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Photo Forum / Digital Photography / DSLR Cameras / August 2005My name is Steve, and I have a problem.
I used to work in the retail photographic industry for about 10 years selling to pro's and serious amateurs and just your average bloke in the street. We used to get some guys in that had tonnes of pro gear that would obsess over this lens and that body and do resolutions tests of this and that....but rarely actually did anything with it. And then we had the people that actually photographed stuff. I freely admit, I'm a bit of both. I've owned Nikon and Canon gear before and I just love the look of a good camera. Truth be told, I'm probably more into the gear than the photographs. Some of my favourite bits of kit I've owned from a purely aesthetic/tactile point of view. Canon A1 Canon Ae1 Program Canon T90 Canon EOS 630 Contax 167MT MPP 5x4 inch (english built I think....just gorgeously over engineered) Nikon F4 Nikon F3 Nikon FM2 Nikon FM Nikon D70 Nikon 55mm Micro Nikkor Nikon 300mm 2.8 Nikon 80-200 2.8 Mamiya C330 Minolta XG-7 (The most beautiful shutter mechanism ever) Will anyone else own up to just loving the look and feel of camera equipment, and if so..what gear has really pushed your buttons in the past? c'mon...you can tell me..you're amongst friends here.. > I used to work in the retail photographic industry for about 10 years > selling to pro's and serious amateurs and just your average bloke in the > street. We used to get some guys in that had tonnes of pro gear that would > obsess over this lens and that body and do resolutions tests of this and > that....but rarely actually did anything with it. And then we had the people > that actually photographed stuff. <SNIP> > c'mon...you can tell me..you're amongst friends here.. Nikon F-100 105mm Micro Nikkor 2.8AF D Good thing is... it doesn't just look good... it's a good camera, too. Cheers, ink On this date, Steve Franklin extended this wisdom for the consideration of other readers... > I used to work in the retail photographic industry for > about 10 years selling to pro's and serious amateurs and [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > > c'mon...you can tell me..you're amongst friends here.. You forget to take your meds this morning? This message could best be described as incoherent rambling.  SignatureATM, aka Jerry > You forget to take your meds this morning? This message could > best be described as incoherent rambling. ....and not contain anything related to digital slr's... > Will anyone else own up to just loving the look and feel of camera > equipment, and if so..what gear has really pushed your buttons in the > past? I love the look and feel of my Canon 300d EOS (Digital SLR) I am addicted to photo stuff know. I have taken 9000 pictures in a little over year, and picked several lens too. *And* it pushes my buttons too, ever since the autofocus submirror actuator (plastic crap) pin piece broke, 2 months out of warrantee, a $200 fix, I have been pretty much pissed off. And it happened in the past. David A. >> Will anyone else own up to just loving the look and feel of camera >> equipment, and if so..what gear has really pushed your buttons in the [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > David A. I admit it, I feel good about sharing this with everyone - there, its off my chest. Thank you, everybody! David A. Lecia IIIG a joy to hold and use with the 50mm f2.0 collapsible Summicron. ********************************************************* "It looked like the sort of book described in library catalogues as "slightly foxed", although it would be more honest to admit that it looked as though it had been badgered, wolved and possibly beared as well." _Light Fantastic_ Terry Pratchett > Will anyone else own up to just loving the look and feel of camera > equipment, and if so..what gear has really pushed your buttons in > the past? > > c'mon...you can tell me..you're amongst friends here.. Actually, there is one thing that kind of catches me this way. It's not the body, though I do like the feel of my 20D. It's not the lenses. It's the lens hoods. I have to remind myself not to pet the fuzzy inside portion on my lens hoods to minimize the chance of bringing any dirt or skin oils near the lens... and the petal shaped hood on my 17-85 is just kind of cute. I sometimes indulge myself and let my fingertip trail over the outside along the wavy top. SignatureZed Pobre <zed@resonant.org> a.k.a. Zed Pobre <zed@debian.org> PGP key and fingerprint available on finger; encrypted mail welcomed. || Steve Franklin <honkey@lips.com> wrote: ||| Will anyone else own up to just loving the look and feel of [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] || -- || Zed Pobre <zed@resonant.org> a.k.a. Zed Pobre <zed@debian.org> || PGP key and fingerprint available on finger; encrypted mail || welcomed. :-) Signature-- "In this life, you can get away with being either stupid or greedy. Being both however is unforgivable, and could even be fatal." I used to own a Kodak Instamatic - does that count? > Will anyone else own up to just loving the look and feel of camera > equipment, and if so..what gear has really pushed your buttons in the > past? http://homepage.mac.com/mattdenton/photo/cameras/vito_ii.html Not sure what it is, but this camera has a great aesthetic design to me. SignatureStacey My impression is that nearly everyone who reads or posts to this newsgroup is a hopeless cameraholic. Me especially. First camera I fell in love with was my first Nikon F with an 85mm 1.8 lens (late 60s/70s). Still have it, and use the lens on my D70. .what gear has really pushed your buttons in the past? > c'mon...you can tell me..you're amongst friends here.. An AK-47...has something to do with phallic symbols and such, ;-) |
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