How old r u???

[johne]

I am approaching middle age [76] and hoping to find that special M2. Johne

 

[jorisbens]

Woohoo I'm the youngest 😀 17 years "old" 😱 And I've added a nice high contrast picture (not made with a rangefinder :bang: (Back then i didn't own one :bang: )

 

[Ukko Heikkinen]

Very <g>.

Ukko Heikkinen

 

[JNewell]

Old enough to remember when the M5 was introduced.

 

[Jarvis]

I’ve been around for a long, long year
Stole many a man’s soul and faith
And I was ’round when jesus christ
Had his moment of doubt and pain
Made damn sure that pilate
Washed his hands and sealed his fate
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name, well it's Jarvis ofcourse .....

 

[TPPhotog]

Old enough to spend more time on my beard than my hairstyle in the mornings 🙁

 

[sf]

how old am I?

how old am I?

Well, I started out in photography with a Canon AE-1 Program - that may or may not give hints to my age. I've been in medium format for a number of years, and regularly shoot with a Graflex Crown Graphic from the earlier part of the 20th century - I love that camera. Digital came into my life last year and I was very skeptical about it. But I gave it a chance. I recently sold it (digital SLR) to buy a 75mm Fujinon SWD lens for a custom wide angle camera project. I missed film, and that darned digital had attracted me away from film with its low cost and awesome instant gratification. I doubt I'll be welcoming digital back into my life on any level above pocket point'n'shoot. I was born 20 years after 1961. I grew up in the digital age but recognize its shortcomings.

 

[zanydave]

43......... Owned numerous outfits but went back to Leica. Now using M7 it will be with me ti'll I drop or I drop it!..

 

[M like Leica M6]

I bought my Leica M6 when I was 22. Today I am 41. My M6 did not need one single repair yet though I have it with me always and took many thousands of pictures. I took pictures in the rain, at minus 30 degrees celsius and at 42 degrees celsius. Maybe it will need some cleaning or adjustment in a few years.

And now, ask your friend, how many years he expects his Canon DSLR to live. Mechanics will not be a big problem, but these cameras are computers... what about drivers, cables, file formats? HIs camera will be worth 1$ in 5 years, my M6 would still be 600$ and more.

 

[xcapekey]

28...i've been shooting for about two years....started with a digital cam (canon g3) then went to a nikon f2, then a mamiya c330, hasselblad, speed graphic, rolleiflex 2.8, d100, hexar RF, canon 7, bessa R, leica m2, m4-p, iiia...i've since sold half the cameras to fund the other half, but have gotten a nice tour of very nice cameras...

all i'm left with now is the m2, m4p, iiia for RF
a super speed graphic for 4x5
rollei TLR for medium format
d100 for digital

i think i've finally settled on a kit that should stick around for awhile...

 

[jdos2]

37.

First rangefinder was a Mamiya Universal, in 2000.

 

[parks5920]

37...I have been using DSLR's for the past couple of years, and got into RF's a couple of months ago, now I feel like I'm 22 again.

 

[egpj]

36 this month

 

[Photar]

This seems to be a good thread to introduce myself: I was born in the same month my Pentax 67 was introduced to the market (and a guy called Neil Armstrong jumped on the moon). That is 17 month before my Linhof Technika was sold to its first owner and 432 months before I got my Leica MP which brought me to this place.

The Leica was supposed to arrive at my London home on 7/7/05. I stayed at home to await the UPS delivery. Had I gone to work instead, I most likely would have been in the tube (= subway for the US reader) at the time of the bomb explosions close to one of the detonations. So I already had a special relationship with my Leica before I actually got it (UPS did not deliver on that day because of the bomb explosions). I am sure this will last 🙂

 

[zpuskas]

I remember waching Neil Armstrong jump on the moon. Had a Canon QL19 at the time. Born in the first half of the 20th Century.

 

[Fedzilla_Bob]

I was born in the year of fine Chevrolets. 1955.

 

[pendevour]

Unbelievably I've been taking photos for 40 years. I started when I was 15 with a Halina 35X and then a Voigtlander Vito B and Practika Super TL. Used lots of RFs, SLRs and TLRs and latterly Digital SLRs but still have a soft spot for old RFs esp Voigtlanders and FSU cams.
I currently have far too many cameras but most are old friends and I still try and use as many as possible, such fun.

 

[glenbarn]

Turned 56 this last week. Tempus fugit, ergo carpe diem.

My first rf was a Leica M4 in 1968.