thirtyfivefifty
Noctilust survivor
I often glance at what people just sold, bought, regretted purchasing, love, but I was was wondering what purchase changed your photographic philosophy, or photography in general.
Can be a class, seminar, lens, camera, book, etc.
There's nothing too big or too small to mention. Can be anything.
Can be a class, seminar, lens, camera, book, etc.
There's nothing too big or too small to mention. Can be anything.
Murchu
Well-known
Actually, and in the vein of of this being the rangefinderforum, it was a rangefinder, my first M, that had a big impact on my shooting. I guess it was the combination of the small form, bare bones controls, and ability to see outside the frame, that put the emphasis back on seeing and looking, when I was out shooting.
yossarian123
Sam I Am
I'd say it was a Nikon FM with 50mm Series E lens. My first real camera, to this day I still have no idea why I bought it - before that time I was quite happy with using point and shoot (or even **gasp** disposable) cameras.
NicoM
Well-known
My Nikon D80. It was my first DSLR, and it was my introduction to photography. I feel like it was the camera which allowed me to produce some of my best photographs to this very day. Back then, I didn't continually look at forums to check out the latest and greatest gear. It was all about photography. *Sigh* those were good days.
LKeithR
Improving daily--I think.
If I am to be honest the real "game changer" was when I bought my first DSLR; a Pentax K10D. I had been a Pentax shooter for years and had shot a lot of film but from that moment on I realized what a pain it was compared to digital. A second momentous event--I don't think buying "any" camera could be considered "life changing"--was when I bought my Digilux 2. It is not my most used camera but it's certainly my favourite...
sevo
Fokutorendaburando
Sex, drugs and rock'n'roll. It is the input that formed me, photography is output.
Changed my life? Nothing that I bought. Changed my philosophy on photography? William Eggleston's Guide back when I first encountered it in the early 90s. Leica M6 / Leica Minilux also during that same time frame.
Pickett Wilson
Veteran
Kodak Instamatic 100. Got me hooked on photography. My obsession with it caught the attention of a family friend who was a pro photographer, who took serious interest in giving me a "real" camera, teaching me the darkroom, and led to a so far 40 plus year career as a news shooter. It literally did change my life!
sepiareverb
genius and moron
A bottle of liquid acid in 1982.
f16sunshine
Moderator
Oh, yes of course that too.
I was to say an engagement ring but really it was probably the liquid courage that got me to do that. All lost now...
Stuart John
Well-known
APX100 with Paterson acutol. That was the first B&W film developer combo that I found I really liked. I tried quite a few before but that combo was just about perfect. Of course later much later I discovered that I could make pretty much any B&W film look how I wanted it but I used that combo for years.
felix5616
Established
a german shepard dog
Spanik
Well-known
Second hand Mamiya 645 ProTL with 45/80/150, a couple of backs and a compendium. Until then I never tought about photography, just pushed the shutter button. But after a year struggling with the 300D I tossed it out and got into MF. Learned to care about exposure and found that taking a photo can be fun.
lam
Well-known
A tiny Konica C35A rangefinder. Film rebirth!
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
A black Nikon F2. This was my first camera back in the mid seventies when I was in art school. At that time I use to be very shy around women, but that camera, along with being a standout in the art department, lead to me meeting more women than I could handle. It was a lucky camera.
I gained a lot of sexual experience directly due to that particular camera. Somehow I became the Photo Editor and Darkroom manager for my school's newspaper, and somehow the darkroom also became a sex parlor...
Cal
I gained a lot of sexual experience directly due to that particular camera. Somehow I became the Photo Editor and Darkroom manager for my school's newspaper, and somehow the darkroom also became a sex parlor...
Cal
daveleo
what?
Can't narrow it down to one . . .
Can't narrow it down to one . . .
These two changed my photographic life . . .
Can't narrow it down to one . . .
These two changed my photographic life . . .
iuseruby
Member
broken fuji x100 (sab problem). I just decided that a crappy digital is enough for me and came back to the film.
Lauffray
Invisible Cities
Wasn't my first camera or my first M, but the first rangefinder I bought was definitely a game changer for me, a Bessa R3M
thegman
Veteran
The only physical purchase that maybe has changed my life, is a Sun Ultra 1 workstation. It was a computer I saved up for, imported from the USA, and loved it. Compared to the stuff I had before, Amigas, Acorns etc. it was a different class and changed how I thought about computers and computer programming.
Purchases of holidays (vacations) have had a far greater effect though, Hawai'i, Australia, Japan, all changed the way I thought about how and where to live.
Purchases of holidays (vacations) have had a far greater effect though, Hawai'i, Australia, Japan, all changed the way I thought about how and where to live.
burancap
Veteran
As always ... the NEXT one.