What is your camera?

[TedLeon]

One T3i and one instant.

[stevednp3]

I use and Olympus e-5 for business work and an e-pl1 for personal stuff. Just love the Oly lenes. any other Oly fans here ?

[Nigel G]

Originally Posted by stevednp3

I use and Olympus e-5 for business work and an e-pl1 for personal stuff. Just love the Oly lenes. any other Oly fans here ?

That'll be me. Started here with a C7070 and then for about 4 years with an E30 and added an E-M1 before Christmas. With a grip to balance it it handles the 4/3 glass all the way up to ZD300 just fine. Haven't bought into m4/3 glass yet but could be tempted by the new pro range. Look forward to seeing some of your work here.

[Birdsnapper]

Over four years since the original post. I've had two new cameras in that time, and I'm still a crap photographer. At least I've now realised that the camera doesn't matter - should save me money in the future.

[stevednp3]

Originally Posted by Nigel G

That'll be me. Started here with a C7070 and then for about 4 years with an E30 and added an E-M1 before Christmas. With a grip to balance it it handles the 4/3 glass all the way up to ZD300 just fine. Haven't bought into m4/3 glass yet but could be tempted by the new pro range. Look forward to seeing some of your work here.

Hi Nigel, hello fellow oly user :-) I started with a 410 then e30 and now e5. Its a great workhorse and never lets me down and with the sharpness of the lenses we get on great together. I will move up to the e-m5 at some point, but im holding out to see if they ever do release a e-6 :-/

You can view some of my work on my blog here - www.stephendavies.me.uk

[stevednp3]

Originally Posted by Birdsnapper

Over four years since the original post. I've had two new cameras in that time, and I'm still a crap photographer. At least I've now realised that the camera doesn't matter - should save me money in the future.

Im sure thats not true, have you got a link to your work ?

[petrochemist]

Originally Posted by Birdsnapper

Over four years since the original post. I've had two new cameras in that time, and I'm still a crap photographer. At least I've now realised that the camera doesn't matter - should save me money in the future.

I find the camera can matter:

If I take my full DSLR bag I'm limited to about a mile from the car, or I'll be too knackered to get home.
With the micro 4/3 I'm limited in long telephoto (more spending required - just awaiting a lottery win)
With the older kit I'm limited to at most a few dozen shots (then need to develop or pay for processing....) This gets worse with the medium format & large format cameras.
I'm not likely to go out with my digital microscope (it needs mains power and can't manage any subjects bigger than about 1mm high), but it's useful when the standard macro options don't go far enough.
Only one of my digital cameras is likely to survive going under water.
Few of my cameras are practical for infra red work, and even the 'full spectrum' one seems incapable of recording much UV.
If I'm going to have any success with balloon aerial photography I'm going to need a VERY lightweight camera (it had better be cheap too).

I've got about a couple of dozen cameras with roughly half being digital. Most of those that get used have distinct advantages for their particular sort of photography over the others. Unfortunately I often don't have the right camera with me - recently at a club studio session I found my G5 had no PC socket so I couldn't use the studio flash, should have brought the K7...

Cameras do matter but the bit behind the viewfinder matters more. I'm struggling to upgrade where it matters most

[Rachael Alice]

I have an canon d700 with Canon Prime Lens : Canon EF lens,

[maxcompose]

Sony A6000

[Rachael Alice]

Canon EOS is what I am using as I am a beginner.