Keeping digital cameras for a long time

[randolph45]

never sold

never sold

Bought my first digital used Canon s20 in a thrift store.
It died when when I sliped and fell into a stream while fly fishing in Montana.Traded it in to Canon loyality program for a refurbeshed s90 which went to my youngest daughter.
From there a used Canon G5 which had a fast F2 lens.That one went to my sister.Still miss that one🙁
Replaced with a used G11.
Next a used 10D which went to my brother and replaced with a used 30d which I still own. The 30d may go to my nephew in Montana and be replaced with a 50/60d-5d mk i /ii or 1D MKi/ii. Finally a full frame 1Ds also used.
Last purchase was an R-D1 on RFF using my old Canon glass.
While I don't own some of them now they were never sold but given to family members who express an intrest in photography.
The one camera that will never be sold is my fathers Canon L1 and lenses.Someone in the family will have it after my death🙂

 

[Aristophanes]

Fuji F40fd still has that 'magic sensor' (like the F30fd). Why stop using it?

 

[Addy101]

I seem to collect them.
I bought my Konica-Minolta Dynax 7D in 2006 when Minolta pulled out. It is still going strong. It was my first digital and it still is very capable.
I also have Canons: 30D, 1Ds and 1DsII. The 1Ds is a bit slow, but the others are quite capable.

To get great pictures, one doesn't need the latest stuff!

 

[noimmunity]

Fuji F40fd still has that 'magic sensor' (like the F30fd). Why stop using it?

My F20, with the same sensor, is still running strong!

 

[someonenameddavid]

My first and only digital is a Lumix FZ 30 with a wonderful lens. I will be upset when the sensor gives out because of the waste of fine glass. So next will be an Nex something so I can use my heritage glass from Zeiss and Leitz

David

 

[jody36]

Lx 3 and use regularly

 

[Roger Hicks]

Suggestion: without dates, these anecdotes are worthless. Even if you own an XYZ 123, who knows when it was made? Or when you acquired it? And, most of all, who would care unless they knew?

Cheers,

R.

 

[Spanik]

Suggestion: without dates, these anecdotes are worthless.

Don't know. Problem is that we consider a digital camera that is 10 years old an ancient piece of antique hardly worth using while at the same time we find a 20 year old film camera exciting, rewarding and "fresh". Says something about values and perception.

Thing is we don't even know if digital camera's will be usable after more than 20 years. Let alone worthwhile to use.

 

[Ming The Merciless]

I just purchased used an Olympus E410 body for $99.00 and the 25mm f 2.8 fixed lens used for $170.00. While they won't replace my film cameras, this combo is a nice thing to have.

 

[Roger Hicks]

Don't know. Problem is that we consider a digital camera that is 10 years old an ancient piece of antique hardly worth using while at the same time we find a 20 year old film camera exciting, rewarding and "fresh". Says something about values and perception.

Thing is we don't even know if digital camera's will be usable after more than 20 years. Let alone worthwhile to use.

Precisely. Who (unless they own one) knows or cares when an XYZ 123 was introduced?

Cheers,

R.

 

[chhayanat]

My only digital camera at the moment is the Leica Digilux 2. It's 8-9 years old as far as I know. 5MP and sometimes I do have to crop. It's an unbelievable little tool.

 

[Ronald M]

Still have my first digital slr, D200. Lowish iso file are quite satisfactory. D3 and D700 are dropped to far in $ so I will hang on to them.

D800 is great is my favorite. This will be a forever camera that suits my needs and style.

Got a M8 a few years back to match my son`s new aquisition of a M8. Added a M9 to it 8 months ago. Yes I tend to keep the old ones.

I have the same problem with lenses.

 

[Roger Hicks]

Still have my first digital slr, D200. Lowish iso file are quite satisfactory. D3 and D700 are dropped to far in $ so I will hang on to them.

D800 is great is my favorite. This will be a forever camera that suits my needs and style.

Got a M8 a few years back to match my son`s new aquisition of a M8. Added a M9 to it 8 months ago. Yes I tend to keep the old ones.

I have the same problem with lenses.

Problem?

Cheers,

R.

 

[Pioneer]

Don't know. Problem is that we consider a digital camera that is 10 years old an ancient piece of antique hardly worth using while at the same time we find a 20 year old film camera exciting, rewarding and "fresh". Says something about values and perception.

Thing is we don't even know if digital camera's will be usable after more than 20 years. Let alone worthwhile to use.

I do agree with this. My oldest digital camera was manufactured 8 years (2004) after my M6 (1996) but I think of my M6 as relatively new and my ist DS as quite old!

 

[lynnb]

I still have my first digital camera, a 4Mpx Coolpix E4500 (with spare battery) from 2002. I paid $1200 for it. It focuses fast enough to permit a model to adjust her makeup, but there's nothing wrong with the low ISO image quality and the macro capability (it can fill the frame with a small postage stamp) is excellent.

I also have a Fuji F10 from 2005 (great sensor and Fuji colours), and use a 5D regularly since purchasing new in 2006. The 5D still has excellent IQ - great for portraits.

My 2009-bought LX3 is in regular use.

Although I rarely use the E4500 I don't like the idea of throwing it out.

 

[Spicy]

Yeah anyone who is talking about a camera that has a sensor (in any body) that has been manufactured within the past 3-4 years should be barred from this

 

[David Hughes]

My wife still has and uses the Olympus mju-300 that she borrowed one day in 2003 and still won't give it back but she's only taken about 10,000 photo's with it.

OTOH, I wish my Olympus Zuiko Digital 12-60mm f/2.8 zoom lens was still working and not sitting waiting for me to get it repaired...

And I found an elderly Olympus C-1400 XL in a charity shop and that's still going strong and only needs feeding with AA's.

Regards, David

 

[giellaleafapmu]

I think I already posted this many times but I use regularly Olympus E-1 and Fuji S5 Pro, I still like them and never regret getting out with these cameras even if there are much more modern ones available (also available to me).

GLF

 

[Kirbot]

I still have a D200, its only drawback is its size and weight.

One can take good "stock" photos with it, but one cannot be creative working with a dumbbell.

I definitely can't agree there. I much prefer film for most things, but I think you can be just as creative or artistic with D200, as any other camera.

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[bensyverson]

Haven't yet found a reason to upgrade my five year old Canon 5D Mark II... I've looked at the OM-D and the Fuji X series, but I prefer a bigger viewfinder, a full frame sensor, and very fast autofocus. But I think the next two or three years could change that, because manufacturers like Sony are finally giving us interesting options in full frame...

Over the next ten years, innovation will slow to a crawl in digital cameras. We're already seeing it now—the "upgrades" are getting more and more incremental. The real innovation is shifting to mobile phone camera modules. So as time goes on, you may hold on to your digital camera for longer, because there won't be a drastically better model every 18 months.