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See now I had an AE-1 as well, which I no longer have but boy (for nostalgia) I wish I did. I don't even remember what happened to it. I loved that camera. But

by larrys 13y ago

See now I had an AE-1 as well, which I no longer have but boy (for nostalgia) I wish I did. I don't even remember what happened to it. I loved that camera. But I also had smaller cameras. And I would take the cameras everywhere and enjoyed doing so. I also had a darkroom. That said I will agree that often I was the only person with a camera. As far as not taking it skiing well it wasn't waterproof and I don't recall if you could find an inexpensive waterproof housing for it or not. Agree you wouldn't take it to a club or on a date but that was more a cultural thing than because of the size of the camera. I mean if you had a tiny minox camera you wouldn't have taken that to the club or on a date either, would you? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minox http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minox

WalterBright 13y ago
I had (and still have) a Minox. It would fit in a pocket, and I'd take it many more places. Running it through airport security checkpoints was always entertaining, as the inspectors would never believe it was a camera, and figured I was up to some sort of deviated preversion. Unfortunately, it took crappy pictures.
- larrys 13y ago
  "Whipping out the AE-1 was all OMG he's got a camera!" Agree 100%. And that's interesting because I find that to be the case today and why I use an rx100ii (excellent camera by the way) vs. using a large DSLR. I can do so much more with the rx100ii simply because it doesn't scream "I'm taking a picture". And taking video clips obviously (which rx100 does a great job with) is possible in places you wouldn't even think of taking a larger professional camera regardless of the weight or the size. (That's the "cultural" part.) http://www.cameralabs.com/reviews/Sony_Cyber-shot_RX100_II/ http://www.cameralabs.com/reviews/Sony_Cyber-shot_RX100_II/ One thing I will tell you though is that using an iphone to take videos is great on the sly. Most people if you hold the iphone correctly don't even realize you are shooting a video. (Next to your body and if nothing special is going on.) So you can get things that you would never be able to do with something that looked like a camera. What would be even better is if you could somehow disable the display (black it out) while you are shooting.
  - girvo 13y ago
    Apples Tv spot for the holidays shows this beautifully.

by larrys 13y ago

WalterBright 13y ago

I had (and still have) a Minox. It would fit in a pocket, and I'd take it many more places. Running it through airport security checkpoints was always entertaining, as the inspectors would never believe it was a camera, and figured I was up to some sort of deviated preversion. Unfortunately, it took crappy pictures.

larrys 13y ago
"Whipping out the AE-1 was all OMG he's got a camera!" Agree 100%. And that's interesting because I find that to be the case today and why I use an rx100ii (excellent camera by the way) vs. using a large DSLR. I can do so much more with the rx100ii simply because it doesn't scream "I'm taking a picture". And taking video clips obviously (which rx100 does a great job with) is possible in places you wouldn't even think of taking a larger professional camera regardless of the weight or the size. (That's the "cultural" part.) http://www.cameralabs.com/reviews/Sony_Cyber-shot_RX100_II/ http://www.cameralabs.com/reviews/Sony_Cyber-shot_RX100_II/ One thing I will tell you though is that using an iphone to take videos is great on the sly. Most people if you hold the iphone correctly don't even realize you are shooting a video. (Next to your body and if nothing special is going on.) So you can get things that you would never be able to do with something that looked like a camera. What would be even better is if you could somehow disable the display (black it out) while you are shooting.
- girvo 13y ago
  Apples Tv spot for the holidays shows this beautifully.