Natural Progression of Camera Bodies. Type Your story below.

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#81
Argus/Cosina SLR
Nikkormat
Nikon F-Ftn type 2
several more Nikkormats
Nikon S2
Leica M3
Nikonos III
Leica M2
Rolleicord IV
Rollieflex E3
Hasselblad Superwide C
Pentax MX
Nikon FM
another FM
Nikon F2
Canon F1n
another F1n
Canon AE-1
Canon AE-1program
two Canon A1's
Hasselblad 500C/M
Sinar P
Cambo Super-Cambo 4x5
Canon EOS 5
another EOS 5
Cambo Passportrait
Hasselblad Superwide 903C/W
Hasselblad 553EL/X
Leica M4-2
Leica M4-P
Leica M6ttl
Canon EOS 350
Canon EOS 400
Olympus Stylus Tough µ720
Canon EOS 5D
Fuji XP100
Canon EOS 7D

...to name a few
 
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#83
1994: Canon EOS 100 (still in use, occasionally)
2006: Canon PowerShot A710 IS (got stolen)
2007: Canon EOS 400D (felt too toy-like in my hands, sold)
2007: Canon EOS 40D (I really liked the feel of that camera, serves now as backup body)
2007: Canon Powershot G7 (for concerts were DSLRs are not allowed and some everyday snapping, still in use)
2010: EOS 7D (a great step up from the 40D, will become my 2nd body as soon as funds allow for a 5DIII)
 
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#84
1965 Kodak Hawkeye
1966 Diana F
1968 instamatic
1970 Minolta SRT 101
1973 Various Kodak Box cameras
1974 Rolliflex 2.8
1978 Olympus OM1
1980 Arca Swiss 4x5
1980 Nikon F3
1981Brooks Veri-wide 6x9
1982 Calumet 8x10 studio camera
1982 Leica M3
1984 Yashicamat 6x6
1984 Panon 6x12 Panoramic
1986 Mamiya 6x9
1988 Hasselblad 500cm

--Digital Divide

1998 Fuji mx-700
2004 Fuji F700
2006 Fuji f10
2008 Fuji f31
2010 Canon t21
2011 canon s95
2012 canon 5d mkIII

Glass - too numerous to remember
 
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#85
I'll list my digital cameras because my list is only two.

Olympus 1.3 mp. That was the worst camera I ever had.
Fuji 3.1 mp finepix. That was a solid performer.
Sony Cybershot 7.1 mp. Good... but nothing special. I got it for free, so I shouldn't complain.
Canon xs. It was limited, butI loved that camera. I used it for two years and sold it for what I originally paid.
Canon 60. I lusted after the t2i, but it really didn't feel like an upgrade the way the 60d did. I like the body so much that I feel the 5 mkii isn'tthat much of an upgrade, so I'm holding out for the mk iii.
 
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#86
1994:Mom's 1980ish Minolta
Throughout my childhood: Many cheap P&S film cameras(mostly Kodak)
College(1999) Kodak Advantix(Girlfriend in college bought it for me)
2007: First Digital Camera, Sony DSC? 8MP
2010:Canon 550D
2011: Used Canon 5D Classic
2012: Used Nikon D700

In School, I was really disappointed with the quality of digital, and basically boycotted it. It wasn't until around 2005 or 2006 when I was finally semi happy with digital results. This was when 200 bucks on a camera was a fortune to me. Now, I'm loving my Nikon D700!
 
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#87
Sporgon, my dad had a Pentax Spotmatic too, he really introduced me to photography and gave me the bug.

1981 Pentax K1000
1983 Contax 139Q with 50mm T* f/1.8
1987 Praktica BCX (purchase in East Berlin on an Army shopping excursion)

Huge interlude. When I got out of the Army in 1988 and came home from Germany, they lost only one box of mine, the one with my cameras, lenses, and all my photographs and negatives as high school year book editor and four years in the Army, traveling the US and Europe. I was so pissed and disgusted it took me 20+ years to get interested in photography again.

2009 Canon 5D; Canon S95
2013 Canon xD (5DII? 5DIII? 6D?)
 
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#89
1978 Kodak Ektralite 10 for my 12th birthday
1982 Canon AE-1 for my 16th birthday
1986 Canon T70 on closeout from Gemco when they went out of business
1988 Canon T90
1991 Canon EOS630 when I jumped to AF.
2000 Kodak DC240, my first digital camera
2003 Canon EOS Digital Rebel
2006 Canon EOS Rebel XT
2008 Canon EOS 40D
2009 Canon EOS 50D

I still own all but the Ektralite 10 (not sure what ever happend to that one) and the Digital Rebel, which I sold to a friend.
 
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#92
1987 Smena-2 (rangefinder)
1990 Zenit-ET
1997 Zenit-19
These are soviet 35 mm cameras — I was born in the USSR.

1999 Nikon F2
2000 Canon EOS-300
2005 Canon EOS-300D
2007 Canon EOS-30D
2009 Canon EOS-1D mark III

Hoping to get EOS-1DX in a year.
 
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#93
Pretty much in order, some owned at same time as others...the first 6 years of me shooting was all square format, even masked my 6x7 stuff sometimes.

Mamiya C220
Mamiya C330F
Mamiya RB67 Pro-S
Mamiya RZ67 Pro
Hasselblad 503CX
Hasselblad 503CXi
Hasselblad 503CW
Hasselblad 203FE
Rollei 6008 Integral
Contax 645
Hasselblad 503CW (yes, back to a HB - hated having batteries on previous two)
Zone VI/Wista 4x5
Wisner 4x5
Polaroid 4x5
Canon EOS20D
Canon EOS 1D Mk II
Canon EOS 1D Mk IIn
Canon EOS 1V HS <- yup, first small format film camera...hated it - too small!
Canon EOS 1Ds Mk II
Canon EOS 1D Mk III
Canon EOS 1Ds Mk III
Nokia N8 <- 12mp w/ Zeiss Tessar on a phone...surprisingly awesome image quality!

I'm not even getting into lenses...sometimes, I think I change gear more than I change underwear!
 
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#95
1999: EOS Élan IIE
2002: EOS 1v, 28-70, 550EX
2003: 50 1.4
2005: 20D, 16-35
2007: 70-200 2.8 IS
2009: 100 2.8L IS Macro
2012: 5D3, 70-200 2.8 II, 660EX-RT, 40 pancake

My current personal project is to use one lens per week to shoot anything fun, mostly my two little girls.
 
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#97
I inherited from my father a Film SLR, don't remenber the brand
1990 Minolta 5000 (Film)
1998 Olympus µ2 (Awesome tiny film camera, got 2))
2003 Minolta Dynax 7 (I loved it) :)
2005 Canon Ixus 50 (Canon story start)
2009 Canon G9
2010 Canon G10
2011 Canon 600D/ T3i
2013 Canon...
I am still wondering if I should go for 7DII or 6D! 5DIII is ideal but a bit expensive for my use :-\
 
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#100
RC said:
rpt said:
So reading through this thread (again) I am the only idiot who went from 110 film to 35mm digital! Wow! So I am a singularity! I wonder if that is good or un-good...
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Its probably safe to say you hold the record for the most extreme upgrade ;)
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Absolutely! Given that the camera was a Russian camera probably manufactured in the late 50's or early 60's (see profile pic) I guess moving from that to an AE1 was an upgrade!
:)
 
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