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early days:
a couple 35mm cameras i didn't know how to use
learning photography concepts:
polaroid 600
canon a60
my first real camera:
nikon d70
adding to the collection and upgrading:
nikon f90x
nikon d90 (my fav digital)
voitlander vito c
bronica ETR-si (my fav. film camera)
nikon f5
chinon 35FE
D700 (Favorite)
F90X
Nikon FE
GF2
Nikon D700 (my current favorite)
Nikon FM3A
Nikon FM2 (had it for a long time but sold it when I got the D700)
Nikonos V
@Correlli: I never wrote anything about UW gear on this thread, but to say the least that has been a big thing with me. The Nikonos V I have used UW a lot but it didn't have what I wanted, but I have seen it retrofitted by some guys to be better than as I used the camera. I myself have used both UW cameras and land cameras with housings.
I do prefer housings by many times. Sometimes the bulk of housing can be an asset. The disadvantage of all UW photo gear is the cost and needing to get it dialed in for EVERY UW shoot. There are a lot of D90s being used UW with housings. My most used lens are 12-24DX and the 60 Nikkor Micro. The new 40 Macro Nikkor I have never even seen but it should be a perfect UW macro lens. The housing ports though are quite an added bother. I actually do mostly video wok UW, there again with housings.....except for one video camera that is UW capable.
In order of purchase that I still currently have:
Canon AE1 (1977)
Nikon N6006
Nikon CoolPix 2500 (currently DOA)
Nikon D70s
Nikon D700
Olympus Stylus Tough (gift)
Flip UltraHD (gift)
Nikon D7000
iPad2
iPhone4
Each one has a special place and given the right circumstances each can be the best. Overall, The D700 still rocks, but snorkling in Hawaii the last two weeks the Tough won out, skiing and wanting short video, the Flip is the way to go. For always with me it's the iPhone. I love them all and had everything from the D700 down with me on the trip.
I'm keeping the D70s and at some point will run it up to Life Pixel and have it converted for IR photography.
Hi all,
If I go back far enough, it would be a Kodak Brownie Hawkeye, followed by a Argus C3 then a C44.
I had a Yashica D Rolli twin lens that was terrific, too, that I picked up for $12 new in a PX in Vietnam - I used it until the repair bill was $200.
A Mamiya RB67 and the list of Nikons from F, F2, F3, F4, EN, FE2, 6006, a 35Ti, D50, D90, and D7000, and a hand full of consumer cameras (a Pentax weather proof and a Canon point and shoot are stand outs).
The D90 and D7000 share my favorite status, but the FE2 was my favorite camera to use, followed by Rollie twin lens (owned the newspapers where I worked) (or the Yashica D - a workalike).
My best,
Mike
Cameras owned right now? About a dozon or so, including a D300, a few Minolta x-570s, a zeiss-ikon, a yashica, three canons, two sonys ...
My favorite of the ones I still own would be my D300. My favorite of all I've owned would be an SRT-101 due to all the adventures and mishaps that it shared with me. The only reason I don't still have it was that it was stolen in 1983.
Wow - own current/past too many.
My favorite (I may get yelled at here) is still my Oly IS-50 (film 28-120mm lens). I loved this body line and the images were always good with focus spot on. I could just take it and shoot and it served me well for 7 years through europe backpacking and other sites & locals that it should have not survived but did and still does.
Really right now I have used my Fuji X100 all the time when I'm out and about as well as a FE2 or Bessa R2 with Tri-X loaded. The Fuji is just nuts when it comes to IQ and use. Nothing beats my D300 for workhorse stuff though out of what I have or had owned.
DaveyJ said:
I do prefer housings by many times.
I am sure that housings are more versatile, but until I got the D700 less than a year ago I used a FM2 and FM3A and I still only got manual lenses. Also I don't earn money from my photos so the cost of a housing is hard to justify, especially as I did not go diving in a long time (sigh).
