Are you really that old? (poll)

[FrankS]

Jamie and Simon were wondering how old we were. Let's be honest.
It's been 48 wonderous years for me.

[flashover]

40 with a mental age of 10 acording to my wife. But sometimes I fell kike 80.

[Fred]

Clunked past the 40 last year. Developing more of thise natural high lights (going grey).

[Kim Coxon]

You young chaps! I was born the year the Queen came to the throne.

Kim

[flashover]

Fred your cat is staring at me. Make it stop

[jamiewakeham]

And just as gracious, Kim ;) Thanks again for the SPII - it performed wonderfully (except for a minor mirror-freezing-to-pentaprism episode, but if I will try a long exposure at -35 centigrade...)

27, btw.

Jamie

[CZeni]

Old??

I've got undershirts older than you whippersnappers!

Harrumph!


Not Really... :)

[CZeni]

You young chaps! I was born the year the Queen came to the throne.

Kim

She's been in the loo a long time then, hasn't she?


Sorry :)

[Patman]

Boy, i was developing and printing photos in my own darkroom while you guys were still in school or diapers!

[bobofish]

A vigorous 27

And I also have a Spotmatic II that has a sticky mirror...hmmmm

[Fred]

Flashover,

Fred is the cat :) He stares at everyone whilst sharpeining his claws. He is 8 1/2 and so far has shown little interest in RFs.

Cheers,
Tony

[Kin Lau]

You young chaps! I was born the year the Queen came to the throne.

Kim

Victoria? :D

[flashover]

Ok Tony tell Fred to stop staring at me or I will sick my 4 year old on him. I haven't seen either of my cats for more that 30 seconds in the last year and a half. Oh there is a tail sticking out from under the chair in the corner.

[AGN]

Less of a future than a past.

[GeneW]

You young chaps! I was born the year the Queen came to the throne.
Um, I watched the coronation on a TV set at my grade school ... I came in with the A-bomb (1945) ...

Gene

[Richard Black]

59 my last on the 12/14! Except for the aches and pains of high mileage, I'm having quite a bit of fun. Keep the shutter movin'!

[squeaky_clean]

Looks like I'm the youngest as of yet to speak up... 23.

[Kim Coxon]

One of Prince Philips better quotes was that he liked his Po Low!!

Kim

She's been in the loo a long time then, hasn't she?


Sorry :)

[lido]

35 for me, and not going gray yet. My wife keep checking every day though.

[Kim Coxon]

There is no truth in the rumour that Pontius taught me how to fly either. :D

Kim

Victoria? :D

[Stephanie Brim]

Now I get title of the youngest. I'm 22.

[squeaky_clean]

Argh! Beat by a girl! :D

[pvdhaar]

I'm from the early sixties (43). Still have memories of the last horse drawn carts in the streets..

[rover]

The big 4 0 is just a month or so away so, I voted for 40.

[lubitel]

27. But I think I am getting older. In earth years at least.

[back alley]

ya know, we already have a rather long thread with ages on it...

anyways, i was 55 on the last b'day.

i remember going to the candy store in my old neighborhood in queens (richmond hill) and buying a pack of pall mall cigs for my mother for 25 cents, when going to a saturday movie with a buck meant chnage was due, after the movie & popcorn with a coke.
i remember when...well you get the idea.

[ch1]

I'm a year younger than Joe!

[dcsang]

40 year old with the body of a 30 year old, the mind of a 12 year old, and the philosophy of a 75 year old :D

Dave

[dexdog]

Yes, I really am that old- 49 in March

[kzim56]

I'll turn 50 in August. I don't feel that old until I look in the mirror.

Karl

[back alley]

40 year old with the body of a 30 year old, the mind of a 12 year old, and the philosophy of a 75 year old :D

Dave


dave, give that 30 year old his body back!

[jaapv]

Just missed WWII by less than a year...

[flashover]

Kim I thought that was you running along side the Wright Flyer.

[FrankS]

ya know, we already have a rather long thread with ages on it...
.

Was there a poll with that thread, Joe?

[back alley]

no frank, no poll :bang:

[FrankS]

This will be a good visual then. Interesting to see that typical bell curve.

[Gid]

54. I'll hit 55 this year - where did it all go :confused:

Gid

[SergioGuerra]

29 years old... and looking like 19 :D

[stevew]

I was 55 in June. Older than dirt!

[jaapv]

This will be a good visual then. Interesting to see that typical bell curve.

Even more interesting which way it will shift Let me guess-towards us babyboomers? You know the syndrome- refusing to admit to anno Domini and behaving like stupid kids......

[goo0h]

I'm from the early sixties (43). Still have memories of the last horse drawn carts in the streets..I'm a year younger, but missed the horse drawn carts myself.....

[dmr]

I'm from the early sixties (43). Still have memories of the last horse drawn carts in the streets..

Well, I'm from the early 50's, getting older and in denial. :( I don't feel it. Really.

I don't remember horse vehicles except for leisure, which you still see today. Hmmmm ... now that I think of it, I remember a sign on one bridge that said horse drawn vehicles are to use a certain lane. :)

I do vaguely remember trolleys and steam locomotives.

I clearly remember those lightbulb-size single use cat-terrorizing flash bulbs. :)

[ch1]

Well, I'm from the early 50's, getting older and in denial. :( I don't feel it. Really.

