What kind of camera do you own?

I started "serious" photography with a Kodak Instamatic that someone gave me when she got a new camera for Christmas. I was getting kudos for the photos I was getting with this camera, so I decided to get a better one.

My first 35mm camera was a Yashica Electro 35. It was a range finder camera that didn't have a lot of creative controls, but I had some fun with it and quickly learned that if I wanted to see the results of my photography, I needed to shoot slides, as the machine that makes prints during development compensated for any effects I tried. I also got into using a tripod. Unfortunately, the Electro 35 would develop a shutter problem, and when mine got the problem, it was time to get a better camera.

I started with one.. and just sold it recently to a collector... great camera

I have the fondest memories of my Konica FS-1 SLR 35mm camera. Many people advised me not to get that camera, but when I got it, they ate their words. It was the first camera to have a built in automatic film advance, and one of the first to have shutter priority automation. I got a 100-300mm lens to fit it, and took a lot of awesome shots. One night I was sitting in the very back row at Joe Louis Arena, back against the wall, and was filling the frame with waist up shots of the players on my end of the rink. The only downside to this outfit was the huge kit I had to carry with all my lenses and stuff, and I still didn't have enough of them.

The Konica kit got stolen, and I went without a camera for quite a few years. But I eventually got a Sony DSC-P50. This was kind of a bring down from the Konica kit, with a lot less creative control in the point and shoot style of camera. But, besides the fact that digital format is less of a pain in the butt than film (you don't have to take it in to get it developed), it has some great macro capabilities. It also works well within it's flash distance, good for family pictures and such. But it refused to focus on infinity, making landscapes futile to shoot. It also ate batteries big time. (I use rechargeables, of course) I even did some work documentation photography with this camera.

I have a cabinet full...antique ones of all sizes, shapes and brands...modern 35mm and digital

I use a digital camera that was less than $200. Its an Olympus FE- 340. I really like using it for macros but I would like to have a more powerful zoom

But, I couldn't go long without the creative controls, and needed something that I could do landscapes with. So I got the Konica/Minolta Z-10. Besides the point and shoot program modes, it has aperture and shutter priority as well as a manual mode. The 8x zoom lens is very sharp at most distances, still just a tad fuzzy at infinity, but, unlike the Sony, you have to look close to see it. And the flash has quite a long range, out to 40 feet, and recycles fast. Best of all, I can get over 300 pictures on one set of batteries.

But it has it's downside, as well. Often there is a red cast to the pictures, no matter what white balance I use. It only has 3 aperture settings, making the shutter priority kind of useless unless I use auto ISO (I prefer going with the lowest ISO for better quality in most cases). It has no focus assisting light, and doesn't focus well in low light settings. And it reacts just a tad slow for shooting sports.

I look back on the Konica FS-1 kit I had, and realize that this camera does just about everything I could do with that entire kit and more, all in one camera with no extra lenses. And I only paid about a third for the Z-10 that I paid for the entire kit. I guess that makes it worth it.

I HAD A 35 MM CAMERA AND NOWI USEFINE PIXA345DIGTAIL CAMERA

I use a Cannon

I'm currently using a Canon S5IS, which I am fond of, but it has differences from my first "quality" digital camera, the Kodak Z650. My Kodak lasted about two years and after several good "bumps", suddenly decided it wasn't going to work anymore, much less stay turned on. I've heard it costs more to have one repaired than to just buy one. So, along came my Canon. The Canon only has a 12X optical zoom. You can shoot a bit further without the pictures getting too fuzzy, but most times I try to stay in optical range, so I can crop and resize with some amount of safety. I'd love to have a much higher optical zoom though. The technology is out there... duh... our satellites ring any bells? But the camera companies have to make their fortunes one slow step at a time, like everyone else. So, I'll be 90, before a decent optical zoom comes out in an affordable range.

Neither of my cameras are super high dollar, but truly cost more than I should have spent.

Both of them have the goodies for setting your own adjustments, light, etc., but I'm brain dead in those depts, so about all I mess with is the exposure settings, which are only a fingertip away, when not in "auto" mode. Changing exposures can make for some really nice photos.

There... ya got my so-called expertise and nickel's worth on this subject.

Sony Cybershot.........el cheapo

Kodak

im going to purchase one but my income is limited. So I don't know what one to purchase

(The Other) Dale C., how does the stereo sound capability on that camera work? The Cannon IS series looks like it has some good cameras for taking videos of bands with.

Nikon d-60 and I have no idea how to use it!

I use a Kodak easy share. It's not much as far as digital cameras go, but it's easy to use and I do manage to get some decent pictures with it. Peace

My daughter has a Nikon Cool Pix. I don't take many photos, but it does work pretty well.

