How old were you when...

[fiorano94]

You got your first SLR or DSLR?

I got my Rebel XT at 13, paid for with my own money FWIW...

And recently got my 30D.


Just a random question.


Palmer



PS. Mods, if this is in the wrong section...sorry.:oops:

[Ook]

21.

[Avalanche]

26 I got it for me for my b-day

[Familiaphoto]

Ah...when did I get my first camera....

My father bought me a Canon TX fully manual SLR when I was 10 (35 years ago). Great camera to learn on. Using manual only really makes you learn how to think about a shot. This was the camera that got me hooked on photography.

http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/camera/film/data/1966-1975/outline/1975_tx.jpg

[TSmith8779]

Late to the SLR's. Didn't get one until I was in my forties. It was a Minolta model, but after a year with it I switched to a Canon Elan 7e. My first DSLR was shortly after the 10D was introduced. What's that been, five years ago?

Prior to that I had a series of Kodaks and Polaroids. First 35mm was a Petri that I bought in a PX in 1968 over in Okinawa. Good little camera actually.

[jjackflash]

forty three

[PhotoJourno]

I shot an SLR for the first time at 16, had borrowed a Leica for a couple rolls of film. I ended up shooting mostly 50mm, aperture wide open abstract shots.

Got my first SLR later on, a Pentax at age 17, was using a K1000 and a P30, which boasted electrical film advancement and other goodies.

I was then a Nikon Pro film user from mid nineties to early new century, and have been shooting DSLR (Canon) for four years now.

[PhotoJourno]

forty three

What is that, a horse race betting number? Delight us with a story or something!!! There's got to be some kind of thought or anecdote after than many years !!! :D

[HankScorpio]

I got a Praktica MTL 3 when I was 8 (1983) and I still have it and use it often. It has the second sharpest lens I own after my Leica Summicron 50mm f/2.

[M5Man]

Got a fuji finepix S5000 to take away to get married in Grenada in 2004 and then this Jan 2008 when 40 got my 40D in St Marteen whilst on a cruise over christmas and the new year.....

Now I seem to spend each month on gear.... ;)

You might say Im hooked thanks to POTN :)

[jjackflash]

HA! 43 is two score and three years and i was that old when i stopped borrowing cameras for vacations and decided to get one of my own......and the reason for the brief input is that i'm at work and too many people read over my shoulder!

[adam8080]

19.

[gary88]

Bought my XTi last year when I was 18 with my graduation money.

[rtronick]

I bought a used Pentax ESII in 1976 when I was 18. I still use it today when I get the "itch" to shoot film. It still works great after 30+ years :)

Randy T

[steved110]

I was 20, and it was a used Chinon CE-4 which I bought with my own money. It had a standard Chinon 50mm f/1.7 lens and it was semi auto - you set the aperture with the ring on the lens and the camera would choose a shutter speed - or you could go manual. I loved it, but upgraded to an AF Eos Elan (Eos 100in europe) as soon as I could. I still have that one!

[Naturalworldphotographer]

12 when I got my 300D, before that I had been using an optio S, a 3 megapixel compact for a few months....:rolleyes: I wanted that 300D soooo badly. :)

[oaktree]

My first SLR (Miranda Sensorex): 28 years old in 1972. My first DLSR (Rebel Xti): 63 years old in 2007. 35 year gap. Anyone beat that?

[highbarger]

Ah...when did I get my first camera....

My father bought me a Canon TX fully manual SLR when I was 10 (35 years ago). Great camera to learn on. Using manual only really makes you learn how to think about a shot. This was the camera that got me hooked on photography.

http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/camera/film/data/1966-1975/outline/1975_tx.jpg

This was my first SLR, too. I bought mine used and it had a pretty good dent in the prism housing. Didn't affect the camera or images, though. I got it when I was around 25 years old.

[dave kadolph]

16

Was in big time--then got busy with other things.

College--kids --working for a living.

Got suckered in as a fill in shooter--just a favor ;)

I'm back :D

[Vectisbirder]

18. I had always wanted a 'proper' camera and as soon as I had a job I bought a Vivitar V2000 with a couple of zoom lenses.

[fiorano94]

Pretty cool to hear the many variations in age.


All my friends think im nuts because of the camera i have.

[DigitalSpecialist]

Wow, I am going to sound ancient. My first SLR was at 5, and I had already been taking photos for six months or so if you consider my fathers LF 8x10. My first Canon SLR was at 24 and I recieved it as a gift. My first Digital was PS that I bought right after my divorce from first wife. My DSLR was at 42 and that was a 5D. And I am 45 and still shooting Dags on the old 8x10, as well as Kodachrome, or FujiChrome!

[apersson850]

Bought my first, a Canon EF, when I was 14. The 40D is my sixth Canon SLR.

[SoaringUSAEagle]

15.

[Sparky98]

I bought my first SLR in the fall of 1976 when I was 29 and had been married about 2 months. I bought my first DSLR in September 2007 when I was 60 so that is a span of only 31 years. I got close to "oaktree" but a 35 year span is hard to beat.

My wife and I had gone to Dallas to see a musical but I had to stop by the camera store and make a purchase - an AE-1. She had no idea how much I would invest in photography equipment over the years but I just keep telling her it is cheaper than a bass boat. It helps that I am married to the most wonderful woman in the world.

[andrew748]

36 :)
i r now 37 and half :p

[elysium]

First SLR was in 1992 so that made me 7 which was the EOS 650. My first DSLR was the 400D back in 2007 when I was 22 and now turning 24, im on my third which is a 5D and recently got handed the EOS 1 at the age of 23.

