Progression (Regression?) List Yours. NOW!!!

[MDJAK]

I'll start.

I don't have the world's greatest memory.

1. My parents bought me my first camera, a Polaroid. I loved it and shot like craqzy, but man were those packs of film expensive.

2. Various Kodak Instamatics, none too memorable.

3. First "good" camera: Canon AE-1 Program. Loved it, but wasn't that good with it. If I got one keeper per roll, I was happy.

4. After a long hiatus, got back into the hobby with a vengeance. Bought the Nikon F100. Great camera. Got 1 to 3 keepers per roll. My lack of talent and knowledge, not the camera's fault, that's for sure.

5. Kind of missed the digital boat for a while, but got into it with the Nikon D100. It was a great camera. I joined Nikonians.org (who, btw, had a booth at the photo show in new york recently) and finally found out what a forum was.

6. After trying out Nikon's 80-200 (70?) VR lens, I wasn't satisfied with its vibration reduction capabilities. I tried the Canon 70-200 and was sold.

7. I traded the D100 for the "new" Canon 10D. The slow startup time was a disappointment.

8. Traded that in for the 20D which was (and is) and excellent camera.

9. By this time, i found my friends here. The bug struck. I started to buy more lenses and Jonesed for a 1 series. Due to more my stupidity than anything else, I went for the 1dsmkIi rather than the 1dmkII, thinking the latter to be a lateral move from the 20D. Obviously, i couldn't have been more wrong. Had I gotten the 1dmkII, I would have had the money left over for the 300 f2.8 that I've longed for ever since.

So, there's my story, and I'm sticking to it. It's my "final answer."

What's your story?

mark

[PetKal]

Relax dood...it's all gonna be awlright.:cool:
Here, have a cuppa coffee and some snacks.

[zacker]

i work in Milford.

[MDJAK]

Starbucks mud -- I mean coffee, tastes like mud.

Those bugs on the other hand look mighty tasty.

Now, get back on topic.

:evil:

[MDJAK]

i work in Milford.

I'm a little slow; some say a few plates short of a picnic.

So tell me, zacker, who asked where you work?:rolleyes: ;)

me

[Ronald S. Jr.]

My dad was always the "photographer" (:rolleyes:) and has had a N**** N90 for as long as I can recall. He now has a 20D and has next to no idea how to use it. So, I got started late.

1. Some little vivitar film P&S back when I was 10-12
2.Cheapies here and there, from age 14-17. Wasn't too interested.
3. Got an Elph 2 when I worked at sears (I was 17) because it was on clearance for around 50 bucks, because it was $179 the week before.
4. Gave my mom the Elph 2, and moved sideways to an Elph Z3.
5. Got into digital with the Digital Elph S230. I loved that thing, and used it until it died.
6. At 19 or so, I got an SD300 and exchanged it for an SD400 for a couple small reasons, plus I found them for equal prices.
7. April '05, I got my XT along with a whole mess of lenses, flashes, and accessories.
8. In September of '05, I got the 20D. It was a move up, and I loved it.
9. Found a 30D for only $100 more than I bought my 20D for in the early spring (late march) of this year.
10. Decided I didn't need a couple of my lenses, and would like to try a 1DMkII in June-ish, and I could afford it, so I went for it. I didn't care for it, really, and it felt like a step down in a lot of ways from the 30D. So, I decided there was only one step up from the 30D that I could afford.
11. 5D, and loving it.

[PetKal]

I'm a little slow; some say a few plates short of a picnic.

