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

Jeff Zueger

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Thought this could be interesting. What cameras have you mainly used (while employed) or owned as a professional. This is for recreational use only, no arguments please:).
These are approximate dates only...Here is my list:

Ike 740 1987
IKE HL79 1988
Sony 300 1989
Sont M7 1990
Ike 340 L&S Teleproductions 1995
Arri 2c (Owned) 1997
Sony UVW 200 Owned 2000
Sony D35 Owned 2002
Arri BL4S Owned 2004
Panasonic DVX100 Owned 2006
Panasonic HVX200 Owned 2008??
Red One Owned 2009
Sony EX3 Owned 2009
Canon 5D2 Owned 2009
 
Would love to see Jim's list;) May not be enough bandwidth.
 
I'm not really as old as this suggests, but the PBS station I first worked at had cameras made in 1953 when I started working there. They had been donated by WNET in NY. There were 6 of them (I think), The engineers scavenged parts to keep three of them running most of the time, but I remember a live show on which two of the cameras died in the middle of the show, leaving only the camera I was running on the air for about 10 minutes.

RCA TK-11 1971
Marconi MK VI 1973
RCA TKP-45 1975 <--heaviest hand-held camera ever!
Bolex 16mm (Owned) 1976
Sony DXC 1200 1977
Sony DXC 1610 1977
RCA TK-76C 1980
Ikegami 730 1986
Arri 3 35mm 1986
Beaulieu R-16 (Owned) 1986
Arri BL3 1987
Ikegami HL79 1988
Bolex Rex (Owned) 1988
Arri SR (Owned) 1988
Sony BVW300a (Owned) 1993
Arri SR II Own 1994
Sony Digital 8 (Owned) 2000
Panasonic DVX100 (Owned) 2004
Panasonic HVX200 (Owned) 2006
Panasonic HPX170 Own 2008
Red One Own 2009
Epic (yet to come)
 
I have never owned a professional camera, my current camera is a panasonic SD Mini DV 3 chip thing which I don't really shoot anything on anymore, before that it was a Sony single chip mini DV.
Camera's I've used are all Sony apparently, I shot 48 seconds on the 7D but I didn't operate the camera at any time on that shoot so I can't say I've used one before.

VX2000E
PD150
PD170
HV1P
EX1
 
Bolex H-16 REX-3 16mm*
Arri 2C 35mm
Arri BL III 35mm
Mitchel-Fries 35mm
Arri 435 35mm
Arri 535 35mm
Photosonics 35mm 4E
F900
F900/3
F950
Phantom HD
F900R*
EX-1*
RED One/MX*

*owned

Thanks for the opportunity to travel down memory lane. :)

Phil
 
I was only a young tot at the time, but my first camera was a Quaker oatmeal box pinhole camera.
 
CineKodak 8mm*
Panasonic VHS*
Panasonic VHS-C (don't recall model numbers)*
Panasonic DVX-100A*
Panasonic Varicam
Sony FX1
Panasonic HVX200
Canon T2i
Canon 7D
Canon 5D MK2
RED One*
RED EPIC (Coming soon)*

*Owned

I've always been a big fan of Panasonic cameras. They're well made and good for most productions. The Varicam was the best Sub-Full HD camera I've ever shot on. The images it makes, even at 720p, are pretty astounding.

When the HVX was just breaking through on the sales floor is the same time I was following Jarred's adventure to Oakley to see the first images of the R1 being constructed. After hearing about his travels and what Jim was doing, I passed on the HVX altogether and put my deposit down on the R1 instead. I haven't looked back since. Kind of funny thinking that I would have gladly spent $2000 on the Andromeda DVX mod.
 
Jeff Zueger said:
Would love to see Jim's list;) May not be enough bandwidth.
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It would be interesting to learn of Jim's first camera chosen by himself as an "adult", and learn how many of us started with "better" equipment than Jim. My first that I chose myself after doing research was the Canon A1 a truly revolutionary camera which won my loyalty to Canon lenses and technology. The Olympus OM1 soon followed as a real "pro" camera.
 
1960-1966 Polaroid 80A*
1964 Kodak Retina III*
1966 Zeiss Contarex*
1970-Pres Nikon FTN*
1971-1984 Hasselblad
1974-1990 Deardorff 8x10*
1980- 2010 Polaroid 195*
1981-1995 Panastar
1982-2010 Arri IIC*
1983-1995 Panaflex Gold
1984-1990 Panasonic VHS*
1984-1990 Arri BL4
1884-1990 Fries Mitchell
1985-1990 Photosonics 4C
1986-1990 Photosonics 4EL
1997-2007 Sony VX1000*
2005-Pres Nikon D70*
2010-Pres Nikon D7000*
2010-Pres RED MX*

I've always liked Nikon cameras and glass. My Arri IIC had a Nikon Hard Front. I also always loved large format 8x10 with Rodenstock Optics and sheet film. Hard to beat those images. And panavision has always served me very well - a great camera system. But now I really like my Red. To be able to own a camera of this quality and shoot anytime and process the images right away - wow!
 
Heh....

