What kind of camera do you use??

[aardigman]

I just bought a new camera, a Nikon d50 and I was wondering what kind of camera's do you all you use

[Wendy]

Hi ...

I use a Canon 300D (I think that you call it the Canon Rebel in the US and Canada) :)

Wendy

[jvolpe]

I have the Nikon 200, which I like a lot. Good luck w/the D50. I'm sure you'll enjoy it very much. :)
Janis

[Netnut]

I have a Canon Digital Rebel XT and love it. I have only had it for about 2 1/2 months and still have a lot to learn and I mean alot. LOL

[GaryK]

Digital Rebel (classic :D) here.

[Robyn]

Canon 30D for me.

[jo]

Canon Digital Rebel XT (aka 350d)

[Norm F]

Canon Digital Rebel XT

[David Asch]

Canon 300D (rebel/kiss) here, too.

[Childsplay904]

Good grief! With all these Canon folks around I just had to put in a word for Nikon. I have a D70s and really like it. I have taken a couple of courses and shot hundreds of pix and all the practice is beginning to pay off. Great focus. I have the kit lens that came with the camera and have added a wide angle, macro and telephoto lens. Of course there is always another lens out there to wish for!

[MJWillick]

Another Canon fan here... I own a Canon EOS 20D... always owned a Canon, always will! :D

[Stringbean]

I have a Canon Power Shot S60. I could get a better one but it would'nt make me a better photographer :) Atcually I really like it.

[Ellen]

I'm happy enough with my Sony dsc-W1 - it's still smarter than I am and has enough manual control that I have more to learn.

[karen donnybrook]

My camera is a Canon PowerShot A75

Karen

[w7vp]

Love my 20D Canon but the D200 Nikon is a very nice camera. Robyn, I can't justify getting a 30D even though it is a very good camera. I am waiting for the 35D and spending money on lenses (see below):eek: .:)

[aardigman]

Ohh God .... I was getting very lonely here ... thank you Suzanne for the support :)

[mel]

Canon Powershot S2 IS.......for now ;)

It's a great camera and will keep me going till I upgrade to a DSLR :D

[Wendy]

Hi aardigman ..

Last time we did a camera count Canon were just ahead of Nikon ... :)

Wendy

[lindajay]

I'm happy as a clam with my Sony DSC-H5.

[Pauline]

Kodak Z740. I love it. It's enough for me. Kind of in between a digital SLR and a point and shoot.

[TonyW]

Glad to see we're finally getting off the Canon/Nikon promos :D . Fuji 9000 here and it's the best I've had yet. Plus a Sony P72 that slips in the pocket and not to mention a very old 2MP Olympus that originally cost more than the other two put together. Still waiting for someone to make a DSLR that has everything I want in a digital camera and then I might make the next move :)

Tony

[G. OReilly]

:D Well here is another happy camper.....I have the Canon 20D works for me :)
George

[troush]

Nikon D50.

-Trish

[Juergen D]

Here are a couple more Canons: 300D and S400 (and S100, which I really don't use any more).

Juergen

[bnk1953]

i'm like the old Maytag repairman - the loneliest guy online due to the fact I don't have either canon or nikon - just a Konica-Minolta 5D and an old Fuji 602Z. The KM was only out for a short time and the company sold out and the fuji has long been discontinued. Both still work and do what I ask - so am happy.
~bruce.

[TigaGreen]

Nikon D70s here... It was a difficult choice between the D50 and D70s, the kit lens was a major deciding factor.

The Canon Rebel was seriously considered, but I already own several Nikon lens and speedlights which can still be used with the D70s.

Cheers, Bob

[Gigi]

We are a Canon Family..... I use the 20D, my husband uses my old Rebel and my daughter has the Rebel XT

[Grant]

Oh why not jump in, I am a Nikon man. I suspect it has more to do with the era I grew up in, photographically that is, From the 50s through to the beginning of the 80s Nikon was the camera of choice by journalist. around the 70s Canon started introducing Nikon like knock off ad they made a niche for themselves within the sports community which they parlayed into a camera force to reckoned with. But for me the taste for Nikon was set. Presently I shoot film with an F5 and digital with a D70. I also have a Canon A610 that sits in my pocket and a Mamiya C330 Professional that sits in the bottom of my camera bag.


