It's not a question of who has the best camera, but an interest in knowing what cameras we all use. :camera: I know there are a few of us with super duper DSLR's....but not everyone feels the need to have one. So what have you got? ???
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Being possibly the worst photographer in the realm i use a cheapo fujifilm digital.
ive a nikon d40, i did a course at college and the tutor advised i got a nikon as "thats what the press use" and the d40 was the cheepest nikon!
I use my iphone 3gs most of the time but if im a good boy the trainee wife lets me use her cannon 1000D SLR ;D
kodak z740
I got cups for using a SLR but that was a rifle ::)
cloughie
SLR...they were used in the Crimea weren't they?! ;) :D
Many, many years ago I started off with an Olympus OM10 with a manual adapter, I had 4 or 5 lenses (inc a 500mm mirror), flash guns, light meters, various tripods, extension rings and filters, my bag weighed a ton :(
I used to do my own B&W developing and printing and did a few commission pieces, glamour stuff, sports, still life. My battle was always trying to get the lighting effects I wanted, but the best part of it for me was in the darkroom, dodging & burning, that is where my work came alive, such a wonderfully tactile experience.
Following years of back problems though all that stuff had to go, I have recently bought a little 12Mp Samsung with lots of good manual functions on it, it's smaller than a packet of cigarettes, and the macro is really terrific, I used it for the through the window & room shots in the Sawanoya Ryokan thread.
I'm currentlt using a Canon EOS 500 but I'm thinking of chopping it in for the something with a higher resolution. I do a lot of wildlife photography and need a hefty zoom and very clear focus as a lot of the subjects can only be photographed from a fair distance or they will run away and hide again !
Quote from: Tank on April 04, 2011, 10:14:41 AM
SLR...they were used in the Crimea weren't they?! ;) :D
I have said it before and I will say it again
I cannot stand cheeky kids :P
cloughie
I use my iPhone 4 camera for quick snaps and a Sanyo Xacti 8MP HD Video camera for better shots (it's a dual video/photo camera). The Xacti's great, especially for video. I need to practice with lighting and using a tripod more for stills shots though as I don't have particularly still hands.
Oh, and I fired an SLR back in about 1983 when I was in the ATC.
Oh, and I fired an SLR back in about 1983 when I was in the ATC.
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see tank theres at least two of us, and before tank say`s anything zwilnik it was 1983 a.d. and not b.c. that you fired one
Quote from: cloughie on April 04, 2011, 12:31:52 PM
Oh, and I fired an SLR back in about 1983 when I was in the ATC.
see tank theres at least two of us, and before tank say`s anything zwilnik it was 1983 a.d. and not b.c. that you fired one
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It was AD and no time machines were involved. I think the Bullpup only started coming to Army units just after that.
Quote from: Lawrence on April 04, 2011, 10:25:12 AM
Many, many years ago I started off with an Olympus OM10 with a manual adapter, I had 4 or 5 lenses (inc a 500mm mirror), flash guns, light meters, various tripods, extension rings and filters, my bag weighed a ton :(
I used to do my own B&W developing and printing and did a few commission pieces, glamour stuff, sports, still life. My battle was always trying to get the lighting effects I wanted, but the best part of it for me was in the darkroom, dodging & burning, that is where my work came alive, such a wonderfully tactile experience.
Following years of back problems though all that stuff had to go, I have recently bought a little 12Mp Samsung with lots of good manual functions on it, it's smaller than a packet of cigarettes, and the macro is really terrific, I used it for the through the window & room shots in the Sawanoya Ryokan thread.
Sorry about the long quote, but O Boy can I identify with this! I still have a couple of first-rate Canon SLRs, with beautiful FD lenses, not to mention a whole heap of darkroom gear - all basically useless now . . . so I've "upgraded" to an EOS 400D. Almost as good, and the savings on film, processing, and chemicals are phenomenal!
