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Post by pat perry on Mar 11, 2012 14:39:38 GMT 9
Changed this from Candles to this new subject  i got this from tachi afb in '68.. my dad was flying there as a flight engineer on a c124... it cost $350.00 at a yen rate of 360 per... i used it more than any other camera while at the photolab... it is a 2 1/4 X 2 3/4 format with a rotating filmback... 10 shots per roll..cant even begin to think of how many rolls in 5 1/2 years at the lab... shot maybe 200 weddings on the side... just about every thing i display here now is shot with my cell phone..  Nice camera Gene. I bought my first SLR at the BX at Cam Ranh Bay in 1969. A Mamiya Sekor 1000 DTL. Shot mostly slides. 20 years later I gave it to my daughter to use at HS and college. In 1986 I bought a Minolta Maxxum 7000 SLR. In 2000 my wife got me a Nikon CoolPix 5000, one of the first digital cameras. Was a 5 MP and cost $1K with a 150 page instruction manual. Today you can get 3 times the camera for 20% of the cost. I've shot over 10,000 pics with it and it's time to upgrade. My daughter uses a Canon EOS - 1D but at $3999 for a refurbished body only I don't think I'll be going there :  May try one of the Canon $500 range Rebel T series SLRs. But also thinking about going Video and learning how to use the editing software. What do some of you others guys use? How do you like it. Pat P. |
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Post by lindel on Mar 11, 2012 21:13:40 GMT 9
My first camera was a Pentax ME Super (I still have one, and still use it occasionally), 35mm film for that one.
My primary SLR is a Pentax K-7.
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Post by Jim Scanlon (deceased) on Mar 12, 2012 1:01:42 GMT 9
My main camera is a Canon AE-1 Program.
It is one of the last with a full metal body.
I usually use a 35-75 lens, but have the 55 it came with and a 200.
Our son gave it to me in 1990 when he got a new Nikon.
He now shoots with a Nikon that the body alone cost $5k.
It helps when you are a single, never married, ATC.
The only problem with my camera is finding roll film.
I can usually find Fuji, but there are times it is hard to find film, like at a national park, where they mostly carry disposable digital cameras.
So, I usually end up taking more film with me than I will use, and eventually use it before it is too old.
Now that Kodak has quit the film business, it is Fuji or whatever I can find.
I know the digital SLRs are great, but there is just something about a film camera that I like.
Yes, I do have a Canon digital, point and shoot w/a bit of zoom.
De has had several digital cameras.
She currently has a Nikon that takes great pictures.
It is one she can put in her purse.
I have taken some pictures with my phone, 3mp, that are O.K. for putting on the 'puter, but probably wouldn't print more than 4x6 at Costco.
The only downside to the AE-1 is the weight.
After a day of hauling it around, it becomes very heavy.
That is an advantage the new digital, plastic body SLRs have.
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Post by Mark O on Mar 12, 2012 2:12:05 GMT 9
Canon EOS Rebel T2i digital with an EF-S 18-55mm lens, and a Tamron AF 28-300 lens I originally used on my Canon Rebel XS 35mm.
I still have the XS, but haven't used it for years. I also have a couple Olympus OM-10s, and can't remember the last time I used them!
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Post by Gene on Mar 12, 2012 3:36:08 GMT 9
i started out with a kodak retinette 35mm... no rangefinder no lightmeter...set the apeture on the lens, the shutterspeed, and then you zone focus... that was around '62...when i got the bug... |
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Post by Bullhunter on Mar 12, 2012 6:37:05 GMT 9
 Uploaded with ImageShack.usThis camera used to be my Dad's. Gene, what can you tell me about it and its worth? |
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Post by Bullhunter on Mar 12, 2012 6:38:18 GMT 9
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Post by Bullhunter on Mar 12, 2012 6:39:26 GMT 9
And this movie camera 8mm Attachments:
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Post by Bullhunter on Mar 12, 2012 6:40:22 GMT 9
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Post by Gene on Mar 12, 2012 7:44:46 GMT 9
it had to be in perfect shape to be a collectors item...and then you need to find some who wants it... |
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Post by Gene on Mar 12, 2012 7:47:21 GMT 9
Uploaded with ImageShack.usThis camera used to be my Dad's. Gene, what can you tell me about it and its worth? it had a split image rangefinder...a darn good camera in its day... :us_flag |
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Post by Jim on Mar 12, 2012 9:27:52 GMT 9
While in high school 64 years ago, I had A Bush 4x5 Pressman aluminum body, with a split range finder, cut film holders (I bought AAF surplus 8x10 film with an ASA of 150) film pack that held 10 4x5 sheets of film. I also had a 2 1/4x 3 1/4 film pack adapter, which I never used- it was still in its original cellaphane bag when I sold it 30 years ago..... I also had one of the first "slave" photo flash sytems that triggered other units..... I also had an Argus 35mm (C3 I believe)..... We use to make murals using the 4x5 and blow them up to 4x5 feet- using sponges to develope and fix the picture. From 5 foot away, you could barely see the graininess.... Try that with a digital......When I went to France in 54, I weddled a tdy to Germany and went to the big BX at 5th Ave. Vogelvay, Kaiserslaten and bought a Ziess Ikon 35mm and a RoleFlex DLR 2 1/4x3 1/4 and a RoleCord SLR 2 1/4x2 1/4..... None of which I still have... The Pressman outfit cost me 175.00 in 1948- including shipping from NYC... When I sold it 30 years ago, I got 125.00 for it and the bellows needed replacement (about 100.00 bucks alone). Today, I use a Kodak Easy Share something or other... Not too much skill involved and all I need for snapshots.... Jim
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Post by steve201 (deceased) on Mar 12, 2012 10:01:34 GMT 9
I started out with a 35mm canonette...range finder...then got a series of canon's until I went professional and picked up an a1 and an a2 pro cameras.....for studio work I got myself a bronica sqai medium format camera for portraites and weddings....2.25x2.25 film.....