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[hikeinct]

I am looking at buying a new digital SLR right now. Had it narrowed down to the Nikon D50 or the Canon Rebel XT. Last week Nikon threw a monkey wrench in the whole process when they introduced the new Nikon D80. The review I read put this camera between the D50 and the D70. So more research to be done.:(

[jazzfisher]

Okay so I'm the only one---Pentax DS*ist (digital SLR):cool:

[willpresley]

DSLR -- Digital Rebel XT
P&S -- HP Photosmart 935

[w7vp]

Grant
My first Canon was the A1 (see My Cameras on my web site) and it was an incredibly good camera and certainly not a knockoff of Nikon. Having said that I am very impressed with the new D200 although it is considerably heavier than my 20D. I have finally convinced my friend who is also completely sold on Nikon (he got ticked off when Canon changed lens mounts) to begin using the combo RAW and JPEG setting in his new one and he is now getting much better prints on his R1800.

BTW I love the Manfrottos you recommended and have been using them extensively. I particluarly like how you can swap the vertical column to horizontal and pan both up and down and side to side even though the 488RCO is a ball head Thanks for the rec. Now I'm looking for an inexpensive hot shoe bubble level.

[jeeps]

So, do I take it Canon are good?? I have just got a little Fuji Finepix but I am after a new one for (dare I mention the word) Christmas. Wondered what the Canon Rebel was called in the UK, now I know thanks Wendy.

[Wendy]

Hi Jeeps ...

I really like the Canon ...

Did you pick up in one of the other messages what it was called in Japan ?? ... its the Kiss :eek: :D :D

Wendy

[Grant]

Grant
My first Canon was the A1 (see My Cameras on my web site) and it was an incredibly good camera and certainly not a knockoff of Nikon.


I didn't mean to imply inferior but the first professional one (1971 I believe) was the Canon F1 and so very close to the Nikon F series as to be scarry. It was a little cheaper in cost but almost as good in quality. Later Canon developed their own line. Nikon did the same thing emulating Leica way back when.

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[AngelicKim]

Hi, another Canon 300D/Rebel/Kiss here.

[jeeps]

:D like it, so if I ask for a Kiss for Christmas, will I get it? The Canon I mean :D

[Wendy]

Jeeps ...

I did :D :D

Wendy

[kayser]

I have a new Canon S3IS and my husband lets me borrow his Canon 10D if I promise to take good care of it.

[DMurray407]

Another Canon Rebel XT here-I love it! I've had it for over a year and my only problems have been user error.

[troush]

I forgot to mention - my first digital was a Fuji FinePix 3800 - My daughter uses it now.

-Trish

[PaulH]

1st was a Fuji-3 mega pixel something or other.

2nd an Olympus 730 ??? small p&s with a 10 power zoom - decent little P&S.

Now Nikon D70 and inflicted with the dreaded Nikon Acquisition Syndrome NAS, only cure is to buy more STUFFFFF.

Will replace the 70 with a D200 when the accountant approves, also knows as she who must be obeyed.

[Roger87]

I have a Nikon D70. The most important part isn't the camera (though Nikon rules ;)) but the glass or lenses. I already have a Nikkor 70-300mm Telephoto and a Nikkor 60mm Macro. I just bought (thanks to the $100 rebate last month) the Nikkor AF-S DX Zoom 17-55mm f.2.8G IF ID. It cost more than the camera, but this lens is awesome with a 77mm opening and the Silent Wave motor. I want to get their new 18-200mm AF-S DX VR lens sometime in the future too. :D

[ThomasT]

Canon Mark2-D

[daggerd]

Rebel Xt and PowerShot SD 700 IS

Dave

[Shari]

2 Fujis. Finepix for my pocket and S5200 for the zoom. So far I am very pleased with them both. I have very very much to learn. Mostly still taking on auto and macro with both!!
Shari

[billz]

Konica-Minolta Dimage Z1 with a 10x optical zoom, and a Canon SD 450 for the pocket. Love 'em both.

Bill

[JillB]

DSLR-Canon 300D/Rebel
P&S-Canon A610

[MarkN]

Canon 30D
Canon Powershot A85

Two older 35mm film cameras ....

