What Camera Do you use??

[squig hunter]

Well, I'm now using a Canon G9 on the reccomendation of some of the excellent gentlemen and women of this forum, love it Just need to get a bigger memory card, haha.

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[Dragonsreach]

That's not too bad at all.

Be interested to know what caused the problem.

Well Camera's Back; Two melted contacts in the lens mounting/control panel.
Had the whole panel replaced.
There's a suggestion that the Optical Stability motor on the lens may have been at fault, but as the lens is still away being investigated by Sigma themselves I can't confirm that.
Anyhow it's a strange happening.

 

[royke]

i use a Canon powershot SX200 IS
it has 12.1 megapixel, so it's more than perfect

 

[cleen X]

I use a Canon eos 500D I think, and a sigma macro lense. I also do auto levels, crop and resize in GIMP. For lightning I use two lamps with daylight bulbs. I also really want a lightning box (not sure if that is what they are called, basically a box to put the minis in with transparent paper to difuse the light), you know what I mean .. A question though, do they make your photos better?

 

[gmurie]

I use a Canon eos 500D I think, and a sigma macro lense. I also do auto levels, crop and resize in GIMP. For lightning I use two lamps with daylight bulbs. I also really want a lightning box (not sure if that is what they are called, basically a box to put the minis in with transparent paper to difuse the light), you know what I mean .. A question though, do they make your photos better?

Santa was kind to me this year. I had a Canon EOS Rebel T1i in my stocking this year. The reason I'm posting this as a reply to cleen X's post is that the EOS 500D and T1i ARE THE SAME CAMERA!

The numbering scheme for the Canons sold in North America is different from that in other parts of the world. This confused the hell out of me when I was looking for a camera to replace my near decade old Oly point and shoot.

Just first impressions here, but WOW. I took quick snaps on full auto with the stock lens and no special lighting and the photos I got out of the Canon were miles ahead of what my poor old Oly could do. I'm new to the whole SLR thing, and will post a more comprehensive report if anyone's interested once I get a handle on it.

One of the things I'm pretty sure of is that a macro lens is overkill. A camera pro told me that if I've got it on a tripod and have full control over the lighting at most I'd need an extension tube for the stock lens. A good macro lens can double the cost of the camera, so AFAIC it's a toy for those that can sell models for hundreds of dollars instead of the tens of dollars that I can manage.

 

[gmurie]

Agreed Spacemonkey, and were I buying the camera for myself it would have been a G11. However, Santa (AKA my father) also wanted more pictures of his grand-daughters. And for a pair of hyperactive five year olds an SLR beats nine kinds of hell over the G11.

The ability to take action shots remains solidly in the realm of the SLRS, and frankly, the cost difference between the G11 and the stock Canon Rebel SLRs is pretty narrow.

 

[Dragonsreach]

@ Mike: That's a bugger if a lens can take the camera with it. Only got one lens with a stabiliser in it and that's a Sigma as well

Well I got the lens back Yesterday and Sigma have done me proud.
Replaced the whole of the lens circuitry, cleaned and tested the lens all without charge.
The report seems to indicate that there is a fault within the original circuits but they have not specified what exactly.

However both camera and lens are working again which is the main thing.

 

[Eggroll]

Santa was kind to me this year. I had a Canon EOS Rebel T1i in my stocking this year. The reason I'm posting this as a reply to cleen X's post is that the EOS 500D and T1i ARE THE SAME CAMERA!

The numbering scheme for the Canons sold in North America is different from that in other parts of the world. This confused the hell out of me when I was looking for a camera to replace my near decade old Oly point and shoot.

Yup, I use a Canon Rebel XSi which I found out recently during a trip to asia that it's called a EOS 450D there. Also, the exact same model is called a Kiss Digital in japan. Guess only North Americans love rebels

 

[calieigh]

HI
I am using Digital IXUS 100 IS.
I think this is very good camera for me, at least for beginners.
arty:

 

[gmurie]

That's quite a collection of cameras SM! I'm having enough trouble just figuring out the one!

I've had more opportunity to play with my Canon XSi, and all it proves is what a terrible photographer I am! However, it is brilliant at action shots, and once I figured out how to get Ubuntu to import the RAW images from the camera I've found that getting the RAW images to look something like the models do in real life as JPGs takes a fraction of the time.

Granted, my old camera is a 3MP oly that was well behind the tech curve even seven years ago when I bought it.

However, after the camera a person might also want to consider another $300 or so for photography classes. All the books I've found at the local library assume a certain minimum skill with photography that's difficult to teach oneself.

The macro is not strictly needed, but getting depth of field right with the stock lens is a bit tricky.

The SLR does indeed kick all sorts of butt if action shots (kids) are also something you want to take photos of. The speed of the thing compared to point and shoots is surreal. You just aim it and blast away, so it's much easier to get candid shots like this one.

 

[Beelzebrush]

Nikon D80 still... and using a Tamron 90mm macro for minis and other stuff.

 

[Avelorn]

Still using the same trusty old Sony Cybershot P100 as I have used since the beginning of 2005. I recon I'll be buying a new one soon, I need some more settings and it would be nice with a camera that captures a bit more dynamic range and details. But I have to say, I've taken over 20 000 photos with it and it still works like a charm. What a gem! Truly one of my best buys.

 

[syndony]

Nikon D60 and Sony HDR-SR12 for video. I know more about the camcorder though, my sister's the household photographer.

 

[Cyttorak]

Nikon D60 with standard 18-55 lens.

 

[Bohemond]

I have started recently use Nikon D90 with the following lens : AF Micro-Nikkor 60 mm f/2.8D . I still have a problem with field of depth.

 

[daemon boy]

Nikon D300 with a 50mm f1.8 lens. my baby

 

[Tercha]

Just got an Olympus PEN-1 with a 35mm f3.5 Macro, looking forward to trying it out!

 

[War Griffon]

Nikon D80 with my lens being a Nikon 60mm Macro, got some great close ups as well as some all round general shots of wildlife with it since I got it two years ago.

Now need to get a new 18 - 55mm lense though or something similar as the one I have doesn't want to be recognised by the camers anymore (

 

[PaintMonkeyStudios]

I see I'm going to have to upgrade the photographic equipment. I just build a lightbox and going to give it a go this weekend, but the only camera I have is a little Sanyo pocket cam. It's digital with 8.1 mb, I've used it before and pics turned out halfway decent; but pretty sure they'll be much better with the lightbox.

 

[Drey Foos]

Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ7. Still getting to grips with all of it's functions and playing with lighting to get the shots right (I have some pix just not posted them yet)