What were your first Canons? Analog and or digital?

[Crosswind]

Interesting topic. I don't know which one was the first camera I've held in my hands. It was probably a cheap and small, red compact film camera (I think at that point I was about 5 years or so). My father occasionally took some photos with his "Minolta Dynax 505si" when we were on vacation. Sometimes, I was allowed to take pictures with it when I was a kid. I think at that point my passion for photography started out. And it never faded away.

My brother gave me a "Fujifilm FinePix 2300" as a gift at some point in my childhood - my first digital camera with a whopping 2.1 megapixel sensor 8)

Later on I had a "Konica Minolta Dimage A200" which was my first serious camera I think. Back then, it was a really good bridge camera. The first DSLR I've owned was probably the Pentax K110D and later the K10D. At some point I switched entirely to Canon (cannot remember exactly why). My first Canon was the EOS 40D, if I remember correctly. With this one and the 400mm f/5.6L, I started to explore bird photography.

Between now and back then, I've had several other cameras including the 600D and 6D for example. The 5D was my first FF DSLR I've bought used, but I only had it for several weeks.

Now, since I have the M5, I will probably never go back to DSLRs. I prefer the numerous advantages of a MILC over a DSLR.

My next camera will probably be the M5 mkII (if it is worth the upgrade) or Canon's first FF MILC. I don't know if I will ever go back to FF, as I feel like it is not so much of a difference between APS-C and FF in terms of image quality (imo.). Watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHYidejT3KY for example, one of my favourite YouTube videos.

I wish that - one day - I will be able to afford a medium format mirrorless camera with some good lenses. I don't know if Canon will ever produce such a thing in the future or not... but honestly... I don't care right now.

 

[Peakbirder]

Mine was a Canon AE1, a great camera I really bonded with. I am always tempted to get a used one as they go for about £60 with 50mm lens.

 

[Cheekysascha]

My first camera was an old Olympus handheld, it had 6? or 8 megapixels and was silver, loved using that camera and brought it with me everywhere. After that I upgraded to a Canon s120 powershot, used that on ski trips to take pictures of the Alps and then a year later I got my first DSLR the Canon 600D, soon after that came my first L lens the 17-40 and then two years later I bought my 5DMK3.


Now 2 years after that here I am with two 1DX bodies, a 5DS and my 5DMK3 with too many lenses


As for film cameras nothing sadly, I guess I was too young to get into film cameras but I do own two polaroid cameras

 

[jolyonralph]

First EOS was the EOS 1000FN with the 35-80 and 80-200 "lenses"

First digital EOS was the EOS 300D

 

[gruhl28]

First Canon was the original film Rebel with kit lens. Wanted an autofocus camera that could do full manual, fully automatic, and everything in between, and there weren't many other low-cost options at that time. Before that I had a Fuji rangefinder that had been my father's, and then an Olympus OM-1 with 50mm lens.

 

[tron]

My first Canon was the EOS 620 film camera (with 35-105, 100-300 and the EZ420 flash).

 

[triggermike]

My first SLR was a Minolta XE-7 (circa 1975) which essentially was Minolta's competitor to the AE-1. Minolta's Rokkor lenses were quite good and I had the kit 50mm 1. something. When autofocus became mainstream I added the Canon Elan II and would carry both - B+W in the Minolta and Color in the Elan.

Once an affordable digital SLR became available, I got the Canon 10D - 6MP with large microns produced great images (many great images captured with that camera.) . . . many Canon upgrades since then to my present 5D III.

 

[gordonbb]

I lusted after my dad's IV-Sb rangefinder be t got a Zenit E for Christmas one year. Two years later got an AE1. Loved that Camera. Followed by a visit to the dark side and a Nikon F. Sold all my gear to pay for college then later the wife said I spent too much time in front of the computer and needed a hobby.

Elph 1.8Mp, Xti, 1Ds Mk II, 7D, 6D, M ...

I inherited dad's rangefinder and run a roll of PlusX thought it every year still.

 

[davidhfe]

First new camera was, I think, a Nikon F55. Before that I was using some ancient fully manual thing—don't even remember the brand. I was a computer science student at the time and film and I never really got along.

After I graduated I lusted after a DSLR for what seems like years, and eventually picked up a 20D. It was one of my favorite pieces of technology of any kind, ever. Some of the pictures with that camera and the TERRIBLE kit lens remain all time favorites. I moved on to (and still shoot with) a 60D but it just wasn't the same. The 20D was the first digital camera that didn't feel somehow weirdly compromised by it being digital–it was just a camera that happened to write to a CF card.

Kind of wish I still had it around. It went out on "extended loan" to a budding photographer a while back after it's value dropped to under $75, but never came home.