I don't remember horse vehicles except for leisure, which you still see today. Hmmmm ... now that I think of it, I remember a sign on one bridge that said horse drawn vehicles are to use a certain lane. :)

I do vaguely remember trolleys and steam locomotives.

I clearly remember those lightbulb-size single use cat-terrorizing flash bulbs. :)

If you go to Amish country (e.g. PA, OH and IN) you'll still find horse-drawn carts doing actual transportation of people and goods.

Trolleys are making a comeback in a number of cities (they just call it "light rail" these days).

Except for "nostalgia trains" don't think steam locomotives are on the way back but you know the old saying: "The more things change....." :)

[nikarlo]

Now I'm 23....in this year I will be 24...
And most of my cameras and lens are older than me!
Carlo.

[Brian Sweeney]

Came out the same year as the Nikon SP and Leica M2.

[billwheeler]

Born in 1951, I turned 54 years old this past summer.

[akptc]

The poll shows the age curve peaks at 40+
Gives a totally new meaning to "GAS attack"... :D
(I am 41, going on 15)

[peterc]

Interesting to see that typical bell curve.
50 seems to put me over the hill on that curve. :D
I do have a Zorki that 's as old as I am though.

Peter

[dmr]

If you go to Amish country (e.g. PA, OH and IN) you'll still find horse-drawn carts doing actual transportation of people and goods.

Yes, I should have thought of that. I'm sure they are also quite common in many countries.

Except for "nostalgia trains" don't think steam locomotives are on the way back but you know the old saying: "The more things change....." :)

In a book by brother gave me (on railway photography) they show some examples of still working steam locomotives. One photo was from Poland ca. 2000, IIRC, and it looked like an actual working one in normal service.

By coincidence, I got to see (and photograph close up) a very nice working restored steam engine, all fired up and ready to depart, last summer:

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=15602&cat=4964

I'm also becoming aware that some expressions I use do date me, such as "record store", as in "what the heck is that?" :)

Some expressions do seem to hang on, such as "dial a number" where we (here in the States, anyway) seldom see dial phones in use anymore.

[johne]

Anyone top 77? Just curious.
Johne

[grizzz]

41 for me. All grey :mad:

[Diomedes]

These days... 30 years :D

[Buttons]

50 years old, but ofcourse us South Africans allways look half their age....

[yossarian]

Vintage 1952....like the H-bomb

[rbiemer]

Um, I watched the coronation on a TV set at my grade school ... I came in with the A-bomb (1945) ...

Gene
I'll be 46 in June this year. My earliest TV memory is the day that JFK got asassinated; I was 3 and certainly did'nt have a clue what was going on but several things stuck it in my head:
Yogi Bear wasn't on TV, My mother was literally prostrate with grief, and my dad was home in the daytime.
I was also in the last grade school class around here to do A-bomb drills(my home town is about 15 years behind the rest of the US :rolleyes: )
Rob

[markinlondon]

I'm 45, which according to the University of Kent is not middle-aged.

Mark

[childers-jk]

36, and still acting like a teenager. I hope I never stop!!

[cp_ste.croix]

28...but my left knee is 70 at least.

[raid]

I have had fifty years of enjoyful life so far. Hope to at least reach the average age :-)

[DougK]

36 next month and rapidly adding grey hair...

[dmr]

36 next month and rapidly adding grey hair...

Actually, the hair can be taken care of quite easily. :)

[ch1]

Actually, the hair can be taken care of quite easily. :)

Yeah, it's amazing what you can do with Photoshop! :D

[Gerry M]

I listened to "Tales from the Inner Sanctum" on the radio. I also listened to the announcement of the "Enola Gay" event. Cars had blackout lights. Homes had blackout curtains. I could watch Army/Navy practice beach invasions from my porch. I remember air raid sirens. I could vote before my Iskra was mfg (1961). I am the of the same vintage as my Ikonta 521 with uncoated lens (pre WWII).
Gerry

[Krasnaya_Zvezda]

I'm 50, with a 1-year old baby.... makes me feel very young and very old at the same time.

[smdeep]

Hi

42 in May. Feel like 26 though. I think mentally I stopped growing after 26.

:-)

[35mmdelux]

What is its relevance, if any?

[Talisker]

42, which is genetically younger than one of our cats, but I can't get my legs round my own neck like she can.

[r-brian]

I'll be 54 in early March. And like Krasnaya above, feel both young and old. I have a soon to be 6 year old daughter and a 3 year old son. Makes life interesting. I can get the AARP senior citizen discount and kids discount both at the same time.

[OldNick]

The bar chart is very similar to one we did on the LUG last year. I'm 75 and have used a Leica rangefinder since I was 22. I also enjoy a Pentax SLR and have been exposed to digital, but haven't invested in that area yet. My wet darkroom equipment has been in storage for almost 40 years. I'll stick to PhotoShop for image work.

[wclavey]

I'm 51. I have an 18 yr old son. When he was about 10, he pointed to one of the 200+ record albums my wife and I have religiously moved from house to house and asked what it was. I took the record out and showed him and got the "Oh, it's a big CD..." response. After explaining it more closely (grooves, stylus, etc.) he and I decided to get out the turntables and add them to the CD and MD players on the stereo. Now he no longer looks at me strangely when I ask about the "other songs on the album..." - - even though his friends do... Interestingly enough, though, he loves old cameras.