So tell me, zacker, who asked where you work?:rolleyes: ;)

me
Never mind snacks, Zackarelli must have had some solid food....hitting him hard.;) :lol:

[saravrose]

Relax dood...it's all gonna be awlright.:cool:
Here, have a cuppa coffee and some snacks.

now petey.. I'll admit it. that first shot is impressive... ;)

[saravrose]

oh, yeah.. my story.. Okay.

at about seven my dad had a polaroid camera... I got in trouble for using all of those little packet exposures up.. I loved to shake the pieces of paper as they were exposing..

at nine or so I discovered disposable cameras.. used to buy them instead of toys or jewelry..

fastforward about eleven years.. there I am planning for my first really big trip.. I went to New Jersey and the other half of me was going to take me to the statue of liberty.. at Walmart shopping for my big trip and picked up those little cardboard cameras.. My cousin suggested that I get a 'real' camera... Her definition of real was a 5mp kodak point and shoot... and there I am. In this city so big I thought it would swallow me.. I must have used five sets of AA batteries... boy was it fun..:D :D

fastforward five months later I picked up my Pro 1. made it maybe another six months before My XT.. and the rest as you can say is history..

sari

[PetKal]

now petey.. I'll admit it. that first shot is impressive... ;)
thank you dear, you are one charittable person trying to make an ole camudgeon feel good.

[MDJAK]

As soon as you grind that cabbage up, send me some cole slaw. I love cole slaw.

Ronald, very interesting progression. I'm wanting that 5D more and more.

mark

[Billginthekeys]

hmmm.
1. disposables
2. parent's old olympus and sony digital cameras (i mean seriously OLD stuff here)
3. parent's G3
4. SD110 (until it died)
5. S500 (got in exchange for SD110)
6. 20D (got because i wanted a DSLR, or rather hated point and shoots and wanted better)
7. 1D (got for sports on my 300 2.8)

[saravrose]

thank you dear, you are one charittable person trying to make an ole camudgeon feel good.

now Pete.. I'd hope you know me better than that... I'd never go out of my way to make you feel good... I don't really think you need the assistance.... ;) but, it is a cool shot. The green straw i think does it for me.. and the red bokeh... :D

sari

[MDJAK]

at nine or so I discovered disposable cameras.. used to buy them instead of toys or jewelry..

You must be very young. When I was nine, the only disposable thing around then was diapers.

Her definition of real was a 5mp kodak point and shoot... and there I am. In this city so big I thought it would swallow me.. I must have used five sets of AA batteries.

You just reminded me. My wife's company gave those out at an office Christmas dinner. I think the batteries lasted about 20 to 40 shots. Maybe. At best. Wound up giving the camera away to a friend.

Oh, and they gave everyone a 1099 for the value of the camera too. A lot of people had no idea what digital was and chose to give the camera back.

[PetKal]

You must be very young. When I was nine, the only disposable thing around then was diapers.


Ouch....quite a delay in potty training there:( :confused:

[Ronald S. Jr.]

Jako, sell the 1DsMkII and get a 5D and a 1DMkIIN. You'll have two bodies, one small and light with FF for traveling or walking around, and a super fast (more than twice as fast as your 1Ds) sports and wildlife cam. To me, it seems like the 1DsMkII just doesn't suit you. It's an overly expensive compromise, when you have the right lenses for the 5D and some lenses that would just plain go better with the speed of the N. Hell, for that matter, get a 5D and plain 1DMkII, and you'll have another grand to go toward that 300.

The 5D/N combo has more features, performance, and sensibility than your 1DsMkII could ever hope to have.

[Ronald S. Jr.]

Ouch....quite a delay in potty training there:( :confused:

Exactly what I was thinking. I didn't know they even had the disposable ones that long ago anyway. :|

[MDJAK]

I'm a complete and total failure at selling, Ronald. I barely got any bites on the lenses I put up for sale. Just some people who basically wanted to "steal" them. Perhaps I priced them too high, don't know.

Seems as if everyone else is able to sell things here except me.

Now, you and Petey both promised to keep my bed wetting a secret.:oops:

hehehehe

[saravrose]

I'm a complete and total failure at selling, Ronald. I barely got any bites on the lenses I put up for sale. Just some people who basically wanted to "steal" them. Perhaps I priced them too high, don't know.

Seems as if everyone else is able to sell things here except me.

