Which camera do you have ?

[Lampwick]

Edit by Maggi :I have moved these posts , and merged others, to this new thread, for you to list the cameras you use so anyone seeking advice about a particular camera can find someone to ask about that version! 

What camera do you have and why?

Since I have ceased using my 35mm SLR, (Minolta Dynax 3xi) and upgraded – if you can call it that – to a cheap basic digital (Samsung Digimax A5), I do miss the functions of a SLR. Like depth of field preview, shutter/aperture priority, and the various lenses that go with it etc.  

So what would some of you folk recommend? I want it mainly for plant photography. Probably a mid range price would suite me. I know they start at about £250 and go up to around £4.000.  

Please help!
 

[Maggi Young]

John, there are a couple of existing threads which may be of interest to you........


http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=54.0

http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=1631.0

[Carlo]

Hey John,

Follow Maggi's suggestion as we have discussed similar questions in the past. If you still have questions, there are plenty of photographers who will chime in to help...

[Diane Clement]

Mark  Smyth has the  Canon 900 Ti ...
and Brian Ellis uses a Canon  Ixus 700......  
if that is any help.... Mark, Brian..... where are you?  

I've got a Canon 860 - I got it as a simple snap pocket camera and I haven't used it much.    

[ranunculus]

This may prove an opportune time for all members of the forum to indicate their make and model of camera in case other members need assistance at any time?

I use a Nikon D80 and an ancient Nikon 995.

[Carlo]

Nice idea Cliff...I was thinking along the same lines. Camera models can be accumulated and stored somewhere so that if anyone needs specific help, they know who to ask.

I shoot with a Nikon D2X and an iPhone 3GS digitally (amazing how handy it is!), and have a Nikon FM3 and Pentax MZ-S (currently in my son's hands at art school) for film. Almost everything I do is digital these days.

[Michael J Campbell]

I use a Cannon 450D with a 100mm 2.8 lens for plant pics, and a Sony Cyber-shot 8.1 as a pocket camera. 

[David Nicholson]

Being a photographic ignoramus I haven't graduated beyond point and shoot and use a Fuji FinePix S5700. Reasonably easy to use and in the right hands takes a reasonable image!

[Maggi Young]

I have moved these posts to a new thread, for you to list the cameras you use so anyone seeking advice about a particular camera can find someone to ask about that version! 

[Carlo]

David, et al,

It's NOT the equipment you use. The most important asset you have as a photographer is between your ears, followed closely by those two blobs in your face that are connected to it by your optic nerves.

[David Nicholson]

David, et al,

It's NOT the equipment you use. The most important asset you have as a photographer is between your ears, followed closely by those two blobs in your face that are connected to it by your optic nerves.

Carlo, you've just provided the answer to a question I have posed many times. The eyes are getting past it and the bit in the middle has been addled for years

[Carlo]

Ahhh, David...we simply must meet sometime...

[Anthony Darby]

I use a Nikon D300, but a decent lens is what I need.

[mark smyth]

I have a Canon 900ti that I cant complain about. The macro setting goes as close as 1cm but there is never any real need for that except to take photos of seeds.

It produces better results than some DSLR photos I have seen

[mark smyth]

A good idea could be to show an general photo taken with our cameras and a closeup.

Macro - Geranium robertianum 'Celtic White'
General - garden scene