Mark

[NRiceDesigns]

Looks like I'm the only one with an Olympus (the E300). I wanted a Canon Rebel, but my spouse (NOT a photographer) said if I bought the Olympus he would pay for half. Although he didn't come through with his share, I've been very pleased with the E300. I still can't believe I let him talk me into it... guess it was the promise of $$$$ ;)

[baderms]

Add 2 more canons to the list. I have a Rebel & I just purchased a A560 for my wife.

[44Magpie]

Olympus 5050 with Olympus FL-40 flash.

[jazzfisher]

Magpie,
That was my starter digital camera--still have it!!

[msmack]

Canon Rebel 300D. Love it.

Merrill

[vintage]

I have the Canon10d. Started with canon and have just stayed with them.
vintage

[virgo1]

I have 2 Nikons, a D50 and a p&s. My hubby has a Canon 35mm Rebel and a Minolta 35mm p&s. He can't borrow my lenses.:D
Eva;)

[Jan Ruthig]

I can't believe it!!!!!! :eek: I've been away for several months and what do I find when I come back!! :eek: The old Canon vs Nikon debate! Will it never end??? :D :D Nikon D70s for me!! Just got a new 60mm Micro lens and LOVE it!

[Wendy]

Jan ...

I bet it feels like you have never been away :D :D

Welcome back ....

Wendy

[Jan Ruthig]

Wendy,

:D :D

[bwolford]

Tardy!

I have a Canon Digital Rebel/300D/Kiss/Amateur DSLR... Primarily use it for sports and school portraits. Would like to upgrade to a 30D or 5D when I'm a big boy, but by then we'll 40D and 7D and I'll have a hankergin for them.

Spending most of my money on lenses and about to start tossing it into lighting.

Brice

[Africa1]

Hi
I have the Canon 350D/Rebel XT.

Mark

[Byron Gale]

I just have a measly old Sony F717.

[44Magpie]

Magpie,
That was my starter digital camera--still have it!!
Then you know what great quality pics it takes. Although I may upgrade in the future I would never part with the 5050.

[Russinator]

My wife uses a Canon Power Shot S1 IS.

I use a Konica Minolta Dimage Z3.

We went with both these cameras due to their optical zooms.

[Stringbean]

Makes me wonder just how many models of camera's there are out there. :)

[karen donnybrook]

Thousands :eek:

Karen

[chas3stix]

Hi all,
We're a Nikon household. My wife shoots with her Coolpix 7900 and I use a Nikon D70 with a Coolpix 5700 as my back-up.
Chas

[Carbone]

Canon 10D for serious stuff
Canon Powershot A540 for casual photography

Ray

[Jan Ruthig]

My husband still uses our Sony Cybershot that is probably 5 or 6 years old and it still takes great pics. It also takes short video clips.

[gcherry]

I've been using a Nikon Coolpix 8400 for about a year. I needed a camera that could do wide angle without having to change lenses. As a real estate agent, that's a must if I want pictures of the rooms and not just the objects in the rooms. The CP 8400 also has panorama assist so that I can stitch photos together for virtual tours. I'm very pleased with this camera and would recommend it to other agents ... if it hadn't been discontinued.

[mom to 4]

I have a Canon Rebel XT. Also have a little Olympus D-550 zoom, which I still just LOVE.

I was actually going back and forth between buying the Canon Rebel XT and the Nikon D50. I went with the Canon because it seemed so many people had the Canon that if I had any questions, the answer would be only minutes away......BTW....question: Is there a way to just turn off the flash? I know there is an auto mode that you can uses that doesn't fire the flash, but can I somewhere change a setting to not use the flash in other modes??????

Oh, my daughter (15) has a Nikon cool-pic which she just loves, and it takes wonderful pictures.....

I don't think you can go wrong with Canon, Nikons or Olympus!

[TonyW]

I don't think you can go wrong with Canon, Nikons or Olympus!

or Sony or Fuji or even Hasselblad (http://www.hasselblad.se/index.asp?pageURL=/launch0106/h2d39.asp?secId=1143&itemId=3849) (if you have a spare $30,000 plus a bit extra for a lens :D)

Tony

[jazzfisher]

PENTAX.........:cool:

[aardigman]

well... when i asked the question first day ... i didnt expect people to be so passionate about their cameras ....well ...really i did .... but I didnt know how so many Canon people were out there .... you are so misinformed lololol..... Nikon is the way to go...
lolol

[gsansoucie]

I'll contribute. . .

