What Camera Do You Have?

[StygiaN]

Heya, since we have a few photo threads going on at the moment I am kind of interested in knowing what camera's everyone is using to take their pictures.

I've only just started getting into photography and have a pretty crappy Canon SD110. It's very small but only 3mp with a 2x optical zoom. It's cool in some ways with the manual mode, being able to change stuff and play around a little. It's gotten me hooked on taking photo's though. I bought it for a trip to India earlier this year. Wanted something that would fit in my pocket (and there isn't much room in there ;)). It has a solid metal casing as well, ooh.

Dreaming: I'm falling in love with the Canon EOS 300D right now. If I can save up the cash I am going to get one. Maybe one day ;)

So what camera do you have? What do you like about it, what dont you like?

[fbleagh]

I've got a Canon EOS 3000N - 35mm with a 28-80mm zoom
And a lovelly Manfrotto Tripod to go with it.

I love the wide angle on it ( great for catching some landscapes )
28mm is cool but would like wider lens
weight is pretty good ( could be a little heavier)
Good presets and cgood overall control without having to remember everything ( great with 35mm film as you don't want to get it wrong )

i dont like -
it doesn't have DOF preview :( this sucks
I hate scanning film - its a pain in the ring
its not a Nikon D70 ( that would be nice - its on my list, give me a year and i'll have one )

[badpauly]

Nikon D100 + lenses + flash + stuff
Nikon something compact I can't remember with 4mp sensor
Canon DV cam thing with 1.3mp sensor
Mobile phone with stupid camera funkshun
Memory in my head that doesn't always devolope as it should

[Deimos]

Panasonic Lumix LC33 as pictured below:
http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2003/0312/pana01.jpg

It's nice for a first camera, it has good battery life and it is pretty easy to use. If and when I upgrade I think I'll go for something with more manual settings, but that's probably just coz I'd want to explore it a bit more. I'm very happy with the shots I've taken with it.

[metalhed00]

Canon PowerShot 5.0 Megapixel A95.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=1087341193175&skuId=6742117&type=product

[Bostonmess]

I have a Minolta Dimage F100. (http://www.steves-digicams.com/2002_reviews/dimage-f100.html) It's nice and easy to use, it eats batteries.

[dozer]

a nikon f-601 (n6006) with a kickass tamrom 28-200 72mm lens, uv filtered of course

a olympus om-1 with a standard 52mm zuiko, kickin it oldskool

lastly a sony digital cybershot p9 3.2mp jobbie, very automatic

my d70 looks a long way off atm :(

[Merudo]

I dont have a digital camera, so any photos like that sydney harbour one have to be a borrowed camera and sent to me lol

So anyone selling an average (for most of you photographic types, a crappy) digital camera?

[lectrotext]

As stated in a previous thread, I have a Canon AE-1 Program and a Canon A-1. I use a 50mm 1.8 for most shots and 28mm for buildings a 70-120mm zoom for zooming.

[djcreedy]

Ive got heaps man.
The one i use most is the
nikon d70. got a few lenses and remote flashes and shit for it. good setup actually.

Then ive got two olympus (om1, and an om2)
and a bronica Z, , with shitload of lenses. damn fine light metre. and both 120roll and 35mm film backs.

I learnt most of my stuff on a nikon D1, and a hassleblad (the model escapes me, but it operates almost exaclty the same as my bronica).

Recently i got to use one of the newest canons. the one thats 12mp? quite frankly its a dog man. the white balance is never consistant, the lenses take forever to lock in on a subject (manual focus is good, but with my main use you dont have time to sit there and check depth and focus and everything, its point and shoot), If you want decent lenses for it you have to get these mamoth fuckers, so gone are the days of keeping a 55mm on the camera, and a 200mm in ur pocket. u are forced to carry a backpack around. the batteries hardly lasted, and the standard flashes that came with the whole setup (we got two identical flashes) the batteries didnt last more than 100 shots. The SB800 that i have for the nikon, i chucked soem shitty $2 shop rechargable batteries in them, and then i did a shoot which was 300+ pics, and the flash was still firing afterwards.

Anyone else had similar problems with the canons? Complete dogs to use, nearly on par with the nikon D1.



EDIT:
my d70 looks a long way off atm :(
No way man, do what i did, give someone in HK $2000, i got a d70body, the standard lens, a nikon AFD70-300mm , a 2gig sandisk card, an Sb800 flash, carry case, two spare batteries... um, what else. a whole set of flash gels, which coem in handy for studio stuff. a tiny but sturdy miller tripod

gear is cheap there man.
Plus the D70 gets cheaper everyday

[BlueBoy]

I've got a Canon A40. It's only 2 megapixel though.

Like Stygian, I'm dreaming of one day owning a Canon EOS 300D.
*swoon*

[sagit]

Pentax 33LF (digital) and a Canon Ixus 2? (non digital)

[PhilDude]

Canon IXUS 400

purchased form hong kong in january this year - was only about half the price compared to home =)

[hooptieride]

I have a Sony DSC-P8 that is giving me the shits atm because no matter what memory stick I put in, when I try and transfer files to my computer all it says is the memory stick needs to be formatted.

Cunting piece of cunt!

[lectrotext]

No way man, do what i did, give someone in HK $2000, i got a d70body, the standard lens, a nikon AFD70-300mm , a 2gig sandisk card, an Sb800 flash, carry case, two spare batteries... um, what else. a whole set of flash gels, which coem in handy for studio stuff. a tiny but sturdy miller tripod

gear is cheap there man.
Plus the D70 gets cheaper everyday

You sure it wasn't a mafia connection?


Anyone else had similar problems with the canons?


Not canon but a Sony point and shoot. I just shot a digital only vacation and I am un-impressed. Terrible in 400 speed situations. It can barely take a photo at dusk without blurring. I'm not sure I'll ever go digital. I would like to get my hands on something like the D70 though. Too bad I went to old school canon lenses and didn't keep my nikon stuff.

[dozer]

hopefully ill be able to pickup something nice in tokyo next month, providing i find gold bullion in my hotel room or something...

[djcreedy]

You sure it wasn't a mafia connection?


yeh man heh. go down to wanchai, find all the places that have cameras, say "he is selling for this much" and then he'll drop and then you take that price to the other guy. etc etc. by the end they start throwing more shit with a deal
and the second they say "no" you turn around and walk away... and they just come running after you saying 'ok ok"

So yeh. you know how to barter.. get to it! u just gotta be a hardarse, and keep in mind they pay cute but poor looking girls to hang around in the stores so you feel sympathetic and pay more. just be a bastard about it!

And yeh. nothing beats film for posed stuff, or art shots, when everything is perfect.. but when its a shoot now or never situation and u wanna ge the right shot, digital is the way to go, as usually the medium its being published in doesnt require high quality (new papers etc) plus being able to review shots then and there is the best feature.

But yeh. nothing beats film still.
Even cannons making of the ccd the actual size of a 35mm negative, still the d70 shots look better than it?

The only CCD ive seen that can pass is when you get say a hassleblad and buy a digital back for it isntead of a film back.. so its like. a ccd the same size as 120 roll film.. generates like 50meg images on normal.
shame you could buy 20 or 25 high range digital cameras for the same price! lol

[Blink]

At my wife's insistence we bought a Canon EOS 300D. Very nice camera, you can either go fully manual and adjust everything, or if you're a lazy fuck like me leave it on full auto and let it make all the decisions for you. Takes beautiful pictures, but I'd like to get another lens for it as the standard one doesn't have much of a zoom.

And because I let her get that, she had to say yes to my demands for a 106cm plasma tv which got delivered yesterday ;-)

[muga]

Nikon CoolPix 8700 (8.0MP)
Had a friend from Hong Kong bring 2 of them directly from a Nikon factory and got them for around $600AU each with 1GB x80 CF Card and 2 Spare batteries.

Was a very good deal :)

The main reason I got this camera was because of it's time-laps feature, makes things so much more easy. Have been looking around for some new lenses and accesories for it, starting to put a hole in the christmas budget. ;)

[Loathing]

Canon 1Ds - have had none of the problems that djcreedy was talking about, but it may relate to a familiarity thing. Learnt my craft on the Canon for 35mm and Bronica for medium format. Haven't had the chance to play with the Nikon for a fair comparison though.

The old Canon D-60 was a very difficult camera to use, metering tended to vary by a stop and a half, we ditched them fairly quickly. The 1Ds has been excellent to use. Also use the Canon D10 as the backup camera. Closer to the very familiar EOS format in terms of useability, white balance and metering work quite well. Use the 550EX flash, which we find pretty versatile and not overly harsh on the batteries.