[sockeyed]

I'm 34 and the first Rangefinder I used was a Canonet QL19, built the same year I was!

[reagan]

Just turned 39...................... twelve years ago. :cool:

1954

Supreme Court rules that race-based segregation in schools is unconstitutional
Sen. Joseph McCarthy conducts nationally televised inquiries into communist infiltration of the Army
Soviet Union rejects proposals to reunify Germany
World Series: New York Giants over Cleveland, 4-0
Sports Illustrated debuts
Movies: On the Waterfront, Rear Window, The Seven Samauri
Books: The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien; Lord of the Flies, William Golding
The phrase "under God" added to the Pledge of Allegiance

[Andy K]

It would be interesting to see this poll combined with the one about how much digital do you use.

[Chaser]

Have a tie going here with Stephanie. 22

[Gabriel M.A.]

35 for me, and not going gray yet.
Been grey here and there since mid-20's. 34.

[wdenies]

Milestones:
1955: My first own camera Agfa clack (6x9)
1958: self-made enlarger in wood
1959: starting with 35 mm (Kodak retina reflex)
1962: third prize unesco in Japan
1975 : entry in the MF world
2002: digital darkroom
now: still working with 35mm, MF, 4x5

[jorisbens]

Now I'm the youngest, just 18 years. 1987

Joris

[Honu-Hugger]

1954...seems like yesterday :).

[Little Prince]

27 very soon, and wondering what I've been doing the last few years. The last 4 seem to have gone by when I was in a trance.

[ch1]

Just turned 39...................... twelve years ago. :cool:

1954

Supreme Court rules that race-based segregation in schools is unconstitutional
Sen. Joseph McCarthy conducts nationally televised inquiries into communist infiltration of the Army
Soviet Union rejects proposals to reunify Germany
World Series: New York Giants over Cleveland, 4-0
Sports Illustrated debuts
Movies: On the Waterfront, Rear Window, The Seven Samauri
Books: The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien; Lord of the Flies, William Golding
The phrase "under God" added to the Pledge of Allegiance


You remind me of my late father-in-law. After 39 he told everyone each year he was celebrating the" nth anniversay of his 39th birrthday"! :D

[jaapv]

27 very soon, and wondering what I've been doing the last few years. The last 4 seem to have gone by when I was in a trance.


And so will the next 30,I can tell you :rolleyes:

[dadsm3]

If you really want to put your age in perspective (shudder) just look back to who was president when you were born....
"I like Ike...."
(Yike!)

[jaapv]

It would be interesting to see this poll combined with the one about how much digital do you use.

You'd be surprised,my friend :p

[jano]

Add another to the 27 crowd... I'll be 28 in just a couple months. Little prince, I feel the same, the last few years just wtf?!

[taffer]

29, as Joe would say, just a pup, as Brian would say, just a youngling apprentice of dark sith lord who has had no kids yet :D

[cp_ste.croix]

Sheesh, with all the gear I want, who can afford kids :D

[traveller]

Old enough to remember that there was a time when TV was not in color, the VW Beetle was the standard car and having a lot of fun at concerts with the original Genesis, Deep Purple, Alex Harvey etc.

I have to admit I'm 48 and keep wondering what I'm doing in a majority group :D

John

[Andy K]

You'd be surprised,my friend :p

I don't see how. I do not know what the result would be, nor do I anticipate any particular result. I just think it would be interesting to see any correllations.

[Andy K]

The last 4 seem to have gone by when I was in a trance.

Get used to that feeling. ;)

[r-brian]

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band. I can't believe someone else knows of this great band. Next you'll tell me you're a Steel Eye Span fan.

Brian

[Kin Lau]

Who's the over 90?

[dadsm3]

and does he want to sell his Leica "0"....

[Fred]

"Who's the over 90?"

Two 45 year old twins maybe :)

[thmk]

I am as old as "The Godfather".

[Kyle]

I'm 20. Turn 21 in April. Thought I'd be the youngest, but I guess thats not the case...

[David Goldfarb]

39, and I'm also curious as to who is the 90+.

Is this the Midlife Crisis Forum?

[jaapv]

I don't see how. I do not know what the result would be, nor do I anticipate any particular result. I just think it would be interesting to see any correllations.
There wouldn't be any correlation, I predict.

Btw, Why is my age-group the only one in Italics?????

[fgianni]

42 last october, I am starting to feel old!

[traveller]

Seems to me there are not so many...... Most people you have to hit very hard on their head so they remember Faith Healer, not so hard when it's about Delilah. But my favorites are Next and There's no lights on the christmas tree.

But a no on Steeleye Span, I have not stumbled across them before. According to what I can find with google the group seems quite interesting.

John

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band. I can't believe someone else knows of this great band. Next you'll tell me you're a Steel Eye Span fan.

Brian

[fgianni]

If you really want to put your age in perspective (shudder) just look back to who was president when you were born....

Segni.

Now now the message can't be too short can it?

[Andy K]

If you really want to put your age in perspective (shudder) just look back to who was president when you were born....
"I like Ike...."
(Yike!)

JFK, and 6 months after I was born he and Kruschev came close to vaporising me.

[jorisbens]

Btw, Why is my age-group the only one in Italics?????

