The GTPlanet Gear List Thread

[Sprite]

Canon 400D
Canon 18-55mm Kit lens
Tamron 70-300mm lens
Jessops 13, 21, 31mm Extension tubes
Canon EW60C lens hud for kit lens
Canon Remote Switch 60E3
Canon BGE-3 Battery Grip
Canon NB-2LH spare battery
Jessops UV filters for both lenses
Sandisk 1gb Ultra 2 & 256mb CF cards
Hoya Infrared (R72) Filter

 

[GilesGuthrie]

Here's my "gear list" from POTN:

Body
Canon EOS 350d with cheap Chinese knock-off Grip and black POTN strap

Lenses
Canon EF 50mm F/1.4 USM with ET-71 hood
Canon EF-S 18-55mm F/3.5-5.6
Canon EF 75-300 F/4-5.6 USM III with ET-60 hood
Kenko Teleplus 2x Converter

Flash
Canon Speedlite 580EX

Filters
2x Canon 1A 58mm Filters
KOOD 58mm Circular Polariser

Legs
Manfrotto 190PROB legs/380RC2 head (replaces Hama tripod)
Jessops desktop tripod

Compacts
Olympus Camedia C-750UZ
Canon Digital IXUS 850IS

Accessories and Storage
RS60-E3 Remote
Sandisk Extreme III 4GB CF
Dane-Elec 4GB CF
Sandisk Extreme III 2GB SD
Dane-Elec 1GB SD
Olympus 512MB xD
3x 3rd party NL-2BH battery
Goodview 5.6" Digital Photo Frame

Computers
Self-built Athlon X2 4800+, 3GB RAM, 2x 250GB SATA RAID 0, 19" Sony LCD, WACOM Graphire 4 Classic XL, Windows XP Pro SP2, Photoshop CS2, Paint Shop Pro 7, Fireworks 8
Dell XPS1000: PIII/1000, 512MB RAM, 2x 300GB PATA HD (software RAID 1) Ubuntu 6.06.1, Samba (Backup device)

 

[breakpoint]

If i listed all the filters i had the site would run out of bandwidth. Too bad that i bought all of them when i had my pentax, cant use any of them on my nikon's.

 

[Frizbe]

For the fiancé she got a Cannon A540 for XMas.

Then she got me a Sony A100 for Valentine's day.

 

[F1GTR]

You're marrying the right person

 

[Frizbe]

You're marrying the right person

And thats on the low end of awesome things she does.

 

[chen2gtpl]

I own a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ3 too.
I like it very much!

 

[Joey D]

Hey I just bought a new camera the Olympus Stylus 760.

Pretty nice camera. The sole selling feature was the fact it was weather proof, which will be nice when I head off to Europe this summer. I got a really good deal on it, the camera, a 1GB card, a case, and a 4 year warrenty for $279.99 at Best Buy. Can't really complain about that.

The image stabilization is awesome, takes decent pictures even in the car and it has one of those continuous shutter modes which I find awesome. Also I can order a thing so it takes under water pictures, which I might in fact do.

 

[CrackHoor]

I picked myself up a Canon A710 IS a couple weeks ago:

I was looking for something with decent image quality, lots of manual control options, and the ability to point & shoot if I'm feeling lazy. I'm new to photography, and I hope it'll also let me learn the basics and decide if it's something I'll stick with before I drop cash on a DSLR. I've already got a D80 & 18-200mm lens package picked out...

 

[Derrict]

Canon 1D MKII
Canon 20D
Canon 350D
Canon 16-35 f/2.8L
Canon 70-200 f/2.8L IS
Canon 50 f/1.8
Canon 580EX
Canon 420EX
Alien Bees B800

assorted B+W filters, Bogen 3021 BPRO tripod legs, Bogen 422RC2 tripod head, Gitzo carbon fiber monopod, several camera bags, and a bunch of other stuff.

 

[RouWa]

Camera in my car for unforeseen occurrences: Sony F717.

Camera I use for all other things:

Body
Canon EOS 30D

Lenses
Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM

Flash
Canon Speedlite 580EX (which consumes more power than my computer)


I will buy a 50mm soon. Haven't decided yet which one.

@Derrict
Why do you have a Canon 50 f/1.8 lens? That's like fueling a ferrari with Diesel.

 

[Sting]

Got a new camera to replace my old Fujifilm A202. Now got a Fujifilm Finepix V10.

It even has 4 little games on it. lol

 

[F1GTR]

@Derrict
Why do you have a Canon 50 f/1.8 lens? That's like fueling a ferrari with Diesel.

Because the 50mm f/1.4 L is too expensive?

 

[exigeracer]

I got a Sony a100 in September, took 3000 frames in the first 3 months of ownership. I've settled down a bit since then, but definitely a fun camera to own.

Sony put out the a100 shortly after buying Minolta, so there's a lot of carryover between who made the camera and who's name is on it. I still haven't gotten tired of explaining that just because it's Sony doesn't mean it's crap. I'd definitely recomend it.

 

[GhoX]

I have a Nikon D50, and have taken about 5,600 shots since I bought it last summer. I mostly use a 50mm 1.8, a 55-200 tamron, and the kit lens it came with (a 18-55mm)

I use it mostly for car photography, and even got some spy shots of the new merc c-class with it, but they're not any good anymore

 

[V1P3R]

Sorry about bringing up an old thread... Again.

My new Nikon S10 is great, the best compromise I could find for a compact camera.

