What was your first camera?

[leeshock]

My first camera was a Nikon Coolpix 885. Than later a Minolta Dynax 5 and now a Dynax 5D.

I strated with the Canon 1000F film camera which I bought in 1992 and bought my first digital camera (Dimage 5) in 2001 after 1st daughter was born. I upgraded to the 7D in March 2005 last year.

 

[tankm]

Minolta 7000 (1989) -> Canon Powershot A5 (1998 / ~$1300) -> Minolta EX1500 (1999) ->
Olympus C2500L (2000 / ~$2000) -> Olympus E-10 (2000 / ~$3000) ->
Panasonic FZ20 (2004) -> Minolta 5D (2005)

Looking back, the Film SLR days spend less. The Minolta 7000 last me a good 9 years with just 3 lens. Since my first digital camera it's upgrading almost every year until the Olympus E-10.

Looking at the price of the digital camera, it's going up when it started and only in the last 1 to 2 years the price begins to fall. My P&S Canon A5 then cost almost the same as the Minolta 5D now.

 

[eel]

my first camera was some cheapo kodak film P&S camera, followed by canon a70 and now dynax 5d

Mine almost the same except instead of Kodak, my first camera was an Olympus mju P&S film

 

[desmond-]

my first was a minolta dynax5. then strangely as technology improves and with all the digital hoohaa, i started moving backwards and got myself a 2nd hand fm10... recently just acquired a 2nd hand fm2... don't ask me why, i got a thing for manual cranks. :bsmilie:

 

[apchoo]

Yashica 35 GS --> Minolta XD-7 --> Minolta 7xi --> Kodak DC4800 --> KM 7D

 

[Agetan]

500si-505si super-7xi-600si-700si-800si-Dynax 7-Dynax 9-Dynax 9ti-Dimage A2-7D

Now only have 7D and Dynax 7. Decided time to let go for my Dynax 9, because I don't want to wait 6 months to get it upgraded to SSM capable.

Hart

 

[Del_CtrlnoAlt]

500si-505si super-7xi-600si-700si-800si-Dynax 7-Dynax 9-Dynax 9ti-Dimage A2-7D

Now only have 7D and Dynax 7. Decided time to let go for my Dynax 9, because I don't want to wait 6 months to get it upgraded to SSM capable.

Hart

i guess i know who is the guy going to write the essay liao... :think:

 

[jsbn]

i guess i know who is the guy going to write the essay liao... :think:

I concur. :bsmilie:

Hopefully I don't have enuff moola to hop back to my old camp within the next few years! :bsmilie:

 

[zcf]

got those nikon P&S without zoom while I was study in Uni, but lost . Then bought the Canon G1 (which cost about the same as KM5D at that time), then FZ5, and now 5D..... now looking at what Sony can offer.

 

[iceberg]

i dabbled in several brands...
bought a Dynax 5 with my first months pay back in 2002.
Then got a Mamiya RZPRO2. Sold it.
Then got a Olympus C2040. still have it.
Then got a Dynax 7. Love it.
Well.. now got a Dynax 5D.

 

[synthesis]

I started with Vivitar P&S then quickly moved up to Minolta 3xi back in 1992 or so. Not happy with limited feature of 3xi, I bought 600si in 1995. This camera served me very well until last year when I bought Minolta A200. Though the 600si is still working until now, it's practically retired after I got digital camera. The A200 only lasted a short while in my hand when I decided to let go and wait for lower end of Minolta DSLR. KM5D was not available that time. I got Nikon Coolpix 2100 in between. Now I use KM5D full time.

 

[muko]

Panasonic F1 - A200 - 5D

hummmm....

 

[yyD70S]

X700 ---> Eos500 ---> D70s

 

[Wzierbovsky]

First was a Nikon FG-20 in 1985. First digital camera was a Canon S10 in 1999 (or was it 2000)?

 

[AncientMariner]

My first was a Kodak Brownie Instantmatic. Does that count?

 

[sulhan]

Hiee Pals..

For me...

SLR/DSLR:
Minolta 404si, Dynax 7(Now Sold), Dynax 7D(i'm loving it..)


Digital Still Camera:
Kodak DC20(loaned out), Canon S10(Use until it died), Canon Ixus V(Now Sold as my friends girlfriend really want it), Canon G2 (Sold when Dimage A1 released), Minolta Dimage A1(sold when Dynax 7D released), Dimage A2 (now)

 

[Ally]

Minolta Dynax 5 (now on loan to newbie fren) --> Canon 300D

 

[OneIndigo]

505si -> Dynax 5 -> 800si -> 7 ... The 505si outlast all of them ..

 

[adam72]

X700 ---> Eos500 ---> D70s

hey same 1st camera as u!

x700 (student use 1990-1994 sold)
nikon f90x (freelance use 1994-2004 now cold storage)
fujifilm s1 pro (pro use 2000-2001 sold)
fujifilm 2300 (snapshot use 2001-2005 given away)
pentax optio s (snapshot use 2003-present)
nikon d70 (freelance use 2004-present)

next? maybe the upcoming panasonic L1 with leica lens!

 

[tokrot]

Well, for me just from S602z to D7D...

For all the photographs I have taken are less than 20k shots in total. Nevertheless I *think* I am still a pretty good photographer... :sticktong

Manual reading up is still better than trigger happy though.. :angel: