My name is Steve, and I have a problem.

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I used to work in the retail photographic industry for about 10 years
selling to pro's and serious amateurs and just your average bloke in the
street. We used to get some guys in that had tonnes of pro gear that would
obsess over this lens and that body and do resolutions tests of this and
that....but rarely actually did anything with it. And then we had the people
that actually photographed stuff.

I freely admit, I'm a bit of both. I've owned Nikon and Canon gear before
and I just love the look of a good camera. Truth be told, I'm probably more
into the gear than the photographs.

Some of my favourite bits of kit I've owned from a purely aesthetic/tactile
point of view.

Canon A1
Canon Ae1 Program
Canon T90
Canon EOS 630
Contax 167MT
MPP 5x4 inch (english built I think....just gorgeously over engineered)
Nikon F4
Nikon F3
Nikon FM2
Nikon FM
Nikon D70
Nikon 55mm Micro Nikkor
Nikon 300mm 2.8
Nikon 80-200 2.8
Mamiya C330
Minolta XG-7 (The most beautiful shutter mechanism ever)


Will anyone else own up to just loving the look and feel of camera
equipment, and if so..what gear has really pushed your buttons in the past?

c'mon...you can tell me..you're amongst friends here..

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On this date, Steve Franklin extended this wisdom for the
consideration of other readers...

> I used to work in the retail photographic industry for
> about 10 years selling to pro's and serious amateurs and
> just your average bloke in the street. We used to get some
> guys in that had tonnes of pro gear that would obsess over
> this lens and that body and do resolutions tests of this
> and that....but rarely actually did anything with it. And
> then we had the people that actually photographed stuff.
>
> I freely admit, I'm a bit of both. I've owned Nikon and
> Canon gear before and I just love the look of a good
> camera. Truth be told, I'm probably more into the gear than
> the photographs.
>
> Some of my favourite bits of kit I've owned from a purely
> aesthetic/tactile point of view.
>
> Canon A1
> Canon Ae1 Program
> Canon T90
> Canon EOS 630
> Contax 167MT
> MPP 5x4 inch (english built I think....just gorgeously over
> engineered) Nikon F4
> Nikon F3
> Nikon FM2
> Nikon FM
> Nikon D70
> Nikon 55mm Micro Nikkor
> Nikon 300mm 2.8
> Nikon 80-200 2.8
> Mamiya C330
> Minolta XG-7 (The most beautiful shutter mechanism ever)
>
>
> Will anyone else own up to just loving the look and feel of
> camera equipment, and if so..what gear has really pushed
> your buttons in the past?
>
> c'mon...you can tell me..you're amongst friends here..
>
You forget to take your meds this morning? This message could
best be described as incoherent rambling.

--
ATM, aka Jerry

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On Fri, 5 Aug 2005 22:07:58 +1000, "Steve Franklin" <honkey@lips.com>
wrote:

Lecia IIIG a joy to hold and use with the 50mm f2.0 collapsible
Summicron.


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"It looked like the sort of book described in library
catalogues as "slightly foxed", although it would be
more honest to admit that it looked as though it had
been badgered, wolved and possibly beared as well."

_Light Fantastic_
Terry Pratchett

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Zed Pobre <zed@resonant.org> wrote:
|| Steve Franklin <honkey@lips.com> wrote:
||| Will anyone else own up to just loving the look and feel of
||| camera equipment, and if so..what gear has really pushed
||| your buttons in the past?
|||
||| c'mon...you can tell me..you're amongst friends here..
||
|| Actually, there is one thing that kind of catches me this
|| way. It's not the body, though I do like the feel of my 20D.
|| It's not the lenses.
||
|| It's the lens hoods. I have to remind myself not to pet the
|| fuzzy inside portion on my lens hoods to minimize the chance
|| of bringing any dirt or skin oils near the lens... and the
|| petal shaped hood on my 17-85 is just kind of cute. I
|| sometimes indulge myself and let my fingertip trail over the
|| outside along the wavy top.
||
|| --
|| Zed Pobre <zed@resonant.org> a.k.a. Zed Pobre
<zed@debian.org>
|| PGP key and fingerprint available on finger; encrypted mail
|| welcomed.

:-)

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"In this life, you can get away with being either stupid or
greedy. Being both however is unforgivable, and could even be
fatal."

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Steve Franklin wrote:

>
>
> Will anyone else own up to just loving the look and feel of camera
> equipment, and if so..what gear has really pushed your buttons in the
> past?

http://homepage.mac.com/mattdenton [...] to_ii.html

Not sure what it is, but this camera has a great aesthetic design to me.

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Stacey

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First camera I fell in love with was my first Nikon F with an 85mm 1.8 lens
(late 60s/70s). Still have it, and use the lens on my D70.