Doc Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 First camera I had of any significance was a Zenith E in 1975 (as several others here had); graduated to a Minolta XD7 and a few Rokkor lenses. The camera I was using in 2004 when I first submitted to Alamy was the excellent Canon 10D which I had bought the year before. 6MP but excellent quality - produced 18MP images which had to be upscaled to 48MB TIFFS and sent to Alamy on a CD Kumar (the Doc one) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Burdett Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 Yashica fx3 super 2000 with Yashica 135mm f2.8. Added a set of extension tubes shortly after. I still "see" at 135! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 All reported in boring detail here Since then have I have veered away from Canon 5D2 to Sony mirrorless, currently using an a6500 with mainly manual focus lenses. I still warp out the Canon for shots of the grandkids, as then the autofocus is useful, and I like the look of the full frame images, but for stock it's the little Sony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regen Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 Started with various 1/4 plate cameras of dubious origin -speed by slits of differing width in a roller blind and zeiss lenses with modified back plate to fit. Then Linhoff technica 5x4 before moving to Mamiya RZ in early 1990s ( brief try with olympus0M4 but did not like 35mm) Finally moved to digital in 2006 with Canon10d -30d then 5Dm2 and 1dm3 now on LumixGH$ and GH5 doing 4k and IR video. Regen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyn Llun Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 Very first camera (aged 11) was a Brownie 127. My Dad rigged up a simple darkroom at home with an enlarger made up of bits so I could develop and print. Started work at 15 (1962) and Ii acquired a Kodak Retina and an old battered Rolleiflex. Where I worked (Cardiff University) we used Leicas and quarter plate cameras for technical stuff. I became a fashion/advertising photographer in 1967, (after seeing 'Blow Up'), and acquired a whole load of stuff bit by bit that I used for 'commercial' work over the years. Nikons, Mamiyaflex TLR's, RB 67's, Hasselblads, 5"x4" & 10"x8" monorails etc. etc. Plus I added to my own Leica stuff over the years for my 'personal' work. Nowadays 90% of my work (not stock) is on a 10"x 8" field camera with 9% on one of my film Leicas. The other 1% which is stock on digi Leicas. Buying Leica stuff very early on was a fantastic investment, as even very early Summicrons etc. (even very old screw mount), work really well on the latest digi bodies. Big, no huge, investment when I was young and poor but over the years, in the long run, given the amount of service given, a bargain. They will see me out. Pete Davis www.pete-davis-photography.com http://peteslandscape.blogspot.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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