 

[Valvebounce]

Hi David.
"film and I never really got along." ;D ;D ;D very funny.
Why do people confuse extended loan with gift?
My great grandmother always used to say "neither a lender nor a borrower be!" I should have taken her advice, I'd still have some great stuff that was lent out to "friends".
I picked up a 20D a while back, it is still a great camera, they are out there for next to nothing, you could get one and reacquaint yourself with it and if you find it was only sentimental regret flog it on with little or no loss, or if you find yourself loving it again, use the heck out of it, time lapse or other things that you would hesitate to do to the 60D.

Cheers, Graham.

I was a computer science student at the time and film and I never really got along.

After I graduated I lusted after a DSLR for what seems like years, and eventually picked up a 20D.

Kind of wish I still had it around. It went out on "extended loan" to a budding photographer a while back after it's value dropped to under $75, but never came home.

 

[rfdesigner]

First camera was a Kodak Instamatic, that's where I played as a child, a few pictures even ended up in the family album. Eventually got my mits on a Praktica B100 then Bx20, which saw me through until I picked up my first Canon, a 30D which I got second hand about 6 years ago.

Now with a 6D it feels in many ways like going back to my old Bx20 in that it feels totally intuitive, I'm not fighting the camera at all, which is how it should be.

 

[GMCPhotographics]

My first Canon was an AV-1. I had a 50mm f1.8, a 28mm vivitar and a 2x TC. Later came the AE-1p and A1 with a 35-70 f3.5-4.5 and a 70-200 f4. I still have the AE-1p and the A1 but both are suffering from shutter squeak.
I later bought a 1st gen Eos 650 with a 50mm f1.8 (1st year of manufacture with a metal mount) and a 35-105mm lens. I later bought a 75-300mm for it. This kept me going for many years. Then, years later, I bought a Eos 30 with eye control and a 28-135mm IS lens. My first digital SLR was a Eos 300D. In fact I've just found the CF card I bought with the camera, a whopping great 256mb! I later bought a Sigma 12-24mm to get some wide end. I upgrade to a ef 70-300 USM for the far better AF and internal focusing. I jumped on a Eos 20D as soon as it was launched, it was quite an upgrade to the 300D which I traded in. I jumped for an early 5D and traded my 20D and then bought a 5DII when it was available and ran the two cameras. I'm currently running an IR converted 450D, a pair of 5DIII's and a 5DII for wet or dusty work.

 

[nc0b]

My first Canon was a Rebel 300D where the body was under $1000. I had been a Nikon owner from out of college in 1969. I bought the Rebel 14 years ago, but didn't really learn how to use it until I moved to a 40D and 60D. Now I shoot FF 99% of the time since I need the wider field of view. Glad I made the switch to Canon due to the wide lens selection. Anyone need a Bessler enlarger with a Nikkor 50mm f/4 lens? I haven't used it lately.

 

[Ed V]

Very first Canon was a Powershot A510 followed by a Rebel XT. Worked my way up to a 5D2 before unloading all Canon gear and going Leica. After about 4 years with Leica, I reversed the process, sold all Leica and returned to Canon with a 5D3 and now also a M5. I also picked up a F-1 for film work.

Ed

 

[leadin2]

Was looking at Nikon but a friend recommended Canon. Bought 500D as my first DSLR and got hooked to Canon. Got myself a s95 as companion PnS after that. When 5D3 was launched, I bought my first FF 5D2 when the price dropped. Subsequently, I bought a G5X as a replacement for s95.

 

[Rockskipper]

My first Canon was a 35mm film EOS Elan IIe. I think the e stood for eye, as the focus was supposed to follow your eye around. I still have it and am amazed at how hefty and well-built the thing is - it's a real tank, mostly metal, too. I have no idea how many rolls of film I took with that thing, but a LOT (did my own developing, too).

Makes me feel very cool to pull it out some place like Yellowstone where everyone has big guns with long white tele's, even though I don't even put film in it any more. (No, I don't really do that, it's just hyperbole.)

You can buy them for $7 on Fleabay.

My next camera was a Pentax medium format (mucho dollars), but I sold it because I was too lazy to really use it to its potential and it was wasted on me, and I went back to the Elan, then finally to a Rebel. I've had (ruined) several Rebels (I'm hard on stuff, as I pretty much live outdoors - geologist), and I just bought an M5 and am getting ready to order a 5D Mark IV. I have one lens - a beat up 70-200L and shoot exclusively with that (rabbits and clouds and stuff), but might buy a wide angle so I can shoot shooting stars. I did once have a Pentax film camera but somebody stole it during a wild party at my house while I was gone out camping. I learned the hard way the meaning of the saying that the best camera is the one you have with you.