Hello all. New to the forum, but not to photography. But even after all these years I'm still learning!
My first camera, which I can't bring myself to sell on, was a Pentax ME Super with a 50mm f/1.7 lens; it is now 35 years old. I used that through university later adding more lenses and a second body (Super A).
I eventually part ex'd all the Pentax kit, apart from the ME Super, for a Canon EOS 5 with a couple of low end zoom lenses (28-105mm and 100-300mm I think?). About 10 years ago those all went too as I moved into digital with an EOS 20D with its' kit zoom (70-85mm EF-S) and added a 70-200L zoom.
I found myself using the EOS 20D less and less, partly due to the bulk, partly due hating the complexity of myriad menu systems compared to my film cameras, and partly annoyed at the paltry viewfinder image compared to my ME Super. So I moved back to film with a collection of old Olympus bodies and lenses and stuck with that for many years. The joy of simplcity. Oh, and the multi spot metering on the OM-4Ti is a thing of beauty.
Last year I played with a Fuji X100 and it was love at first sight/handling. So now I'm back in the digital fold, although the EOS 20D spends most if its' time with a friend. Having a fixed 35mm equivalent lens on the Fuji is wonderfully liberating. If I go away now I pack the Fuji and occasionally the OM-4Ti with just one lens, normally a 50mm f/1.4.
I may one day dip back into the big DSLR fold, but only when Canon start flogging the 5D3 for around £499 ... with cashback!
Duncan
My first camera, which I can't bring myself to sell on, was a Pentax ME Super with a 50mm f/1.7 lens; it is now 35 years old. I used that through university later adding more lenses and a second body (Super A).
I eventually part ex'd all the Pentax kit, apart from the ME Super, for a Canon EOS 5 with a couple of low end zoom lenses (28-105mm and 100-300mm I think?). About 10 years ago those all went too as I moved into digital with an EOS 20D with its' kit zoom (70-85mm EF-S) and added a 70-200L zoom.
I found myself using the EOS 20D less and less, partly due to the bulk, partly due hating the complexity of myriad menu systems compared to my film cameras, and partly annoyed at the paltry viewfinder image compared to my ME Super. So I moved back to film with a collection of old Olympus bodies and lenses and stuck with that for many years. The joy of simplcity. Oh, and the multi spot metering on the OM-4Ti is a thing of beauty.
Last year I played with a Fuji X100 and it was love at first sight/handling. So now I'm back in the digital fold, although the EOS 20D spends most if its' time with a friend. Having a fixed 35mm equivalent lens on the Fuji is wonderfully liberating. If I go away now I pack the Fuji and occasionally the OM-4Ti with just one lens, normally a 50mm f/1.4.
I may one day dip back into the big DSLR fold, but only when Canon start flogging the 5D3 for around £499 ... with cashback!
Duncan