Now, you and Petey both promised to keep my bed wetting a secret.:oops:

hehehehe

hmm... are you selling a short prime by any chance?...

[MDJAK]

hmm... are you selling a short prime by any chance?...

such as?

[saravrose]

such as?

i'm thinking of something in the 35mm range.. have been for awhile, as nifty is just too long inside... but, open to suggestions..

sari

[setyson]

It all started when my boss got engaged. His wife to be is deathly allergic to cats. So, my boss had to give up his cat. I took ownership of a beautiful Russian Blue mix with the unlikely name of Bob. (He's my avatar if you hadn't guessed.) Bob is very shy and would hide every time anyone came to visit, so I got a Kodak CX7430 to prove to my family that the cat did exist.

Then I started reading about photography and decided that it was pretty neat stuff and a mere six months later I replaced the Kodak with a G6 (and a 420EX to eliminate red eye). The G6 is a great camera, but being a 4.8 crop, it's very hard to get shallow depth of field and the tele end doesn't have quite the reach I'd like. So, a little more than a year after buying the G6, and several months lurking on the forums here, I replaced it with a 30D.

I wanted to get the camera and three lenses from the local camera shop and do my bit to support local business, but just couldn't justify the price difference. So, I compromised and ordered the camera from B&H and the lenses from the local store.

I now know why local camera stores are dying: they suck. The camera that I ordered from B&H was supposed to take 2-3 days to be delivered. It came the next day. The lenses I ordered from the local shop were supposed to be in within "a couple of days". Nearly two weeks later I still don't have my lenses!

Fortunately, I friend just upgraded from a Rebel to a 5D and was willing to loan me the kit lens from the Rebel.

[Ronald S. Jr.]

Sari, if you don't mind Nifty, grab a 35 f/2. Some reviews say at certain apertures, it beats my 35L for sharpness. If that's still too long, maybe a 28 1.8 or Sigma 30 1.4.

[PetKal]

Exactly what I was thinking. I didn't know they even had the disposable ones that long ago anyway. :|
No, we did not.....cheese cloth...recycleables only.:shock: :o

[MDJAK]

i'm thinking of something in the 35mm range.. have been for awhile, as nifty is just too long inside... but, open to suggestions..

sari

That's what I thought you meant. That's why I was confused. My shortest prime is my 85, I think.

[MDJAK]

The G6 is a great camera, but being a 4.8 crop...

Is that right? I had no idea that point and shoots had such a large crop factor.

mark

PS: Nice cat.

[Ronald S. Jr.]

Look at the lens on a P&S. It'll say something like 6-18mm. Obviously, that's not right. It's really a 24-70-ish range, which makes it a crop of about 4x.

[setyson]

Is that right? I had no idea that point and shoots had such a large crop factor.

mark

I think I did the math right. The numbers I have are 7.18mm by 5.32mm for the G6 sensor, giving it a diagonal of 8.9mm (I got to use the Pythagorean theorem again!). A full frame sensor is 36mm X 24mm for a diagonal of 43mm. 43/8.9 is 4.8


PS: Nice cat.
Thanks. I think he's adorable, but I'm a bit biased.

[PetKal]

I ain't got the foggiest idea what's cookin in Mark's diner........clearly, the man has problems, but dammit, don't we all.:rolleyes:

[Carzee]

I ain't got the foggiest idea what's cookin in Mark's diner........clearly, the man has problems, but dammit, don't we all.:rolleyes:

Who wants a short life story? I'm in the mood, had a few meds today.


I ran away from "home" early on and by the age of 24 I had been a member of many a merchant crew and -amongst other sights- I'd seen Hong Kong camera shops up close. I fell in love and just wanted to be there as often as possible.

I took 3 months leave there to start with but I got side-tracked and stayed illegally. With my savings I started buying used film cameras that were trade-ins from sailors and tourists. Saw a lot of Leica fakes get sold, traded, and sold again.