[TK-421]

Samsung V3 - 3 mp, 3x optical, the macro and super macro functions are so much fun. Fun first camera for me to own as I usually use my old man's cameras, his current camera is a canon SLR 6mp beast.
Scored a water housing when i bought my camera and got $70 off the total price which was good, it will make for an awesome summer.

[asdfjkl]

I have a Cannon Power Shot A 400 digital for taking to parties and stuff for 'happy snaps'

But for the real photography, i have a Pentax SLR, two fill flashes, manfrotto tripod

Lenses
14mm f2.8 (bring on the wide angle!)
28-80mm f5.6
125mm f1.8
80-300mm f3.5

Far too many filter to list, and all the other accesories.

But yeah, what started out as a hobby, soon turned into a passion, a quite expensive one...

My christmas present to myself is a Fuji GX617 Panoramic Camera, medium format, 6cm x 17cm film frames, very cool, cant wait to get it :-) I am now officially broke though :-(

Many other film fanatics left in this world? I am about to start a 'What film do you use' thread to see if there are....

[DestRuct0r]

I'm getting for Xmas (actually have had a chance to get my mitts all over it before xmas :) ) a Sony DSC-W1 5mp. Haven't played with all the features yet, but looks like a good camera overall. The only downside is you have to buy Memory Stick PRO to have fine quality pictures stored.

[abelgold]

I'm running with a Canon EOS 300 SLR filmstock camera with
-Canon 28-90mm f4.0 lens
-Canon 75-300mm f4.0 lens
-Sunpack 5000f flash
-velbon CX560 tripod

This is a nice kit and I'm happy with it. Took all but the flash on a 3month backpack thru Sth America last year... Changing between the short and long lense was a pain in the arse at the time, but the photos came out so well that it was worth the effort :D

[asdfjkl]

For those using film camera's, the 'What film do you use' thread is here if you are interested....

http://forum.zgeek.com/showthread.php?t=27407

[STallingU]

I've got a nikon coolpix 4500 4mp 4x zoom
It does alright.
I worked for maxwells which is basically nikon australia for 4 years.

[djcreedy]

Canon 1Ds - have had none of the problems that djcreedy was talking about

I phoned to work to ask the specific model. it was the
EOS-1Ds MarkII

I dont know if its familiarity or not, i can usually pick up a camera and have it sussed sttraight away. This thing was just inconsistent and slow. and the batteries had no life.

They replaced their nikon D1 which they'd had for years and all their equipment with it, for this canon. now the D1 was a dog. nikon reps basically told me that in a meeting. basically said the d1 was a peice of shit and the flashes never work with it properly. which was true.

In my honest opinion though, one of the much much cheaper cameras. of any brand, nikon canon, will do a better job. maybe not in image size but all around. get a 20D or a D70.

[Colonel Kurtz]

Koday DX3500, and all the bits that can go with it (lenses, dock etc)

[Loathing]

It's cool dj - we have the EOS-1Ds Mark I (I guess they will call it now), and as I said, have had none of the problems you mentioned. Haven't had the chance to play with the Mark II yet, so I don't know if they managed to take a step backwards.

We've been using our 1Ds for the last 18 months with no notable dramas.

[Mat]

Pentax *istD 6.3mp
Sigma lenses 18-55/28-80/100-300
Sigma flash, monfrotto monopod, vanguard tripod and heaps of cool filters

Likes - Autobracketing, multiple exposure (up to 9 shots), well organised controls, very light, very small and awesome picture quality.

Dislikes - the four way control button on the back is small and fiddly to use.

[CMYK]

I have a Nikon D70. I like it.

I have not seen it get cheaper in the year I've had it. It cost AUD2100 not HKD2000.

[Glompbot]

I've got a canon IXUS 500.

[lostreality]

coming soon! yay!

http://www.pixmania.co.uk/uk/uk/51654/art/konica-minolta/dimage-z10.html

[djcreedy]

It's cool dj - we have the EOS-1Ds Mark I (I guess they will call it now), and as I said, have had none of the problems you mentioned. Haven't had the chance to play with the Mark II yet, so I don't know if they managed to take a step backwards.

We've been using our 1Ds for the last 18 months with no notable dramas.

Yeh. i think every company has been known to take a step backwards heh.
let me know if you do get to try a mk2, and if you have any probs with it. would be interesting to see if i was just tripping heh.

[Merudo]

feel free to hit me but im currently using a Concord duo LCD 1.3 megapixel...

hey, it takes photos, doesnt it?