- Michael
I went from a bassic(?) Brownie box camera of the 1950s, through the 35mm snappers, up to 35 mm SLR on my 21st birthday and the required suitcase of spare lenses/trypods/flashes etc. untill I could carry no more so dropped right down to 110 pocket camera in about 1976.
In the end I moved up through the point and shot digi`s till a couple of years ago when I bought a Fujifilm Finepix S1000.
I think that will have to see me throught till wooden box time with its simple options and point and shoot facilities.
I agree with you to a certain point Michael, and in this modern day of technology there is so much more you can do with a photo, however, sometimes, just sometimes there is something about a hand produced print ;D
Just got a Panasonic Lumix something or other a few weeks back, just a compact digi. I'm not fully au fait with it yet, but it seems to do everything I ask - just some depth of focus issues on close-ups (which is important to us N-gaugers).
Does that mean I've thrown the old one away? Or the one(s) before that? Hell, no: the top left hand drawer is becoming a camera graveyard complete with associated chargers, USB cables, memory cards, etc. (heaven forbid any two of them would use the same accessories!).
I use a Panasonic DMC TZ 6.......it's got a Leica lens a 14 x zoom...superb wide angle and it fits in my pocket easily......earned its keep many times over :thumbsup:
I have a Nikon D90, and 3 lenses, photography is a hobby that I enjoy, but I am no David Bailey.
I have a Nikon D60 and two zoom lenses. 8) Photography is a bit of a hobby of mine too. :thumbsup:
My lovely wife bought me my camera as a wedding present two years ago. ;D
I have several camera - The two most useful are the Canon DSLR - though it is only a 350d it serves my purpose well. I have several lenses including 170-500mm zoom and a 600mm mirror! - one of my other hobbies is birding/birdwatching hence the necessity for more reach.
Another more handy camera is the Panasonic FZ18 - it has 18x optical zoom and compared to DSLR kit is light as a feather. A great trade off of weight v quality. Of course it is no DSLR but does not induce a hernia :beers:
Both of these are a bit long in the tooth now and superceded by better models. They both work very well however. Not changing either just yet.
I use a Kodak Brownie Flash II. :D
Not really! :smiley-laughing: But I do have one.
Along with a Kodak Junior II and a Zorki 4.
They were all my Dads at some point and now make a nice display.
I actually use a GE E1055W. 10.1MP, 5x Zoom on a 28mm wide angle lens.
Does what I need and fits in my pocket.
Also still have my Fujifilm Finepix 6900zoom that I have used since 2002!
I've got a couple of Nikon DSLRs; a D50 and a D7000 with a few lenses - one of the best for photing N gauge models is a Sigma 50 macro prime lens. The D7000 is a semi-pro jobbie and built like a battleship. I've also got a Canon Ixus but to be quite honest as it's aged it's got terrible; the reliability and quality has become really bad - I'd never buy another Canon but I must get another digital pocket snap gun.
H.
Had Photography as a hobby and profession for 54 years, did the darkroom thing, used most formats of cameras my favourite being medium format and my trusty old Rolliflex 2.8 Twin Lens Reflex.
After lugging a case of SLR equipment around as a wedding photographer for 25 years I decided to keep it simple and light, after I retired 6 years ago I went for the small stuff and continued on with it, I now have a Kodak C875, Fuji E550 and Canon A620 plus o little Kodak Zx1 Video job for movies, between them they do what I want and have no intention of lugging the big stuff around again, ever.
Its not the camera type of that you use that counts, but knowing how to get the best of it helps a whole lot.
I use a Sony Alpha A350 - although most of my photos on here are taken with my iPhone. My Alpha is usually set up with the standard 18-55mm lens. I also have a 75-300mm, 500mm mirrored, a 2x Teleconvertor and a 50mm dedicated Macro. I also have a High Definition camcorder (Sony!) which takes 12mp stills. :camera:
I just got my 7DayShop.com LED lights (as recommended by Tank) and they're certainly bright for simple battery powered lamps. (I say lamp, it's actually a 64 LED array).
