Tell me your age! How long into photography?

I am 40 and have been messing around with it since I was a JR or SR in high school (don't remember which). I used my brothers Canon AE-1 to shoot some stuff for the yearbook. In college I got my own camera, a Minolta X-700 and took every class the university offered in photography then went to work for the yearbook there to make beer money. I would end up with 3 X-700s over the next 2 decades.

I went digital in 2002 or so with a Kodak DX3900 P&S. I was not convinced it was the way to go and did not want to spend a lot of money on it yet. After I got a taste I was hooked and my wife got me a 7D 2 years ago for my birthday. The rest is history.

Bob
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...taking photos on and off since I art school (1990-93), my father introduced me to photography, and since summer 2006 it got a bit out of control at times, took some 12,000 shots since then.
Living in Vienna, Austria.
greetings,
Bernd

Patrick Corrigan said:

...then automatic exposer...

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Sorry, that should have been "automatic exposure."

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I'll be 59 on the 27th of this month...

I took my first shots with my dad's Kodak box camera and a friend's folding Rolleyflex ( dual lens ) when I was 15 and fell in love with photography at that time. I worked at a photo lab developing X-Ray films. By 1969 my brother gave me a Leica M2 with a Summicron 50mm/f2 and a 90mm/f2, a fantastic set which was unfortunately stolen two yeas later.

My first SLR was a Minolta SRT 101 bought in the US in 1974, when I was on a business assignment trip. From then on I had several Minolta bodies. My first digital was a 1 MP Kodak DC210, ( 2003 ) followed by a 2MP Canon (!) Powershot S100, then I got back to Minolta with a Dimage 7Hi, and an A1 a bit later.
First DSLR in November 2004 with the 7D, adding a Sony A100 in 2007!

... Lucas

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Jim you are our patriarch...81 and going strong--more power to you!

I am 64 years old and I live in Colorado. My first camera was a Petri 2.8 35mm rangefinder I got in 1958. Used that thing to death. Then I upgraded to a Minolta SRT101 SLR in 1970. Loved, that camera. Still have both of them. They still work. Upgraded again to a Minolta 7000i in 1993. That was my last film SLR. Had my own darkroom for a very long time. But eventually I got fed up with the chemicals, and not being able to reproduce black and white prints easily. So for a long while, I just used a point and shoot 35mm. In 2000 I bought my first digital camera, an Olympus C-2020. That camera was fantastic. Even though it was only 2 Mpixels, it had a very fast 2.8 constant aperture lens, and a very sensitive chip. I have a few images taken in good light that I have blown up to 11 x 14 with no pixelation! Next upgrade was to a Minolta A1 in 2002. At that point, I retired, and started up a small free lance photography business. Originally I did mostly commercial product photography for the web. In 2005 I upgraded again to the Minolta D7D. That is waht I currently use. I now have branched out into wedding photography, a few portraits, lots of landscape photography (check my site), and now maybe a little real estate commercial photography. My long time hobby (50 years) has turned into a passion now, primarily because of digital and the enormously expanded potential for creativity it brings. In the meantime I have been a student of Photoshop for 10 years (would really like to become ACE certified), and I am Apple Certified as Pro Trainer for Aperture. It's been a really great ride, and hopefully I will be able to pursue this hobby/vocation for many years to come!

I am also an avid collector of 60/70s rangefinder cameras.

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I made the same conclusion. Quite remarkable really, especially when you consider this is the Sony forum... I wonder how much bigger the number would be if this thread was running in the Canon forum

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I am 62. I also used a Petri 7 and previously a Brownie 127 when I was 6. First serious camera was a Pentax S1 in 1963 followed by an S3. I used all Tamron lenses with the Pentaxes. I have had a darkroom from secondary school days but it is not used now exept by others occasionally. Before buying the 5D I had several compact film cameras and later compact digital cameras. The Ricoh R1 was probably the best of the compacts.

The higher resolution digital cameras bring a new dimension to photography. I could not achieve the same consistency with film.

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I'm 65 in July and looking forward to retirement to give me more time for photography. Had my first camera age about eight as my dad was a keen photographer. Several Minoltas and one Canon in the last 50 years with first digital the Nikon Coolpix 900 in 1998 (1.1 meg) then the Dimage 5 and Minolta A2 with the Alpha 100 a couple of months ago. I now realise how bad the focus system is on the A2! My wife has a small Casio which I often "borrow"!

I'm 34, living in Zurich, Switzerland. I'm an computer science engineer with PhD and photography is a hobby for me. Besides chess and hunting.

