Out-of-date equipment, anyone?

Flotsam · May 29, 2005

I like manual 35mm SLRs, No autofocus, no multi-mode matrix metering, no multi-function LCD screens and it must have a thumb advance lever or it just doesn't look right. In other words, I like to actually participate in the photographic process rather than just pointing the camera and letting it make all the decisions.
Needless to say, I don't own a camera that has been in production in the past ten years.

Nick Zentena · May 29, 2005

John Bartley said:
Dianne,

This is soooo correct!! A couple of times now in threads related to environmental concerns re: photography, I've brought up the subject of "cradle to grave" costs and the level of responsibility we should bear as photography consumers - no-one seems to care much though.

cheers

It's alot more then just photography. A few days ago I caught a clip on Ed Begley [the actor]. He is so proud of his clean electric car. That's nice but no mention on how that electric power is being created.

Dan Fromm · May 29, 2005

Hey, Nick, to drag this thread sort of back on topic, ages ago you were skeptical about my plans to have the late Steve Grimes make an adapter to hold my 260/10 Nikkor-Q (also known as Process Nikkor) in front of a #1 for use on my 2x3 Speed Graphic. The lens is in Woonsocket now with Steve's successors. With luck, I'll have it back by the end of June. And then I'll finally find out whether it is better than the 10.16"/9 Taylor Hobson Copying Lens I've been shooting on the Speed. Crappy old graphics arts lens on a crappy old graphic camera. What could be more obnoxious or better?

Cheers,

Dan

Jimster · May 29, 2005

I have no use for 'auto' equipment or digital for that matter. I use a Canon FTb
and Bronica C, 70s and 60s respectively. My wife uses a Minolta SRT and
Rolleiflex Automat, 70s and 40s. She also has early Kodak boxes and Ansco
folders that don't get used. For me, taking a light reading, comparing it to my
evaluation, setting the shutter variables and composing the shot are as much of
a joy to me as the end result- the processed image. If I had to use a camera
that was not manual/mechanical/adjustable, I would pick a fixed focus and
aperture bakelite box over any electronic camera that did it all for me. I am
proud to be a Luddite and a believer in KISS- Keep It Simple, Stupid. I just
hope that film remains available for this magic light recording medium. Jim.

DKT · Jun 2, 2005

if that's the case, then use a view camera...it doesn't get much mechanically "simpler" or purer than that....

benjiboy · Jul 2, 2021

This is a dead thread, that hasn't had any posts for sixteen years.

wiltw · Jul 2, 2021

My film equipement

1964 Topcon Super D
1971 Olympus M-1
1978 Olympus OM-1n
1992 Bronica ETRSi
1993 Horsement LX 4x5 monorail

My digital equipment

2005 Canon 5D
2007 Canon 40D
2012 Canon Powershot S110
2014 Canon 7DII

I have no true 'need' for anything newer. Mirrorless essentially does 'the same thing' with some newer doohickeys I never found I needed. If the price drops on the used market, I might think about it, but I would be forced into the Adobe until-death subscription model, where my current Lightoom 6 is paid for and works just fine. (I know, convert RAW to DNG. to avoid upgrade..one more bother!). Yes, I am outdated but how does that hurt me?! The dollar loss in depreciation is greater with newer stuff!
It is an old thread, but the question does not get outdated!

Don_ih · Jul 2, 2021

benjiboy said:
This is a dead thread, that hasn't had any posts for sixteen years.

That technically undeaded it.

removed account4 · Jul 2, 2021

benjiboy said:
This is a dead thread, that hasn't had any posts for sixteen years.

thank you for finding it, it was great reading all the posts from the folks who vanished ...
to add to my post,
I updated my Dslr, to a D300. .. bought USED from a member here last year..

Sirius Glass · Jul 2, 2021

wiltw said:
My film equipement

1964 Topcon Super D

1971 Olympus M-1

1978 Olympus OM-1n

1992 Bronica ETRSi

1993 Horsement LX 4x5 monorail

My digital equipment

2005 Canon 5D

2007 Canon 40D

2012 Canon Powershot S110

2014 Canon 7DII

I have no true 'need' for anything newer. Mirrorless essentially does 'the same thing' with some newer doohickeys I never found I needed. If the price drops on the used market, I might think about it, but I would be forced into the Adobe until-death subscription model, where my current Lightoom 6 is paid for and works just fine. (I know, convert RAW to DNG. to avoid upgrade..one more bother!). Yes, I am outdated but how does that hurt me?! The dollar loss in depreciation is greater with newer stuff!
It is an old thread, but the question does not get outdated!

Wallendo · Jul 2, 2021

The latest and greatest equipment at the time of this thread is now old and out-dated.

Sirius Glass · Jul 2, 2021

All my equipment is out of date. So what. It works for me.

wiltw · Jul 2, 2021

Sirius Glass said:
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I did say, "It is an old thread, but the question does not get outdated!"

BrianShaw · Jul 2, 2021

My equipment is even more out-of-date now than it was in 2005!

John Bragg · Jul 3, 2021

My newest camera was cutting edge when this thread started. Nikon F5 was still viable in pro use. I bought it as near new in 2014 and it is barely run in. I also have an F100 and an F90x but the rest of my gear is manual focus. A brace of OM1n in black and chrome and a Nikon FM2n and also a Leica M6 in a 3 lens kit.

foc · Jul 3, 2021

BrianShaw said:
My equipment is even more out-of-date now than it was in 2005!

+1

juan · Jul 3, 2021

I had to look to see what I had posted. My equipment is now even older - but are 100+ year old Protar and Rapid Rectilinears really out of date?

RalphLambrecht · Jul 3, 2021

Lee Shively said:
It occurred to me recently that I have only out-of-date photo equipment.

Not only do I not own any of the currently fashionable camera phones or DSLR's, the only cameras I own that are still being made are a Holga and a Zero Image pinhole camera.

Oh, I have perfectly fine equipment that I use regularly--a couple of Leicas, 3 Canon EOS's(es?), a Mamiya C330 and a couple of Pentax 645's. But none of them are current models. Looking over the newer camera models, I really don't see any features I find worth the expense. The last four cameras I bought were used, discontinued models.

Other than autofocus, multi-pattern metering and various autoexposure programs, there's little to distinguish the new stuff from the cameras of 30 years ago. Since none of these features are very important to me, improvements in their performance are not attractive to me.

Okay, which of you out there must have the newest camera models and which of you are as anachronistic as I am?

the last camera ,I bought new, is now 30 yer old; the one feature I was seeking at the time was: fully manual and no batteries required! still works perfectly fine.

Dali · Jul 3, 2021

The last new camera I bought was a FPP Debonair ($20 + shipping). No-one knows when it was built... Clearly outdated but fully compatible with my enlarger.

Sirius Glass · Jul 3, 2021

RalphLambrecht said:
the last camera ,I bought new, is now 30 yer old; the one feature I was seeking at the time was: fully manual and no batteries required! still works perfectly fine.

My last new camera I bought was in 2004, 17 years ago.

foc · Jul 4, 2021

Don't mind your equipment being out of date................
I am out of date and long past my "best before date"...................

Sirius Glass · Jul 4, 2021

foc said:
Don't mind your equipment being out of date................
I am out of date and long past my "best before date"...................

Out-of-date equipment, anyone?

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