Oct 21, 2007, 19:50
I currently own 4 digital cameras and use 2 of them constantly. One, the Minolta Dimage7i is out on loan to my grandson as he is beginning to develop a keen interest in photography. One is a small point and shoot, and was given to me which I keep in the car as a "just in case" camera. The other two are my favorite units and I do all my serious learning/work with them. They are the Nikon D70 and the D200 and I have a back pack just for all my lenses. I own more old glass than the new auto focus ones, but I do keep my 18-200 AF VR on the D200 and usually the Kit Lens on the D70. I first moved up to the D70 as I didn't really like the capture speed or the noise levels in the Dimage, and love the way it performs. I bought the D200 last year, and after using it, I decided to change out the view screen for the Katz Eye Opti Brite screen and now I'm saving up my pennies to do the same for the D70...
As far as what I would like for a future camera, I would have to say that if I won the Lotto or had a very rich unknown relative who would leave me around 50K or so, I would sink the whole thing into a Hassleblad H3D along with and extra back and a gazillion lenses...
But in the meantime I have hanging on my wall here in my pit.... 2 Olympus OM10s, a Minolta Maxxum 3xi, and 2 vintage Zeiss Ikon Ikoflex medium format film cameras that are wonderful for portraits and landscapes.
Actually, I don't think that I need anything new right now, but if someone wants to contribute some old antique beast that is gathering dust in their attic... I wouldn't hesitate to try it out. I am still looking for a full frame 8 x 10 format turn of the century or earlier film plate camera that allows a person to shoot a building without getting the lean back effect that I get with the standard rigid focus plane cameras of today.
As I am an old codger, I probably will not want or need anything over what I have today, but only hope that I can be around long enough to see one of my progeny develop into a photographer and use this old chief's equipment to show the world the soul and culture of the Polynesians... Just a dream, but we all have them..
As far as what I would like for a future camera, I would have to say that if I won the Lotto or had a very rich unknown relative who would leave me around 50K or so, I would sink the whole thing into a Hassleblad H3D along with and extra back and a gazillion lenses...
But in the meantime I have hanging on my wall here in my pit.... 2 Olympus OM10s, a Minolta Maxxum 3xi, and 2 vintage Zeiss Ikon Ikoflex medium format film cameras that are wonderful for portraits and landscapes.
Actually, I don't think that I need anything new right now, but if someone wants to contribute some old antique beast that is gathering dust in their attic... I wouldn't hesitate to try it out. I am still looking for a full frame 8 x 10 format turn of the century or earlier film plate camera that allows a person to shoot a building without getting the lean back effect that I get with the standard rigid focus plane cameras of today.
As I am an old codger, I probably will not want or need anything over what I have today, but only hope that I can be around long enough to see one of my progeny develop into a photographer and use this old chief's equipment to show the world the soul and culture of the Polynesians... Just a dream, but we all have them..