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Olympus c2020z... Great little camera, still use it!
Ended up getting an Oly Ers-100, 30fps burst mode, 10x IS... My first and last electronic viewfinder camera unless they really improve the quality...
Shot with a D1 during school for the athletic department and got me hooked on Nikon...
Ended up getting a D40 when my kid was born, great camera, loved it and a got the wife liking DSLRs... She uses it now and I have my new D300s...
haven't had a digital camera to myself, but had a lot of film cameras since I was 14 (now I'm 17). but that's not what the thread is about so never mind :D after seeing my brother with his D300 in action, I fell in love with digital photography. So my dad bought me a Nikon D60 during our vacation in Dubai in December 2008. (wish I had ask for a D90 instead, after realizing the limited capabilities of the D60 soon after I got it). BUT, its still a great camera, totally love it ! Hopefully I'd get to upgrade to a Dxxx or whatever the name is this December. a semi-pro body would be awesome to have. only time will tell ! :)
- Ihsan
Hey welcome to the forum ihsan. Thanks for sharing.
The first camera I ever owned was a D80.
It was ok to learn on but I really think it was a crappy camera, but I also think I must have had a defective model. It was horrible at focusing and the images were very unclear.
The second camera is my current D700
The first picture I ever took with that camera I quickly realized what I had been missing the whole time. I never used the D80 after that and quickly sold it to get a D300 as a backup. The D80 sensor was just unusably bad compared to the newer models.
First camera was the D70 - now I happily own a D300 :-)
Good choice with the D70!
Welcome to the forum fotomatt :^)
A Nikon Coolpix 3700. Thoroughly loved it!
My first was a coolpix 990, I bought it at work. Used it some for equipment documentation, but also to document problems with electronics equipment, such as a bent pin on an IC or a bad solder joint. Though the low light performance was almost non-existent, the ability to photograph the pins on an IC was outstanding.
Then I bought a Coolpix 4500 for my own use. Same swivel body, and same great macro ability. I loved being able to stick the camera into a group of flowers to photograph a bee. I always loved this camera, wore the labels off some of the buttons, but a plastic tab inside broke off, and the zoom function quit working (July 08). Still very poor low light performance. It was a great match for me. When I go out hiking around shooting photos with my brother, he looks at the landscape and shoots that, I look at the moss or petals on a flower and shoot them. The coolpix was great for that.
When that died I bought a Sony DSC-H50. Optically not too bad for a point and shoot, but the worst camera to handle and operate I have ever used. Although I still have it, I never bought a second memory card or battery because I did not really consider the camera justified more expense.
Then this spring, influenced by this board, I bought the D90, and then shortly after, when that was in the shop for repair, a D300s for backup. I thought from the specs they were very similar. In my hands they are much different. The D300s does what I tell it to do. The D90 is like arguing with my wife.
Kodak CX4310 3.2MP with only a digital zoom. It took decent pictures actually for a cheap camera that I couldn't zoom with. Really made you think about your shots when you couldn't zoom. Took some of my favorite sunset and landscape photos with it while I was in Colorado and Utah area hiking and camping.
I always feel the need to express it with a picture : )
First Digital Camera -- the Canon G-9
Still have it. Easy to pack on the the Harley.
the D70S was my first digital camera, followed by a fuji p&s for my pockets and friends.
I still shoot the D70S pretty frequently, though hardly ever for work I'm going to show seriously, anymore, as my film cameras have been attributed to that duty.
First digi-cam was a Casio QV-3000EX bought in March 2000. 3.3 mp, 3x zoom and came with a 340 mb microdrive. An ugly fat brick but took nice pics. Still works.
First was a borrowed Eos 1 Mark 1.
First owned was a 4mpx cybershot
First owned DSLR was a D90
My first digital was a Coolpix 995. Just sold it for next to nothing. It was a twist body. Had a lot of fun with that camera, shutter lag was tough to deal with though. My first DSLR was a D70.
sony compact camera.(whyyyy?! Forgive me holy nikonians)
SLR, D60, Then D300s.
I had an early 1.3MP Oly but the batts were exhausted after three or four shots! First decent camera was the Oly E10 + batt grip. Good camera for it's day.
Handspring (now called PalmOne) Visor Prism with a Springboard camera module. It was a fun little camera; you can tweak the camera settings to do all sorts of wacky stuff in palm os. Well actually it was a color PDA that converted to a Digital Camera, GPS, Projector, Bar Code Scanner, etc depending on which module you plug in its springboard slot.
Then I got the Nikon Coolpix P6000, a fantastic 13.5MP camera with built-in GPS. As a bridge camera it allowed me to learn the ropes with regards to Shutter Priority, Aperture, and Manual settings until I finally got the confidence to invest in a D90.
I started digital with a Fuji Finepix 4700, cost me around £700 ($1100) in July 2000. It was a neat little thing and I then sold my ahah! Canon 35mm gear. Next came an Olympus C5050Z, then a Nikon D70,now a D300.
Some Canon powershot, back in 2003, then a D40 in 2008. Anticipating an upgrade in the fall.
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Nikon D1H
Sony Mavica
Minolta S414 point and shoot. I still have it in a drawer. I got it because it had aperture and shutter priority modes. I would like to give it to my son to use but it's the size and weight of a brick. It goes through batteries like water through a fire hose. Rechargeable batteries last about 10 times longer which is about 30 shots...
Back in 2001 started with a Nikon Coolpix 995, then switched to a D70 in 2004 and later updated through two D200's to a D700 now.
I actually still own all cameras although the D70's AF motor has died. Still use the 995 for some serious close-ups ever now and then, otherwise it's in a box collecting dust. Just can't part from it I guess.
The D200's and the D700 are in use as per today. Though I tend to lend out one of the D200's to friends every now and then :)
Canon Powershot SD1100 IS purchased a couple of years ago. I still shoot with it all the time. Great little camera (Shot my Neon Straws series w/it http://www.flickr.com/photos/loveandlemonade/4524644281/).
My first dSLR was the Nikon D60. That was the one that did it for me...it will always have special place in my heart.
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