The thing you choose in a poll is displayed in italic :D

Joris

[Paul Connet]

I think the guy that checked the over 90 button just couldn't remember so chose that one to make sure he was not left out. :rolleyes:

When I was born, a loaf of bread cost 8 cents and WW-II was still ten years away. Last weekend I was riding a Quad ATV in the desert and it flipped me over the handlebars, broke a rib and separated my shoulder. That's why I'm here at the computer instead of out with my camera.

Regards, Paul C.

[robert blu]

57 but sometimes I feel 15, sometimes I feel ...99 ! Sometimes happy, sometimes blue ! Sometimes water, sometimes wine ! Sometimes B&W, sometimes colour slides! Sometime jazz, sometimes classic! Sometimes bicycle, sometimes car...

[Paulbe]

I'll be 63 soon and the doc sez I am in great shape for an 83 year old---:-)

[Krasnaya_Zvezda]

I'll be 54 in early March. And like Krasnaya above, feel both young and old. I have a soon to be 6 year old daughter and a 3 year old son. Makes life interesting. I can get the AARP senior citizen discount and kids discount both at the same time.

Hey, I didn't think of that!

[dadsm3]

51% are 30-49 year-olds....now there's a demographic the life insurance guys would love to get a hold of.....

[Uncle Bill]

I am working on the 13th anniversary of my 25th birthday coming up later this year.

Bill

[bean_counter]

I'm 42; I remember getting our first color TV, and being VERY upset 'cause they delivered it and set it up in the middle of Garfield Goose, a local kiddie show, and I missed part of it.

Another thing I will always remember is how my dad used to lick the base of the flashbulb to make sure he had a good electrical connection; the old Leica flash was kind of fussy.

Film vs digital? My dad (in his '70's) went digital, I got his IIIf :D

[Honu-Hugger]

(snip)...Film vs digital? My dad (in his '70's) went digital, I got his IIIf :D
Funny -- I ended up with my Dad's Alpa gear under the same circumstances. Before digital the man would have no part of anything other than basic cameras, no AF and even built-in light meters were blasphemous to him...then he got interested in digital and never looked back. And I ended up with all his scrap-iron :).

[FrankS]

That's some scrap iron, Doug!

[Honu-Hugger]

That's some scrap iron, Doug!
It was an unpleasant task, but as his son I felt duty-bound...:D

[Simon Larbalestier]

43 and counting......

[kmack]

I am 31 (not telling if that is decimal, octal or hex).

[VictorM.]

I'll be 59 very soon. And I still think I'm 21 and lusting after a Leica M4.

[darin3200]

I just turned 17 a month a ago :)

[Jon Goodman]

Hmmm. How old? Well...I remember Ike as president and Tricky Dick (aka "Mr Sweaty") as his vp. I watched The Honeymooners when there was no such thing as a re-run. Not long after that I watched the Russians catch us asleep at the switch with Sputnik. A couple of years later, I wondered which Hollywood wizard came up with the name Rowdy Yates. It seemed like a pretty poor name for a pretend cowboy to me, but then Gil Favor was no better. That one always made me think of a fan dancer or a stripper. I thought those guys needed more manly names...like Ike and Dick. Around that same time, I think Alaska and Hawaii were granted statehood, and I recall being somewhat irritated that Texas was no longer the largest (in land area). But then somebody reminded me that if Alaska ever melted, it probably would be no larger than Iowa. I think that was LBJ, actually. Sometime before Sputnik, I watched Roy Orbison on a TV station in Odessa before he ever cut his first record, and I wondered what on earth would make somebody write a song named "Ooby Dooby" and think it made sense. I figured it was the same person who wrote "Ooo eee ooo ah ah ting tang walla walla bing bang." I decided it was a pretty serious mental condition and prayed I never got it. Going to see the Ice Capades was one of the year's highlights, and I lived not far from where the movie "Giant" was filmed and occasionally got to see an actor or two in town. So, you might conclude I'm over 50, but past that I'm not saying.
Jon

[Gabriel M.A.]

I am 31 (not telling if that is decimal, octal or hex).
If it were octal it would work in your favour.

[GeneW]

Jon, the scary part is I remember each of those things as well. I even remember when Yogi Berra was catching for the Yanks and Mickey Mantle was the hitting star, prior to getting Roger Maris...

Gene

[Jon Goodman]

Yeah, Gene. The things that stick in the sludge filter that is my brain are sometimes pretty scary, indeed. I always liked Roger Maris. Later in life, I got to know Mickey Mantle and some of those folks who were his friends. Mickey's later years were not really his best, sadly, but he could be a real friendly guy.

I also remember enjoying the comic strips...especially The Katzenjammer Kids, Alley Oop, Lil Abner, others. Does anybody out there know the meaning of the word katzenjammer?

I'll leave tonight with that question. I'm sure there has to be somebody here who knows that.
Jon

[Laika]

38 here and just became single (after 12yrs) .... I've got a lot to squeeze into what’s left of my 30's :D

[RML]

If you really want to put your age in perspective (shudder) just look back to who was president when you were born....
"I like Ike...."
(Yike!)

"I'm not a crook"

[foon]

I'm 18. Man, what have I been doing here with a bunch of old guys.........












just kidding:p

[doubs43]

You young chaps! I was born the year the Queen came to the throne. Kim

I remember the death of King George VI, her father, in 1952 and watching her Coronation on TV at a friend's house. It was some years more before our house had a TV.

FWIW, FDR was President when I was born.