Just experimenting with them at the moment but definitely going to have to buy a few packs of rechargeables as these gadgets take 4 AA batteries each.
I'll be 65 years old in November and my wife wants to give a better than usual present.
So, I dug out my "bucket list" and one of the items on it was a Leica camera.
I had a look on the internet and it seems that the entry-level Leica camera is the D-Lux 7.
It looks very nice but can anyone tell me whether it is a good buy ?
Thanks in advance.
Joe
11 years?! Quite the thread resurrection!
I've been a Minolta user since the1980s, Currently a DSLR 5D and a compact A200, I did have a couple of Sony DSLRs which take the same lenses as the Minolta but went back to the 5D. I do have too many lenses, mostly a Tamron 18-250 zoom is fitted but I also have 4 zooms covering 11-16, 17-50, 28-75 & 80-200 at f2.8, also a 50 1.8, 90 f2.8 macro, 500 f8 mirror 2x teleconvertor, and my most recent acquisition a Tamron 150-600. Add to this a JVC video cam.
But I'm still using a 20 year old photo editing software!
The eternal question :D
In terms of features they aren't always anything special but a lot of photographers drool over them and I'd been told it was the lens/body build quality and longevity you're paying for. How much of it is just branding and aesthetics is hard to say particularly on lower-end models which might actually come off the same production line as other cameras.
For instance the model you are looking at appears almost identical in terms of features to a Panasonic Lumix DC-LX100 II that is cheaper.
Probably the only way you'd know for sure is to hold one and compare it to the competition in person.
Quote from: njee20 on July 30, 2022, 12:00:12 PM
11 years?! Quite the thread resurrection!
The Search function on this forum works really well :)
We have access to the Tardis :D
Quote from: joe cassidy on July 30, 2022, 11:50:31 AM
I'll be 65 years old in November and my wife wants to give a better than usual present.
So, I dug out my "bucket list" and one of the items on it was a Leica camera.
I had a look on the internet and it seems that the entry-level Leica camera is the D-Lux 7.
It looks very nice but can anyone tell me whether it is a good buy ?
Thanks in advance.
Joe
if you cant afford a Leica , best save for a rushan Zorki 4 :D .
The D-Lux 7 is indeed manufactured by Panasonic.
I have the simple Panasonic interchangeable lens version (no viewfinder) and it is a very nice camera.
If you want to use it to photograph your n gauge models test the macro function before you buy it.
I read a review which says macro focusing is only possible in the wide angle setting but I always prefer to zoom in a bit (or a lot).
Jan
I started with a Brownie, moved on to a secondhand Zeiss Ikon Contina and got my first SLR secondhand in my thirties - like @Lawrence (https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?action=profile;u=16), an OM10 with manual adapter. I got quite good with it and above all it did what I wanted. I also have an OM 40, but its battery went flat too quickly.
When digital cameras arrived on the scene, I used to take the company camera home with me - it never did what I wanted. With retirement looming, I bought myself a Olympus Pen E-PL3 kit with two zoom lens. This is an mFT camera, as are the digital OM cameras and I believe some Panasonic Lumix cameras, and the lens are interchangeable. The real reason I bought it though, was that with the appropriate adapter I could reuse my old OM lenses. Unfortunately in all the years I've had the camera, the adapter has never been in stock at any shop I visited.
Still, at least the camera occasionally does what I want!
Peter
Peter,
My Panasonic is also a mFT camera.
There are many OM to mFT adapters on the market, I found a nice one on Amazon.de:
https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Urth-Lens-Adapter-Compatible-Olympus/dp/B088C2VY66 (https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Urth-Lens-Adapter-Compatible-Olympus/dp/B088C2VY66)
It will work exactly the same as the original Olympus adapter
Jan
Thanks @JanW (https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?action=profile;u=5017). I also saw the Urth and now I have a recommendation, will probably buy it.