I asked around the back streets and found cheap locals who could make anything out of scrap. Sold many a dodgey Pentax MVs. Nowadays I would have a thriving ebay business I think.

I got into watching and photographing martial arts, I remember renting my first motor drive to get the highest possible frame rate to freeze action. Some of my shots got used as stills in the box offices there and they weren't even scenes from the movie. All the martial arts were so similar. There was a deal I did for scrapped cameras used for a film scene where they used F2s and other MF "bricks" to throw down onto "the triad" below -from a roof of a 10 floor building. There was mirror glass everywhere, and I took a photo of the waste. It was cool. A friend showed the pic to Bruce Lee and he said the mirrors was a wonderful idea- he'd had a writing bloc while working up yet another martial arts movie. About the time I got to be knee deep in martial arts movies, Bruce died and the business was just about busted. I did get photos at his funeral pire, and it was the only scene Bruce did where I didn't need a motor drive to shoot the action.

I went back to sea. Ah, the sailor's life! Almost a week later I found myself getting into the american grey market sales scene thru the martial arts contacts I built up at the big base on Okinawa -the PX. It just grew bigger and bigger. Fast forward a few years (and a lot of white powder) and the talk on the rickshaws was that Bangkok was the place to be. Thats where I went in partners with some rough characters dealing in the refugee business. Gradually I moved out of the dodgey cameras & parts business and into dodgey passports and documents -the money was fantastic. I really really got into darkroom experiences and got to be good at details in Bangkok. You have to be good as recognising faces and names, numbers, D.O.B.. people selling themselves because they needed papers to get out of dodge. Red light districts... drugs, the slave trade, depravity. After a while, all the faces looked the same.

Its then that my love of photography itself took hold. I took some good quality street photos there -real art you know- that would get into Magnum or any of them. Made french street scenes look tame. But I made a mistake; one day I took the wrong photo and made an enemy. This "bad man" (a westerner who didn't 'look the same') was standing outside a music shop and out of his mind on some substance -in the street in daylight- with his suit undone at the front, and his eyes were shut. He was smiling and I think he was halucinating he was, um, having relations. Anyway a 40's something woman in a pantsuit ran into the picture screaming obscenities, covered him up and ran at me demanding the pix I took. I legged it and lost her easily enough but that night my office was firebombed and all my gear burnt. Lost all my street photos that were ready for a book. I had ideas of exhibitions and being a professional photographer in America, doing society weddings and playboy shoots and everything... but it all went up in smoke.

I never forget a face though. Or the accent. I saw his face again some time later in one of the American news magazines. Turned out the "bad man" was an Arkansas Jail Warden in some trouble. Now I remembered we had been selling refurbished Ukrainian cameras in America using a mail order business near there and I arranged a "sales trip"... and thats how I got to...


:) "...like a box of chocolates"

[KevC]

Started with playing with my parent's Nikon PnS (film). Wasn't really into photography, loved the memories of vacations though.

Poked around in my dad's closet and found an EOS650. Had a 35-105/3.5-4.5 mounted onto it. Thought it was really cool. Played around with it, but never shot a roll of film through it. Kept looking, never played with it.

One day I was planning a trip to a nice outing ("farm" at my school, not really a farm... just beautiful untouched land). Ran out to buy a tripod (since I was told it was of utmost importance) and decided to take the EOS650 with me. Didn't know ANYTHING about photography, was going to go with the Sunny 16 rule.

Ended up cancelling the trip and packing the body back into the closet.

Got a Canon S230 PnS for my birthday one year and loved taking pictures. More of the memories than for the photographic art. Was really frustrated with redeye (I brought it to every event we had... but it was always dark/at night. I had quite a bit of blue-eyed girls.... made them look demonic).

Asked for advice, was told to shoot WITHOUT flash.... was unhappy with noisy high ISOs.

Had no control over shutter speed, wanted to capture some light trails of glowsticks.

