Your Camera please....

[Wavelength]

I am interested to know which are the equipment my fellow-graphers are using.....

Mine is Canon EOS 70D For the time being i am having zigma 18-250 lens to support. I am also having Canon SX 50X superzoom to assist; some other cheaper lenses too... Hope you will talk about your too (you may please add the images of your equipments too )

[KingsHockeyFan]

My primary camera is also a Canon 70D. I have a few lenses, but usually attached to my camera is the Canon EF 70-200 f2.8. I love this lens. It offers the range and speed I need to chase my kids around through all sorts of conditions.

[Venser]

Olympus EM-1 & EM-5
12-40 f/2.8
40-150 f/2.8
12 f/2.0
17 f/1.8
25 f/1.8
45 f/1.8
60 f/2.8
75 f/1.8

One the street, it's either the 12 f/2.0 or 17 f/1.8 since I love getting close to my subjects. In the studio it's normally the 75 f/1.8.

[IzzieK]

I use on a rotation basis as need arises and the convenience of picking up quick when the occasion calls for it...
a Nikon D90, D300s and my latest acquisition, the D810 and few lenses. I usually use the FF ones now even with my crop cameras so I go out with either all three or just two for everytime I can. My bring with me camera is the D90. It depends on the purpose of my trip which camera I bring too...if it is just the supermarket or something, it is the D90 I take with me and use. The Butterfly house at Faust, I only need my D300s or the D810 with the 100mm macro/portrait lens. It does not matter much...or I take both of them with the appropriate lenses because I do not want to change lenses midway -- it is muggy there. The zoo or the Wild Bird Sanctuary, I bring all three cameras, one with the wide lens, the normal 70-300mm and my birdie lens. Plus a tripod helps and two filters.

[Saorsa]

Lotsa Nikon going back to the Nikkormat FtN and the Nikon F2

Nikon Coolpix 5700 - gone - first digital camera
Nikon Coolpix P7100 - current snapshooter

Nikon D50 - gone - first DSLR
Nikon D300 - Semi Retired
Nikon D90 - 2nd body
Nikon D7100 - current DSLR

DX/FX Lenses

10.5 mm fisheye - Just a fun lens
12-24mm - shooting in town occasional scenic
18-55mm - Kit lens from D50, seldom used
24-85mm f2.8-4.0D Old Model - General Purpose walkabout lens
50mm f1.8D - available light
55mm f3.5 Non-AI - a wonderful old macro lens that I can't bear to get rid of
55-200mm VR - Kit lens from D50 used with FT1 on the Nikon 1s, Seldom on the DSLRs
60mm f2.8D - Micro-Nikkor, table top macro
105mm f2.8 - Micro-Nikkor, general Macro
70-200mm VR f2.8 - Action shots equestrian, other.
70-300mm VR - GP telezoom

Nikon 1 V1
Nikon 1 V2

CX Lenses
9.7-13mm -
10-30mm
30-110mm
70-300mm
FT-1 to allow use of above DX/FX lenses

Accumulated over a looonnnng time.

I shoot a lot of different subjects and it's difficult to claim a specific purpose for everything. For example, several of my lenses are old Nikon AF-D lenses from my F4 which work perfectly well on my DSLRs.

I am beginning to turn more and more to the Nikon 1 cameras. I can carry one body and all of the lenses above plus a flash, extension tubes, ELPRO achromats, filters, 2 spare batteries and a couple of SD cards in a small bag that weighs less than an ounce more than 5 pounds.

I haven't been able to do that since I sold my Leica IIIg a long, long time ago.

[DanK]

not to be a spoiler, but I don't think lists of this sort are useful unless you say what kinds of photography you do. What is good for one type of photography can be not so good for others. It's instructive to learn why people choose specific equipment for specific purposes. For example, I have seen a number of interesting discussions of the advantages and disadvantages of full frame and crop sensor bodies and various lengths of lenses for different types of macro photography, but that is completely unhelpful if your interest is landscapes or night photography. Without some specific type of photography in mind, gear lists aren't informative, and they can in fact be misleading.

In fact, if you asked 'what is your gear list for macro shots of bugs?' and 'what is your gear list for landscapes and night photography?' there would not be a single piece of equipment on both lists other than one filter:

Bugs:

7D
100mm macro
430EXII flash and home-made bracket diffuser
monopod with tilt head
UV or protective filter for messy situations

Landscapes and night photography:

5D3
24-105, 70-200, and 17-40 lenses, all f/4
1.4 teleconverter
Tripod with ball head
Cabled and radio remote releases
UV or protective filter, circular polarizing filter, a few neutral density filters

[Wavelength]

That is very valid point Dan; thank you so much; i hope every body will take care of this anymore and specify, which ones are used for which, for whomsoever this may apply

[xpatUSA]

That is very valid point Dan; thank you so much; i hope every body will take care of this anymore and specify, which ones are used for which, for whomsoever this may apply

Namaste nanda-ji,

Sigma SD9, SD10, SD10(IR) and SD14 (DSLRs), DP1s and DP2s (APS-C compacts).

General photography and macro (watches and flowers), occasionally infra-red. No sports, no BIF, no 'planes, no low-light and I don't print.

I'm not a "real" photographer by any means.

[chauncey]

FWIW...it's been years since anything other than a 180mm macro or a 300mm f/2.8 has been
mounted on my Canon 1Ds3, They supply the necessary IQ on my images.
Additionally...am an avid user of PS CC, using stacking and merging when wide-angle is needed.

[DEAN01]

FWIW...I use a Fuji X Pro 1 and three lenses equivalent to ff 28mm, 50mm, and 90mm. Since most of my photography involves people--occasionally a few flowers and landscapes--I chose this camera because the optical viewfinder works well with my style and allows a continuous view of the subject and surrounding area.