Currently:

Canon 350 Rebel XT
Canon S3IS
Canon A80
Canon Optura 300 Mini DV

Had:
Canon 300 Rebel
Canon S2IS
Olympus D510

(Guess I like Canon?)

Oh yeah, all my DSLR lenses are Canon too:
EF 17-40 F4L
EF 28 F/1.8
EF 28 - 135 IS
EF 70 - 200 F4L
EF 100 F/2.8 Macro

-=Glen=-

[bayhli]

Canon 30D and loving it !

[ritasue]

I'm with Bruce (bnk1953) and have the Minolta 5D; love it, but still learning.

RitaSue

[nkeevers]

Got a Canon Digital Rebel XS slr and am loving it!

[montrealf]

:confused: Geez, Everyone has the Rebel, while I'm stuck on Sony P200 for some reason. I'm gonna have to ry it out and see what it's all about.

[KellyM]

Pentax *ist DS, digital SLR. I've been using this camera for just over 1 year and I love it. My manual/film SLR is a Pentax SuperProgram, plus I also own an Olympus Infinity point-and-shoot film camera.

[ogilberry]

i am very new to site but i have a canon 300d (eos rebel) it is my baby i love her...

i do childrens portraits in brisbane

havent been doing for that long but just love my camera...

fiona


ps did you get that i love my camera hehe...

[Wendy]

Fiona ...

... welcome to the forum :)

I have to 300D too ...

Wendy

[Robyn]

Fiona,

Welcome........nice to see a fellow Aussie!

[mel]

Welcome to the forum Fiona, I'm sure you'll have a great time here :)

Photographing children is one of my favourite things to do as well :)

[ogilberry]

thanks gals i love this site...

i have actually been here quite a few times after i googled somethinga nd it directed me here to various things so thought it about time i joined..

and well i have been sitting here forecer reading and reading oh wow i have so so much to learn hehe....

thanks heaps...
fee

[MarieBoyer]

Nikon D50 user and I love Nikkor lenses and the TTL-flash system! I would buy another D50 in a heartbeat (despite the new hype around the D80). If I could afford it though, I would buy the Nikon D200.

Wish there were a way to have our spouses "pm'd" by our members. Imagine, we could all do it for each other? I would ask you guys to barrage him with pm's around my birthday or Christmas. (Actually, he bought me an IPOD for this birthday, so I cannot complain.)

[karen donnybrook]

Fiona,

Welcome to the forum. As Robyn said, nice to see another Australian join the forum :)

Karen

[Elemobe]

Canon Powershot S60 but starting photography course in September so I'm betting that a SLR will be on the wish list soon. Another Canon??

[ChristineV]

I have a fujifilm finepix S5000 I see someone else here does too Lynda :cool: I just can't seem to get the setting right to get the great shots, sharp and detailed.

[ChristineV]

Oh and I might add that I do not like how the flash shows up and wish that I could turn it off but still have the focusing abilities with it open. sigh

[Carbone]

Canon Powershot S60 but starting photography course in September so I'm betting that a SLR will be on the wish list soon. Another Canon??

Maybe this one ?
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0608/06082416canoneos400drebelxti.asp

:D :D

Ray

[yohl]

im seriously thinking of buying my first DSLR..im having a hard time on deciding what to buy... please, will anyone help me decide? Nikon D50 or Canon EOS 400D - which is coming out sometime next month..

[MarieBoyer]

im seriously thinking of buying my first DSLR..im having a hard time on deciding what to buy... please, will anyone help me decide? Nikon D50 or Canon EOS 400D - which is coming out sometime next month..

I can only tell you about the D50, and I would say this:

Buy it!

[Bob_Benner]

Canon A620. Alot of camera for the price.

[MarieBoyer]

I realize my bold, loud "Buy it" might not really help much. Sorry. I can say that one of the huge advantages of the D50 is its ability to take photos at as high as 1600 ISO with lowish noise. I will give you a recent example from my D50.