great camera that was tough to beat for quality.........
I spent 15 yrs as a pro.....found I could get a job and make real money.....
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Post by Mark O on Mar 12, 2012 10:23:34 GMT 9
I remember as a kid my dad had an Argus 35mm he picked up somewhere when he was in the USAF. He also had a Brownie that used 127 film, and we used both of them. The family camera I remember most however was a Polaroid. I don't remember the model, but it was with the bellows (or whatever you call it) with the flash bulbs.
My younger brother got into cameras more than I did, and even processed his own film, and made b/w prints.
The first "real" camera I ever got was an OM-10 (still have two of them like I mentioned) but never did my own processing.
I can't count the number of instamatic-type cameras I've had. The only "pocket" camera I have now is a Canon Power Shot SD1300 IS. The last time I used it was over in the desert a couple years ago. I kept it in my flight suit for occasions when it was quicker than lugging my T2i around, and I really wanted to get a photo.
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Post by pat perry on Mar 12, 2012 10:44:58 GMT 9
Uploaded with ImageShack.usThis camera used to be my Dad's. Gene, what can you tell me about it and its worth? Gary, Check this out Google Kodak 35Ebay listing shows 1835 hits |
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Post by Gene on Mar 12, 2012 14:45:32 GMT 9
my first 35mm in hi school was a minolta SRT 101... i used that from '68 into the photolab era... the lab had just swapped over to the nikon F1 with the photo head... they replaced a canon that i cant remember the model... bad thing with the nikon the whole back separated from the camera to load film... many times the sproket and the sproket hole in the film got unaligned and you took maybe 25 shots on a 20 epx role before you realized yhat the film wasnt advancing and the 25 shots you thought you had werent there... not a good thing...
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Post by LBer1568 on Mar 13, 2012 0:34:50 GMT 9
When I got to Denver in May 1963 the AF Photo school was there. They provided the base "Photo Hobby Shop" with all sorts of film and paper as well as developing and printing equipment. Several of us in MA-1 school started taking senic shots (B&W) for all the new guys to send home to parents showing how beautiful Denver area was. We would take our kodak film rolls apart and reload with new film. I would take my Argus C-3 Matchmatic out and shoot litteraly hundreds of shots each weekend, then develop and pring the best for selling to newbies. I kept that old Rangefinder for years and it always made geat shots. Later we moved to taking Dress Blue shots of troops with photo labs 4x4 professional camera and do 8x10's . we got about $5 each for a nice set of them, even enbedding photos of their Mom's and G/f's in their photo. But the photo shop wasn't free. They charged us a quarter an hour and all supplies were free. Attachments:
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Post by pat perry on Mar 13, 2012 3:44:44 GMT 9
my first 35mm in hi school was a minolta SRT 101... i used that from '68 into the photolab era... the lab had just swapped over to the nikon F1 with the photo head... they replaced a canon that i cant remember the model... bad thing with the nikon the whole back separated from the camera to load film... many times the sproket and the sproket hole in the film got unaligned and you took maybe 25 shots on a 20 epx role before you realized yhat the film wasnt advancing and the 25 shots you thought you had werent there... not a good thing...  Had the same thing happen with a Minolta Maxxum 7000. On the 6th time I had just shot 36 exposures in Sydney Australia... and found out I'd missed them all. Almost threw it in the ocean. Loved shooting film but with 10-18 megapixel cameras today there's no problem with resolution when making large prints. It's too bad you can't buy a digital module to stick in the back of your old film camera to replace the film. Then you could use all your old lenses and camera body. Pat P. |
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Post by Bullhunter on Mar 13, 2012 3:45:10 GMT 9
Throughtout my 24 year Air Force career I carried a Kodak 110 pocket camera with me. I went threw about 3 or 4 of them in the 24 years. Most all the photos I have post of my military days were with this type of camera. I was thrilled when Kodak came out with a upgraded model where you could push a slider and it would go to a zoom power but I don't know what that power was. Because it was pocket size it went everywhere with me. Flightline, hangers, alert area, and also when I went flying. For its time it was a pretty good little camera. I saw many troops who had 35mm cameras but there is no way you could hide it in your pocket. I was jacked up twice for not having my linebadge on and searched. Both times the Security Police missed the camera. Attachments:
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Post by Gene on Mar 13, 2012 6:21:13 GMT 9
there are ditital backs for view cameras and even the RB67 i pictured here...they start out at about $1500.00...  |
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