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Old Camera
A few weeks ago Mike Farley posted a article concerning old cameras, well I still use mine (40D, 7D and 7D MK11).
Whilst away in Spain in August I used my 40D with a 18-135 Canon lens and 18-250 Sigma lens.





The 1st image was with 18-135 lens and the second image with 18-250 lens.

Although these are holiday shots and are not intended to be for competition I still do not consider them to bad.
Ron

Hi Ron,
Interesting Holiday snaps.
Iggy

Ronald Barker wrote:A few weeks ago Mike Farley posted a article concerning old cameras, well I still use mine (40D, 7D and 7D MK11).
Whilst away in Spain in August I used my 40D with a 18-135 Canon lens and 18-250 Sigma lens.

An interesting post, Ron. And it is good to see that you are still getting mileage out of your Canon 40D.

It is easy to think that older digital cameras are somehow primitive compared to their modern counterparts. Yet the digital camera was invented by Steven Sasson in 1975. By the time that the 40D was launched in 2007, digital technology had been subject to more than 30 years development. Admittedly modern sensors have more megapixels, better high ISO performance and greater dynamic range, but those improvements are marginal in comparison with what went before. The basics have been in place for a long time.

There is a blogger and professional photographer by the name of Kirk Tuck who likes to experiment with old cameras. At the link below, there is one of many articles he has written about his experiences. In this case, he talks about the Nikon D700 which dates to 2008. If I recall correctly, he has also used an even older Nikon D2H and had good results.

https://visualsciencelab.blogspot.com/2 ... 0-and.html

Amateur Photographer has been running a secondhand week and has some suggetions for used camera and lens combinations. The magazine stops short of recommending anything more than a few years old, although it has done so in the past.

https://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/l ... als-131416

Thom Hogan, on the other hand, does not believe that you will get much mileage out of a camera such as a 40D with its 8MP sensor. One option he cites as a possible replacement is the new Apple iPhone 11 Pro ......

Even more recent cameras are suspect in his view, not necessarily due to the sensor but other improvements in performance. Apparently, 26MP and above is where it is at. Which is an odd position to take. Plenty of older cameras such as the Nikon D800 comfortably exceed 26MP, yet could have been left behind by other technological developments.

http://dslrbodies.com/newsviews/nikon-2 ... -your.html