Canon T50 SLR
This is our old Film SLR, a Canon T50. I discovered tonight that we had a 50mm f/1.8 lens which I'm fairly sure I've never taken a shot with. When I used this camera I had the 28-200mm Tokina lens on it.
I was in a camera store today ordering a new tripod (Velbon Sherpa 450R for those interested), and asked to have a hold of the Canon 400D - very sweet indeed! I didn't realise how much I missed the feel of a zoom lens and manual focus ring. Things are looking good for a Christmas purchase ;)
Thus on the way back to work I poked into a developing store to look for some b&w film for the T50, alas only the usual kodak and fuji colour films. However, holding the T50 is really uncomfortable, the grip is not very molded, and quite square at the back, not like the smaller 400D which snuggles in quite happily.
View all photos taken: Thursday, 26th October 2006, This photo: 9:17pm
So the assistant in the shop had to prise the 400D out of your tighly clenched fingers, right ?
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Mmmm what to do with our film cameras????
they aint worth much on eBay
I did a quick search and found out that this model is 23 years old -- at least in Japan. Woohoo, new tripod! I'm happy with my Velbon. Well, have an exciting Christmas then! Yay! :o)
David, very nearly - if it was a black one rather than the silver model I think he'd have had a much more difficult time of it ;)
RH, good question. I figure I might shoot the odd roll of b&w in it, just for the hell of it, or keep it around to show the grandkids when I'm old ;)
Margot, yeah that'd be about right. In the camera shop they had a section for used cameras, there were a heap of top-of-the-line type film slrs (Nikon F4's, etc) going for around $500 - $700 for the bodies (but they would have been many thousands of dollars new). There's still a market for film stuff and I'm sure I could get some cheap FD mount lenses if I wanted, but I think I'll stick to digital for the most part - a lot more flexible, and less expensive.
I keep my older cameras in a difficult to reach part of my closet. Whenever I get there, and that is not so often, I get a nice feeling to discover again how it used to be or how manual things were........I kind of treat them like museum items, and I believe this is the right thing to do. I could not imagine myself giving away the convenience of a Digital Camera for a typical SLR or similar........ not for a million euros (eeehhhhhh on second thought, for that amount I might...)
400D is very nice indeed. I've been very happy with my 350D and have shot thousands of photos - I would have been pressed to afford all the development & printing costs if this had been film, let alone manage the storage and organisation of such a massive collection of prints and negs.
George, yes I think you're onto something there - definitely museum pieces.
Steve, you're right about the print/neg storage - I have a large plastic bag full of those paper envelopes of prints and negs, but the sum total of all those shots is still less than the number I've taken in the last year on the digital. You've also got all the time to scan the negs/prints too.
Sweet! I have the T70, it's a fantastic little camera. My mom bought it, and all of the lenses and other oddities I've got lying around, for about $2500 in '84. I adore it. :)
Ha ha we had one of these !!! It was good, it was given away a long time ago ! Would I go back.... NO way !!
My aunt had a T70, used to take some great shots with it. I used to lust after the T90. I can't believe how uncomfortable the grip is though, I used to carry it around at car races, etc, all the time, but I can't imagine doing an extended shoot with it now.
Helen, you and you're giving cameras away!
hey - anyone giving film cameras away - throw them my way!
david - ted's in the city have b&w film. get yourself some ilford hp5 or one of the nice fuji b&w films.
Thanks Greg, although I may have turned off that idea somewhat. The T50, after reviewing the manual, is basically a point and shoot that you can change the lenses on. There's no exposure adjustments, you can change the aperture but if you do the camera sets the exposure to 1/60s. Very annoying!
I still have my F100 and I don't have the heart to sell it. Hubby and I are thinking of buying desiccator storage/cabinet for our cameras and lenses so hopefully mold won't be a problem in the future.
Mould is a problem on old camera equipment ???
mould is a problem with all camera equipment. it generally grows on cameras hat are not being used and hence are kept in damp conditions.
we never changed the lens either !! we bought it when the kiddies were born, it was good for me at the time, had a very short DoF if I remember, well it used to blur the background nicely when I had the kids in focus ! i still say it was good, we have albums full of piccies I took. Things move on though !!
Well I'll be... Mind you, I tend to not store old equipment in damp areas, so hopefully they won't go mouldy.
Helen, I've noticed looking through the viewfinder that there's some good potential for decent bokeh. Shame it's not very configurable though, you lose so much potential. Still might need to run a short roll of b&w through it though... but then every week I'm getting closer to 400D day ;-)
Don't get cocky - you're still waiting for xmas!
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My first proper camera was a second-hand Canon T70 with the autofocus 50mm. I don't think I took anything great with it, but that was a reflection of my ability rather than the camera.
I sold it to upgrade to an EOS-series body but wish I still had it now. Sometimes I think about buying another one from eBay just to have it for the sake of memories. I'll definitely not sell any cameras now as I'm sure I'll feel the same way about them in 10 years time.
This one is a manual focus, but the camera itself is fully automatic. Very annoying if you want to change exposure time (you can't) and changing the aperture from the "A" setting causes the camera to use a 1/60 sec exposure (less than ideal for many circumstances). The T70 would have been a lot better, but I always wanted a T90 :)
Of course now the base model Canon dSLR does everything the T90 did (except multiple exposures) and more, and doesn't cost on film and developing.
Cool shot, Great clarity!
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Thanks Micky :) Minimal photoshop too, I shot using a couple of A4 sheets of paper as the backdrop, and only had to cleanup the top half.
except multiple exposures? on top of each other or do you mean bracketing? because EOS cameras can do AEB.
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Yeah, on top of each other. You can of course do that in photoshop afterwards though.
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My T50 is more comfortable in my hand than my A620. Nothing like manual focus. Pushing a button just isn't the same.
I'm sure that's very true, but it carries quite the steep price. I'll try to be happy with my T50.
I've heard that's a very good camera also. I, like you, do not take a lot of film shots anymore. I want to get back to the T50 and recently, was given a different lense for it, but I do not like the idea of taking the film in to have it developed, and not have control over that part. I guess I need to take a class on it.