The other night, I had low light so I had to bump up the ISO to 1600 to get this shot of my daughter eating cotton candy at a baseball game:
http://marieboyer.smugmug.com/photos/90143174-M.jpg

[jo]

Wow! What a great shot -- and ISO 1600,too!

[Jeff N]

I've been using a Nikon D70 since switching to digital. I really like it. Used Pentax for years before that.

Here is a shot of my grandson with the D70 and the kit lens.

http://host.jwcinc.net/3223792/Wyatt_jello.jpg

[yohl]

*sighs* decisions- decisions.. am just gonna wait for Canon EOS 400D review, which is coming out sometime next month, then maybe i can decide from there.... I love canon personally, I have 2 of them in fact, but i also like NikonD50 or D70 even better *sweet* but it's just too pricey for me, besides am just a beginner and not only that, there is also lens kits etc that i have to consider also.... am just hoping prices will go down as soon as the new ones comes out in the market .. thanks guys ... all feedback are greatly appreciated. have a nice weekend y'all

[mswnow]

Kodak Z740. I love it. It's enough for me. Kind of in between a digital SLR and a point and shoot.

Same here. I love it. although half way between point and shoot and SLR doesnt really describe it. Its more of an SLR in an ergonomic, compact form. At 5 megapixels, it takes great photos, yet at this point in time, I cant tell the diference between photos taken on my camera or photos taken on my cousins Rebel XT (besides the photos themselfes, shes a headshot photographer in NYC) on my laptop screen anyway.

I hope to be upgrading to the sonr dsc-r1 or the samsung digimax pro850 when I can afford it.

[Tracy Lee]

Just another vote for the D50 - it's still smarter than I am, but I'm learning; and WOW is it capable! I am really happy with the added control of DoF and shutter speed over my P&S camera.

[Grant]

Well here are so many cameras out there. The come in a variety of shape, sizes and complexities and the reason being is that that so do people. I use a variety of cameras and they work for me. For most people I believe that the best camera is the one that you are going to use. Sounds a little strange but if you buy a brand XCamera and it is uncomfortable in you hands or around you neck it will mostly remain in the closet. Good cameras don't take picture on there own but are tools in the hands a craftsman. A carpenter buys a well balanced hammer, not a brand, so he can drive nails all day. The hammer is nothing without the carpenter. A good camera is the same it is a tool to make you job easier. Make no mistake it is the photographer that makes the pictures not the camera. The camera makes the job easy. IN the end if you buy a Nikon all this means is "I own a Nikon" .


Now all that said "I own a Nikon" I do hope my photographs say "Grant is a photographer!"

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[MarieBoyer]

I just went shopping for an elderly friend who wanted a user-friendly, high quality digitial camera for grandkid snapshots and such. I steered her toward the Kodak Z750 (I think that is the configuration). I noticed how many on this forum use the Kodak and get great results! I also recommended it to my sister-in-law, who loves it too!

Sometimes, I think point and shoot cameras take better photos "right out of the camera" than some higher end cameras. Cannot say that about my Nikon D50 though. The D50 takes 'em out of the camera better than any point and shoot camera I have seen or used. Especially once you put a prime lens on the D50. Forgeddaboutit!

[chas3stix]

Grant,
When was the last time you heard,"Your pots sure cook tasty food."...:)
Chas

[karen donnybrook]

Too true Grant but we tend to forget that it is the operator and not the camera that takes really good photos. A good photographer would be able to get good photos using any camera but using a good camera he will get brilliant photos.

Karen

[Wendy]

Chas ...

Next time Kerri is on the forum just check out her signature ... it all about that :)

Wendy

[JonE]

I am looking at buying a new digital SLR right now. Had it narrowed down to the Nikon D50 or the Canon Rebel XT. Last week Nikon threw a monkey wrench in the whole process when they introduced the new Nikon D80. The review I read put this camera between the D50 and the D70. So more research to be done.:(

No, the D80 is a D200 put into a D70 body, for the price of what a D70 used to cost not too long ago. It doesn't have every feature of a D200 but it looks to have most of them. http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/d80.htm

I use a D50. At this point, I'm the limiting feature, not the camera. Next would be the lenses perhaps.

[mswnow]

Thanks fiona. you prompted me to wonder how wendy knew you were an aussie, and led me to discover the Location:XXXXX in the top right of the screen