I have a Canon Powershot

a real cheap one

I like my Pentax K10D, it does what I want it too. I still have a lot to learn about photography, but I'm getting there.

i am now using a kodak md863 before this one i had a kodak cd33 before that i had a olympus d490 which my one son gave me when he had a new one befor that i had a kodak ez200 it worked good but had no flash and didn't take a card the first one i mentioned on here my older son bought me last year it was a mothers day and birthday gift i am happy with it i better be its the one i wanted but i think i made a bad choice it could take better pictures my son has had a canon powershot a510 for some years now and it takes better pictures

I have a Canon Powershot A620 and love it.

Canon. I always get great pictures. I am much more into photography with be able to just load them onto the computer now.

For more info on most of the cameras mentioned, go to Steve's Digicams where you can find reviews on most digital cameras. The reviews are extensive, and can serve as user manuals if you have lost yours.

Thanks for sharing!

I have a Nikon cool pics its very nice and also does short video . I also have a video cam that will take some nice stills right off the video .

Nikon D60 for me. I wouldn't have any other camera!

Casio Exilim. has still and video capabilities

the camera i am using now is canon powershot a510

The first digital camera I used was a Kodak DC240 Zoom that Devo sent me after she upgraded. This camera is about 10 years old(?) and still works despite SOMEONE dropping it off the back of a motorcycle and leaving it in a ditch overnight. LOL

If it wasn't for Devo, I'd probably have not gotten interested in digital photography though. I never had the chance to learn to use a 35 mm - mostly because of the expense.

Encouraged by the performance of the Kodak, I bought a newer one about 3 or 4 years ago and I can't remember what it was, but to me it will always be the Kodak POS. It lasted just over a year. My friend had one and hers lasted about as long.

For the past couple of years, I have been using a Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-S650 (7.2 mega pixels). It cost about as much as the Kodak POS, but has performed so much better. If I have the need for a new camera, I'd probably go with Sony since Kodak seems to have forgotten how to make a quality camera.

I own a Canon GL2 video camera, a Rebel G EOS film camera, and a Casio Exilim digital camera

I just have a kodak easy share digital camera, but I have been very happy with it

N-70, N-90, and RZ67.
It depends on what I am shooting to what I am using.

Actually, thanks for the comments to this posting.

My original Yashica Electro 35 got tossed, but I found this one at a garage sale and had to get it for old times sake. I don't even know if this one works.

Thanks for sharing

My first camera was a Yashica J-7 SLR 35mm film camera with an assortment of lens...had to use a hand held light meter with it to get correct exposures...

Then some off brand 35mm film SLR with through the lens metering...

Then a Canon AE-1 SLR 35mm film with multiple lens...that one burnt when my house did...

Then a Minolta X-370s SLR 35mm film with multiple lens...it broke and for several years did not have a camera...

Then a friend gave me a Canon 10D EOS and a Canon Rebel XTi 35mm film camera (as a backup) and two lens...with the 10D I've taken over 76,000 photos in the last six years and am still going strong with it but would love to be able to buy the newer 50D...

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James T., I almost got the AE-1 when I bought the FS-1, but decided that the built in power winder was a plus. 76K photos in 6 years? I thought I was doing good taking over 10,000 with my Konica/Minolta Z-10. Digital photography is so much fun because it is cheap!

I started with 35mm and had several cameras of the analog form... had my own darkroom and took photography classes in high school. (A fusion of the artist and the chemist in me.) I have a Canon EOS Rebel G... a 35mm SLR. Then I started trying digital photography... I remember thinking it CAN'T be as good as film, but since most of what I did was on the web, I would try it. My first was a 1GB camera for about $40... I enjoyed it so much I sent the same model to my family for Christmas (this would have been about 2003?) I used several more... but the one thing I didn't like was the random "pause" after pressing the shutter in most digital cameras. So I moved to a digital SLR... also a Canon Rebel, so all my lenses are interchangeable from my film camera to digital. I rolled over the counter a year or so ago... 100,000 pictures... and am well on my way to the next 100,000.

I sold all my old canons (A-1; F-1; AE1; AE1p) on ebay and used the money to buy a used Minolta A1.. they dont make them anymore, but I love it.. rather bulky and comberson .. but it has all the manual abilities and old SLR's.. great flexablitiy.. it is just hard remembering how to use all the functions because it has soo many... Just as good as a DSLR but a lot cheaper.. if I ever can afford a brand new camera it would have to be the Canon G9... I do all my camera research on dpreports.com for both old and new units.