jaapv
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Great thread. In my year of birth Leica reintroduced the IIIa, Contax had its first SLR, the Contax S, and Canon-then the Precision Optical Co.- brought out the Canon SII. On a more pedestrian level there were the Kodak Retina II and the Brownie Six-20. Bless me, this is ancient history, archeology rather! 
jaapv
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dazedgonebye
Veteran
It looks like I'm a Canon Canonet...loaded with Kodachrome II, both introduced in 1961.
clarence
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jaapv said:
Hello,
Some people would say the greatest film ever was Tri-X.
Clarence
sf
Veteran
1981 . . . Canon AE-1 Program came along that year. Funny, or maybe just totally logical, that the AE-1 was the ubiquitous camera of my childhood. It was my mother's camera, and was present pretty much constantly until only maybe 5 years ago. Then she gave it to me, and I put it somewhere "safe". Never put anything anywhere safe.
colin
colin
I would have to be a Leica 111C
Like me, a great classic!!
I exude quality, performance and longevity
Like me, a great classic!!
I exude quality, performance and longevity
leica M2 fan
Veteran
The Kine Exakta would be me. I own a later model - the Exakta VXlla from about 1956. The same year I was born came the Contax ll and that same year plans were formulated to introduce a new kind of Contax camera - the Contax S, a reflex camera. Wonderful year for cameras .
Joe Mondello
Resu Deretsiger
October 1950
Oh yeah and I was born too, and THAT boosted the German AND Japanese camera industries for decades to come!
Oh yeah and I was born too, and THAT boosted the German AND Japanese camera industries for decades to come!
Lemures-Ex
Jared S
1985: Only thing I could find was digital processing technology, so basically a digital camera. That sucks I mean, I like my digital, but I greatly prefer film...
Anyone know of anything else?
One of the sources:
http://ezinearticles.com/?History-of-the-Camera&id=18736
I mean, I like my digital, but I greatly prefer film...Anyone know of anything else?
One of the sources:
http://ezinearticles.com/?History-of-the-Camera&id=18736
350D_user
B+W film devotee
Other than Canon becoming Canon Inc, and some televised event of a landing (allegedly shot in a studio) a few miles away on some rock... 1969 doesn't seem to offer much.
bsdunek
Old Guy with a Corgi
Well, this is a big decision. 1939 was an intresting year.
I could be an Argus C3. My Grandfather had one of those and took hundreds of slides. No light meter, just used the chart that came with the film. I have a C3 in my collection - good solid simple camera.
I could also be a Pilot Super SLR. Neat MF camera. Very simple and rugged. I don't have one of these.
Most exotic would be the Riken Gokoku No. 1. A MF camera that looks a lot like a Leica. I'd love to have one of these in my collection!
Guess I'll go with the C3. It's me - simple, rugged, long lasting!
I could be an Argus C3. My Grandfather had one of those and took hundreds of slides. No light meter, just used the chart that came with the film. I have a C3 in my collection - good solid simple camera.
I could also be a Pilot Super SLR. Neat MF camera. Very simple and rugged. I don't have one of these.
Most exotic would be the Riken Gokoku No. 1. A MF camera that looks a lot like a Leica. I'd love to have one of these in my collection!
Guess I'll go with the C3. It's me - simple, rugged, long lasting!
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micromontenegro
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I can honestly say that I realy like my vintage, 1966: Rollei SL66, Contarex Pro, etc. But me, I am a Rollei 35 -quite small.
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Ossifan
Guest
Ok, 1966 was actually a pretty interesting year. According to various websites the following cameras were introduced:
The Olympus PEN EE-EL, EES-EL, FT, FV Quickmatic 3.5 and 2.8 as well as the 35LE
The Rollei 35
The Yashica Electro 35
The Nikon F
... and there are more, but mostly slrs/medium format.
But ultimately I think I'm a lens because in 1966 Leica introduced (from the Leica website):
The LEICA NOCTILUX 1:1.2/50 mm is the first 35mm camera [I assume they mean lens] with an aspherical element.
