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amanda
14-May-07, 23:03
come on then share with us what type of cameras do you all use.

buggyracer
14-May-07, 23:05
canon 400D and a small casio.

Tugmistress
14-May-07, 23:07
Nikon D70 for landscape, Konica Minolta Z10 for macro

Jeemag_USA
15-May-07, 00:05
I now have two cameras because I just went back and bought myself a manual SLR so I have a

Digital - Nikon CP5400 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coolpix_5400) 5.1 mp

and

Analogue - Minolta X-700 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minolta_X-700) Japanese model with 50mm lens

sassylass
15-May-07, 01:04
Mine is a toy, an Olympus D-560. Sometimes hubby lets me use his Nikon D80 with super duper zoom lens
...it's like switching from a VW to a Ferrari [lol]

stivagorm
15-May-07, 23:06
But still dont have a clue how to work it and still getting to grips with it !!!!

Jeemag_USA
15-May-07, 23:17
But still dont have a clue how to work it and still getting to grips with it !!!!

I have had my Nikon digital for two years and still haven't opened the book, i am so lazy, unfortunately with most digitals you can set it to Auto and just snap away and never learn the full potential of what you can do. One day I am going to lock myself in a room with the manual :lol:

t
16-May-07, 05:27
I use a Nikon D50 with a Sigma 70-300 Apo lens and hopefully a decent fisheye when I can aford it.

Whist on that subject any suggestions on a decent fisheye about 12mm?

porshiepoo
16-May-07, 07:53
Olympus E500 and an Olympus C750UZ. Fynny thing is I tend to prefer the C750, I seem to get better results quicker!:roll:

Tugmistress
16-May-07, 09:48
I have had my Nikon digital for two years and still haven't opened the book, i am so lazy, unfortunately with most digitals you can set it to Auto and just snap away and never learn the full potential of what you can do. One day I am going to lock myself in a room with the manual :lol:

stuff reading the manual, take it outside, stick it on manual mode and play, it's digital, if it doesn't look right hit delete (that's how i am learning mine, i ain't one for sat inside reading when i could be out taking piccies :lol:)

souperman
17-May-07, 14:29
Another one with an Olympus SP550 UZ, cracking camera at a reasonable price, loads of features, inc Super macro to 1cm away, adding a 4 sec piece of sound to a still image ( no not if you print it ) and something i have not tried yet, a time lapse facility, keep the manual handy though !

Rheghead
17-May-07, 18:24
Canon A95 Supershot.

Kopernicus
17-May-07, 21:28
Canon 20D plus still got my old 2mp Canon Powershot A20 from 2001, handy for nights out and parties :)

Kop.

Colin Manson
17-May-07, 21:53
Canon EOS 400D and in Ixus 700.

Seabird
18-May-07, 18:25
Soney super steady shot 5.1mega pixels x12 zoom, will also take several minutes of movie for general photo use. (with assorted filters i never seem to use)
Canon EOS 400D with canon 100-40Omm 5.6 zoom lens and canon x2 extender. Purchased for hobby that requires long range shots.

Deemac
18-May-07, 19:06
Canon: EOS350D body with battery grip
Sigma lenses: 10-20mm, 24-70mm, 135-400mm
Canon: Speedlite 430EX
Manfrotto: Tripod with camera & video heads
Cokin: Various Gradient filters
Tamrac: Expedition 5 equipment shoulder case
Software: Adobe Photoshop CS2, Google Picasa
Memory: Sandisk 1Gb cards

jean
18-May-07, 19:07
fuji finepics E900 ( brilliant camera but only 4x optical zoom needed more!!)
and most recently canon eos 400 d with 18 - 55 lens and 70 - 300 zoom. am just learning. I hate manuals too!

stratman
18-May-07, 21:32
Cokin: Various Gradient filters

What is the benefit to using filters rather than applying in software? Not that I have got beyond my Olympus CAMEDIA C-50 yet.

Deemac
19-May-07, 12:47
What is the benefit to using filters rather than applying in software? Not that I have got beyond my Olympus CAMEDIA C-50 yet.

Filters can help especially with landscape photography to balance out the exposure of the sky (which tends to be bright) and the land (which tends to be much darker). Cameras have problems dealing with the huge exposure ranges, so a filter such as an ND Grad (Neutral density gardient) can help. I also like tints like blue etc.

Its all about trial and error. Dull grey cloudy skys can look much more dramatic with a gradient filter. To try and do this in software is not so easy if the sky is already burnt out or the land is too dark to extract any detail without exposing lots of noise etc.

See below for a couple of examples. (Top: Blue Gradient, bottom: Neutral Density)

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/8163/img3551bsmjb7.jpg


http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/5228/img6096smpx0.jpg

amanda
20-May-07, 10:22
I have a sony dsc- R1 which I love and have taken some cracking shots must learn how to post here.But for my birthday my hubby bought me a sony alpha A100 dslr and lenses Ive not had the time to get to grips with it all the photos Ive taken are dark must get the instruction book out.Must also say some stunning shots on here guys.