Comments on: How Often Do You Replace Your Camera?

By: hrvoje_fila

hrvoje_fila — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:28:33 +0000

I bought used k100d super in early 2008 and since then i taught about upgrading but then decided to invest in few old and new lenses. New body won’t make different/better photos then k100 will, just make some situations simpler and more elegant (for my kind of use). In early 2010 i think i’ll upgrade. Maybe.

By: GARY K KEMP

GARY K KEMP — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:34:12 +0000

I SEEM TO BE GIVING THEM AWAY TO MY GROWN CHILDREN SO THEY MAY HAVE A NICE CAMERA & I GET THE UPGRADE.

I USED MY 645 FOR MANY YEARS BEFORE I FINALLY BROKE DOWN AND BOUGHT MY FIRST DIGITAL. STILL LIKE THE 645 FOR BEST RESULTS.

By: monochrome

monochrome — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 03:13:37 +0000

My main camera from 1977 to 1984 was a KX. From 1984 to 2004 it was an MESuper. From 2004 to 2007 it was an Olympus E20-n (great camera for its time). Since late 2007 it has been a K10D.

Since about 2003 I have bought, cleaned and sold a number of Spotmatics, K2′s, MX’s and KX’s to play with. My Camera Buying Addiction seems sated for the moment. The original KX, original MESuper and the K10D (my “main camera”) are still here. I did add a Spotmatic F that I plan to keep. It is a screwmount KX and I love it.

I’ll probably upgrade to a K20D and sell the K10 sometime before summer. The replacement cycle is compressing.

Now my LENS replacement cycle is a different story!

By: Valerie

Valerie — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 03:47:58 +0000

I use a Pentax K10D. I have only had that 2 yrs. At the rate technology is moving, the next camera that I buy will probably not be a Pentax. I’m looking at Sony A900 with interest, after hankering for a Nikon F800, but I think I’ll hang on and wait to see what Nikon come up with next…it seems to pay to wait these days when there a matter of 12 months between releases and months between other brand releases!

By: Alan Granger

Alan Granger — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 00:32:04 +0000

I’ve never replaced a camera, except my second Pentax S1a. That I replaced with a Spotmatic. Since then, I’ve kept then all. I wouldn’t be without two to use and with me at all times with different lenses. I still shoot some film so I still use some of the older cameras. But most of the time I use a K20d and a K100D. Although, I would prefer that the controls were identical.

By: RioRico

RioRico — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 21:53:43 +0000

‘Replace’, never. ‘Upgrade’ (supplement), whenever it seems right. I keep most older cams and usable lenses.

Back when I did film, I bought cams that appealed to me, and kept using them until they were stolen or I gave up on darkrooms. Since going digital, I’ve slowly upgraded Sony PNS’s: DSC-P20 (1mp), DSC-V1 and -P10 (5mp), DSC-W7 (8mp), these latter two for my wife. I love the V1 so much, I’ve worn out (broken) two and am still actively using the third. Other PNS upgrades: an 8mp Olympus 770-SW (for getting real wet) and a 5mp Minolta F300 (mod’d for IR).

My first dSLR is my K20D, almost a year old. I chose it so I *wouldn’t* feel a need to upgrade the body for several years. Instead, I’ve gone lens-crazy, accumulating way too many MFLs. I’m slightly tempted to ‘downgrade’ by adding a K200D or something; and if the K30D is FF and otherwise super-duper, I might be tempted; but those would mainly provide me with a backup body, so I won’t be dead-in-the-water should anything happen to the K20D (shudder).

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 00:36:50 +0000

I buy camera’s when I wreck the one I’m using. And I have owned about 6 or 7 very good cameras in my life.

I have only ever bought one brand new camera in 30 years of very keen amateur photography, and that was when I went digital and bought a Pentax k10 which will be used until it drops.
The camera is a tool, the picture is important.

Dave

By: Miserere

Miserere — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 23:14:10 +0000

As I say in the post, the question refers to your main camera. If you buy a new one, but keep the old one for stunt work, your main camera will now be the new one. Unless you mostly shoot stunt work

By: Jymbo46

Jymbo46 — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:29:59 +0000

I’m not sure if replace fits to describe my purchase pattern. I buy a camera and by two models later there are enough improvements in the camera to buy a new body. I keep the older body and use it for bad weather work and places where it might be stolen. As I work with smaller prints more megapixels are not the primary reason for a purchase.

By: RoseyD

RoseyD — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:07:24 +0000

Now, Now, Don’t be a hater….
I know you’re still living vicariously through me… you gotta’ be, cause otherwise all those months WITHOUT lens shopping would be driving you CRAZY.