DOESNT IT?


lol

[djcreedy]

exactly. and if you take a photo of a plain white peice of paper.. no one will be able to tell the quality difference from a 1d or a nikon d2h@!#@!
WTFLOL.12! SCAM PEOPLE WITH THAT$@! OIMGWTF$@!

never even heard of ur camera btw... but ur right, if it takes photos heh.
My first two digicams were complete BS. but they worked thats all that matter.
Cause they were cheap i wasnt afraid to flash them or anything, changing their mini OS system. i made a crappy automatic kodak have an infinite exposure time.. which was funny, cause any exposure over 30 seconds had so much noise that it was usless anyway!

[Merudo]

oh dont worry this is a really crappy camera, but hey, it has a flash, lcd and takes photos that are of average quality... its better than no camera (marginally) but i do wanna get a decent one... maybe a canon powershot or something

[djcreedy]

A good buy ive seen latley is one of the newer fuji fine pix. the little chunky beast that looks like an slr but its not. with all of its features it stands pretty high in the field of non slr digitals. have a look, i think pretty much every photo store will have them. cant remember the price. but it was very cheap. this could be some weird drug flashback though... but seriously, check em out, they have awesome features
Edit: decided to get you a link -
finepix (http://www.fujifilm.com/JSP/fuji/epartners/digitalS5000Overview.jsp;jsessionid=BDvn6mTDpBz6zd ryTCwMvsM2tQQKnQWT7v6DPJqNPlFKKnJ2Smy2!-1645400780?item=I616756&dbid=616756&urltype=overview&NavBarId=I616756)

[ezer]

i dont have any..... when my bro moved out not only did he take all of the houses digital cameras but he took the 2 good 35mm cameras too, not only do we not have a digital cam, NO FILM CAM either..... :(but hopefully we will be geetting a new one soon

[StygiaN]

I had a play with a friends Canon EOS 300D on the weekend and I was more than impressed. I've never used an DSLR before so she had to sit with me for 15 minutes and explain what everything does but once I got the hang of it I was in seventh heaven. Hopefully I can get some of the pictures I took and post them in one of the threads here, I was so impressed with how good the pictures can looked. Made going back to my crappy little digi cam so painful.

:(

Now, if I can save up $1700 i'll be a happy man.

[djcreedy]

mmm, theres something about slrs.. so much depth to it.

[Matt_R]

My first was a Kodak DC210 (0.9MP, 2x optical zoom), which took surprisingly good photos (http://www.dorksville.net/gallery/orange/DCP01302) for a fixed focus camera.

My current camera is a Kodak DX4530 (5mp, 3x optical zoom), which can take some great pictures (http://gallery.shakesbeare.com/honeymoon/100_0343) if you're lucky - as its fully automatic (no manual settings).

I wanted an EOS 300D, but couldnt justify the money for it :(

[damocles]

I have a Casio QV-R51.

Though I just bought my dad a Nikon d70 for 108,000 yen (just shy of 1400 AUD). It was on sale. Taking it home to him this christmas. :)

[Merudo]

well ive wanted a decent camera and that crappy 1.3 megapixel one i borrowed off my sister didnt cut the mustard, so i bit the bullet and bought a cheap camera. I got a Kodak EasyShare CX7310 today, 3.2 megapixel and the small little thing goes hard! 5x zoom, takes nice photos, really easy to use (yet the manual is like 100 pages?) and i like it.

Would've preferred to get something a little better but seriously, this thing for what it is kicks ass. I'm happy with it.

and the best part about it was the price. it was definitely right... at $140.

[StygiaN]

Nice work Merudo. Give us an example of some of the pictures it's taken, preferably with boobies in it ;)

[Merudo]

Nice work Merudo. Give us an example of some of the pictures it's taken, preferably with boobies in it ;)
no-one with photo worthy boobies here today , sorry


I'll take a pic of the harbour with it from the lunch room in a little while, wont be able to upload the photos until i get home however.

(i didnt bring the cable for the camera with me to work)

[Rod]

Minolta DiMage 7i

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Konica_Minolta/minolta_dimage7i.asp

[legion]

A cheap Pentax Optio S4

[lowededwookie]

I use a 5yr old Olympus C-1400XL Digital SLR.

I want to upgrade to a Fuji FinePix S5550 though.

I will never ever not on your Nelly get a non-SLR camera. I don't have the mental capability to counter for the fact that what you see through the looking glass is not what you'll take a photo of.