Impulse buy.... really wanted a D70. My friend was a Nikon shooter, and I thought they were awesome at the time.

Decided to go with the 300D because it was cheaper..... and I had a 35-105 from my dad's body. I was planning to add a nifty fifty and that was IT. However, I got hooked...

...and now I'm shooting a 1D, three f/1.8 primes, and two f/4L zooms.

Been shooting a lot more lately, have done some more staged shoots and really fell in love with fashion/beauty.

[joegolf68]

Starbucks mud -- I mean coffee, tastes like mud.

:evil:

Yeah, what's up with that? :eek:

[belmondo]

Entirely too many to list, but here are the major milestones…
First camera: Brownie Hawkeye
First good camera: A nondescript twin-lens reflex that I used in high school
First 35mm camera: A Petri that I bought while in the Navy.
Most underappreciated camera: Balda rangefinder half-frame.
First ‘true’ 35mm w/interchangeable lenses: Canon T-50
Favorite Film SLR: Canon AE-1
First EOS camera: Canon 650
First Digital Camera: Kodak DC25
First Multi-Megapixel Digital Camera: Nikon 995
First Canon Digital Camera: G2
First Digital SLR: 10D

There have been lots of ‘in-between’ cameras, but I don’t really consider them milestones. For example, in addition to the AE-1, I also owned a couple A-1 bodies, a T-90, and several Pentaxes. More recently, I’ve owned a second 10D, a 20D, a 1D, 1D Mk II, 1Ds Mk II, 350D, another G2, a G5, an S430, and an S700. I’ve also owned a whole gaggle of assorted 35mm P&S cameras, Polaroids, Instamatics, APSs, and so forth.

Then, there's my addiction to lenses, but that’s a subject best discussed with my therapist.

[T.D.]

Hmm, where do I start?

Parents' old Brownie
Kodak 110 (capable of positively lovely shots - NOT)
Several more of these
Kodak Instamatic
Minolta 35mm dslr (can't remember the model) -- My sister dropped it in a lake while canoeing in Canada
Canon Rebel
Canon DRebel XT
Canon 30D

[theflyingkiwi]

ok I can out do you all in the shortest list ever.

1. Canon G3 as I wonted to get in to photography with a tool that I could grow in to. found the focus to be crap.
2. 10D

the end.

Trust me, I had no other camera before the G3.

[zacker]

I'm a little slow; some say a few plates short of a picnic.

So tell me, zacker, who asked where you work?:rolleyes: ;)

me


You did!

Didnt you?
(Hey, maybe Im slower than you....lol)

[zacker]

Never mind snacks, Zackarelli must have had some solid food....hitting him hard.;) :lol:


Why You.....:evil: get rid of the "K" now!!!
lol

Congrats, you are like the first person to "Almost" get it right, no "K" I just stick that in the shortened version! And actually, it was a PB&J on wheat toast and a caffien free pepsi that got me!:lol:
lol

[PetKal]

Why You.....:evil: get rid of the "K" now!!!
lol

Congrats, you are like the first person to "Almost" get it right, no "K" I just stick that in the shortened version! And actually, it was a PB&J on wheat toast and a caffien free pepsi that got me!:lol:
lol

Eh, sorry Zacarelli, just a moment of MDjak-fuzziness in my head.:confused: ;)
I feel much better this morning.

[zacker]

Eh, sorry Zacarelli, just a moment of MDjak-fuzziness in my head.:confused: ;)
I feel much better this morning.


lol.... yeah, he'll do that to a person..

nothing a good sleep cant cure!

[GilesGuthrie]

Hmm. I used to run around with a little 110 camera. Can't remember who made it. But it had a "telephoto" slider that would slide a lens (magnifying glass) over the viewfinder and shutter.

Then I got a Canon IXUS APS (I think they went by "Elph" in the States). It was barely bigger than a cigarette packet.

I lost that, somehow. I do wonder if some day it will turn up.