I got the Nikonos from a company that did not need it anymore. I was almost new and they sold it because people did not know how to use it (they did not put the film under the flap so no images taken...). When I spend an exchange semester in Melbourne I got an SB103 for 50% from a photo store and when I returned back home I found that I can exchange it for a brand new SB105. So I never ever had to regret getting the Nikonos... :)
In the order they were purchased:
N8008 (First camera)
N90s + grip + databack
Olympus Epic Stylus
F100 + grip (favorite film camera)
Coolpix 950 (First digital camera)
D70
Canon A510
Canon G9
D7000 (Favorite digital camera)
I'm not listing cellphones (even iphone 4)
Greetings,
Alfonso
I am always grateful that a D90 can do so much in a small package. Hurricane Irene images I did with still and video were quite good and we were in places the TV Channel crews were not. The UW housing and a D90 is although very good I still eagerly await a D400 although in some ways maybe for hardcore field work I should just get a D7000.
The new CoolPix AW100 should be a nice P&S for underwater and other rough work and recreational use. Problem is image quality is still very important to all on Nikon Rumors.
Sounds like Correlli got a great deal on his Nikonos V. Australia is a great place to dive. The Great Barrier Reef alone is awesome. I will be lucky to ever afford to do that anymore......
R8R said:
Me:
Nikon D7000 with MB-11
Just sold my trusty D70s to a good friend. Miss it already.
Ancient Vivitar film p/s that is held together with gaff tape. Love that leaky thing.
On loan from a friend: Yashica Electro 35 CC that I may be using for film portraits.Wife:
Nikon D40
Nikon P7000
Minolta Maxxum 3000i
Olympus Stylus film p/s
Polaroid Land Camera
Polaroid iZone
Polaroid Joycam
Nickelodeon film p/s3 year old son:
Vivitar Vivicam 5018
Add to this, just acquired a Nikon FG.
Nikon D60
Nikon D5000
Nikon D3
Nikon D700
My favorite is: "Nikon D700"
I have used several Nikon models since the first model D40x in late 2007, then D90 in 2009. Now I am going to purchase D700. With me, D700 is the best one.
I am searching for FX lens for my incoming D700 body. I already have Nikkor 70-300 4.5 5.6G and I am looking for the range of 24-85mm lens or some prime lenses. What is the highly recommended budget FX lens for Nikon D700 body? Nikkor 50mm 1.4G or ? Any recommendation is highly appreciate. Thank you very much.
Already had:
Nikon SB 600
Nikkor 70-300 4.5- 5.6G
Waiting for:
Incoming D700 body
Searching for:
24-85 range FX lens
FX fix lens
tuton said:
I am searching for FX lens for my incoming D700 body. I already have Nikkor 70-300 4.5 5.6G and I am looking for the range of 24-85mm lens or some prime lenses. What is the highly recommended budget FX lens for Nikon D700 body? Nikkor 50mm 1.4G or ? Any recommendation is highly appreciate. Thank you very much.Already had:
Nikon SB 600
Nikkor 70-300 4.5- 5.6GWaiting for:
Incoming D700 bodySearching for:
24-85 range FX lens
FX fix lens
Have the D700 and just bought the Nikon 24-120 - great lens and really pleased with it. Also have 50mm 1.4
I can't imagine owning a lens I would only use twice a year. Seems like such a waste. You should just sell it.
Nikon D3
Nikon D7000
Nikon F100 X2
Nikon F5
Nikon F3
Hasselblad 500 C/M
Cambo SC 4x5
Polaroid Sx70 Sonar
Polaroid 250 Land
My favorite Nikon would be the F100. it feels like home in my hands partnered with a 50 1.4.
Favorite looking camera? Polaroid Sx-70. The most sexy camera ever
D100
D200
D300s
D2h
D50
D3100
D7000
What can I say, we like Nikon - and never sell our kit LOL
All still in perfect working order...... No particluar favourites.
well if we go way back, I had a "disc" camera, way back when some Pentax and Nikon 35 MM.
Digital:
Canon Powershot,
Nikon D2H
Nikon D300
The favorite is the d300, but im looking forward to trying out d700 or d800 if it comes out.
Most of my money is in glass, but I think im going to upgrade soon.
I'm an amatuer that likes to have fun.
I would have said D700,but problem of lines at different iso's specially @1600 and up when shooting street shots during night is something I hate about it .So its has to be Nikon D90.
Why?
1.Shot Commonwealth Games 2010-Delhi with it .
2.Kerela -Where it fell .Lens broke ,but camera still managed to work throughout the journey[ I had get the viewfinder and outer casing fixed because they were broken.]
3 Thar Desert :it was with me ,when I went all the way to Indo Pak border.
and many other moments.
this is the only reason I don't feel like selling it off .
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