Walker

[optikhit]

Normal Gaussian distribution!

[jamiewakeham]

Normal Gaussian distribution!

It is, which suprises me. The again, I suppose to get a clearer idea of what it means, we need to filter out the entirety of the 'uses internet' demographic, which I suspect still peaks in the 20-30 range (though I might be wrong on that these days?) and has a long but thin tail on the older side.

So my hypothesis is that, although these data seem to show that RF use is a normal distribution centred on 40-50 years old, our sample set is skewed towards over-representing younger RF users because more of them are likely to surf the net a lot. This would mean that the true result would be a bell curve skewed towards the older side.

The opposite argument, of course, is that anyone who'll fiddle about with an RF rather than a compact digicam is also likely to surf the net, and therefore our data are representative of the RF population as a whole :D

btw, Steeleye Span are wonderful. Go find their recording of Gaudete (with Maddy Prior) and then play it every Christmas morning (if that's your thing, anyway) for the rest of your lives ;)

Jamie

[EricC]

Born the year rationing ended in the UK 1954, and 52 in March. :D

[Vagabond]

I'm 58 but read at a 30 year old level.

Just remember: Getting old is mandatory but growing up is optional.

[pvdhaar]

I'm from the early sixties (43). Still have memories of the last horse drawn carts in the streets..
Well, I'm from the early 50's, getting older and in denial. :( I don't feel it. Really.

I don't remember horse vehicles except for leisure, which you still see today.
Only the guy delivering coal and the guy collecting worn out clothes still had horse drawn carts, which ended by 1966 or so. The milkman already had a brand spanking new Volkswagen van, while the baker had a sort of funny three wheeled moped with a roof..

[Stephan]

21.... does that make me the youngest here then ?

edit: looks like I'm not, yay :D

[Steve George]

30...but 31 this year.

[unohuu]

48 today, 49 tomorrow! I am a Sputnik child and born in the same year as the US discovered covered malls. A disgrace since I live in Minneapolis now; famous for the Mall of America- largest indoor mall in the States. Exceeded only by our cousins in Vancouver, I think!

Luke

[kbg32]

Sputnik was launched the year of my birth. "Boy With the Green Hair" was the most moving story I ever saw under the age of 5. Anyone remember "Howdy Doody"?

[raid]

Maybe we could have a follow-up mini-questionnaire with a few questions related to photographt issues, and the we can correlate those with age, or maybe look for some differences between these groups. I guess, my statistics enthusiasm has just flared up!

[ch1]

Maybe we could have a follow-up mini-questionnaire with a few questions related to photographt issues, and the we can correlate those with age, or maybe look for some differences between these groups. I guess, my statistics enthusiasm has just flared up!

It might be a curious exercise - but I'm willing to bet a penny that there will not be much correlation b/w age and a specific type of photography.

I in the 50-59 group and use both film and digital, both SLR and RF, as well as P&S. I just signed up for a course in B&W film developing but scan all my negs and store the images on both HD and DVD and use PS for "processing and printing".

I'm guessing I'm not alone in having diverse interests....

[David Goldfarb]

When we did this on the LF forum the average age turned out to be about the same--44.5.

http://largeformatphotography.info/lfforum/topic/496445.html

Of course the average age of internet users would be a factor as well.

[dostacos]

54. I'll hit 55 this year - where did it all go :confused:

Gid


you me and Dennis the Menace are turning 55 this year

[shutterflower]

24 last November. Wish I had been alive for a longer run at film photography . . .

[jpbob100]

I'll be 59 next month. Born while Harry Truman was president. I remember Howdy Doody and Buffaloe Bob, Kukla, Fran, and Ollie, 5 cent cokes, 25 cent/gal. gas, 25 cent/pack cigarettes (10 cents in the navy ship's store), Marylin Monroe, '57 Tbirds, Eisenhower, JFK, LBJ, Korea, Vietnam, The Beatles first appearance on Ed Sullivan's show, Elvis, Buddy Holly, ........I better stop this, I'm starting to feel real old. :(

[rbiemer]

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band. I can't believe someone else knows of this great band. Next you'll tell me you're a Steel Eye Span fan.

Brian
Uhh, I have "Below the Salt" in my MP3 player. OK, now that sentence was very strange to type. And while the music in my player came off a CD I do still have the vinyl record.
Rob

[amateriat]

Dear, dear, dear...I turned 50 a little over a month ago (next to no one believes me, even when I point out a few telltale grey hairs, some of which I've had since I was 29). No, I don't feel it (yet), and yes, for that reason it sort of feels surreal. Galfriend is a few years older, also "doesn't look it". Remember too much trivial stuff about the 60s and too little substantial stuff (that's what too much TV as a kid will do; haven't touched the stuff much in the last 25+ years as a result). So, now I'm old...and I've gotten over it. :)


- Barrett

[ErnestoJL]

I was 53 on February 7, and honestly neither I feel old nor young. Just the age I am.
It´s a good time anyway: old enough to have some experience, but yet young enough to enjoy the benefits of that experience.

Ernesto

[pwnewport]

I came out the same year as the Polaroid camera.

[shaaktiman]

31 so far. Hopefully I've got a few years left.

But the real question is, "At what age did you get your first rangefinder? And what year and model was it"

I was 29 in 2004 when I got my Bessa R2 (31 when I realized I loved it so much that I should just get a Leica.) Before then I had used a manual Yashica SLR for about 18 years and an automatic SLR from Minolta for the last 4. Voigtlander changed everything for me. I still use their lenses on my MP.