My first SLR was a Canon EOS 50e, with a 28-80mm lens and a 75-300mm lens as a kit. I still have the longer lens, but the body and 28-80 went on eBay recently. I got a film scanner too for digitisation. It works out at 12mp.

First digital was an HP Photosmart 315. It served me well as a backup for web shooting.

Then I got an Olympus Camedia C-750UZ: the first of the 10x optical zoom cameras, and a heady 4mp. It also has a live screen in the viewfinder, but it was slow to shoot, and dull-witted to focus, so I bought...

An EOS 350d with 18-55mm kit.

My next move will be full-frame, hopefully some time next year.

[Tom W]

Kodak instamatic 110 of some sort (died, trashed)
Canon FT-QL (still have it)
Olympus Quick-Shooter Zoom (broken, gone)
Argus "brick" (works, but I don't use it)
Canon Elan II (started my EOS spiral)
HP Digital (self-destructed)
Canon S-230 (sold)
Canon 10D (sold)
Canon S-400 (still have)
Canon 1D Mk II (sold)
Canon Rebel XT (sold)
Canon 5D
Canon 30D

That's it for now!

[Echo63]

started with mum and dad's instamatic that was handed down to me (its still at mum and dads house too)

borrowed dad's Pentax Me super throughout high school, when i finished high school they bought me a SLR for christmas. Nikon cost too much, minolta felt horrible in my hands, so i was left with a choice between Pentax and Canon.
Canon won in the end simply because i found it easier to use

i wound up with an eos 300 film body

about 3 years ago i bought a little 2mp ricoh p+s which was stolen about 6 months later
bought my girlfriend a Fuji P+S which has now been passed on to her little sister

after two point and shoots i realised that i wouldnt be happy until i had an SLR again so after much saving i got my 350d.
that would have been the end of it but i found this wonderful forum.
you all put thoughts in my head and i bought new flashes and lenses and spent way more money than i really should have

finding this forum has made me put more time into thinking about my photos and made me want to earn money taking photos again

[MDJAK]

Interesting, indeed. In fact, made me remember that I owned the Minolta Maxum (sp?), which I think was the first autofocus SLR. Forgot about that one.

When I get together with some buddies here, one of the guys sometimes carries his film minolta maxum. Brought back memories seeing it.

me

[MDJAK]

Carzee, that's an amazing story. Loved it.

mark

[Woolburr]

1-Green plastic 120 roll film box camera
2-Kodak Instamatic
3-Minolta MG 16
4-Canon FtbN QL
5-Canon F-1 new version
6-Kodak DC-200 first digital won this and the next one at some online site
7-Kodak DC-280
8-Canon 7NE
9-Canon D30
10-Canon 20D
11-Canon 1DmkIIn
12-Canon 1Ds

[MDJAK]

Wolly, you've spent a lot of money on this hobby.:)

me

[PetKal]

Listen bruder, just sell that g.d. abominable camera of yours and get yourself something of a real photographic value and technologically up to date..... like 400D.:rolleyes: Remember, PMA is just around the corner.:evil:

[Woolburr]

Wolly, you've spent a lot of money on this hobby.:)

me

My F-1 and FTbN served me for over 25 years....only thing I ever had to do to it was change the battery on occasion. Sure wish the new stuff had that kind of longevity. The F-1 has over 50,000 known shots on it...there were more...but two huge cases of negatives and slides were accidentally destroyed by a contractor doing some renovations for my parents.:evil:

[tommy_london]

1. Boots 110
2. Minolta SLR
3. Canon point and shoot
4. A few more point and shoots and the odd polaroid
5. A few digital point and shoots
6. D30
7. D60
8. 350d x2
9. G2
10. 20D & 30D
11. G2 killed in a diet coke related incident. RIP.

