your oldest regularly used digital camera

[iamzip]

Still using my Canon eos Rebel XT. So old they actually call it the "digital" rebel XT. 8 megapixels is good enough for my needs, and I don't have enough money for another "serious" digital.

 

[douglasboyd]

Canon RC-250 from 1988

Canon RC-250 from 1988

Hi,
You guys seem to be newcomers to digital photography. My 1988 Canon RC-250 camera takes great digitial images today with near VGA resolution. This is a small pocket able camera with built-in flash, an 11mm f2.8 lens, and storage on VF-50 video floppy disks. http://youtu.be/nb_ySAq9gL8
==Doug

 

[douglasboyd]

You can flash up to 1/8000sec when on manual mode

Yes, this is an amazing feature due to electronic shutter on one of the last CCD chips before the industry switched to CMOS to get higher ISO. Of course at 1/8000 you may be clipping into the flash duration of most consumer flashes, so need to adjust the guide number accordingly. The Canon G9 also had some of this capability, although at lower image quality. I believe some recent cameras today may have electronic shutters, but it is hard to find information on this (I'm thinking of Nikon One, but not sure).
==Doug

 

[dubya]

You cannot use the word "Old" and "Digital Camera" in the same sentence can you?

I know you can use "Old Leica", "Old film camera", "Old Rolleiflex" etc.

Of course you can. Old is relative. Digital cameras at an accessible price point have only been in production for around 13 years, so if you're working with a 10 year old camera it's pretty darn old.

My old E-1 just keeps going. My old Leicas and old folders do too.

G

We sometimes even use the term "antique" around the shop. I don't remember the model but we have an early Fuji on display that has no preview screen and uses PCMCIA cards as media.

Compare digital years to dog years... plus.

The oldest I regularly use is probably the LX3 but I have several keeper images from much older units.

Wade

 

[DougK]

I just took my Olympus C-7070WZ (7.1 MP) out for a stroll today. Picked it up on a closeout sale in late 2005 or early 2006, I think. Still works perfectly.

 

[shootar401]

Nikon D300, my first and only DSLR

 

[Paul Jenkin]

I've had my D700 for 5 years and it's still as good as the day I bought it. It's been through Costa Rican jungles, Egyptian deserts, Scottish mountains and Sri Lankan monsoons and has never missed a beat.

I shoot film (mostly) but my (now my wife's) D700 and my D3 are about as good as it gets, in my experience, when it comes to weather and dust sealing.

 

[ajramirez]

Canon EOS50D. Bought in 2008.

 

[Darthfeeble]

I have a Sony Mavica CD200 that must date back to 2000 or thereabouts. To be fair, it's not been shot in years but still was working the last time I played with it.

 

[locheeboy]

Finepix S1500, a wee gem . 5/6 years now, bought used for £60. Been on dozens of football trips where it is NOT well looked after! Still firing away merrily. Takes very good macros and is used for most shots which I upload tae sites re cameras/lenses etc.

 

[DougFord]

My first and only digital camera purchase is the Olympus c-2020. It's been going strong for 13 years, eating batteries and such.
I use it only for taking pictures of film related photography equipment, you know, so that I can sell it on eBay, in order to afford other film related photography equipment.
It's a modern convenience that I'd rather not do without.

 

[nikonosguy]

digilux 2 --- hard worn

 

[Keith]

Now my D700 ... who would have thought!

 

[KEH]

Two Canon 7D bodies - will be 4 years old in December. They've been dragged across Africa countless times, dropped on the metal floors of 4x4's, generally abused. Still going strong (although I am anxious for the Mk2 version to appear). Still producing excellent images.

Cheers,
Kirk

 

[ChrisN]

The funny thing about old digital cameras is that while I enjoy collecting and playing with a few of them, I'd never use one if I want to take decent photos.

I've recently collected a couple of early Sony Mavicas (FD5 and FD92), and a couple of Nikon Coolpix with the rotating bodies and fisheye lenses, purely for the novelty value and because they were cheap and needed a good home.

For me the purpose of digital photos is to make the (technically) best photos I can make, and that means using the best (most recent, most capable) camera I have. The old cameras are fun to play with, but the results fall far short of the results available from my latest digital camera.

That's a real contrast (for me) with my film cameras, where the results can be of a similar standard even if I've used cameras that might be twenty to 60 years apart in age and technology. I guess that (for me) the film photography process itself is as important as the final results.

Images from old digital have nothing like the appeal of phots from old cameras or even the Lomo/Holga/etc crowd.

 

[Stdon]

Nikon D1X I bought new in 2001 still in use for product work. I had a D700 I bought new when they first came out 5/6 years? Can't remember but I'd still be shooting it if we hadn't taken a slip in the rapids shooting water falls.

 

[f/14]

As digital cameras improves in performance I guess we all will keep our digital cameras for longer periods, - much like at the end of the analog-only period.

 

[kaiwasoyokaze]

I said 3 years, and that was my lumix gf1. still going strong with the lumix 20mm 1.7!

 

[Godfrey]

Just decided I'm going to fit a 1965 issue Leitz Summicron-R 50mm f/2 lens onto my 2003 Olympus E-1 body for this morning's walk...

I seem to be driven by old cameras and lenses lately. Like a well worn, comfortable pair of shoes, thy just work and make me smile.

G

 

[daveleo]

Panasonic LX3. Use it for dates with friends, strolling around town, etc.
It's coming to Boston with us later today.
Have a CV 35mm viewfinder on top because I just can't use the LCD and push the shutter button at arms length.