your oldest regularly used digital camera

[tomtofa]

DMC LC1, from around '04-'05. The D2 twin.

Excellent jpegs, simple controls, Summicron 28-90mm lens. Kind of a brick, but in some ways unsurpassed even till now for low-ISO shooting.

 

[drew.saunders]

I still use my Panny TZ-3 from time to time when I need the longer zoom. I got it in late 2007, so I'll round up to 5 years. That's ancient in digital years!

 

[kbg32]

Panasonic LX-1, Ricoh GRD and GX100.

 

[Jbig]

Ricoh GR Digital Anniversary model (the blue one) keeps on going. No junk or dust on sensor, knock on wood.

 

[Jonnyfez]

Nikon D200. I really can't imagine needing anything else in a digital camera.

 

[DtheG]

Digital? My first was a Rollei DR5300, used from 2005 to 2008 when I tripped on a beach and fine sand killed it. So I bought a Samsung S630 because I didn't want to be without a camera for the rest of the holiday. That was used for the next three years: inferior image quality but pocketable. For the past year the X100.

Non-Digital on the other hand.I still have the FED-3 I bought in 1968, I used it last month. I still have the XA2 I bpought in 1983: last used 2000. And the EOS 620 of 1987, last used 2004 during a very wet weeknd in Wales after which the shutter became temperamental. Replaced with a s/h EOS 1, which was last used in 2011.

 

[giellaleafapmu]

The oldest one I bought new is a Fujifilm S5 Pro (still love the files it produces), but I have two Olympus E-1 which I bought "as new" not too long ago for peanuts and which also produce great 5Mp files which are much older (year of production I mean).

GLF

 

[nparsons13]

I bought a Canon A620 in 2006, about a year after the model came out, based on its specs and the enthusiastic reviews of it. Despite being bounced off hard surfaces from about five feet a couple of times (and almost dropping in a lake after one of those bounces), it still works fine. I keep it in my car for those times I don't have one of my newer, more expensive digital cameras or one of my film cameras with me. I can always depend on it to take sharp, clear photos. And it takes AAs.

 

[ironhorse]

I still use a Nikon D2h. A great camera for sports as well as general photography. Not a lot of pixels, but beautiful quality, sharpness, and color.

 

[Photo_Smith]

I still use a D2x for the odd shot, some would say all my shots are odd....

 

[steveniphoto]

currently have a nikon d40 but im lending it to a friend.

 

[sisser]

Pana Lumix FZ8. Had a TZ1 before that. Still use the FZ8 but outdoors I carry the Casio Exelim ZR100, love the battery.
The FZ8 with Leica lens is to good to neglect.

 

[leicapixie]

i was forced to go digital by clients who needed quick files for the internet. Knowing the way computers are thrown away, i decided to spend as little as possible!In 2005, i bought a Pentax s30 already discontinued.It was about $200, the AA batteries and charger added about $35 and a memory card 64mb cost me over $25. That camera is still in use but not all the time! Very heavy power consumption equal to a small Canadian town in mid winter!
I added a Canon PowerShot s590 in December 2006.Boxing Day special at $107 incl. taxes and a nice steel ball pen! A few months later i had a heart excitement and was soon retired. The Canon P/S became my main camera as i walked for exercise and later cycled. Approximately a 1,000 images a month.. It adds to about 50,000 to 70,000 images.. Best camera i have ever owned! In addition i have a number of hand me downs or bought for good causes.. The Kodak Easy Share year 2004. $5 donation to Cancer Cure.Stunning color, works faster than any of my cameras..has the dreaded magenta color shift in certain light..a la Leica M8.. A Minolta-Konica-Sony Dimage 600 (used gift)that can take a shot but forgets it immediately. So i am careful with the Alzheimer box who has the worst color period, but stunning B/W. See there is a use for bad sensors as Leica has found with it's monochrome. The Canon A400, $5 and A460 $gift, in blue trim.
I have almost no interest in getting a DSLR.

 

[n5jrn]

Panasonic DMC-LX3, 4 years old (I think). Which would make it twice as old as the PowerShot A80 that (literally!) self-destructed after two years (last Canon compact camera I'll ever buy).

 

[benlees]

Still use my Canon G5 every now and then. Think it's from 2003.

 

[febreeze-showered]

Less than a year for me. I change digital cameras like I change clothes. Off-topic, but I tend to hold onto my film cameras for years. It's like each film-camera is the loyal stay-at-home wife while the digis resemble the unfaithful short-lived flings.

 

[paradoxbox]

i have an epson r-d1 and a nikon d70s

my d70s has been dropped and banged and smashed all over the place, and the permanently attached tamron 17-70mm f2.8-f4 lens has lots of big scratches and one big gash in the front element. still works fine.

don't think i'll ever sell either camera

 

[GaryLH]

Sony r1 is the oldest digital camera that I still use, but really not that often any longer.

Gary

 

[scottsa]

Of regular use, my 40D is still going strong though I just added a 5D Mark II to the stable a few hours ago... so that's about $300/year so far. I do still own the D30 I purchased in 2000 when I dumped Nikon because I didn't like their D1, let alone its price. It is still working strong and on loan to a brother... so I can't say that it is regularly used by myself.

I stopped using it regularly shortly after the 10D hit the market, so it was one of the more expensive cameras (esp. considering it also needed an out of warranty repair). At least four times more, per year, than what the 40D has set me back.

I would have mentioned an earlier Lumix LZ, but a 'rellie' left with it a couple weeks ago when she discovered it was colour-blind (IR converted). As it is summer, we have had a stream of guests and three more converted Lumix cameras of similar vintage slipped through my grasp. The remaining Canon A80 that I purchased new is working fine but I can't bear to use it anymore.

As for longevity, I know that the Olympus C7070 I purchased in 2005 is still running strong for a friend. The CoolPix 880 sitting on a shelf in my basement is also working fine, but I didn't purchase it new and its seen no action for a long time. My son's XT and my wife's XTi are both chugging along fine.

The take-away from this is likely that none of these cameras were 'bargains' and none have been abused. I think that likely has a lot to do with their longevity. Equally so, most were feature-rich except the base P&S versions, but their build-quality was better than average.

I'm hoping that my latest acquisition, plus the m4/3's that preceded it, share this longevity. The great equalizer, time, will be the ultimate judge.

 

[sisser]

Panasonic Lumix FZ8, hybrid with a nice Leica lens.