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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

Cameras you've used/owned...in order.

HA - OK!

1994-2000: my parents' Panasonic VHS-C camcorder
1997: my friend's parents' JVC camcorder (also, the time I learnt my first NLE - Ulead Media Studio and Adobe Premiere!)
2000: ancient BetaSP camera borrowed from the university AV dept
2001: my university's Canon XM1 which I somehow held onto for the entire year (PAL version of GL1, with 25p, before DVX100 was released - see why DVXUser never caught on in South Africa?).
2002-2005: my very own Sony PC5e (bought used)
2002: my friend's Canon XL1s
2003: USC's PD150
2003: USC's Arri 16mm SR
2004: rented Varicam (on a Technocrane!)
2007-today: HV20
2007: RED ONE
2009: GH1
2010: Alexa
2011-present: RED EPIC
2011-present: Nikon D7000

Bruce Allen
www.boacinema.com
 
Sony Betamax Camera (my dad's)
Sony Video-8 home camera
JVC VHS-C camera
Canon GL1
Panasonic DVX100 - used, not owned
Canon HV20
Nikon D90 - loved this one, first ever to make a movie with one
Canon 5D Mark II

Not sure where to go from here, considering higher megapixels for 3D work but also like HDR still and motion features of Epic, hard to say at this point what I'll go with in the future.
 
...love that thread!
it's like treading playcards on a foursome... (HOPE YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN...)
the list is long, but now we all long for one, the (RED) ONE is in our heads and
we all want the EPIC in our hands!
I throw one in, which I haven't seen so far on this thread...
The awesome Canon 310XL (Super 8) with the incredible lens of 1:1 (f-stop)!
:patriot:
 
I filmed with (owned +):
Eumig S2 + (worked 2 weeks for it during summer holidays)
Pathé Webo Super +
Bolex 16 RX
Bolex 16EL +
Bach Auricon Cinevoice
Bach Auricon Pro 600
Kodak 16mm +
Bell & Howell 70 +
Arri IIB/C
Arri 35BL 1
Arri 16ST
Arri 16BL
CP16
Arri 16 SR 1/2/3
VHS camera w. external recorder +
Aaaton 7LTR +
Sony Video 8 (various models +)
Canon Video 8 (various models +)
Canon Hi8 (various models +)
Sony Hi8 (various models +)
Sony Betacam
Sony Digibeta
Canon DV (various models +)
Moviecam Super America
Sony HDV (various models +)
Canon HDV (various models +)
Fastax 16mm
Beaulieu 16R +
Krasnogorsk 16mm +
Sony HDCAM
JVC GY HD-100 +
Sony EX1 +
JVC HM-100 +
Canon DSLR +
Lumix DSLR +
Sony NEX 10 +
RED ONE +
Ikonoskop a-cam dII +
Bolex R S16 +
Leicina Spezial S8 +
RED Epic X + which puts an end to any more searches for an `full scale cinema camera´
Sony VG 900 +
BMPCC + which puts an end to any more searches for an `unobtrusive docu-style cinema camera´


stills:
Zeiss 6x9
Rollei TLR 6x6
Practica
Contax S (east)
Contax (west)
Leica: Leica 1-3, M2-6, M8, Leicaflex SL/SL2, R4
Nikon: Nikkorex, Nikormat, F, F2, F3, F4, FE, FM, EM, 501, 601
Contax: 139, RTS
Minolta: 7000 (first AF SLR)
Olympus: OM-1
Konica Hexar
Canon F50/70, EOS 650/RT/1/500/1000
plus a bunch of compacts, not really worth mentioning here.
(my favorite from factor for analog still photography to this day are the Leica SM series 1 and 2)
 
This is for hilaritys sake, it's not what I've used, just what i've owned.