[thomascanty]

My progression goes something like this:

When I was about 10 or so my dad gave me his Argus brick (I don't know the exact model) and a light meter, and at about the same time my mother gave me her Kodak Brownie. I was hooked from the start, and most of my allowance money went to pay for film and developing. My mother is just a snapshooter, but my dad was serious about photography and owned an SLR and several lenses (sadly, I don't remember what brand, and my brother sold it all when dad died almost 16 years ago).

While in high school, I took Photography classes as one of my electives for two years, and failed every semester. That was because I only took the classes for the darkroom privileges and never did the assignments. I was still using the Argus. For film, I had a huge reel of 35mm B&W film my dad had acquired from work (he worked on bank surveillance cameras). I borrowed a film winder and 35mm canisters from the school so I could spool my own film.

At some point while in high school, I also bought a Kodak instant camera. It was only a few months later that Kodak lost their lawsuit against Polaroid and had to stop making film for it. As compensation, they gave me a $100 voucher good for a new Kodak camera and I picked up a decent P&S.

After high school I lost interest in photography almost completely, just using the little Kodak P&S occasionally for snapshots. I also picked up an APS camera somewhere along the line, but only ran four or five rolls of film through it before putting it away where it has stayed hidden ever since.

Sometime in late 1995 or early 1996 I bought a Casio QV-10 digital camera, which took 320x240 pixel images and could hold a whopping 99 shots in it's internal memory. The bug bit again, and I soon added a Canon Rebel 2000 to my arsenal.

Since then I have also owned:
Digital:
Sony Mavica FD73
Ricoh RDC-4200
Olympus C-3000Z
Olympus C-4040Z
Olympus C-8080WZ
Canon PowerShot S330
Canon 10D
Canon 20D

Film:
Another Canon Rebel 2000
Canon Elan 7E
Pentax K1000

And way too many lenses to list here (it's all in the gear list in my sig).

I still own all of that except a couple lenses (Canon 28-135 IS and Canon 75-300 IS, which now reside in the Czech Republic), the Sony Mavica FD72 that I gave to my brother and the Olympus C-3000Z which I sold to a coworker. Still used by me are the Pentax and Elan film cameras and the 10D, 20D, Olympus C-8080WZ and Canon PowerShot S330.

I also have a dozen or so antique cameras that I've collected, but never used, over the years.

[Carzee]

Carzee, that's an amazing story. Loved it.

mark


By was of apology, it was 40C (=104F) here yesterday. Summer has arrived. I had just watched FGump on DVD... :)

[Tom Steele]

Well here's my little (long) story

1. Eos 600 and a 50mm f1.8 my dad gave it me when I was 7
2. Wildlife obsession
3. got really good at stalkin
4. started goin into work with my dad for fun (comercial printers) picked up dpp skills
5. dropped outa school at 14 due to bullying
6. nd in multimeda in college at 14.5 lol finished with distinction distinction merrit
7. went n*k*n with the d2x
8.got accepted on to ba hons wildlife photography at uni
9. went back to canon for IS on 500mm got all the gear part from 300d listed in my signature
10. now at uni doin a my above course and lovin it at 17 years young lol

last but not least
this is what im doin now:D
http://img48.imageshack.us/img48/6366/steele0610151705proviawpe0.jpg

Tom

[madpup]

Ba Hons Wildlife Photography Student
well done tom, and good luck,
wish i spent a bit more time in school

[Tom Steele]

thanks couldnt believe it always knew what I wanted to do drop outa school and end up there a year ahead funny how things work out think im one if not the youngest in he at the mo lol

[PetKal]

Well here's my little (long) story

3. got really good at stalkin

last but not least
this is what im doin now:D

Tom

Cool....."stalking" as a fine art to behold.:rolleyes:

You mean to tell us you are now taking pictures od tree sharks' private parts ?

[Carzee]

Top pic. Check the paws and the claws. That aspect of those things has never impressed me before.

[Tom Steele]

Top pic. Check the paws and the claws. That aspect of those things has never impressed me before.