Age
7 - EOS 650
22 - 400D
23 - 5D & EOS 1
24+ - 1D mkIII (wishlist)

[hsma]

I got my XTi when I was 20, 40D 7 months later

[AndPancho]

40 - never too late to start.

[crazyskillz07]

On July 27th last year I bought my 30D at 18 years of age. Then I bought everything else in my gear list. For one year its not to bad.

[kevin_c]

21 - Got a Canon AV-1 back in 1980. I'd been using a 35mm Zorki 4 rangefinder that I had for my 16th birthday up until then.

[tom1s]

17. It was 1978 and I got a Canon AE-1. I still have it and it was / is a great camera.

[saravrose]

20.

[DStanic]

I bought my first SLR- Minolta X9 off a guy when I was in highschool. So I was maybe 16 or 17. I used it a bit but the cost of film and developing kept me from developing much interest in photography. I just have the kit lens on that camera.

Got my XTi for Xmas last year (I was 24).

[jrorion5]

I have lurked long - rarely post on the internet. But, my first SLR was a Minolta x570 circa 1984 (still have). That followed 'borrowing' mom's yashica slr. Was in my early teens at the time. First DSLR, 2006. Long gap but quite a few point-n-shoots in between.

[woehlerking]

55 yrs old.
man you guys are making me feel old:(

[birdfromboat]

I was 25 and a 150 dollar used nikon f camera represented all the money I earned running a kodak 4c processer for 30 hours, but the film and developing was free! twenty years absent from serious photography and bam! youre 45 and the world is digital and 30 hours work gets you a pretty nice digital with a decent lens and if you have a computer and a printer the 'film' and developing is free again! I have gone way beyond that initial thirty hour investment, but I don't intend to have a twenty year absence this time around. This stuff is still fun!

[Naturalist]

I was 16 years old when I purchased my first SLR with my own money saved up from a summer job.

The camera was a brand spanking new Nikon F and I bought it, a Nikkor 50 f/2 normal lens and a Nikkor 135 f/3.5 telephoto.

The camera did not have a light meter so I borrowed my dad's old Sekonic Leader hand held light meter and I learned a lot shooting B&W film.

[canuk_1969]

Well, I'm 39 and still have yet to buy one, but I'm looking - hopefully soon :)

[Chet]

I think this should had been in a poll format. Can you post a poll with 80 different choices?

[cito17]

You got your first SLR or DSLR?

I got my Rebel XT at 13, paid for with my own money FWIW...

And recently got my 30D.


Just a random question.


Palmer



PS. Mods, if this is in the wrong section...sorry.:oops:

Wow, just like me! I'm also a freshman (fresh meat). Last year I was one of the only school PJ dudes. :D

[fubarhouse]

20 :P
Sony SLR-A100, one year later I decided to invest in quality camera gear so I found Canon and POTN around the same time :)

[Belmondo]

I bought my first SLR when I was in Japan in the Navy, around 1962. That was actually for my mother, and I didn't really have my own for about another 10 years, which would have made me around 30.

My first DSLR came along 5 years ago (2003), so I would have been 61.

Good things come to those who wait.

[Mark_Cohran]

I got my first SLR in 1978 or early 1979 - so I would have been 20. It was a Canon AT-1 and I still have it. I got my first DSLR in December of 2000 - that was the venerable Canon D30. I would have been 42 then. My how time flies when you're having fun!

[SpanishLustre]

Got my first, the Rebel XT, for my sweet 16 last year. :)

[S.Horton]

First camera -- Ummmmmmmmm 1972

First SLR -- Had to be shared with my brother, B&W in-home developing, about 1976<?>

First DSLR -- 2006

So, in 1976, I was 14.

Tempus Fugit

[Gamb]

2 weeks ago.. so ... 30

[Cristina_]

Interesting thread!

I don't know exactly, but when I was young often I went in dark room (camera obscura.. is it correct?) with my father, who had a canon av1 and a canon F1.
Now i use that cameras for BW films or slide; I feel a thrill when I realize that are older than me!

[Maddog12]

-18

[Kiddo]

I got my first SLR when I was in my 20s?? I think.. The my first DSLR when I was in my 30s.....

[mdw]

A year ago already! So, 20!

Just before I went to Costa Rica for 5 months.
I was really worried something might happen to it during that time, but all went well, and I came back with a lot of good pics! :D

[HankScorpio]

-18
Wow, minus eighteen really is starting young ;)

[mackidbrendan]

paid for half of my XTi and got the other half for my 16th birthday.
know im almost 17 and have got all the stuff in my sig, and i have paid for all of it.

[fiorano94]

wow.

Really cool to see.

Some people don't think im telling the truth when i say i have a 30D at 14.

Oh well.

[mackidbrendan]

wow.

Really cool to see.

Some people don't think im telling the truth when i say i have a 30D at 14.

Oh well.

i believe you :lol::cool::p

[CincyShooter]

i was 18 started it off with a K2,moved to an S3IS then 400D

[wyntrsnyte]

I was 18 when I got my film SLR and then the hubby convinced me to upgrade to digital about 2 years ago at 28.

[Citizensmith]

Konica rangefinder at 12, Canon SLR at 18.

[yugenm]

Bought a Minolta 35mm autofocus SLR last January
Then I turned 18, and jumped ship to digital with the purchase of a used Rebel XT
Then I defected to Nikon, selling the XT to a friend and buying a D70s. It handles exactly the way I want it to :D

[Trainboy]

I got given a film SLR last fall, bought my XT in February, but I've been taking pics with my mum's K1000 for years...

[ISO Boz]

Never actually, I use my husbands! :lol:

[DHancock]

First slr was a Pentax K1000. Bought in my 20's... about 20 some years ago. Still have it.