Cameras – Past, Present or Considering

[Retired Grunt]

Hey All,

Dropping in a discussion thread – topic being your experiences with cameras. Purpose, to talk about the cameras you’ve had, are using, and maybe are considering to purchase. This way, if a question is asked about any particular camera, someone can jump in and help out. Experiences, tips, tricks, setup, warnings, etc.

I’ve never lost that desire for the “filmic/film like” look in photography. Specifically, the photos I take, I want to still look like my photos looked when I used film. I do still buy a couple rolls a year and dust off my Canon AE-1 Program and have fun. But, financially it is a burden to do only film photography.

My inspiration for this thread/topic is I am drawn to the film like quality rendered in digital photography produced by the older CCD sensor in older digital cameras.  Some time ago I uploaded several photos I took while in Iraq, the two cameras I used had CCD sensors and to this day, they (in my opinion) are my best “digital images” because they look like film photos.

I recently did research and settled on purchasing an old Nikon D200. So, if anyone has had experience with this camera, I’d like to discuss your experiences.

This thread is not limited to just this camera but any camera. I’ve owned a Canon 7d and 6d, a Fujifilm X-T2. I presently own and use, the Canon AE-1 Program, a Fujifilm X-T3 and an Olympus OMD-EM1-MkIII. In two more days, I’ll have the D200 in my hand and already have a shoot on Saturday, so the D200 will be my backup camera, I will take that chance.

[Robert Apple]

I don’t know much about that . I have some fairly early Dig’s, mostly fixed lenses, a really early Kodak Point and shoot, A Nice but old Sony zoom Bridge, Panasonics first Bridge that shoots in raw, A Waterproof zoom Nikon pocket Camera, That one is currently in the truck with me. I assume their the old tech, all are 17+ years and  probably 20+ plus Years on the Kodak and Sony . I get them out and rotate them in the truck with me. Now if want to talk Vintage and speciality Lenses adapted to M4/3 Im your Man.

[Rob Wood (Admin)]

Honestly, the most comfortable camera I have ever had in my hands is the Nikon D810 – I’m a relatively large guy so the weight does not bother me and I’ve never even really considered upgrading. But that would be hard too because I also have a lot of glass for the Nikon FX.

Years back, I had lunch with Mitchell Kanashkavich and he recommended I get a Lumix G8 which I went out and got. I have never hated a camera, but this one went pretty close. I find it way too small for my hands and I find the settings fiddly. It was the only camera I took with me to Myanmar and the images are fine, but I just do not enjoy shooting with it because of the ergonomics.

At this stage, I honestly think my next camera will only come when my D810 stops working. I just don’t see a reason to upgrade and I’m quite happy with the file quality and I don’t think my skill set has pushed the D810 to its limits yet.

[bucweeet]

Interesting thread RG…

Originally I used a Canon Rebel Xti. This camera lasted for a little more than a year when I started to shoot some sports activities. I found that when using the 3 frames per second (fps) I was missing ‘way to many shots’. As such I purchased a Canon 1d vIV with 10 fps. It lived up to its reviews in that is would ‘lose focus’ easy. As the years passed, I realized that it was more due to the lack of contrast in the subject that causes the losing of focus… especially when the subject was dark.

My next purchase, and the one I still use is a Canon 1 dx vI that maintained the 10 fps and I could shoot 40-50 frames (in RAW) before the card would stall. If I shoot in jpg… the camera/card lets me shoot til the card is full.

For back-up camera I purchased a 7d vI and this was replaced with a 7d vII (both of these cameras shoot at 10 fps).

On the bright side of all the camera purchases… my daughter inherited all the cameras that I no longer used. So for her, it worked out really well.

[davidc]

I think if your happy with what you use, stick with it. I don’t think there is much difference between brands. Just looking on here there are cracking images with all kinds of setups. I had a little Sony bridge camera to carry around it is very nice and easy to use. still have it but have lost the charger. I started with a D90 Nikon given to me by my sister after her husband died. I probably still be using it, but my wife and kids bought me a D7200 for my 60th birthday. I then fell into the rabbit hole for a while. I bought a D850 second hand, the big sensor is good for me because, I’m crap at composition more space. still use the same lenses from the D90. Bought a 70 – 200 lens use this the most. As Bucweeet said, my daughters inherited the D90 and the D7200 now.

[Retired Grunt]

Oh, the joys of a new camera. From a make I’ve never used before 🙄

I upgraded the firmware and eventually got around to continuing my shooting, to test various features and become more familiar with the specifics of this older D200. Well, first shot, Shutter at 1/4000, F/3.5 and pressed to release the shutter to take the shot… there is a .5 second pause as the mirror seems to take it’s time. Tried various modes, even Program mode, all shooting now with the pause.

Photos look good in the chimp. I did snap a shot and as the pause was happening, slid the camera to the right or left. No blur in the photo… hmmmm??

Seems the firmware update, reset a setting DEEP in the menu.

So, I don’t know if all Nikons do this, but in the settings under Custom Settings>D5, it’s called Exp. Delay Mode. It was set to “ON.”

Yeah, turn it off.

Now to go through all the settings, again.

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