My Cameras

I have recently found out that I'm a bit of a hoarder. Firstly in the move from my old house to my new, I found that I had collected together a lot of stuff. Enough in fact to fill a 17ft truck almost to bursting. During the last week I have spent unpacking I found something from a long time ago. My first digital camera. Back in the day (which was a wednesday - FF) when digital cameras started to make their first appearance in the consumer marketplace I had very little money. My friend simon was lucky enough to buy a Canon IXUS, the predecessor to the very popular powershot, I however did not have 300 or 400 pounds to spend on a digital camera. I decieded to splurge on a 30 pound camera. It was very much the most basic camera that could be found, but it was mine and I loved it. At least for a year. The pictures could not be stored for very long before they corrupted. They also were 0.1 megapixel!

L'espiron Digital Dream - $60 equivalent - 0.1 megapixels -2001

Sam and Emily, York, 2001

A few years later I started my industrial masters with a company close to Middleborough (the industrial north east of England). When I was there my parents bought me a digital camera for my birthday. I really wanted a Canon IXUS, because after 3 years of being close to one I knew how good they were. Instead I got a n Olympus. This was certainly a step up. x3 optical zoom, 4.0 megapixels. I had lots of fun and I took it with me so much (and dropped it so much) I had to recently fix it with a steel reinforced epoxy resin (it was a bit excessive).

Olympus C460 - $300 equivalent - 4.0 megapixel - 2004

Moulton, County Durham, 2004

Then of course I got to grad school. For the first year I had no moneypits - no cable, no internet, no car! I could save money. As most people know, after saving money comes spending money. While in Target this bridge camera caught my eye. At last I could choose my ISO, choose my aperture and shutter speeds. I could even manually focus to a limited extent. These were the heady days of learning how to use my camera. I really enjoyed playing with this camera. It still has a firm place in my heart still.

Fujifilm S5200 - $420 - 5.1 megapixel - 2006

Pilot Mountain, North Carolina - 2007

In the last couple years my fujifilm served me well, however the more played with it, the more I found it had limitations that limited me! I wanted it to do something that it could not do. I bought several add on lenses that helped but nothing could fix a high f-stop, grainy high ISO's or a too short shutter speed. I got married and as a return engagement present my fiancee bought me a Nikon D40 (via my encouragement). I love this camera. I have yet to find its limitations. Even then I think these I could live with, until at least I start earning more money and can afford a nicer body. The future starts here...

Nikon D40 - $800 and growing - 6.1 megapixel - 2008

Old swing, Cincinnati, 2008