Speaking Of Digicams,

[oldraven]

Post your digicam/35mm, or what have you.

For a few years now, I've been rockin the vintage 35mm SLR's. After two 70's Milotla XG1 SLR's, (one bought at a flea market for $50, and the other from Ebay for about the same. First with a 1:28 fixed lens and the second had the stock 1:50 fixed) we decided we needed a digital for our vacation back home.

So we got a 3.2Mp Minolta Dimage E323. It's a great little camera, and we use it a lot for point and shoot, or vacation photos where all that matters is getting the moment. ($400 a year and a half ago) We pretty much got it for the wedding, because who has time to load film on a day like that?

For images that matter, I use an SLR. I like having a choice in what is the focus, Aperature, SS, etc. So whenever we go to the mountains, we take one of the 35mm's. I wanted to get lenses for Christmas last year, so I convinced the wife to let me pick something out on Ebay. It turns out I found a really good deal on an XG9 with a Vivitar f3.5-4.5 28-85mm Macro zoom, a Mitsuki f4 80-200mm zoom, and Sakar 29MZ articulating telescopic flash with cases and skylight filters. ($75. Too bad it cost just as much to ship it from England). It took beautiful pictures, and my options were so lengthy with these new toys. But in August, while on vacation in British Colombia, the light seals came loose while changing a roll. I gave my only remaining good XG1 to my sister, so I was SOL.

So the wife let me buy a new camera. I promised her it would be the last one for quite a few years, so she was alright with it. So I finally went all out and got a 8.2Mp Canon Digital Rebel XT. This thing is friggin awesome. I'm still learning new options every time I use it. ($1400 with a 512 CF card)

Thank heavens tripods are universal. I'll always be a 35mm man. There's a quality to light hitting a solid medium that can't be replicated digitally. I will eventually get another 35mm some years from now, but for the time being I'm more than occupied with the Rebel.

Edited 17/11/05 09:11 PM by oldraven

[ZAP]

I got a Nikon D70s Digital SLR.

I was tossing it up with the Canon 350D (Rebel XT), but the Nikon had a much better lense and I felt it was also better quality.

I have now snapped over 5,000 pics and it is by far the best camera I have ever owned.

[Mondie]

While in the USA in March l bought a Canon D20 dSLR and two L lenses, the 17-40 and 70-200mm. It was a lot of $$ but the photo quality is well worth it, the pics from the tele lens are just amazing.

If your headed to the USA anytime soon and want a new camera wait, much cheaper over there.

[seventytwo]

Cannon EOS 1DS MkII, 16.5 Mpx its the ducks guts. Unfortunaly its not mine, but I do get to take it home on weekends.

[oldraven]

Nice. Lots of DSLR's here I see.

The main reason I got the Rebel is the value. I used to use an older Nikon Coolpix 995 3.2. For the money, my Minolta is just as good.

The Nikon is a better camera, but for the price hike, I couldn't justify buying it.

I looked at the D1S as well, but realised there's no way in hell I'll ever need that much camera. At least not at this time in my life. It was also leverage for convincing the wife that I won't be buying something new in a year. "Dear, if I needed the best, I'd go for 16Mp. So in a few years when they have 20Mp cams, I'm not going to be all over it."

So, are you guys hobby photographers, or just enjoy nice toys?

Edited 17/11/05 10:11 PM by oldraven

[Cro]

I got a Sony 5.1MP DSCT3.

It's not a professional snapper by any means, it's really small, fits easily into my pocket, and has a 3xoptical zoom.

My only gripe, because it is so small and light it's hard to keep it steady. I get a lot of blurry shots because of this. I always need to find a spot to support my hands.

Anyway, it's taken some awesome pics like theseones here:

http://members.iinet.net.au/~gadan/pics/blackmtnpen/

http://members.iinet.net.au/~gadan/pics/cotter/

http://members.iinet.net.au/~gadan/pics/parkes/

http://members.iinet.net.au/~gadan/pics/tidbinbilla/

[XR6T-riffic]

not being photography guru's like yourselves we were after something cheap easy to use but not to nasty. after a little research we bought a canon a520 for under $300. happy so far

Canon A520

[Honest Gaza]

Panasonic FZ-20 Digital.

12 x Optical Zoom, 5MP photos...you can even add additional lenses to the camera with the use of adaptors.

I've currently got an Olympus TCON-17 lens (multiplies by 1.7), and a Nikon 6T close up lens which fit on the end of the camera.

Also has remote control cable for steadier tripod shots.

Fully auto...or experiment with manual settings.

[Benny]

I've got a Nikon F60 SLR which is a really good camera but not digital.

Also got a Olympus MJU600 that has got some great picture presets that work well.

[Lumpen]

For digi pics I have a simple 2mp Fuji, only thing that gets me is it has no optical zoom.

I do have a Cannon EOS 1000F SLR 35mm with an Ultrasonic 35-105 Lens. I would like to learn how to use it more and I'm trying at the moment.

I would like to get the new Panasonic 4mp 12x Zoom like Honest Gaza has as my next digital camera.

Lumpy

As an aside, I think I'm getting a job at a camera store (digi, 35mm and minilab)