My list is gonna be a little different:

Konica T4
Nikon F3
Leica CL
Arca Swiss F Line 4x5
Contax G2
Arca Swiss F Metric 6x9
Arca Swiss M Line 2
Phase One 645 D
Phase One 645 DF
Nikon D3
Canon 5d2
Arca Swiss Rm3d
Red One MX

And I have a feeling that a Red camera is always going to be at the end of that list :)
 
Olympus 35RD
Ricoh kr-5
Akai tethered VHS camera
Bole Pailard
Contax 137md
Contax RTS I
Contax RTS II
Bronica EC
Mamiya RB67
Hassy FCm2000
Toyo 45c
Sinar P2
Nikon f3
Nikon f4s
Hassy 503 with phase one H25
Canon 20d
Sony HC1
Sony FX1
Sony z1
Sony ex1
Canon 5d
Canon 1DS3
Canon 5dII
RED One 6022
Canon 60D
 
Miranda F
Nikkormat FTn
Kodak Brownie 8mm
Bolex H16
Nikon F3
Nikon FA
Horseman 45L
Hitachi FP21
Nikon FM
Pentax 67
Ikegami ITC-730
Nikon N90s
Mamiya RZ67
Fuji GSW690
Sinar P45
Nikon D1X
Sony Digibeta DVW 790
Canham MQC5x7
Panasonic DVX 100A
Nikon D2X
Nikon D700
Red One M
Epic X
 
Numerous cheap super 8's
Bolex RX1*
Canon L1* (the camera that started it all for me)
MovieCam Super America (intern on Tom Arnold & Rosanne Barr Movie-- so green that I was stupid enough to suggest that shooting it with my Canon L1 would make better sense)
Arri S
Arri BL 16
Eclair
Sony Betacams
Bolex RX 5*
Fisher-Price PXL-2000 PixelVision (Filmed a funnel cloud and some wicked lightning over an Iowa Cornfield with this camera)
Arri SR1
Canon Super8* Dropped out of a Cesna from 13,000'. Still wirring away when we dug it out of the mud two hours later. Might still work but sits proudly, dried mud and all, on my mantle.
Beaulieu R16*
Arri S with Norris Intervelometer (a summer spent touring ghost towns of Colorado)
Arriflex M* (With Norris Intervelometer. My first true time-lapse rig)
Arriflex 2C* (the camera started my time-lapse career-- thank you Wayne Goldwyn a.k.a Mr. Time-Lapse!
Arriflex 2C #2* (#1 blew over in a wind in Monument Valley. Sits on my mantle with bits of red rock embedded in its skin.)
Debrie* (Handcranked 35mm made of wood)
Arri SR2
Arri SR3
Arri BL3
Arri BL4
Arri 435 (my first big time-lapse job. 2002 Olympic Games)
Arri 535 (The Pig)
MovieCam
ArriCam Lite
Arri 435 Xtreme (Shot 200' of Color Infrared)
Canon XL-2*
Sony XD Cam
Red ONE*
Canon 5D Both digital cinema and time-lapse work.
Nizo 801 (A great little Super8 time-lapse machine)
REd Epic-X* COMING SOON!

*= Owned Cameras
 
coming form the Broadcast side of things, starting in college.

CP16
Bolex rex
RCA 1/2 vhs camera of some kind
RCA TK76
Ikegami ITC-730A
Ikegami Hl-79E
Sony DXC-3000
Sony BVW 300
Sony BVW 400A
Sony BVW 600
Panasonic AJD-700
Sony vx-1000
Sony DXC-D30/PVW3*
Panasonic DVX100 and A*
Panasonic SDX900*
Sony DXC-D50/PVW3*
Panasonic HDX900*
RED One*
Canon 7D w/hotod mount*
Panasonic AF100*
Red EPIC, hoping to be owned soon.
Lots of other Broadcast cameras used that are better left forgotten.

*=owned
 
My cameras:
Panasonic VHS M5
Sony Pro Hi8 V6000
Minolta Dynax 7000i
Sony PD-150
Sony HC1 HDV
Panasonic HVX-200
Casio --
Canon 7D
Canon 5D mkii
Konvas M2
RED ONE MX
GoPro HD
Really wating for EPIC

Used:
Many Super 8
Arri SR3
Arri SR3 HS
Arri 435
Arri 535B
Panasonic HPX150
Panasonic HPX 2000
Phantom HD GOLD
Sony Betacam SP
Sony Digibetas
Sony HDCAM 650
Sony HDCAM 900
Sony PD-170
Sony Z1
Sony Z7
Sony EX3
Sony remote fiber cameras
Sony XDCAM 500
Sony XDCAM 350
 
Not complete, but in approximate chronological order:

Agfa Instamatic*
Voigtlaender bellow**
Contax 139**
Nikon 801* (saved two years for it; got stolen in India the day Princess Diana died)
Panasonic NV-MS4* (S-VHS)
Bolex H16
Sony BVW600
Arri S (bought one a few years ago as a memento**)
Arri BL3
Arri IIC
Arri BL4
Aaton XTR
Arri SR2
Moviecam Superamerica
Sony DVW-700/790
Arri SR3
Sony PD100**
Minolta Dimage** (an early digital stills camera; VGA resolution, 2MB SD memory. The only camera buy I have regretted.)
Arri 435
Arri 535
Nikon D20* (got stolen the day I shot an interview with the Norwegian crown prince)
Sony DSR 570**
Pentax K10**
Various HDV/XDcam/P2/.../ cameras
RED One*
iPhone*
RED Epic-M
RED Epic-X*
Canon 5D MkII**
RED Scarlet-X**



* denotes owned
** still owning
 
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