Which type of camera do we use? | Forum

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wolfnighthunter Nov 30, 2005 19:13:25

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myself, a Konica Minolta Z3

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rockartuk Nov 30, 2005 20:17:16

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A Canon PowerShot A95 with turnable screen; handy for the one-pod!
Cheers,
Jan

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wideford Nov 30, 2005 20:22:17

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SLR a Minolta 7000 (when I can afford slide film for it) digital Olympus C765 UltraZoom (good for sites you can't reach, holes you can't get in, teeny-tiny things).

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StoneLifter Nov 30, 2005 20:34:08

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Praktica MTL5 and LTL, Olympus MjuII, Bolex C8 (x2) & Bell & Howell Sportster (x2). Not gone digital yet - still learning to take photographs that come out proper like.

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Pilgrim Nov 30, 2005 20:45:27

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Pentax ME Super - lovely job; a tenner at a local boot sale. I used to sell 'em for Boots the Chemist back in the dim and distant, so it was always an ambition to own one. It "feels" right, and satisfies my twisted-towards-mechanical-things mind, but I dare say if I had the free moola, I'd go digital.

Peace

Pilgrim

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Jane Nov 30, 2005 20:49:47

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Moth and I have a Nikon D70 with a couple of sexy lenses that go from 28-300, which was our one and only wedding pressie last year.

Last week I bought a Nikon D50 with a 28-300 lens for work and that's shaping up to be a really wonderful thing. So wonderful in fact that I have already trained my non-camera wielding colleagues to use its simplest auto functions and make some respectable publishable images.

Moth and I also have an 'emergency' camera a crappy old Minolta point'n'shoot thingy, but it served me well for 2 years.

Between us we also have a number of sturdy SLRs, one of which I used for 22 years. It must have travelled 60,000 miles or more with me. I quite can't bring myself to chuck it away!

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morfe Nov 30, 2005 21:00:07

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Mmmm, cameraaaaas, slurp.

Whilst large or even medium format escapes my threadbare pocket for the foreseeable future, I get by with an ageing and bashed up Canon D60, and a Powershot S50 for snaps. Also a James Bond 007 mini digital for kerazy low-res fun from a Zippo lighter case.

Last but definitely not least, a near-pristine and trusty Olympus Trip 35mm. Yes, that same, neat, solid 70's nugget of metal that Bailey hawked replete with awesome Zuiko multi-lens and selenium cell metering system. No batteries required, ever!

Mmmmm. Cameraaaarghy!

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BigSweetie Nov 30, 2005 21:16:34

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Canon EOS 500N SLR, and as of this coming Friday, a Sony Cybershot DSC P200 - joining the digital revolution :)

Cheers
Andy

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PeterH Nov 30, 2005 21:20:46

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My Dad used to collect cameras and had hundreds. When he died, they had to go but I kept a few landmarks which I have used. Among them are a World War II Leica and the photo-journalists' work horse from the Vietnam War -the Nikon F. Wonderful lens, no wretched batteries but weighs a ton. I kept a few bellows jobs just for fun. Still got my very first camera - a Brownie 127

Long ago, I sold my Bronica and now for practical use, I rely almost entirely on a Nikon SLR with a Nikon Coolpix for digital webstuff
The Nikon D70 is on Santa's list as it seems to do everything and will take my Nikon lenses, but...£££.

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ocifant Nov 30, 2005 22:15:20

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Canon EOS300D, but most of my TMA submissions were taken on my old Oly E10.

Also got a Nokia camera on teh phone that takes reasonable 'snaps' :-)

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rocknicker Nov 30, 2005 22:42:23

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As you can all probably guess i am thinking of upgrading and just trying to see what other folk are using.

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doktoratomik Dec 1, 2005 10:59:23

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Canon 350D dSLR with a selection of lenses. My favourites are the Canon 70-300 f4.5-5.6 DO IS USM and the Canon EF-S 10-22 f3.5-4.5 USM (amazing lense! If you have a Canon dSLR, you really need to own this). Combined with the slightly cheaper (but still nice) Canon 28-105 f3.5-4.5 USM II, they cover all the focal ranges that I need. Seems like I'm carting around more camera equipment by the year though!

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Spaceship mark Dec 1, 2005 12:19:33

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Olympus 4megapixel thing with 10xzoom on it. Love it, with the 4xdigital on top you can photo very small things that are a long way away....

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Mr Hamhead Dec 1, 2005 14:56:45

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Fuji M603......would not go back to film now..
it would be very nice to have the option of other lenses etc but I like the fact that I can stick the thing in my pocket as i am out walking...I carry enough crap in my rucksack allready...
You can still pick them up on ebay occasionally...bought one a month ago to have as a spare..
Only draw back...the batteries dont last long in the snow!

Mr H

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Rune Dec 1, 2005 21:43:18

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Canon Digital Ixus i 4 megapixel, tiny, take it everywhere, does whatever I ask, has a million settings I haven't a clue how to use, rechargeable battery lasts a long time, I've never flattened it in one shooting session unless on macro ( 25 shots last time I tried it) or video 3-4 mins. The zoom isn't as good as I'd like, so I don't use it much. If it clapped out tomorrow, I've more than had my money's worth and fun out of it.

I'm very happy with this quality. This image is as uploaded from the camera, no messing at all.
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/42287

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moss Dec 2, 2005 07:52:56

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I've just bought a camera recently - Sony 7.2 mega pixels, Dsc 200 to replace my previous camera which was also a Sony(the one with migrating condensation) We also have one of those large Canon type cameras in the house, but it is both large and heavy for my wrists, and carting for miles over rough ground.. So there is the camera expert type of camera and the simpler recording type which I require, which takes dozens of pictures of stones to be transferred to the computer and studied at leisure. Just thought I'd put that in for those who have felt great waves of despair when confronted by complicated cameras! go simple, go light, go small, go digital.....

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Chris Collyer Dec 2, 2005 21:01:51

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Hmmm, I feel all inadequate now. The only camera I use these days is a Fuji Finepix 2800 – 2 megapixel but with a 6x optical zoom.
I've got an old Olympus OM10 which I used to love, it's simple and no fuss, and an old Pentax (not sure which model) that I've never really got along with. I got fed up with carting all three cameras around so it's just the digital now.

-Chris

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Grendel Dec 3, 2005 17:13:19

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Canon EOS 33 SLR
Canon EOS 300 SLR
Tamron 28-88mm lens
Tamron 80-210mm lens (recently dropped but only smashed the skylght filter)
Sony DSC-P52 digi

I swing between loving and hating digital photogrpahy but I'm sure I'd love it *when* I get a digi-SLR (I try to do some rally photography as well so compact digitals are woeful for that).

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Lubin Dec 3, 2005 18:44:02

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Only just seen this one, EOS 100 with Tamron 28-300, Yashica FX-3 super 2000 with Carl Zeiss lenses for back up, as no battery needed other than meter , which is not essential. I have recently bought a Sony Cybershot W-5 which I find very good for a digi compact, the Carl Zeiss lense was what swung it for me. I was on Dartmoor in the snow last weekend and took around 100 photos at 5 megapixels and the batteries lasted. I am using 2300 Ah Nm Hi rechargable AA's , the camera takes two. I was most suprised by the performance of the camera as I have not realy been a great fan of digital, I only got it as a light weight to carry in my pocket when I didn't want to take every thing out with me. All my posts on TMA since August have been taken with it , and all I have done in Photoshop is reduce them for the web. Well worth a look if anyone is interested in a digital compact, and it looks like a camera.

Peace Lubin.