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Mine a Hasselblad 500 C/M I still regularly use. Fully manual, as simple as can be, small for a medium format camera, and great both indoors and in the field. The Zeiss lenses are, well, second to none. And working with the 6x6 negatives is wonderful while scanning. Bert
My first work SLR was a Pentax K1000 + a large "Potato Masher" style flash set-up.
I dragged that thing around construction sites in the Middle-East, Malaysia, Japan and god knows where else.
It never let me down and seemed to be resistant to just about any conditions.
It was just a shame that I never had the chance to use it for fun and that the work I was using it for put me of Photography as a hobby until about 4 years ago.
I dragged that thing around construction sites in the Middle-East, Malaysia, Japan and god knows where else.
It never let me down and seemed to be resistant to just about any conditions.
It was just a shame that I never had the chance to use it for fun and that the work I was using it for put me of Photography as a hobby until about 4 years ago.
My first and still my sentimental favourite was a Cosina CT1-G. Won a lot of local show prizes while learning with that camera, but my favourite will always be my Nikon F801. Saved really hard to earn the bickies to buy it and dragged it out last weekend to jam through a roll of black and white for old time sake, and still love it.
I've just bought a second hand 1D Mk II and I have to say it beats hands down any SLR I've owned whether film or digital. The handling and sheer responsiveness of the camera is breathtaking. Maybe I'm going against the mold here, but most recent is definitely favourite - it's also a great workout with a 70-200 f2.8 on the front of it!
I've been lucky - having a number of cameras. the ones that i remember most fondly were the Contax Aria and the Mamiya 7 II.
Both wonderful.
David
Both wonderful.
David
My first camera was a Pentax P30T, which was ace, it took me through college fine, easy to learn, did what I needed, taought me lots and I used it loads for at least ten years until some theiving scum bag broke into my flat and stole it, the insurance company replaced it with an M30 ( or something like that ), it was no where near as good, and now I'm still trying to find the money for a DSLR ( eyes set on Nikon D300 ).
