Am 21.03.15 um 08:59 schrieb Malcolm Smith:
Following on from the previous thread, what make of camera do you now use, and has it changed over the years?
My SLR photography started around 1980 with a Nikkormat FT2. Sold it shortly afterwards because I was young and out of money. Next were a Praktica and then a Voigtländer VSL 1. The latter broke while on holiday in Boulogne in 1996. We hopped across the Channel to look for a quick replacement and found a second-hand P50 at Jessops in Maidstone.
Then in 2001 I inherited a complete Contarex outfit with the famous 21 mm Biogon and more assorted Zeiss glassware from 35 to 250 mm. Loved and used it until around 2005 but became problematic as noone was left to repair it in Germany.
Still had the P50 and a few lenses, so I sold the Contarex gear and got myself a LX and a MX plus some more glass. The LX proved too large for my hands and I only kept it for a few weeks.
Still had some money left from the sale of the Contarex gear and used it to buy a *istDS.
The rest, as they say, is history. *istDS -> K10 -> K20 -> K-7 -> K-5 -> K-3. Been using them all almost exclusively with the trusted SMC-M glass.
On a sideline, there was some medium format but none of it by Pentax. Lubitel -> Yashica Mat 124G -> Kiev 60 -> Exakta 66 -> Noblex 150 + Gaoersi 617.
Sold the Noblex when they stopped production without keeping a single spare part and the Gaoersi went soon afterwards because the same could be done with digital and stitching - or so I thought...
Ageing eyes having more trouble focussing while higher camera resolution demands even more precise focus setting, I recently acquired some autofocus glass: a Sigma 10-20, a DA 18-135, a HD 55-300 as well as the budget DA 35 and 50 mm lenses. Hadn't thought about it at the time, but besides of being great lenses they serve the double purpose of stopping me from buying any new FF camera should it be brought out later this year.
So, still with Pentax, happier than ever with the K-3, and no plans to change brands. Why should I?
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