I remember using a floppy Mavica about 25 years ago, borrowed from my school…
My first digital camera was a Fujifilm iX-1, didn’t take a lot of photos with it, but it was interesting…
Later I bought myself a Canon EOS 400D, that was my first proper digital camera, I still have plenty of photos taken with it in my collection.
Ten years later, I got the camera that probably influenced me the most, a Panasonic Lumix GX80, a brilliant little camera with TERRIBLE ergonomics. I carried that with me every single day, I learned a LOT about photography with it, one of the control dials broke a few years after buying it, but I kept it going by swapping apature/shutter speed between the dials depending on what I needed.
In 2023, I got a bonus from work, and I had a very fun and interesting lunch at Scandinavian Photo in Stockholm, I had a list and got myself a Panasonic S5 with a 20-60mm kit lens, a 50mm prime lens, a proper backpack, a peakdesign camera strap, two SD cards and probably something more that I have forgotten. It was a super fun experience getting to treat a camera store kinda like a supermarket with a personal shopper.
In the next months, I bought a Sigma contemporary 100-400mm lens, a used, but amazing, Lumix 24-105mm f/4 lens (I need to service this lens, the AF seems to me broken), some lights and an external flash.
The S5 is a fantastic camera, with one big flaw, the AF is slow.
I enjoy planespotting and have started saving up for a Sony A7 III or IV and a 600mm lens ahead of the Swedish Air Force centennial celebration in August…
I never considered the styling of the cameras at the time, but I did when I picked my S5, I really like the styling of it!
Just a reminder, I think dpreview has a big backlog of gorgeous product photos going back a long, long way, if you are luck they might have some good photos of the Mavicas
I remember using a floppy Mavica about 25 years ago, borrowed from my school…
My first digital camera was a Fujifilm iX-1, didn’t take a lot of photos with it, but it was interesting…
Later I bought myself a Canon EOS 400D, that was my first proper digital camera, I still have plenty of photos taken with it in my collection.
Ten years later, I got the camera that probably influenced me the most, a Panasonic Lumix GX80, a brilliant little camera with TERRIBLE ergonomics. I carried that with me every single day, I learned a LOT about photography with it, one of the control dials broke a few years after buying it, but I kept it going by swapping apature/shutter speed between the dials depending on what I needed.
In 2023, I got a bonus from work, and I had a very fun and interesting lunch at Scandinavian Photo in Stockholm, I had a list and got myself a Panasonic S5 with a 20-60mm kit lens, a 50mm prime lens, a proper backpack, a peakdesign camera strap, two SD cards and probably something more that I have forgotten. It was a super fun experience getting to treat a camera store kinda like a supermarket with a personal shopper.
In the next months, I bought a Sigma contemporary 100-400mm lens, a used, but amazing, Lumix 24-105mm f/4 lens (I need to service this lens, the AF seems to me broken), some lights and an external flash.
The S5 is a fantastic camera, with one big flaw, the AF is slow.
I enjoy planespotting and have started saving up for a Sony A7 III or IV and a 600mm lens ahead of the Swedish Air Force centennial celebration in August…
I am an IT guy with a photo hobby…
what mavica did you use?
I don’t know exactly, it may have been the FD-81 or FD-75
the fd81 is very pretty, the prettiest only second to the fd7
I never considered the styling of the cameras at the time, but I did when I picked my S5, I really like the styling of it!
Just a reminder, I think dpreview has a big backlog of gorgeous product photos going back a long, long way, if you are luck they might have some good photos of the Mavicas
thanks twinnn!