D2x......D2Xs.... D2h.....other

[Big Pix]

not that I am a Nikon user  ....... any way, how many members still shoot using the above, or any other older top end digital camera.........

I still chase the odd bird {the feathered kind} using a D2Xs and the bigma.....

[bigbob]

I use a D2x and still use a D70

[Big Pix]

....... my D70s is still in the family, my son has it to shoot his first child along with the fantastic plastic 50mm f1.8....

good to see other D2x users

[Big Pix]

....... there must be more than 2 old camera users on this forum......

[Tim N]

I have a film canon 30E ? Does that count ?
I have a film point and shoot waterproof camera (non working) from late 1990's
Also have a canon EOS 30D which is a bit older ? I leave my 28 - 105 lens on there for Katrina to use to take photos of the baby

[Analog6]

I can top that, I have an old Chinese Seagull TLR

[Derek]

I still have a Practika MTL3 which I purchased back in the 80s. I havent used it for 2 or 3 years so I think it is time to give it a run again.

[Big Pix]

maybe members could post a pix of the old cameras........ I am yet to see a Chinese Seagull TLR.......

and are there any members with collections of old cameras

[Analog6]

I'll get a pic over the weekend.  I had it for sale on here (it's till listed) but there were no bites.  The lens is terrific, I have taken some great pics with it but I always used transparency film and do not have a 6 x 6 film scanner.

[Big Pix]

I always used transparency film and do not have a 6 x 6 film scanner.

......... YES YOU DO...... any digital camera can be used as a scanner on a tripod, using a macro lens or close up lens, close up tubes ..... put about an inch or more of black around the transparency , stick to a small piece of opal or white perspex, stick this to a sliding door place flash behind transparency about 30 + cm back. After lining up your camera do a number of different exposures. Start at f11, if too light move flash back or stop lens down to f16, f22...... if too dark move flash closer or open up lens to f8....... try not to work with lens open more than f8.........

this can also be used as a vertical set up......


...... the above is a simple copy set up, the same as if you were making a copy of an old photo...... if you do not have a flash, use a defused light source, just block out the light hitting the camera lens, other than through the transparency, and your camera meter, do a bracket of exposures and pick the best one..... all easy

[Analog6]

I have a light box, could I use that?  Will the images be big enough to do anything useful with?  Maybe I could do it with the hasselblad and digital back . . .

Thanks for that info, now I can go off and experiment.

[Big Pix]

I have a light box, could I use that?  Will the images be big enough to do anything useful with?  Maybe I could do it with the hasselblad and digital back . . .

Thanks for that info, now I can go off and experiment.

YES.... if you use the correct white balance........ if you can get close enough with the blad and get a big image then yes....... or use your canon and macro lens

....... the light box is the way to go..... but put black or dark grey around the area you are copying to avoid flare on edge of copy area

Using the above, I have copied 6cm x 4.5cm size transpariences and made prints to 30 inchs. The image was as good as if it had been shot on digital

[Tim N]

My Dad used to have an old Yaschica ? with a couple of lenses, all manual + manual focus. Apparently Mum dug it out a few months ago and there was some ancient film in it and it seems I had managed to get a hold of it in my early years and had taken some terrible pictures of my brother ??
I wonder if he still has it, I think Mum took it to get cleaned but there isnt anyone in Aus who will service Yaschica cameras anymore ??

[Big Pix]

 took it to get cleaned but there isnt anyone in Aus who will service Yaschica cameras anymore ??

......... you will have to find an old camera repair place...... Pro Gear in chatswood, would know..... PM me if you need more info

[Tim N]

I dont know if he even still has it ... I will ask next time and see if I can get a hold of it and find somewhere to get it cleaned and serviced !

[Big Pix]

........ there must be more than 2 or 3 users of older digital camera bodies on this forum...... come on tell all, my happy snap digital is a 4500 Nikon coolpix........ still takes a fine pix

or what camera you are using at the moment

[Rick Waldroup]

For years, for my PJ and event work, I shot a Nikon D1x and a D2H.  My film cameras dated all the way back to my first real camera, a Nikon F which I purchased around 1968.  Over the years, I have shot all kinds of formats, up to 8x10 view cameras and I even owned a Seagull, like Odille.  For my street work, I owned several types of film rangefinders, including a Leica M5.

I am not a sentimentalist at all or a collector, like a lot of my friends.  When a camera has oultived it's usefullness to me, I move on and usually sell them or give them away.

Over the past few years, I have scaled back on my shooting system, junking the big, heavy Nikons for something a bit smaller and lighter.  I moved to the 4/3 system.  I now shoot just two Lumix L1 bodies with three lenses and a Metz flash.  I also shoot a Ricoh GRDII.  That's it.

[Tim N]

Over the past few years, I have scaled back on my shooting system, junking the big, heavy Nikons for something a bit smaller and lighter.  I moved to the 4/3 system.  I now shoot just two Lumix L1 bodies with three lenses and a Metz flash.  I also shoot a Ricoh GRDII.  That's it.

I was reading your other post about the new Ricoh coming out and was going to ask if you had tried / were using a 4/3 system !

[Rick Waldroup]

Tim, there is no doubt in my mind that the wave of the future involves mirrorless systems.  After 30 years of lugging around big cameras with big lenses, I'd had enough.   Especially when the DSLR's were even bigger than my old Nikon F2's ands F3's equipped with motor drives.

Even now, I am looking to either the micro 4/3 system or the new Ricoh system to replace my Lumix 4/3 bodies. 

[Tim N]

Good for all the street stuff you do. I have tried to get out and get some stuff like that but its just so hard to look inconspicuous with a big white 70 - 200 f2.8 L lens mounted on a 1D mkIII ... perhaps thats my problem ... put on a smaller lens and shoot more "from the hip" ?? !!

[Rick Waldroup]

Good for all the street stuff you do. I have tried to get out and get some stuff like that but its just so hard to look inconspicuous with a big white 70 - 200 f2.8 L lens mounted on a 1D mkIII ... perhaps thats my problem ... put on a smaller lens and shoot more "from the hip" ?? !!

I was able to shoot street photography with my Nikons, it was hard, but I was able to do it.  In your case, with the rig you mentioned, yes, you would stand out like a sore thumb, especially with that white lens.

I sometimes shoot from the hip, but not that often.  In the end, street shooting is more of a mindset, than anything else.  But still, being inconspicuous certainly helps.

[Big Pix]

....... any street photography I have done in the passed few years has been with a D70s and a 500mm Nikon mirror lens.......

If I have got to take off the 500mm gives me a head start..... and it does not stand out in a crowd as much as say the Sigma 50-500mm

[aprillove20]

I  used a D70..