Peter
Quote from: Alcazar on August 03, 2022, 07:46:52 PM
I started with a Brownie, moved on to a secondhand Zeiss Ikon Contina and got my first SLR secondhand in my thirties - like @Lawrence (https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?action=profile;u=16), an OM10 with manual adapter. I got quite good with it and above all it did what I wanted. I also have an OM 40, but its battery went flat too quickly.
When digital cameras arrived on the scene, I used to take the company camera home with me - it never did what I wanted. With retirement looming, I bought myself a Olympus Pen E-PL3 kit with two zoom lens. This is an mFT camera, as are the digital OM cameras and I believe some Panasonic Lumix cameras, and the lens are interchangeable. The real reason I bought it though, was that with the appropriate adapter I could reuse my old OM lenses. Unfortunately in all the years I've had the camera, the adapter has never been in stock at any shop I visited.
Still, at least the camera occasionally does what I want!
Peter
@Alcazar (https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?action=profile;u=9432) congratulations Peter, I don't think I have ever been tagged on a post from over 11 years ago :o
For the record, I am perfectly happy with the camera on my Samsung smartphone now, the photographic world passed me by some years ago and my clients these days (the dogs) are much less demanding ;)
I'm a bit like you, Lawrence - I don't even take my SLR with me when I go away these days. Something else to carry, and it never gets used! My phone is my camera.
Back in the days I worked afternoon shifts at a full service petrol station (after my day job) to earn enough to buy my Nikkormat FT2, and a Metz flash, and other lenses, but I mainly use the phone or a little Nikon digital these days. I also have an Olympus Pen FV (half frame 35mm SLR) with a couple of lenses that I get out occasionally and exercise the shutter and diaphrams. It's a lovely little instrument.
I just use my lenovo tablet computer to take piccies of Tiree...
in the past I did use an SLR,
like this one..
(https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/gallery/124/6067-090822145406.jpeg) (https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view&id=124889)
I've not used something as old as a 1853 pattern Enfield as used at Crimea.
(https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/gallery/124/6067-090822150658.jpeg) (https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view&id=124891)
But last week I was using a cannon.. and 1898 pattern one.
like this one..
(https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/gallery/124/6067-090822145752.jpeg) (https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view&id=124890)
For the 08:00 wake up you lazy barstewards firing and flag raising at our regatta.
it being 10 gauge it's very effective.
Quote from: joe cassidy on July 30, 2022, 11:50:31 AM
I had a look on the internet and it seems that the entry-level Leica camera is the D-Lux 7.
It looks very nice but can anyone tell me whether it is a good buy ?
Joe
@joe cassidy (https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?action=profile;u=1484) do you still want to buy one?
I just read that Panasonic has discontinued the LX100II so they will also not produce the D-lux 7 any longer.
https://www.43rumors.com/poll-panasonic-officially-killed-the-lx-zs-tx-compact-line-will-you-miss-them/ (https://www.43rumors.com/poll-panasonic-officially-killed-the-lx-zs-tx-compact-line-will-you-miss-them/)
There will probably be stock for some time but still.....
Jan
Thanks for the info Jan.
My birthday is in November so I have a couple of months to decide.
Quote from: Tank on April 04, 2011, 09:14:59 AM
It's not a question of who has the best camera, but an interest in knowing what cameras we all use. :camera: I know there are a few of us with super duper DSLR's....but not everyone feels the need to have one. So what have you got? ???
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I have a Canon 6D Mark 1 but it is quite big and tends to sit on the shelf gathering dust (even with a tiny pancake 40mm lens on).
Therefore my Google Pixel 4a phone is the camera that used must heavily! :angel: I find the quality is superb.
I have a Canon 700D and an assortment of lenses, but since I got my Samsung S20 ultra phone it has stayed on the shelf getting dusty, the phone takes excellent pictures and videos and is so much smaller and lighter.