LEGO Studios webcam (That's how I rolled when I was 9.)
Parents HI8 camera
Parents slightly better Digital8 camera
Canon GL2
Panasonic GH1
 
*Olympus OM-1
*Nikon N65
*Canon 300D (rebel)
*Canon 400D (rebel xti)
*Canon 550D (rebel t2i)

*Sony Handycam (video8)
*Sony Handycam (hi8)
*Canon GL2
*Canon XH-A1
HVX-200
HPX-170
Canon 5d/7d/t2i
R1-M
R1-MX
...
 
Oh heck.

In rough chronological order (although there was some chopping & changing back & forth) the 'serious' (for the time) cameras were....

Kodak Instamatic
Zenit B
Cosina CT-1
Canon F1 (original)
Canon A1 (then dumped Canon permanently and irrevocably because they screwed me by obsoleting my FD glass!)
Bronica ETRC (not bad)
Rollei SL2000F
Rollei 3003 (fascinating design - very clever)
Mamiya 645 (briefly)
Rollei SL66E (loved it!)
(odd assortment of early pocket digital cameras, mostly Leica badged)
Kodak DCS 620X
Kodak DCS 760 (still my favourite digital in terms of construction)
Kodak DCS14n (biggest POS I ever made the mistake of owning)
Nikon D70 (spare body)
Nikon D3
RED ONE

(few others over the years, not sure where they fit in - used a Hassy 2000FC for a while, various digital pocket cameras mostly for wife & kids etc., some others. Still have a Sony HDR-FX1 from when I started experimenting with video!)

Mike
 
Everything rented except for the Super-8 and the Canon T2i:

Regular-8mm (1977)
Super-8 Sankyo (1978-)
16mm Arri-16S (1987-)

Film school years (1988-1991):

16mm Eclair NPR (1988-)
16mm Bolex (1988-)
16mm CP16 (1988-)
Sony U-Matic (1988-)
35mm Panaflex Gold 35mm (1990-)
16mm Arri-SR2 (1990-)
16mm Panaflex Elaine (1991-)
16mm Aaton (1991-)
Video 8mm/Hi-8 (1991-)

Post graduation:

35mm Leonetti UltraCam (1992)
35mm Panaflex GII (1992... because the UltraCam crapped out)
Sony Betacam-SP (1993-)
35mm Arri 35BL4 (1993-)
Super-16 Arri-SR3 (1997-)
Canon XL1 DV (1998-)
35mm Arri 535A (1999-)
Sony F900 HDCAM (2000-)
35mm Panaflex Platinum (2002-)
Panasonic DVX100 (2004-)
35mm Panaflex Millenium (2005-)
Panasonic Varicam (2007-)
35mm Arricam (2008-)
Phantom HD (2009-)
Red One (2009-)
Panavision Genesis (2009-)
Sony EX1 (2009-)
Canon T2i Rebel (2010-)
Sony EX3 (2010-)
Sony F35 (2011-)
ARRI Alexa (2011-)
Red Epic (2011-)

I'm sure I'm missing a few things here and there...
 
I find it amazing that out of the 25+ people who posted, only three people have listed a PD-150/70...

My PD-150 will never leave me. It sits next to my OM-1, Bolex 16mm and my pixelvision camera, and will never be sold.

I will make a list when its not 3am.
 
What I didn't list were all the small DV cameras handed to me on a 35mm shoot when suddenly they decided they needed some news broadcast shot on video for monitor playback or burn-in -- I'm sure a PD150 has fallen into my hands a couple of times in that scenario. When I listed a DV camera (like the DVX100 or Canon XL1), it was usually because I had to shoot a whole project with one, like a short film or an industrial or doc.
 
Hobbyist camera I bought when i was 14: Sony DCR-TRV280
Bought when I just turned 16: Sony HVR-Z1U

The rest of these cameras were provided for the job...