 

[KieranMurphy]

I bought myself a Nikon D40 a couple of weeks ago. I decided that a Nikon D40 and some extra gear (55-200mm zoom lens, clear filters to protect the lens, nice camera bag, etc.) was a better investment than going for the D40X. I don't really care about those extra megapixels. 6Mp will give me 15"x10" prints at 200dpi which is more than enough for me.

KM.

 

[Venom800tt]

I have a Canon SD630

 

[FastFerrari]

Samsung Digimax D53 5.1 megapix...great price...$88

 

[G.T]

I replaced my old s5500 with a S9500, that my Mum used to own and never used. We swapped camera and gave her just £50. It wouldn't be my camera of choice, but for that price you can't go wrong.

 

[Blackbird.]

Fujifilm S5100

Had it for about 2 years it's the best camera i've ever used for it's price. As far as price goes I don't remember but I think it was around $250

 

[Jay.]

Sony Cybershot DSC-H1.

5.1 MP, 12 x Optical zoom.
The best quality photos I've ever taken.
Got it 2 years ago for £280.

Money well spent. 👍

 

[Cod_Father]

Just bought a Pentax k10D last night. So far seems like a very capable camera for my skill level and the price was more than right.

now I just need to get a SDHC card reader as my Dell 2407FPW monitor apparently can't read that format

 

[bondy_1625]

I got a Canon Eos 20D with an 18-55 kit a year or so ago, and more recently a Panasonic lumix DMC LZ5.

My digital bag;

Canon Eos 20D.
EF-S 18-55mm F3.5-5.6.
Sandisk Ultra III 1Gb CF card.
Marchwood Tripod.
EF 80-200mm F4.5-5.6. (soon)
EF 28-80mm F3.5-5.6 MKIV USM. (soon)

As for film i have a few more....

Pentax MV + Centon 50mm f2.
Pentax MZ-30 + Pentax SMC FA 28-90mm F3.5-5.6.
Pentax ME Super. (Rare all black finish)
Pentax 50mm F1.8.
Centon 28-70mm F4-5.6.
Centon 70-210mm F4.5-5.6
Pentax AF200s Dedicated flash
9" cable release
+1, +2 and +4 Close up filters

My favourite pic with my Canon 20D:

And my fave with the MZ-30:

 

[foggy_notion]

I own an OTEC DV-380 12MP Digital Video Camera

Gusta, I bought the same camera
OTEC DV-380 12MP Digital Video Camera,
But I have a new computer and I lost the
Driver software for the camera, so now I
can't load pictures on my computer.

Any sugestions? Do you know where I can
download the driver? I looked everywhere.
Maybe you can send it to me?

 

[Derrict]

@Derrict
Why do you have a Canon 50 f/1.8 lens? That's like fueling a ferrari with Diesel.

I haven't been on the forum since April lol

It was $70, why not? lol I'll eventually buy a 50 1.4 or 85 1.8 but it's not high on my priority of things to buy. The 1.8 has a slow, inaccurate autofocus mechanism (which is loud), it's soft until stopped down to about f/3.2, and excessive vignetting but it's still a fast and cheap prime.

Here are a few sample pictures from it

 

[Alex.]

I fancy a decent camera as I only have a canon digital ixus 500. Those SLR type ones with the large lenses and huge optical zooms look cool but I know theyre extortionate prices.

Can anyone suggest a good camera to be had between £150 ($295.12) and £200? ($393.50)??

Thanks for any help

I'm currently looking at this olympus sp-550
http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/SP550/SP550A.HTM#

 

[TB]

Can anyone suggest a good camera to be had between £150 ($295.12) and £200? ($393.50)??

Thanks for any help

I'm currently looking at this olympus sp-550
http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/SP550/SP550A.HTM#

According to consumer Reports, the SP-550UZ is $300 and received an overall score of 65. As a point of comparison, a Canon PowerShot A720 IS is $200 with a score of 75. Higher price doesn't always equal a better camera.

Highs
Very good flash range. Features 18x optical zoom and wide-angle lens. Includes manual controls and a mechanical image stabilizer. Also, it can save images in RAW format.

Lows
Picture quality is good, but not as high as comparable cameras. Long shutter lag. Lacks some ease of use features; flash does not automatically pop up in low light. No indication that camera has locked focus when shutter is pressed halfway down. Expensive.

Bottom Line
A very good camera, but expensive. Its very long optical zoom and wide angle lens (to capture more of a scene than a standard lens) are unusual. But picture quality and performance (namely shutter lag) weren't as high as comparable compacts.

Highs
Very good picture quality. Long 6x optical zoom. Reasonably priced. Includes optical image stabilizer, optical viewfinder, manual controls and manual focus.

Lows
Flash is too close to where you hold the camera, possibly obstructing the strobe. Batteries may fall out of camera when changing memory card.

Bottom Line
This moderately priced PowerShot offers many shooting options, such as manual and exposure controls, plus practical features, such as an optical viewfinder, which can be helpful in composing in bright light situations. It also has an optical image stabilizer, which can assist in low-light shots. It had very good next-shot delay and good shutter lag. For such an inexpensive point-and-shoot, it's very versatile. For example, it can zoom optically while recording video.

Feel free to ask about any others you're interested in as well. I might suggest that you start a new thread so as not to clutter this one up to terribly bad.

 

[Alex.]

Thanks alot TB, Ill take a look at the A720,

👍

I will make a new thread if the decision becomes more complicated 👍

 

[Nitrof1]

Sony W7