Clint's Camera History

This is me setting up a shot on Pettit Jean Mountain on the first trip to Arkansas that Penny and I made together .

(Note the red hair !!  Now it's all gray ....)

        



And what a view !! 
This was when Penny was still falling in love with a "mountain man" .... and she could be convinced to sit out on bluff edges .... with a crack in the rock .... that could separate at any moment .  She is much wiser now ..... I still do that kind of stuff though !

My first camera ever !  A Kodak 110 Instamatic . I still have some of the pictures that I took with it .

 

My next camera was this Minolta Freedom 50 . It was a real step up , as it has a built in flash and auto focus .
I took a lot of photos with it .

 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My next step up came in the form of this Kodak digital . I loved it because there was no more sending film off to have it developed . It featured a real zoom lens ........ I was big time now !

  

The back side .....

 

 
 
 

For my next camera , I wanted something compact that would slip into a pocket and be handy for my on the go lifestyle . This little Kodak sported 7 MP, a zoom lens, and would fit into a shirt pocket . It is a great camera .... I still have it . It has recently been designated as my "stay in the truck camera" to have handy for when I see a cool shot when I am driving.

Along about Christmas last year , I was wanting to up the game in the camera department , and wound up buying this Samsung digital . I have learned a tremendous amount about photography while I have explored its many features. It takes great pictures , has 18x Zoom lens , shoots HD video and is still small enough to fit into a pocket , or a side pocket of a backpack .

 

 

 

After only owning the Samsung for 6 months , my insatiable appetite for a camera with more features has led me to order this Panasonic model. It has a super zoom 60x lens , and the ability to shoot exposures as long a 60 seconds ... which is great for night time photography. It is MUCH larger than all my other cameras , and my appetite for better, more creative photos has finally outweighed my usual pocket size frame camera that I have always stuck with . I am going to be the guy tramping through the woods with a camera bag and tripod , as well as a backpack .
This series is called a "bridge" camera , as it bridges the gap between smaller point and shoot cameras , and the professional DSLR cameras the pros use . I think this will do everything I need , and is about 25% the cost of a Pro DSLR camera .

 

Here is my latest camera buy  ...  A Canon G16 . It has a host of features usually only found in higher end DSLR cameras . I tried an Olympus DSLR for a couple months , and it shot fine pictures , but it was too bulky for my use with all the lens and accessories needed for it. This Canon is still pocketable and can shoot ISO's at high as 12,500 ! It has built in star time lapse mode which I am excited about as well .  Click ... click .... click  

 

 

 

Stay tuned for more good photography and videos ! 

 

Sorry for the image quality of the video .... it is really great in HD format.