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Welcome to the kick-ass-oldie-but-goodie-camera-club! We're happy to have you here. Sorry about the mess - we're doing some construction work.

This club is for people with an old top-of-the-line camera, digital and non-digital, but visitors are just as welcome.

The purpose of this club is to gather all the experiences and all the pros and cons of using and owning an outdated top-of-the-line camera, so that people considering buying one can get some first-hand feedback and hopefully get their questions answered. Furthermore, the owners of old mighty digitals are encouraged to write reviews of their cameras in the User Reviews-section of the forum, compare it to other more modern cameras they have used (if possible), and link to their reviews in this club. This way people considering either a kick-ass-oldie-but-goodie-camera or a similar priced new DSLR can compare old might to new technology.

So far, the members of the club has been divided into two categories; The oldie-but-awesomie for people with kick-ass cameras that can take on everything you throw at them, and the oldie-but-goodie for people with top-of-the-line cameras older than 25 years.

Members of oldie-but-awesomie category:
Orsan Kart - owner of a Canon EOS 1
logic_nguyen - owner of a Nikon D2h and a Nikon F3
Citruspers - owner of a Nikon D2h (review) and vice president of this category
esbenlp - owner of a Canon EOS 1D Mark II (review)
jeremy1302 - owner of a Nikon F3 and a Nikon F5
darragh - owner of a Canon EOS 1D

Members of the oldie-but-goodie category:
kutay - owner of a Canon AE-1P and a Minolta X-700
Adi Zulhusni MarkII - owner of a Canon A-1
pmateiro - owner of a Canon AE-1
agun - owner of a Kodak Colorsnap 35 Model 1
Ruben123 - owner of a Minolta XG-1 and a Ricoh 35 ZF
Jaemok - owner of a Canon AE-1
gclark03 - owner of a Canon FTb and a Nikon N90s
Maj.Homer - owner of a Nikon FE-3 and a Yaschica A

Members out of category:
JakeOConnell - owner of a Canon EOS 650

Reviews by old members:
Review of 5D

As these are just my personal thoughts on what this club should be about and as there are other members of this club, this introductory welcome is subject to change over time while the club gets settled in and shaped into a finer less-edgy structure.

We hope you enjoy your stay!

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Esben - used to be a wide angle photographer but then I took a Fuji X100 in the knee
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I use a Canon EOS 1 35mm Professional Camera, have done for years




P.s its not all about Digital, and if we want to get pernickety i also use a Mamiya C330 F professional and a Mamiya RZ67 Professional

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Mark Osborne
My life through an iPhone

sweet Orsan!

can i add my one more professional camera i didn't mention??

I own the original Nikon F3 Professional camera with it's unique SB-16 flash in mint condition

it shoot just as well as my digital hehehe

the best part is to use my Full-frame lenses like 35mm f1.4 and 58mm f1.2 on it

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Welcome to the club Orsan! You are of course most welcome and it is not only about digital. My initial idea about this club was just to help people choosing between an older digital top-of-the-line camera and a new similar priced DSLR.


Duly added to your list!

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Esben - used to be a wide angle photographer but then I took a Fuji X100 in the knee
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Hmm... how old and how "top line" will you go? As mentioned elsewhere, I got not long ago a 5D mk1.

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Canon DSLRs: 7D, 5D2, 1D, 600D, 450D full spectrum, 300D IR mod
Lenses: EF 35/2, 50/1.8, 85/1.8, 135/2+SF, 28-80 V, 70-300L, 100-400L, TS-E 24/3.5L, MP-E 65, EF-S 15-85 IS
3rd party: Zeiss 2/50 makro, Samyang 8mm fisheye, Sigma 150 macro, 120-300 f/2.8 OS, Celestron 1325/13
Tinies: Sony HX9V.

Hey popo,

In my opinion, a top-of-the-line model is a flagship model but that is just my opinion. Others might count the 5D in as a candidate for the club. If the others say it's okay, you are more than welcome to join.

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Esben - used to be a wide angle photographer but then I took a Fuji X100 in the knee
My deviantART

I have a Nikon F3 and F5. Its a shame they dont get used as much as I'd like anymore with the convenience of my digital SLR

I don't want to be the first old-camera snob, but I, too, think the 5D falls more in the consumer/prosumer spec, than into the pro spec.

Canon's pro lines are the 1D(s)'s right? The 5D is kind of comparable to the 7D in terms of target audience?

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I take pictures so quickly, my highschool was "Continuous High".

5D comes under Canon Professional Network (CPN) and services

http://cpn.canon-europe.com/content/index.do

So "IS" regarded as a professional body!!

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Mark Osborne
My life through an iPhone

Canon EOS 650. Was Flagship.. The first EOS camera!

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Jake O'Connell, 40D Crew
Canon EOS 40D | 28-135mm IS | 50mm f/1.8 |Vivitar DF 383 | Vivitar 285hv
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"Photography isn't so much about the results as it is the collective experience, your interactions with people and with the world"

I have canon ae1-P from 1981

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As well as the 40D and 30D, and G9, G10, G11
Yes, it might be a more pro-body, but not a flagship like Esben said.

Maybe we can extend to non-flagship models?

Esben, can you also add me and Popo's user reviews to the topic?

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I take pictures so quickly, my highschool was "Continuous High".

Non-flagship professional models are accepted in this club from hereon (except xxD's and models from the G-series), so I hereby welcome popo, JakeOConnell and kutay to the club!


User reviews added!

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Esben - used to be a wide angle photographer but then I took a Fuji X100 in the knee
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Oh, and jeremy1302! Welcome to the club as well.

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Esben - used to be a wide angle photographer but then I took a Fuji X100 in the knee
My deviantART

Soo...do we have any goals for this club, except feeling awesome, and proving older cameras can still be used today?

Total world domination maybe?

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I take pictures so quickly, my highschool was "Continuous High".