[James G]

Nanda

Insects, bugs, wild flower, etc: Canon 7D Mk2, with Canon 100mm macro, with Canon MR14EX ring flash, Manfrotto Monopod + tilt head. (Occasionally use extension rings too)

Landscapes: Canon 7D Mk2 with Sigma 10-20mm or Sigma 17-70mm or Canon 50MM f1.8 + Manfrotto Carbon Fibre heavy duty Tripod with Medium weight head and alternate heavy duty head(which get little use).

Wildlife/Birds: Canon 7D Mk2 with Sigma 50-500mm Tele & for close up situations the Sigma 17-70mm

Astro, Lunar and Solar photography: Canon 7D Mk2 with Sigma 50-500mm Tele. (I built a Solar filter with Baader fiter media)

I also have a Canon 7D mk1 which is now semi retired.....

Software, Photoshop CS6, Lightroom ( occasional use only at present),Photomatix( also occasional use), Deepskystacker

For stack shots(macro) I use Helicon Remote running on a Nexus 7 tablet to step the Canon and use CS6 stacking or CombineZP. For panorama stitching I use cs6

I lso have an 'all occasions' P&S, a Canon G12, which goes everywhere with me and I use for capturing any other type of shot I see. (Use it a lot when wandering around the city.)

Other odds and sods in my bag (Lowepro Trekker)... cable release, wireless release, ND filters (2,4,8), Gray card, Rocket Blower, Small LED torch, Datacolour camera calibration chart, spare batteries x3, 8Gb card x4 16gb cardsx4.

[TonyW]

So far my one and only DSLR: Canon 5d3

For Macro: 100 f/2.8 macro
For walk around, street, landscape: 24 - 105 f/4
For longer reach (birds, etc): 70-200 f/2.8, my favourite lens, sometimes with 2x extender

[Jim B.]

Canon 50D
Canon 5DIII and a variety of lenses from Canon, Sigma, Tamron and Tokina.

[Wavelength]

I am much thankful to all for taking the pain to deliver all details.... expecting more pain takers though.....

[muls]

Hi
Nikon D 610 with Nikon,Tamron and Sigma lens.
Yesterday got my Tamron 15-30mm and a test shot .

[Wavelength]

Lovely...

[rpcrowe]

Two Canon 7D cameras
One old D60 (not the 60D) converted to full time infrared

My two main lenses - I use these for 90-95% of my photography
70-200mm f/4L IS and 17-55mm f/2.8 IS

A few other lenses:
300mm f/4L IS, 400mm f/5.6L, 12-24mm f/4 Tokina

Several hotshoe flashes - all Canon

A pair of tripods

Some studio strobes with stands and modifiers

[Black Pearl]

Day to day, just for fun, dog walking companion and app-happy fun photography:

iPhone 6
Native Apple App
Instagram
Hipstamatic
SlowShutter
ProCamera
Hueless
Manual Cam
Procam
Photosynth

General photography, days out and anything where I'm more interested in the pictures themselves than what the pictures are taken with:

Pentax K30
Pentax DA 18-55mm WR
Pentax DA 55-200mm WR
Pentax smc-F 50mm f1.7

Sports, macro, superwide, time-lapse or simply when I want to carry a more comprehensive kit with things like remote flashes or I need the pro body performance:

Nikon D300s + MB-D 10 Grip
Sigma 10-20mm f4/5.6
Nikon AF-S 16-85mm VR
Nikon AF-S 70-300mm VR
Nikkor-H 28mm f3.5
Nikon AF-S 35mm f1.8 DX
Nikon AF 50mm f1.8D
Nikon AF 60mm f2.8 D Micro
3x Nikon SB600


I also use any of a dozen or so digital compacts, a few film compacts (including a Nikon 35Ti) a handful of film SLR's, a couple of old range finder camera, even older basic film cameras and a pinhole camera. Just depends on what mood I'm in.

[AlwaysOnAuto]

These are my 'go to' cameras. Love 'em a lot as they get it 'right' most every single time. Wife can use them too without any trouble. They take pretty nice video too, all at the flip of a switch.



For fun photos I've got others to choose from all the way from my Nex-7 to an old Leica IIIa.

[William W]

I am interested to know which are the equipment my fellow-graphers are using . . . Mine is Canon EOS 70D For the time being i am having zigma 18-250 lens to support. I am also having Canon SX 50X superzoom to assist; some other cheaper lenses too... Hope you will talk about your too . . .

I have a few cameras and lenses, but the camera that I have used the most during the last 18 months is a Fuji X100s.

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. . . I don't think lists of this sort are useful unless you say what kinds of photography you do. What is good for one type of photography can be not so good for others. It's instructive to learn why people choose specific equipment for specific purposes.

There are several reasons for me purchasing an x100s and probably the main three reasons were:

> the Leaf Shutter which is both extremely quiet and also allows very fast Flash X Sync Speed
> the flexibility that a small camera gave me, in so far as it is a camera that I can and do carry most everywhere
> the combination of a very fast Lens (F/2) and a very good High ISO sensor (quite acceptable at ISO6400) and those two factors combine as a great appeal to my passion for Available Light Photography, both Portraiture/Street Work and also Buildings and especially interiors of Buildings

Here are some examples of Available Light Portrait Photography with the X100s.

Here are some Landscape/Building examples.

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Recently I have been investigating camera’s use with an R72 Filter attached and I am having a great deal of fun learning how to use the camera set with an R72 Filter on it: finding the best light for the results that I want is the priority challenge for me at the moment.

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you may please add the images of your equipments too

Fuji X100s with Neck-strap, R72 Filter and Lens Hood attached

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