3 kinds of Unknown Broadcast Cameras
HVX-200
Canon 5DMII
Canon 7D
EPIC
SCARLET
 
owned list - will do rented/used list later

Minolta XG1
Sony Hi-8
Nikon F2
Nikon D70S
HVX200
Polaroid 600se
Mamiya 7
hand made Polaroid from a medical copal lens, an enlarger bellows, and a polaroid back
Polaroid Land Camera Plastic
Fuji GSW690-3 (siiiick rangefinder)
Mamiya RB
Canon 1DSMK2
Canon FS100 (yes they also made a camera called FS100) W/ Letus Extreme
Nikon D90
Canon 5DMK2
Canon 7D(x4, and two of the first with a PL mount)
Red MX
Panasonic GH2

Favorite?

Red MX, followed by 600SE Polaroid, and then Fuji GSW-690... and of course that old Minolta which got me into shooting in the first place.
 
Wow... A trip down memory lane. Let's see...

Kodak Brownie Starflex *
Kodak Instamatic 100 & 110*
Rolleiflex 2.8F *
Canon Pellix *
Canon FTb *
Nikkormat FTn *
Nikon F2 Photomic *
Polaroid SX70 *
Bell&Howell 2144XL *
Elmo 1012XLS *
Bolex H16 **
Canon Scoopic **
Mitchell 35 BNCR **
Eclair NPR **
Arri 16SB **
Arri IIc **
Arri 16BL **
Eclair ACL **
Aaton LTR **
Cinema Products CP16 **
Arri 16SR (all flavors) **
Hasselblad 500CM *
Arri 35-III **
Arri 35BL (all flavors) **
Bunch of forgettable ENG/EFP/Studio cameras by Ikegami, Panasonic and Sony **
Canon Optura MV1 *
Canon XL1S *
Panasonic HDC-SD1 *
Leica D-LUX2 *
Sony A1 *
Fujifilm S5 Pro *
Panasonic HDX200 *
Nikon D300 *
RED One *
Canon 5D2 *
Canon T2i *
Lumix GF2 *

* Owned
** Rented or borrowed

Sure I'm leaving many out. So many cameras in one's life, too few brain cells to remember them.
 
Wow, thanks Tico, I forgot the SX70 Polaroid. I used to shoot with that and then copy to 8x10 Ektachrome -fascinating technique - the pola was slightly dreamy looking, and the chrome was intensified.
 

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Sony CCD-F201 - 8mm ( a gift)
Canon ES6000 - Hi8mm (first camera I bought when I was 14 after working 9 months at Dairy Queen to save up)
Canon GL-1
Canon GL-2
Panasonic DVX100a
Panasonic HVX200 + Brevis Adapter
Red One
Canon 5D Mark II
Canon 7D (got rid of it)
Panasonic Lumix GH2 (sold it)
Sony FS100
Epic-X (soon!)
 
From 3/4" to HDCAM

Sony DXC-M7
Ike 730
Sony BVP-5 docked to BVV-1 Betacam rec (1st Betacam camcorder ever)
Sony BVP-5 docked to BVV-5 Betacam SP rec
Ike HL-55 docked to BVV-5 Betacam SP rec
Ike HL-79 docked to BVV-5 Betacam SP rec
Sony BVW-400A
Sony BVW-D600 (1st digital processing Beta SP camcorder ever)
Ike HL-V55
Sony DVW-700 4:3
Sony DVW-700WS
Sony HDW-700
Sony HDW-900
Sony HDW-900R

the small kids:
Sony DSR-PD150
Sony DSR-PD170
Canon XL-1
Sony HVR-Z1
Sony PMW-EX1
Sony PMW-EX3
 
Richard Foster said:
Wow, thanks Tico, I forgot the SX70 Polaroid. I used to shoot with that and then copy to 8x10 Ektachrome -fascinating technique - the pola was slightly dreamy looking, and the chrome was intensified.
Click to expand...

I had a few of those as well.... it was fun doing the burnishing thing.... and removing the emulsion from 8x10 roids was a kick as well...... ahhh.... the days when us photogs seemed a bit more special than in todays digital ease.

Raise your hand if you warmed you roids nestling them in your arm pits as to help them process quicker?
 
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