Thanks glad u like it, thats what I try to do with my pics get the little details right.

Petkal - Lol and other things as well, :D

Stalking really is a fine art especially with Heron and Roe Deer. :cool:

Tom

[MDJAK]

Good work, Tom.

Hey, how about video cameras? Or is that a bad word(s)?

I had that big Betamax with the dangling recorder.

Then got a Canon Hi8 camcorder which I still have. It even had eye control, which I've seen people here clamor for, but I never liked it. No amount of calibrating could make it work well.

Graduated to a Sony DV camcorder, then to this wacky Panasonic sold on Ebay that was never imported into this country. 3CCD with a Zeiss lens, entire camera in Japanese. That's a barrel of fun to use.

Thereafter bought another Sony, the PDX10 mini DVCAM which I still have.

Only problem is even when I go to my kids' events, I never take the video with me any longer. Okay, once in a while, if I have somebody else to operate it. I prefer still photography. Don't know why, but I do.

How 'bout you?

[MDJAK]

By was of apology, it was 40C (=104F) here yesterday. Summer has arrived. I had just watched FGump on DVD... :)

No need to apologize for your story in any way.

And that's one of my all time favorite movies.

And that's about all I've got to say on that TOP IC

me

[Tom Steele]

Good work, Tom.

Hey, how about video cameras? Or is that a bad word(s)?


How 'bout you?

Nah had a hi 8 once but the strap snapped and it fell in to a puddle.:oops:

strictly slr's now.:D

(seems interesting that few of us had Nikons lol)

Tom

[ilovemycamera]

1. 110 camera of some sort
2. 35mm non-zooming cheapo that covered me in jr.high
3. Canon point and shoot
4. A few more point and shoots
5. The brick of a Sony Mavica that saved to 3.5" floppy disks with less than 1 mp
6. Canon 35mm Rebel Ti
7. Olympus C60 digital point and shoot that i still find very handy to sneak in places
7. Digital Rebel XT
8. And now, Holy COW, the L bug bit me and left me in financial disarray!

I love this hobby, though, and try to improve my skill every chance i get.

[Stevezasycho]

Well, my list isn't quite as long as everyone else's, but i will give it a shot:

FIRST camera: I THINK a Kodak Breeze in black, but not sure the exact model..

My parents gave it to me when I was 7 or younger (I know it was no older than 8 becasue I took it with me to Chicago when I was 7.. First trip there w/ my grand parents :D).. I used it until the shutter AND the film advance died (I could still "click" the shutter when the button broke, but the roll advance stripped and the shutter literally broke.. WOuldn't open anymore)

When I was 10 my dad "loaned" me his AE1.. I loved that thing so much, he decided he wanted it back.. I was 13, and as many of you know, I bought my Yashica FX-3 from a Pawn Shop.. I took the thing EVERYWHERE! I had a crap ton of glass (Even a Zeiss lens, now worth $$$).. I sold most of the kit off as I started to concentrate on my future education, career, buying a car, etc..) But I kept the "Kit" lens and the 70-150mm lens around so I could still casually photograph..

Whilst still using my FX-3, I got an AOL PhotoCam from AOL because I threatened to cancel our family's service.. It didn't interface with our Windows 95 machine, but I used it for years.. I loaned it to my sister when I bought a 1.3MP Vivitar when I was 15, but that took a dump a year later, so my sister and I shared the AOL cam.. I used that up until July of 2006 (In all it's .5MP (Yes, half) glory), and I bought my SD450 from the chop pile from work. 5MP was a nice upgrade, and I still have my AOL PhotoCam and it works very well, except it sings the same tune: Doesn't interface with my machine, though I am using Windows 2000..

We cruise to January 2007.. I now am the proud owner of a Canon 300D, and I LOVE it!! I cannot wait to get a new lens for it (I want to do some deep sky photography and long distance shots (I like to go to the lake and if I see an awesome boat or a bird, I'll snap it..)

Wow..