[kvanderlaag]

Almost legal.

Almost.

[Peter Klein]

I'm 52, but I don't have to believe it if I don't want to. I was born in 1953, making me one year older than the Leica M3.

--Peter

[Beniliam]

Sometimes I feel outside of the time. When I see around, I feel deeply out of position. I born in 1985, but most of the times I dont share anything with my generation. Doesnt serve to yearn for another time I want to continue rowing crosscurrent...

[RJ-]

I've just polled.

Whoever's heading 100yrs old this year deserves a birthday card from us all ;)

[RJ-]

Beni -

no need to feel detached from our generation - I think we all are.

[al1966]

I was 40 7 days ago spent it going to see Julian Cope. And I intend to grow old Eccentrically!! and Disgracefully!!

[raid]

I am of the same age as my Roleliflex 2.8D TLR camera.

[kvanderlaag]

24 last November. Wish I had been alive for a longer run at film photography . . .

I know the feeling. I kind of got shunted into the era where film is heaving its dying breaths. Fortunately, I've got heaps of powdered chemicals, and probably a few years to stockpile film in the freezer before it's all for naught.

I at least want to get a chance to run around another continent with a Leica and some slide film!

[BrianShaw]

49 for six more days. Age doesn't bother me... except when people see me with my 2-year old and tells me how cute my 'grandchild' is!

[Nuno]

Some very fast 33 years have already passed since Christmas '72.
My only Rangefinder is older than me...

[Mister_Hat]

Just looked at my various rangefinders... I'm still older than any of them....

Bummer.

I need to buy something else...

[Brian Sweeney]

Your rangefinders are not old enough.

Buy one of the following: Nikon SP; Leica M3; Canon 7.

No need to thank me.

[darkkavenger]

I'm 27 ... 3 months 'till next age up :)

[dazedgonebye]

44 going on 157.
I still think of myself as 29 and therefore hate all mirrors as they contradict my self-image.

Dad says that old age ain't for whimps and I'm starting to see his point.

[JohnL]

Amazingly smooth distribution curve!

[billwheeler]

Fifty-four.

[Todd Frederick]

I want a poll in enthusiasm years!

[Todd Frederick]

I last time I changed my underware was way before most of you saw the light of day.

FrankS...Your photo makes you look so much younger than your 48 years!

[FrankS]

Thanks, Todd. Must be the clean living! :)

and regular underware changes.

<----- This picture is my father.

[John Camp]

Just turned 62 -- I went to South America when I was 16, and my old man, who didn't think it was that good an idea, bought me an Argus C3 (the brick) with which to record the trip; it was a current camera at the time, and my first serious machine. I got some wonderful chromes with it, too. I was the Army in Korea in the middle 60s, and bought the Pentax Spotmatic when it, too, was a new item. Bought a R-D1, a 50mm Summilux, a Tri-Elmar and a Goddy's wrist strap in the past few days, so now I gotta live long enough to amortize the cost...When my wife saw the Leica box, she said, "Don't even tell me."

JC

[johne]

Who is over 90? My compliments.
Johne

[nomade]

21 years old, i feel like a kiddo here...

[ywenz]

ywenz has been aged 25 years to perfection.

[jonasv]

19

Only 8 others in my age category!

[biomed]

59! I actually think it should 58 as I went through the whole year when I was 55 thinking I was 54. I didn't realize the mistake until my 56th birthday. Ah yes, as we all know photographs, especially photographs taken with a rangefinder, are more reliable than memory. Now if I could just remember where I left my car keys I would go take some more photographs.

[Silva Lining]

I'm 32, and all my Rangerfinders are older than me. (And most in better condition too!)

[cp_ste.croix]

ywenz has been aged 25 years to perfection.

i was perfect at 25 too...but now, at 28 I'm sadly over the hill :D

[Berk Sirman]

Turned 25 last november. All my cameras much older than me.

Actually I was surprised to see so many people younger than me here. Thought I would be one of the youngest, I am not.

Berk

[Lemures-Ex]

21 as of this month. Been shooting for 7+ years. I have never used a camera that is younger then I am. Well I have used digitals but I don't actually shoot anything with them besides ebay photos and test shots for lighting :)

The closest would be the AE-1 I started with and the oldest would probably be the Zeiss Ikon that I recently sold...

Jared

[Berk Sirman]

And adding to my last post:

I grew up in Turkey and remember very well times when we had only one T.V channel which was in B/W, and having to talk to a switchboard operator when I wanted to phone home from the summer place because there was no automatic (?) phone system there. It is funny how older you have to be in the western world to be able to remember these. Needless to say almost everything changed in Turkey in speed of light (starting in the 80's) and now teenagers would not know what a switchboard operator is.


Turned 25 last november. All my cameras much older than me.

Actually I was surprised to see so many people younger than me here. Thought I would be one of the youngest, I am not.

Berk

[Lemures-Ex]

I should add that with my family history I will probably outlive you all :)

1 at 103
2 at 101
2 at 100
1 at 100 and still going
2 in their 90's
4 in their 80's

[Burkey]

56 for me. I once owned a Nikon with a photomic head and I bought it new. Didn't know any better then.

[BrianShaw]

My age changed since I last saw this thread.

