My name is Steve, and I have a problem.

I used to work in the retail photographic industry for about 10 years
selling to pro's and serious amateurs and just your average bloke in the
street. We used to get some guys in that had tonnes of pro gear that would
obsess over this lens and that body and do resolutions tests of this and
that....but rarely actually did anything with it. And then we had the people
that actually photographed stuff.

I freely admit, I'm a bit of both. I've owned Nikon and Canon gear before
and I just love the look of a good camera. Truth be told, I'm probably more
into the gear than the photographs.

Some of my favourite bits of kit I've owned from a purely aesthetic/tactile
point of view.

Canon A1
Canon Ae1 Program
Canon T90
Canon EOS 630
Contax 167MT
MPP 5x4 inch (english built I think....just gorgeously over engineered)
Nikon F4
Nikon F3
Nikon FM2
Nikon FM
Nikon D70
Nikon 55mm Micro Nikkor
Nikon 300mm 2.8
Nikon 80-200 2.8
Mamiya C330
Minolta XG-7 (The most beautiful shutter mechanism ever)


Will anyone else own up to just loving the look and feel of camera
equipment, and if so..what gear has really pushed your buttons in the past?

c'mon...you can tell me..you're amongst friends here..

"Steve Franklin" wrote in message
...
I used to work in the retail photographic industry for about 10 years
selling to pro's and serious amateurs and just your average bloke in the
street. We used to get some guys in that had tonnes of pro gear that would
obsess over this lens and that body and do resolutions tests of this and
that....but rarely actually did anything with it. And then we had the
people
that actually photographed stuff.

SNIP
c'mon...you can tell me..you're amongst friends here..

Nikon F-100
105mm Micro Nikkor 2.8AF D

Good thing is... it doesn't just look good... it's a good camera, too.

Cheers,
ink

On this date, Steve Franklin extended this wisdom for the
consideration of other readers...

I used to work in the retail photographic industry for
about 10 years selling to pro's and serious amateurs and
just your average bloke in the street. We used to get some
guys in that had tonnes of pro gear that would obsess over
this lens and that body and do resolutions tests of this
and that....but rarely actually did anything with it. And
then we had the people that actually photographed stuff.

I freely admit, I'm a bit of both. I've owned Nikon and
Canon gear before and I just love the look of a good
camera. Truth be told, I'm probably more into the gear than
the photographs.

Some of my favourite bits of kit I've owned from a purely
aesthetic/tactile point of view.

Canon A1
Canon Ae1 Program
Canon T90
Canon EOS 630
Contax 167MT
MPP 5x4 inch (english built I think....just gorgeously over
engineered) Nikon F4
Nikon F3
Nikon FM2
Nikon FM
Nikon D70
Nikon 55mm Micro Nikkor
Nikon 300mm 2.8
Nikon 80-200 2.8
Mamiya C330
Minolta XG-7 (The most beautiful shutter mechanism ever)


Will anyone else own up to just loving the look and feel of
camera equipment, and if so..what gear has really pushed
your buttons in the past?

c'mon...you can tell me..you're amongst friends here..

You forget to take your meds this morning? This message could
best be described as incoherent rambling.

--
ATM, aka Jerry

You forget to take your meds this morning? This message could
best be described as incoherent rambling.

.....and not contain anything related to digital slr's...

"Steve Franklin" wrote in message
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Will anyone else own up to just loving the look and feel of camera
equipment, and if so..what gear has really pushed your buttons in the
past?



I love the look and feel of my Canon 300d EOS (Digital SLR) I am addicted to
photo stuff know. I have taken 9000 pictures in a little over year, and
picked several lens too.

*And* it pushes my buttons too, ever since the autofocus submirror actuator
(plastic crap) pin piece broke, 2 months out of warrantee, a $200 fix, I
have been pretty much ****ed off.

And it happened in the past.

David A.

"David A" wrote in message
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"Steve Franklin" wrote in message
...
Will anyone else own up to just loving the look and feel of camera
equipment, and if so..what gear has really pushed your buttons in the
past?



I love the look and feel of my Canon 300d EOS (Digital SLR) I am addicted
to photo stuff know. I have taken 9000 pictures in a little over year, and
picked several lens too.

*And* it pushes my buttons too, ever since the autofocus submirror
actuator (plastic crap) pin piece broke, 2 months out of warrantee, a $200
fix, I have been pretty much ****ed off.

And it happened in the past.

David A.


I admit it, I feel good about sharing this with everyone - there, its off my
chest.

Thank you, everybody!

David A.

Zed Pobre wrote:
|| Steve Franklin wrote:
||| Will anyone else own up to just loving the look and feel of
||| camera equipment, and if so..what gear has really pushed
||| your buttons in the past?
|||
||| c'mon...you can tell me..you're amongst friends here..
||
|| Actually, there is one thing that kind of catches me this
|| way. It's not the body, though I do like the feel of my 20D.
|| It's not the lenses.
||
|| It's the lens hoods. I have to remind myself not to pet the
|| fuzzy inside portion on my lens hoods to minimize the chance
|| of bringing any dirt or skin oils near the lens... and the
|| petal shaped hood on my 17-85 is just kind of cute. I
|| sometimes indulge myself and let my fingertip trail over the
|| outside along the wavy top.
||
|| --
|| Zed Pobre a.k.a. Zed Pobre

|| PGP key and fingerprint available on finger; encrypted mail
|| welcomed.

:-)

--
--
"In this life, you can get away with being either stupid or
greedy. Being both however is unforgivable, and could even be
fatal."

I used to own a Kodak Instamatic - does that count?

Steve Franklin wrote:



Will anyone else own up to just loving the look and feel of camera
equipment, and if so..what gear has really pushed your buttons in the
past?

http://homepage.mac.com/mattdenton/p...s/vito_ii.html

Not sure what it is, but this camera has a great aesthetic design to me.

--

Stacey

My impression is that nearly everyone who reads or posts to this newsgroup
is a hopeless cameraholic.
Me especially.