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Originally Posted by Joe
Found some reference material to the 1.3mp F3 digital camera variant a college tutor brought in on loan during my degree. My first introduction to digital imaging;
http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography...odak/index.htm
Pretty exactic back then, but a bit of a mino compared to the technology available today
"this digital imaging lark will never catch on" lol |
A good read Joe, and yes and I was one of those. From 1988 through to 2003 I was primarily a medium format user and so paid scant attention to those early digital days. With the release of the D100 and ensuing publicity I realised that for my needs the writing was on the wall so for me it was then the exit film. So while I know a fair bit about film cameras from 1960 to 1990 I know nothing of the early digital era. Memories of saying I would not buy a computer until they had at least 6gb hard drive due to the speed of development.
As we are looking back at kit in this thread then I will post a link to my other great desire from the late 1970's ............ The Hasselblad 501C/M. On my salary pipe dream stuff.
http://www.camerapedia.org/wiki/Hasselblad_500_C/M
By 1988 I could afford a decent m/f outfit and bought into the Bronica SQA system. Hugely more affordable than the Hassie 501. Superior interlocks and operation, and with PS lenses capable of the same image quality. I cannot find a non e-Bay link to SQ images, but here are a couple for the ETRS which although similar was smaller.
http://www.camerapedia.org/wiki/Bronica_ETR
http://www.myphotoweb.com/Zenza_bron..._col/index.htm Click images in the left pane for a larger view.
Stevie had an ETRS outfit for 6 years before the weight finally got to her, and following a burglary spent a good slice of the insurance money on a new F3 instead
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Don