[Fedzilla_Bob]

Saw me in half and count the rings. I'm half a century. I still think i'm 21. But I don't miss that age really.

[optikhit]

You see that the age distribution is a perfect normal distribution with a Gaussian profile. In mathematics it belong to a naturally happened event which always exibit such distribution.

I am 44 in the middle of this profile. :))

[dadsm3]

I don't know too much about politics, but look at that, the 20-29's and the 50-59's are equal, and the 30-39's and 40-49's are close to a dead heat, splitting the huge center vote.
It'll be interesting to see which parties line up against each other to form a minority government.

[monaho]

I AM old but I feel young. Watch out.

[Tom Harrell]

I was born the 4th of June 1943.

Tom

[nzeeman]

1 man >90 ? who is that? by the way im 25.

[Marc-A.]

I'm 28, and less than 1 year in photography...
It seems that young people have still their say in the RF world! :cool:
Thanks for the poll; for we know now that the RFF is like the Young and the Restless :D
Marc

[Mohan]

I'm 19, Ive been seriously into photography for about a Year now and i don't see my interest shifting any time soon.

[Nikki]

32 in a couple of months. I'm old.

[nikon_sam]

August 29th, 1960...that would make me 45...so why have I been telling people that I'm 46.
As for grey...I wish...I went from black to white...every time I get my haircut I swear I'm getting more... :bang:

[tkluck]

I'm gloating over ebaying cameras and lenses that I couldn't afford when they were new. My eyesight won't let me see the scratches without my optivisor anyway. Now I have the leasure to play with them.
Like the balding guys driving the GTOs, reliving the youth they didn't actualy have. She wouldn't get in the back seat or pose in the altogether then eather. So I ain't realy missed nothin'.

[enochRoot]

i turn 32 in a couple weeks. i have no clue where the time has gone. seems like i remember turning 25, then it's all become a big blur.

[24x30]

I should add that with my family history I will probably outlive you all :)
1 at 103
2 at 101
2 at 100
1 at 100 and still going
2 in their 90's
4 in their 80's
The family of my wife looks the same ... last year the great great grand mother of my sons dies at 105 (she was an 1899) ... that's the reason why I never will need a life insurance contract :-D.

I'm getting grey since I have kidz ... 37 this year.

/rudi

[SteveM_NJ]

I'm Creeping up on 45 earth years, feel exactly as i did at 25 - but as i always think, with all the double and near triple shifts straight thru, at work ( unfortunately not paid over time) -- i am 90 in work years. lol (using an M3 older than me)

[RObert Budding]

You see that the age distribution is a perfect normal distribution with a Gaussian profile. In mathematics it belong to a naturally happened event which always exibit such distribution.

I am 44 in the middle of this profile. :))

Looks more like a log normal distribution to me.

[mike_j]

Yes I am that old, and still using the same Yashica GTN - one day I'll get the hang of it.

[srtiwari]

err, actually, I'm older , but my immaturity makes up for it.

[SCOTFORTHLAD]

Almost 61,and just glad to have the time to try out a few cameras.
Oh,and glad to have got this far without having to follow my parents and grandparents into another worldwide conflict. ;)

[BrianShaw]

I seem to have already responded to this thread... but I'm feeling even older now!

[planetjoe]

thirtysomething. Finally.

The poll results show a nice little Gaussian curve...almost. Kind of not what I expected.


Cheers,
--joe.

[drmatthes]

My favourite cameras were about 30 years old when I was born on a sleety winter's day and have grown seventy-year old ladies by now, still as sexy as in their heyday. Or even sexier. Hope same thing happens to me...

Jesko

___________

2006 AD
800 yrs Dresden
80 yrs Zeiss Ikon

Leica III - Summar 2/5cm; Contax II - Sonnar 1.5/5cm, Biogon 2.8/3.5cm, Sonnar 4/13.5cm; Weltini II - Xenon 2/5cm

[thebanana]

The Queen thing for me too. (Liz II)

[tarasi]

I`m 51.
Corneliu

[John Robertson]

You young chaps! I was born the year the Queen came to the throne.

Kim
I'm pre-nuclear!! :rolleyes: Only my teeth glow in the dark! :D

[PhotoGeek]

24 years here, 25 this year.
-peter

[pesphoto]

39 here. About 8 months to go for 40

[Michiel]

Just turned 22. I guess that makes me about the same age as my Yashica, give or take a few years.

[Burkey]

I think we did this once before but I may be having a senior moment. 56 here.

[rover]

That is a pretty even distribution from 20 to 60.

[Phoenix Phil]

I just turned 46. I have to buy old cameras to feel young.

[anabasis]

35 for me, and not going gray yet. My wife keep checking every day though.

I was going gray at 26! :mad:

[Frank K]

61 and having fun

[johne]

I am 77. I only have trouble trying to jump over fire hydrants. Wonder who the 90+ is? He should be recognized.
Johne

[kshapero]

56 do the math, I hitchhiked to Haight Ashbury at 17 in 1967. if you know what I'm talking about then you are over..........:D

[Glenn2]

62 years...... And a Leica user for the past 38 !

[mikeb380]

You young chaps! I was born the year the Queen came to the throne.

