What's your camera set-up?

[Will]

I haven't done photography since college, and it shows. But I've got a good camera and some good books to get me back into it again. I thought I'd see what everyone else has got too.

• Nikon f2 camera.
• Nikon Standard 35mm Lense.
• Tripod
• Photoshop
• Basic panasonic digital camera.

I'd really like to buy a lense with a much longer focal length. But I'd also really like to buy a powerful macro lense, but these don't seem to be cheap. I do enjoy close up photography though.

So, I have the basics, and I intend to start using them again soon. How about the rest of you?

[optrex]

For basic stuff I am using a Canon 350D with 75-300 and 28-80 zooms.

[Madhatter]

I haven't got a Digital Camera as such so use my sony k750i phone camera. I've took some good shots on it although due to the low pixel count they're not as clear as a 10megapixel digital or my SLR's. If I use my SLR, I scan them in to the pc using a flatbed scanner.

I have no hesitation in using the above to enter, it's not what you've got, it's what you do with it.

I have an awfull lot of manual focus SLR and some auto focus SLR camera's, mostly canon. You can pick this stuff up relatively cheap nowdays but not from camera shops, it's all camera fayres and ebay. A close up lens is far more usefull than a 300mm
There's a camera Fayre at wolverhampton Race coure this Sunday I believe.

[Shizara]

Originally Posted by Madhatter

........it's not what you've got, it's what you do with it.

People have different camera specs and brands for different reasons, yet, all are capable of taking a picture. I think one of the biggest differences being that with the higher specced cameras you can cope with a greater range of situations. When your camera is not steadied by a tripod or rested against/on another object then your challenge is not just to get a balanced picture in the viewfinder but to hold it steady, especially when taking pictures with longer exposures.

I have used disposable cameras in the past and managed to take clear, balanced pictures with focal points of interest. For a while I used a camera with film and because I tend to be a pointNclickaholic, as you can imagine, the cost of processing was rather high. I now have a nice little Canon IXUS which has done much mileage - especially at Disney - however, for a 'quick pic' I often use my Nokia mobile camera - thank goodness for bigger memory cards.

For those with lower specced cameras your pictures are every bit as important as those from higher specced cameras.