I was wondering how many photographers we had here, What kit you where using and what your main subject matter?
I am a Canon user into mainly wildlife with a bit of sports and studio thrown in for good measure.
and do we have any pros/semi-pros here, seems especial tough out there for the Pros at the moment
I only use an 8mp Run of the mill kodak camera i mainly enjoy editing in photoshop
I love photography but can't afford expensive equipment. I use my phone a lot and very occasionally I get out my 35mm Olympus OM10 SLR but that is prohibitively expensive to use and is manual focus.
Quote from: Eggbloke;326086I love photography but can't afford expensive equipment. I use my phone a lot and very occasionally I get out my 35mm Olympus OM10 SLR but that is prohibitively expensive to use and is manual focus.
I used to have an OM2n (http://www.scopereviews.com/om.html) which was superb.
Unfortunately, after a frustrating day on the beach with the young un and assorted lenses (circa 1988?), I was foolish enough to sell it and all my lenses and filters to buy an Olympus is1000 (http://camerapedia.wikia.com/wiki/Olympus_IS-1000)
What a fool!
Nowadays I got a Nikon D5000 (18-55mm + 55-200mm) and I'm struggling to find time to learn it (cheers Smilo for the 101)
I mainly use mine for the kids and the bike racing, have had a Canon 350 (18-55mm + 55-200mm + 75-300mm IS USM) for a few years now and would like to change to a Canon 7D but think it's going to be a few more years before I can afford that.
Canon 1000D with standard 18/55mm and a zoom macro lens from Tamron 70-300mm.
I mainly focus on animals or flowers (most rewarding photographs) mainly because flowers or plants give high rewarding collourfull pictures, while animals are very lividly (mostly) and quite unexpected, but a lot more rewarding then humans. Or holiday pics (though I combine that with my Panasonic Lumix FX-30 wideangle pocket camera)
Basically these 2 are quite easy to photograph, as my skills build up I might transfer to other things like sports, portrets etc.
Nikon d60 with a 18-55mm and a 55-200mm lenses. Got the usual filters and a tripod. Used to take anything I can find that interests me.
I have a 550d with 17-50 tamron f/2.6 (best walkabout zoom on the market under £500 imo and great for low light) 55-200 sigma for some sport and wildlife, 50mm prime f/1.8 my favorite lens, pin sharp and very fast. Great for portraits on an APSC sensor but hard to get shots indoors or in confined spaces. I still, also have my 18-55mm which came with the camera which I use fire shooting in the rain or for going up mountains with my camera round my neck bashing into rocks etc.
Assortment of filters, battery grip, groilla pod, crap tripod, Lowepro Fastpack 350 and other accessories.
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Still have my Canon AE-1 Program with standard FD 50mm 1:1.8 lens and an FD zoom 70-210mm 4.0. Just coming up to 20 years old although rarely used these days, due to running costs.
I currently hammer a Finepix S200EXR with a brilliant zoom lens 30.5 - 436mm which allows macros down to 1cm.
Only disappointment is that .raw files are not supported in Adobe which were promised when I bought it. :doh:
Bugger
Just visited Adobe (as I check from time to time) and :yahoo: support is now available. Only took two years. Just need CS5.
Quote from: Lameduck;326323Just visited Adobe (as I check from time to time) and :yahoo: support is now available. Only took two years. Just need CS5.
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