I started with a friends' Canon A-1 when I was about 10, later received an old Voygtländer two-lens MF camera, fully manual, that I still own, and an old russian viewfinder camera that makes 72 pictures on a 135-36 film.

The camera that I first bought was a Dynax 8000i, when I was 17. Two years ago. My first digital camera was a Canon PowerShot G3, that I still own. Today, I shoot with a Dynax 7D and two Dynax 9 bodies. And I hope to shoot soon with one of those fancy new Sony DSLRs.

Regards, Josef.

I am 69. My first serious camera was an Argus C4 35 mm bought in '55, although I had used a Kodak Brownie Target box camera for several years. The C4 had a fixed 55 mm f/2.8 lens and came in a kit with a flash and an exposure meter.

My first digital was a Kodak DX-6440, bought in 2003 as a starter. It was quickly traded on a Canon S50 and later a G5. The first DSLR was a Canon 20D. I'm currently between DSLR's and am furiously evaluating cameras to select the next one. The Sony A-100 is still on my short list along with the Canon 30D and XTi, and the Nikon D80 and D40X.
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I am 61 and started with the old box camera and then polariod. I started digital with the old Mavica.

Sony Alpha 100
Sony Cyper-Shot F-828
Sony Cyper-Shot H-9

Minolta 50mm Lens f1.7
Minolta 18-70mm Lens f 3.5-5.6 D
Minolta 28-100mm Lens f 3.5-5.6 D
Minolta 70-300mm Lens f 4.5-5.6 D
Minolta 1.5x Teleconverter
Minolta 2x Teleconverter
Sony F2.8/100mm Macro lens
Tamrom 28-300mm Lens f 3.5-6.3
Sigma 135-400mm Lens f 4.5-5.6

Forgot. I live in Texas.

What do you hunt? Is it w/ one of the Schmidt-Bender rifles that once were used for National defence in Switzerland? I may get one of these here in the US since I read the machining and quality of manufacture is top-notch.

I like to shoot clay...skeet and trap. Too bad i suck at it

In that area where I hunt, we have deers, mountain goats, boars, as well as ducks, foxes and badgers. For shooting, I mainly use my Blaser D99, a shotgun with two barrels (20/76) and an additional rifle barrel (.30R Blaser), equipped with a 2.5-10x50 Zeiss sight. Sometimes I also use by Blaser R93 rifle (.30-06), equipped with a 3-12x56 Zeiss sight. For the autumn hunt in groups, I use my SKB 505 over-and-under shohtgun (12/76). For training and competition shooting, I use the SKB and another Blaser R93 rifle with a special competition barrel (7.5x55 Swiss) with a Swarowski 6-24x50 sight.

Regards, Josef.

33 years old, Russia.

I have used
Canon PowerShot A70, A95, A710IS
Minolta G600
Minolta A2

Now I use
Minolta Dynax 5
Pentax Optio W10
Sony A100

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First camera, Ansco Regent my Dad brought back from Europe after WWII. Still have, immaculate shape. Started using around age 5, Dad wouldn't let me use the cool blue flash bulbs as they got way too hot.

Followed by:
Canon G-III Rangefinder. still have, leather case really beat up.
Konica TC, long gone
Olympus OM-2, long gone
Pentax ME-Super, long gone
Nikon FE, stolen recently
Sony a100 with several used Minolta lenses
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I'm Jack Casner. I am 70 and I've been into photography since 1952, My first “good” SLR was an Exakta with f/1.9, Steinheil Auto-Quinon. My next camera was a Rollei 2.8D. I have owned and used Nikon, Pentax – Spotmatic and LX, Minolta, Contax and Canon EOS 35mm cameras. In addition to my Rollei I have owned Pentax 67, Hasselblad 503CW, Pentax 645 and Mamiya 645.

At present I own a Canon 5d with a selection of Canon L IS glass as well as some Sigma and Tamron lenses.

Last summer I bought an Alpha on the strength of Sony's plans to bring out a series of Carl Zeiss lenses. I had Zeiss glass on my Hasselblad as well as my Contax and the only lenses I believe ever matched them were the Pentax 67 and 645 glass. Don't get me wrong: the EOS mount lenses I own are very good and I know the same is true of many Nikon products.

I have the Vario-Sonnar 16-80 and it more than meets my expectations. What really threw me was my reintroduction to the outstanding lenses available from the old Minolta line.

I will likely buy and upgrade of the current A100 when it becomes available. No objection to the current model at all, I just want to see what new developments are included. If the new “pro model” (whatever that means) does live up to the hype, I may buy that, sell my Canon gear and get a G lens or two.
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