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Staying on Brand ???

Started Aug 15, 2021 | Discussions thread
Photodog2 Senior Member • Posts: 1,918
Stayed on the brain since childhood

I'm not brand loyal but do have preferences based on past history dating back to childhood. When I was child in the 60s, Nikon SLRs were being used by famous photojournalists covering the Vietnam War, and I always heard older family members saying Nikon was the best. The first camera I ever owned was an Olympus XA. The first color TV we had when I was a child was a Sony Trinitron and it lasted for 15 years. My parents were still using it when I was in college.

My Dad and several uncles owned Pentax SLRs. I don't remember a particular Panasonic device in my family but remember reading a case study in business school about Matsushita which was of course the owner of the Panasonic brand. Those are the camera brands I own today.

Of course, I actually used Fujifilm film as an analog shooter way back since they were usually cheaper than Kodak. I also remember a lot of Andre Agassi ads for Canon, but I own neither of those brands today. It is amazing to think that all those brands have been around for decades. I do miss Minolta since I remember owning one or two in the past too. I make up for it by still shooting some Minolta lenses adapted to mirrorless. Their colors are still my favorite to this day.

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