I have a number of SLRs that get use when the rangefinders are on the shelf. The most used are my Nikon D300, F6 & FM2n. All great cameras and very useful at the track, used mainly for sports.
I also use a fair amount of Contax gear, N1s and an Aria. Terrific Zeiss optics.
I bought a new Nikon F in 1968 and still have it. I bought a black F in 1980 and have been using it for color negative film. I have a FE2 that I am selling and a D300 that I will keep. I have a M8.2 but shoot b&w film almost all the time Leicas. Jim
I've had number of SLR but I only use Nikon, now.
I've learned to take pics with a zenit ET.
I've started my career as a pro photographer with a Yashica FX3200 with zeiss lenses.
Then I completely changend set and bought a F90X (F90n) and 3 lenses.
And I fell in love with it. I still have it fully functional. And I use a FM2n as a companion.
For DSLR I use a D300 and a D50 because they allow me to use all my old nikkors.
I have a Canon DSLR and SLR, plus Nikon and Olympus SLRs. I rather naively thought I'd buy a few, decide which one I like best, and sell the others.....That was the plan at least!
I've really grown to love Pentax M42 SLRs/lenses. One big deal breaker for me is that I really dislike a lot of the more modern signatures that a lot of SLR lenses (belonging to newer SLR systems) have. Since M42 is one of the oldest mounts, it has some of the oldest lenses/signatures. I just recently bought a Pentax Ist DS for $100 (autofocus was broken) to use my M42 lenses on. Now *that* was a good buy. Despite the crop factor, I am seriously enjoying using my M42 lenses on this camera. And every color picture I take gets developed for free. 😉 A nice supplement to my Leica M and Vivitar 220/SL (M42 film camera).
My SLR is canon (a 7D) which I mainly got to soot wildlife with (badly). I have canon because I started with a 300D and it was the only one I could afford at the time!
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