canon 6d + Canon 17-40mm f4 L

 

[jstolen]

My history. Have taken pictures for some years.

1969 Canonet QL25
1970 Canon FTQL
1974 Canon Dial 35-2
Canon FTb
Canon EF !!(fabulous camera, still working as new!)
1979 Mamiya C330f
1994 Canon F1n
2000 Canon EOS 30
2003 Canon Powershot G5
2005 Canon EOS 20D
2007 Canon EOS 5D
2011 Canon EOS 50D
2012 Canon EOS 5DmkIII

 

[tron]

1998 - Canon G3 (which got a LOT of use)

G3 in 1998 ? It was introduced by the end of 2002!

 

[SPL]

Vivitar Point N Shoot 110 film
Kodak 110 film
Polaroid One Shot
Canon AE 1 Program 35mm film (still have, still works)
Nikon Lite Touch Zoom AF 35mm film P & S (still have, its broke)
Canon Power Shot S500
Canon Power Shot SD 1400 IS
Canon EOS T1i
Canon EOS 7D
Canon EOS 5D Mark III

 

[Sporgon]

Dad's Pentax Spotmatic
Kiev Range Finder
Fujica ST701
Nikon FM (still have)
Bronica SQ 6x6
Pentax 6x7
Nikon FM2
Nikon F3
Nikon F100
Nikon D70
Nikon D200
Pentax K20
Canon 5D (still have)
Canon 5D MK2 (still have)

 

[paul13walnut5]

Borrowed dads Canon FT
EOS 1000n w/sigma 35-80
EOS 5 (A2n)
EOS 50e
EOS 3
EOS 300
Olympus Mju (Stylus)
Ricoh GR1s
EOS 300x
Sony Mavica fd88
Sony TRV120
Canon Powershot s40
Sony TRV900
Canon XM2
Sony FX1
Sony DSR-570
Konica Minolta Dimage A2
Canon 400D
Ricoh GR-D
Canon 7D
Canon Kiss X4
Canon T3i

Still got

However, thats not the whole story...
I went off at a wee tangent. I ended up having a late dabble with Minolta MF gear until about 5 years ago, so also had in there a x300, a x500, an SR-T101a and a an SR-T303 plus lots of manual minolta lenses.

 

[mb66energy]

pre 1982: simple cassette camera 24x24mm (Agfa?)+ Bali automatic 35mm viewfinder camera, Agfa Box
1982 AE1, stolen in 1984
1986 2x EF (great camera, liked the concept of having two bodies with e.g. 50mm macro and 200mm tele)
1987 Rolleicord Vb
1995 New F1 (never really used due to stress during phd and the aftermath)
2001 G2 (re-entry to photography, digital world helped me to get feedback soon)
2005 20D (with EF-S 60mm - the reason to switch to DSLR after experiments with G2 and diff. lenses)
2009 2x 40D (still like the concept of having two cams with two lenses 10-22 + 70-200 or 40 + 100 macro ...)
2010 S95 (work horse for allday use in school (as teacher))
2012 600D (for video, 40D always preferred for photography due to ergonomics and quality)
2014 2x 6D??? (will still like the concept of two bodies, but ... really expensive then)

Hoping to reuse some of the old FD lenses with a FF mirrorless camera (3.5 50mm macro, 2.5 135mm, 4.0 17mm, 1.4 50mm - nothing exeptional, but perhaps some interesting characteristics)

Best - Michael