Kim

I was in high School when she attained the throne. Our city librarian was a Brit. She cried cause the King died.:bang:

[SolaresLarrave]

46, born in 1959, when the Nikon F came out and the Leica M2 was only one year old. Ike was the president of the US and Vietnam was brewing. A gallon of milk costed less than a quarter and a new car ran for around $1300. In Guatemala, where I was born, it rained on September 25th, and it's been the same ever since. :)

[Nachkebia]

Am I 23? or 22? aaax always forgeting... :)

[robin a]

57 and not slowing down.

[Ash]

All of my camera's are older than me :(

[Ash]

ManGo I gotta say, you look excellent for your age :D

[jaapv]

Can't this thread be deleted, please.:bang: :( It makes me feel like a dinosaur...:eek: :mad:

[Ash]

Awww... everyone give Jaapv a hug :D Everyone needs a hug now and then.


lol

[jaapv]

Thank you, mate, but no wizard will turn me into a young prince..http://www.freewebdesign.be/smileys/images/action/action-smiley-074.gif

[rogue_designer]

30 years old... old enough to gripe about new kids in the business... not nearly old enough to prevent myself from being grouped in with them by others. :)

[Chuck A]

Jamie and Simon were wondering how old we were. Let's be honest.
It's been 48 wonderous years for me.

Frank,

You look alot older. LOL ;)

[Nachkebia]

ManGo : Are seriously 100? :eek: :eek:

[somecanuckchick]

Jamie and Simon were wondering how old we were. Let's be honest.
It's been 48 wonderous years for me.

32.5 years old - as of August 2nd.


Yes I really am that old.


:bang: Nancy

[bsdunek]

67 here, feel 30, hate that old guy in the mirror. Wife and I have decided to get younger, not older now.
Got my first camera at 8, a Brownie Target 620. Still have it, still works fine! (notice, I started in MF)
I'm really pleased at all the young people here enjoying old cameras and film photography. Means at least another generation of users. :cool:

[Ducky]

1.97% in my group. Oh, my. Good thing I sold the Harley. At least I can still press a shutter button. Rewinding the Kiev 4 with that small %^%$# knob is getting tough.

[KoNickon]

Let's hear it for 1958! Who else on this list was born that year?

Growing up in the '70s, the cameras I wanted were 35mm SLRs. Rangefinders and TLRs, and medium format generally, have been recent passions.

[Rayt]

"I grow old … I grow old … I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled."

Took me about 20 years to experience this phenomenon and actually understood what Mr. Eliot meant.

[Rafael]

In the year in which I was born, Nixon resigned, Ali beat Foreman in the "Rumble in the Jungle," The Excorcist and Blazing Saddles came out in the movie theatres, and Solzhenitsyn published the Gulag Archipelago and was later exiled. 31 years old.

[jdef]

I just turned 40 in June. My beautiful wife of 19 years threw me a huge bash, and invited all of my favorite people. I hope every coming year is as good.

Jay

[DrSquirley]

This is my first post here on the forums, but I thought id chime in and say that i am 19.

[mikeb380]

32.5 years old - as of August 2nd.


Yes I really am that old.


:bang: Nancy

Hey Nance, I'll be glad to trade my wisdom for your youth!!! I had a camera older than I and it fell apart; I guess that's symptomatic.
:p

[IGMeanwell]

25 and lovin it :) In the 19% percential

I am actually suprised at the amount of people on here in my age bracket... pretty impressive

I have one camera that is 10 years older than myself and one that is 14 years older

[lonelyboy]

I am 37 now.

[Peter55]

Frank My Triumph Bonneville can beat your bike!

[StuartR]

My dad was in third grade when my M3 was made (I am 28...).

[mc_vancouver]

It isn't me that's aging, its this planet: if we could stop it going around the sun, would we still have birthdays?

[Stanton]

I was around for Pearl Harbor. Still having lots of fun -- more since I retired. Dave

[OldNick]

StuartR, I started to school the year my IIIa was made, 1935.

Jim N.

[raftman]

I'm 19, so most of my cameras are much older than I am.

[raid]

I am 51 years old.
That's why the Rolleiflex 2.8D has a special place in my heart.

Raid

[Scarpia]

I thought I was the oldest on this forum, but I guess not. I turned 70 last month.
Kurt M.

[raid]

I'm 50, with a 1-year old baby.... makes me feel very young and very old at the same time.

I am 51 with a 2 year old baby ...makes me feel very young and very old at the same time. :)

Raid

[colyn]

I am 51 with a 2 year old baby ...makes me feel very young and very old at the same time. :)

Raid

I'm just plain old at 53 with a 21 year old daughter and 15 year old daughter..

[wilkens]

I'm trying to get over the fact that I turned 30 this summer...

[FrankS]

Frank My Triumph Bonneville can beat your bike!

My old BMW doesn't accelerate, it gathers speed purposefully. ;) But it does over 100mph.

[flipflop]

Damn sweet bike Frank...Im a huge fan of German engineering...I have a 1983 Mercedes 300d (diesel) sweet car. Not fast off the line but can go 90 all day on the interstate. I usully just go 75-80 better mileage and I feel she has earned it.

Im 24...and feel as though my life is just really starting I graduate college this saturday.

[Sylvaticus]

Um, I watched the coronation on a TV set at my grade school ...

They decided at the last minute not to put me in the coronation parade (I was always out of step) so I went home and found the family watching me mates on the telly.

[teo]

28, bored of 21st century technology, I discovered mechanical toys! ;)