Cheers,
Alex
The Olympus PEN EE-EL, EES-EL, FT, FV Quickmatic 3.5 and 2.8 as well as the 35LE
The Rollei 35
The Yashica Electro 35
The Nikon F
... and there are more, but mostly slrs/medium format.
But ultimately I think I'm a lens because in 1966 Leica introduced (from the Leica website):
The LEICA NOCTILUX 1:1.2/50 mm is the first 35mm camera [I assume they mean lens] with an aspherical element.
Cheers,
Alex
agianelo
Established
1947 - The Polaroid Land Camera. Is that film or digital??
nemjo
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Olympus Wide (1955)
In 1955 Olympus introduced the Olympus Wide. Designed specifically for wide-angle photography, the Olympus Wide was an Olympus 35V camera fitted with a wide-angle lens. To facilitate framing, the camera featured a natural-light bright-frame finder. The Olympus Wide became hugely popular because it provided an easy way to take superb, wide-angle photographs that had previously only been possible using expensive cameras with exchangeable lenses. The Olympus Wide helped to pioneer the subsequent wide-angle camera boom.
nemjo
ps.: - Kodak began selling color films without the cost of processing included, as the result of a consent decree signed in 1954. The long-term result was the creation of a new market for Kodak, providing products and services to independent photofinishers.
In 1955 Olympus introduced the Olympus Wide. Designed specifically for wide-angle photography, the Olympus Wide was an Olympus 35V camera fitted with a wide-angle lens. To facilitate framing, the camera featured a natural-light bright-frame finder. The Olympus Wide became hugely popular because it provided an easy way to take superb, wide-angle photographs that had previously only been possible using expensive cameras with exchangeable lenses. The Olympus Wide helped to pioneer the subsequent wide-angle camera boom.
nemjo
ps.: - Kodak began selling color films without the cost of processing included, as the result of a consent decree signed in 1954. The long-term result was the creation of a new market for Kodak, providing products and services to independent photofinishers.
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rogue_designer
Reciprocity Failure
1975 - I guess I'm a Canon F1 (and here I am trying to get rid of my F1N's, I guess I'll be locked into the FD mount now forever. )
Interestingly, the first CCD based flatbed scanner was released the same year. As was a CCD based astro camera.
The OM2, and AE1 were also released that year - but I'm not a huge auto exposure fan, so I couldn't roll with those.
Leica *stopped* production of both the M4 and M5 in 75.. can I choose one of them?
)Interestingly, the first CCD based flatbed scanner was released the same year. As was a CCD based astro camera.
The OM2, and AE1 were also released that year - but I'm not a huge auto exposure fan, so I couldn't roll with those.
Leica *stopped* production of both the M4 and M5 in 75.. can I choose one of them?
iml
Well-known
I'm a Praktica Nova B, which means I'm probably made out of tank parts, so no messing with me
http://licm.org.uk/livingImage/NovaB.html
Ian
http://licm.org.uk/livingImage/NovaB.html
Ian
bobkonos
Well-known
If I were a camera bag in the year I was born, I'd be carrying a Leica IIIf, Nikon S, and Hasselblad 1000f. I could do a lot worse.
I am actually looking for a Leica IIIf made on the same day in 1953 that I was born. That would be something....
I am actually looking for a Leica IIIf made on the same day in 1953 that I was born. That would be something....
shadowfox
Darkroom printing lives
BJ Bignell
Je n'aurai plus peur
My choices are mostly SLR:
- Nikon F3
- Nikon F3HP
- Pentax LX
- Pentax ME-F (world's first TTL Autofocus SLR!)
- Bronica SQ
- Mamiya ZE / ZE-Quartz
- Konica FC-1
- Minolta CLE
- Rollei SL 2000F
- Minolta XD-11 (model d)
- After 15 pages of results on Google, I got tired of looking...