Jane
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Re: Which type of camera do we use?
Nov 30, 2005, 20:49
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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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Ishmael
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Re: Which type of camera do we use?
Nov 30, 2005, 20:58
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Whats the D70 like for night photography Jane? Does it have a D setting?
The thing I miss with digital is being able to do really long exposures and getting star trails.
I know what you mean about not being able to throw a camera away.
I have a few in the attic that I cut my teeth on, Olympus OM10 and a Nikor.
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morfe
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Re: Which type of camera do we use?
Nov 30, 2005, 21:00
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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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morfe
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erratum
Nov 30, 2005, 21:10
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Zuiko multi-COATED lens, that was.
Cameraks unite ;-)
PS. I use a 50mm fixed lens for 99.9% of work. I believe it to be good training until I grow up to zoom or wide angle.
Getting tired of stitching, but at least the detail goes right up to the edge and there's no distortion.
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BigSweetie
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Re: Which type of camera do we use?
Nov 30, 2005, 21:16
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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
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Re: Which type of camera do we use?
Nov 30, 2005, 21:20
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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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hamish
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Re: Which type of camera do we use?
Nov 30, 2005, 21:46
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I use a lowly Kodak Easyshare, my pockets are a little thread bare.
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David Raven
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Re: Which type of camera do we use?
Nov 30, 2005, 22:06
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>Canon EOS 500N SLR, and as of this coming Friday, a Sony Cybershot DSC P200 - joining the digital revolution :) <
I got one of those Sony P200 jobbies this summer :-)
I like it, though the colour sometimes looks a bit lack-lustre. Suppose it can be rectified in Photoshop. I like the 'manual' setting, good for pics of moving water and the like. The lens is a Zeiss too, not bad for the dosh :-)
It fits in a jacket pocket, and you can get an adapter to use filters; great for the casual amateur who takes pics whilst out walking like me.
The 7 megapixels give great clarity, often better than my old Pentax compact.
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ocifant
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Re: Which type of camera do we use?
Nov 30, 2005, 22:15
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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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Littlestone
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Re: Which type of camera do we use?
Nov 30, 2005, 22:32
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How much is the Nikon D70 Peter?
As with StoneLifter I haven't gone digital yet but have a couple of nice lenses for my Nikon F2A that I'd like to continue to use when I do. First decent camera was a Nikomat - remember them?
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