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Did you ever own/use a 35mm SLR?

Started Jan 31, 2011 | Discussion thread

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Did you ever own/use a 35mm SLR?

Jan 31, 2011

I think the "35 mm equivalent" spec for lenses is a hold-over from the days when the early-adopters of digital were advanced 35mm SLR users. In those days it made sense.

These days, with the use of film greatly diminished, I'm wondering just how many current DSLR users ever actually worked with 35mm camera. If you never really used 35mm film (and with a variety of lenses), how can stating a lens focal length as a "35 mm equivalent" provide any meaningful info?

An informal poll: If you are a DSLR owner, add a reply indicating your previous use or not of 35mm film.

I'm sure there are still quite a few, but it only makes sense, that day by day, the number will diminish.

We need a new, meaningful way, meaningful to the digital sensors of today, to quote lens focal length performance.

=Alan R.

Who was Ansel Adams' Ansel Adams?

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Did you ever own/use a 35mm SLR?	alanvee	Jan 31, 2011
Yes	ljfinger	Jan 31, 2011
Re: Yes	Fish323	Jan 31, 2011
Yes but prefered larger formats.	MikeSoCal	Jan 31, 2011
O. T. question	Leonard Migliore	Jan 31, 2011
Re: O. T. question	Luke Kaven	Jan 31, 2011
Re: O. T. question	godfrog	Jan 31, 2011
Re: Yes but prefered larger formats.	btolley	Feb 3, 2011
Re: Did you ever own/use a 35mm SLR?	hotdog321	Jan 31, 2011
Yes, for over 25 years	CharlieDIY	Jan 31, 2011
Re: Yes, for over 25 years	avins	Jan 31, 2011
Re: Yes, for over 25 years	Laurentiu Todie	Jan 31, 2011
Re: Yes, for over 25 years	Brian D. Schneider	Jan 31, 2011
Everything between 35 & 10x8"	Barrie Davis	Jan 31, 2011
same, except cine /nt	tex	Jan 31, 2011
I only ever used 'real' f-lengths...	Barrie Davis	Jan 31, 2011
I learned	oldgeek	Jan 31, 2011
Yes, for decades...	Gordon W	Jan 31, 2011
Re: Did you ever own/use a 35mm SLR?	JamesRL	Jan 31, 2011
Re: Did you ever own/use a 35mm SLR?	Les Berkley	Jan 31, 2011
Re: Did you ever own/use a 35mm SLR?	bikinchris	Jan 31, 2011
Yes, many	mikeval	Jan 31, 2011
Re: Yes, many	JamesRL	Jan 31, 2011
Yes, full manual, then AF Minolta Maxxum(s)	stan_pustylnik	Jan 31, 2011
Another 25 year veteran but so what?	Cedarhill	Jan 31, 2011
Re: Another 25 year veteran but so what?	drusus	Jan 31, 2011
Re: Another 25 year veteran but so what?	mikeval	Jan 31, 2011
Re: Another 25 year veteran but so what?	ljfinger	Jan 31, 2011
Re: Another 25 year veteran but so what?	Brian D. Schneider	Jan 31, 2011
Re: Another 25 year veteran but so what?	ljfinger	Jan 31, 2011
Re: Another 25 year veteran but so what?	PicOne	Feb 1, 2011
Re: Another 25 year veteran but so what?	moving_comfort	Feb 2, 2011
Re: Did you ever own/use a 35mm SLR?..	MusicDoctorDJ	Jan 31, 2011
Re: Did you ever own/use a 35mm SLR?..	Luvthelight	Jan 31, 2011
Yes	acsmith	Jan 31, 2011
Re: Did you ever own/use a 35mm SLR?	RobIV	Jan 31, 2011
FOV	DickyUK	Jan 31, 2011
Re: Did you ever own/use a 35mm SLR?	Barry Fitzgerald	Jan 31, 2011
Re: Did you ever own/use a 35mm SLR?	KarachiKid	Jan 31, 2011
Re: Did you ever own/use a 35mm SLR?	grantham	Jan 31, 2011
About 25-yes to 0-no so far (n.t.)	ljfinger	Jan 31, 2011
Re: Did you ever own/use a 35mm SLR?	Skipper494	Jan 31, 2011
Re: Did you ever own/use a 35mm SLR?	arbie1	Jan 31, 2011
Re: Did you ever own/use a 35mm SLR?...sure; back in the 60's!	rfclark	Jan 31, 2011
Re: Did you ever own/use a 35mm SLR?...sure; back in the 60's!	bikinchris	Jan 31, 2011
Re: Did you ever own/use a 35mm SLR?...sure; back in the 60's!	ljfinger	Jan 31, 2011
Re: Did you ever own/use a 35mm SLR?	RedFox88	Jan 31, 2011
Every day	Dave Luttmann	Jan 31, 2011
Yes - film user, and Yes - equivalent spec is still valid...	Patco	Jan 31, 2011
Minolta X700 SLR	sterretje	Jan 31, 2011
Re: Did you ever own/use a 35mm SLR?	Bill Force	Jan 31, 2011
Re: Did you ever own/use a 35mm SLR?	Don Karner	Jan 31, 2011
Yes,	goetz48	Jan 31, 2011