[desperado]

just a Canon A80. No lenses but I hope to in the future

[useless_kraap]

nikon mx 80 (35mm) as well as a canon zr90 (mini dv video camera, but also has a digi cam in it)

[Hairyman]

Canon 300D with an extra 70-300mm cheapo lens.

[Kyle]

I thought I'd posted in this but I guess I haven't. Although my point n shoot digital is just on the other side of my bed, I'm too lazy to check out exactly what it is, so I'll get back to you guys later on that. My bigtime fun digital is a Nikon D70. I love it and it does what I want. I also have two film SLR's as backup, but they're back at my house.

[astro]

Sony DSC-P43.

It's the first digital camera i've owned, and it's just phenominal. There's shitloads of features to play with (like b/w or sepia tone filters, different lighting and apeture times etc), full movie mode, and hot swappable memory sticks.

Imp borrowed it to take to spain and came back with about 650 pics for me to peruse.

http://www.digital-cameras.info/images/sony-dsc-p43-cyber-shot.jpg

[SGT_R_LEE]

Minolta Maxxum 5 w/ 28-80mm and 70-300mm

Nikon D70 w/ 18-70mm kit lens

[jak]

Canon 10D with lenses, flash, tripod and other bits.

Love it. I order my lenses from Hong Kong. Much cheaper....

[zhasper]

A good buy ive seen latley is one of the newer fuji fine pix. the little chunky beast that looks like an slr but its not.

I've got the Finepix S3000 (as always, i bought it mere weeks before the release of the S3500 (http://www.fujifilm.com.au/digital/cameras/camera.asp?id=38) ).

It's overall quite nice, for a beginner (which is what I am, so...)

However, it took me about 30 minutes to get frustrated with its lack of manual controls. It's either fully automatic, or fully automatic - no manual control at all to speak of.

I've several friends who have the S5500, which is in many ways nicer - but still suffers from lack of manual control.

Ultimately, like so many others, I want an EOS 300D - I've had a chance to play with a few and it's a beautiful camera. Since I'm not likely to be able to afford one this year nor next, I'm planning a Canon Powershot Pro S1 next.

[berserk]

Ricoh (http://http://www.ricoh.com/r_dc/caplio/rr330/index.html) digi & a Minolta film SLR (so rarely used now that i forget the model)

The Ricoh shoots crappy pictures. Don't buy it.

Add me to the list of those wishing for a Nikon D70. I nearly :jizz: when playing with a friend's D70.

[beerbaron]

Nikon SLR F50 with Tamaron 200mm Zoom and Hoya
would like a digital SLR now

[arelius19]

i have an olympus c740uz [digital] my dad has a d100 and brother has a d70
and film i have a nikkon n75

[yobsta]

ive got a fuji s5500 and a kodak cx4230

[justinfox]

Nikon 990, the best twistable body I have ever used. Love it, shame about battery life.

[Kyle]

Nikon 990, the best twistable body I have ever used. Love it, shame about battery life.
I've used one of those before, it's cool how you can get it to display depth of field really well even though it's not an SLR.

[Directed]

I use a canon DSC v3 with 5megapixels. Awesome little camera with good night picture takeing abilities. A little slow on the multiple picture taking and built in flash, but it is nice and small. check out some samples:

http://forums.zgeek.com/showthread.php?t=29921

[btwong]

Nikon 4500

[fmian]

I've got a Sony DSC-F828 pictured below.
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/sonydscf828/Images/frontview.jpg

Got it cheap directly from Sony.

Good Bits:
Body swivels independently of lens, making it the perfect perverts camera.
Really really fast at taking and writing photos (for a fixed lens cam that is).
Manual Zoom lens so you get more control and longer battery life.

Bad Bits:
Really grainy on high ISO. Shouldn't ever take it over ISO 200.
Some purple fringing (kinda like a halo) around bright reflected edges.

[kré]

Dreaming: I'm falling in love with the Canon EOS 300D right now. If I can save up the cash I am going to get one. Maybe one day ;)

i have one of those.

[Tycho]

Cannon T-90 with 50mm, 70-210 Zoom... just to name the most used ones (I have 8 total)...
Also I own a Cannon T-70. T-50, AE-1 Program, F-1 for the 35mm catagory..
Digitally I just have a FujiFilm A340 4.2Mpx. (nothing too spectactular in the digital field but it is nice to take quick shots while I am in Iraq...)
for some of my recent picts.. go to www.tychosmind.com