Re: Did you ever own/use a 35mm SLR?	godfrog	Jan 31, 2011
Re: Did you ever own/use a 35mm SLR?	LeRentier	Jan 31, 2011
Re: Did you ever own/use a 35mm SLR?	Mark Smith	Jan 31, 2011
Re: Did you ever own/use a 35mm SLR?	Nick Gombinsky	Jan 31, 2011
Yes, used 35mm SLR (n/t)	Matts N	Jan 31, 2011
Yep...still have two of them...	zackiedawg	Jan 31, 2011
Yes	mujana	Jan 31, 2011
Now we're at about 50 yes's to 0 no's (n.t.)	ljfinger	Jan 31, 2011
"Don't fix what it ain't broken"	Nick Gombinsky	Jan 31, 2011
Yes	Leonard Migliore	Jan 31, 2011
Re: Did you ever own/use a 35mm SLR?	kwa_photo	Jan 31, 2011
I certainly did use a 35mm FILM SLR... among other cameras.	ScottyNV	Jan 31, 2011
Re: Yes. 35mm equiv was/is the best parameter we have.	Edymagno	Jan 31, 2011
Not a bad thing	Edymagno	Jan 31, 2011
Yes, since 1982	scott_mcleod	Jan 31, 2011
Yes (and proposed solution)	Dennis	Jan 31, 2011
Different way to designate lenses	onlooker	Jan 31, 2011
Yes35mm SLR, and yes DSLR	antoineb	Jan 31, 2011
Re: Did you ever own/use a 35mm SLR?	Tom_N	Jan 31, 2011
Yep - for many years	Steven Wandy	Jan 31, 2011
Yes - and the obvious solution...	Chas B	Jan 31, 2011
Yes, Fuji,Olympus and Minolta (& Mamiya645 & 6x6cm Rolleis)	aldoc	Jan 31, 2011
Still do	zakk9	Feb 1, 2011
Re: Did you ever own/use a 35mm SLR?	hatidua	Feb 1, 2011
Re: Did you ever own/use a 35mm SLR?	tsiya	Feb 1, 2011
Re: Did you ever own/use a 35mm SLR?	masak	Feb 1, 2011
Yes..Mamiya , Yashica , Contax since the 1970és	FritsThomsen	Feb 1, 2011
Re: Still do occasioanlly, why change...	glasswave	Feb 1, 2011
Re: Still do occasioanlly, why change...	Patco	Feb 1, 2011
Re: Did you ever own/use a 35mm SLR?	alanvee	Feb 1, 2011
Re: Did you ever own/use a 35mm SLR?	tsiya	Feb 1, 2011
Re: Did you ever own/use a 35mm SLR?	Leswick	Feb 1, 2011
Re: Did you ever own/use a 35mm SLR?	Tom_N	Feb 1, 2011
Re: Did you ever own/use a 35mm SLR?	bartshumandad	Feb 1, 2011
Well, I think you're wrong about the timeline	ljfinger	Feb 1, 2011
Let me ask you this...what would you propose we use?	ljfinger	Feb 1, 2011
Re: Let me ask you this...what would you propose we use?	Dennis	Feb 1, 2011
Re: Let me ask you this...what would you propose we use?	ljfinger	Feb 1, 2011
Re: Let me ask you this...what would you propose we use?	Tom_N	Feb 2, 2011
Re: Let me ask you this...what would you propose we use?	tsiya	Feb 1, 2011
Most of 'us old timers' don't need 35mm equivalent	sterretje	Feb 1, 2011
Yes, Pentax and Nikon....	greenmanphoto	Feb 1, 2011
Canon AE-1, T70, T90, EOS-1, 3, 5, 1N, 1NRS, 620, 630, RT	dherzstein	Feb 1, 2011
It ain't broke, don't fix it.	Roger99	Feb 1, 2011
Re: Did you ever own/use a 35mm SLR?	PTNikkor	Feb 1, 2011
Re: Did you ever own/use a 35mm SLR?	dscottsatx	Feb 1, 2011
Re: Did you ever own/use a 35mm SLR?	Aleksandar Momirovic	Feb 1, 2011
It doesn't matter....	Steve H	Feb 1, 2011
film Pentax K1000 digital Pentax *ist DS n/t	Norm Neely	Feb 1, 2011
Yashica FR (n.t.)	Chris ™	Feb 1, 2011
Re: Did you ever own/use a 35mm SLR?	JMcCarthy	Feb 1, 2011
Yes - Nikormat EL + others 30+years	Dennis Jones	Feb 1, 2011
Re: Did you ever own/use a 35mm SLR?	n057	Feb 1, 2011
Re: Did you ever own/use a 35mm SLR?	Mike Flood	Feb 1, 2011
Yes: Zenit 12XP --> Chinon 5P --> Canon 10s --> DSLRs since 2004	Redstone01	Feb 1, 2011
Absolutely YES	The_cheshirecat	Feb 1, 2011
Re: Of course!	GeraldW	Feb 2, 2011
Re: Of course!	johnparas11zenfoliodotcom	Feb 2, 2011
Yes/Yes... film... film SLRs... now finally FF dSLR... 40+ yrs now...	sdyue	Feb 2, 2011
Re: Did you ever own/use a 35mm SLR?	Tommyest	Feb 2, 2011
Re: Did you ever own/use a 35mm SLR?	ABA DABA	Feb 2, 2011
Re: Did you ever own/use a 35mm SLR?	SteveH	Feb 2, 2011
Yes	GodSpeaks	Feb 2, 2011
Re: Yes	Skywalker23	Feb 2, 2011
Konica Auto Reflex T 35mm SLR	Soenda	Feb 2, 2011
Awesome!	Dave Luttmann	Feb 2, 2011
Re: Did you ever own/use a 35mm SLR?	Phil Bishop	Feb 2, 2011
Yes, a Praktica then Canons	SteveH	Feb 2, 2011
No, you're overcomplicating this.	suddenlybees	Feb 2, 2011
Re: Did you ever own/use a 35mm SLR?	Allan Crowson	Feb 3, 2011

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