The GTPlanet Gear List Thread

[Boz Mon]

I have a Nikon D40 with the kit lens, and the 55-200mm. I also have a 35mm Pentax ME Super which has a 49mm prime, and a (I think) 80-200mm

 

[bondy_1625]

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#

I was once considering the SP-550 but then i read a complete review on it and decided against. Apparently the extra long zoom suffers from increased chromatic abberation and fringing, also the noise levels werent great.

I've been contemplating the panasonic FZ8 recently and the older FZ7 seems like a more affordable option.

For a site which compares and writes detailed review on new cameras (mainly SLR mind) try www.Dpreview.com

 

[soldiaboy]

canon 30D

 

[GilesGuthrie]

My current gear list:

Bodies
Canon EOS 1d MkIII with red POTN strap
Canon EOS 5d with BG-E4 and black POTN strap

Lenses
Canon EF 15mm F/2.8 Fisheye
Canon EF 35mm F/1.4L USM
Canon EF 85mm F/1.2L II USM
Canon EF 100mm F/2.8 USM Macro with ET-67 hood
Canon EF 100mm F/2.8L IS USM Macro
Canon EF 135mm F/2L USM
Canon EF 400mm F/5.6L USM
Canon EF 16-35mm F/2.8L II USM
Canon EF 24-70mm F/2.8L USM
Canon EF 24-105mm F/4L IS USM
Canon EF 70-200mm F/2.8L IS USM
Canon EF 100-400mm F/4.5-5.6L IS USM
Canon EF 2x II Converter
Kenko Teleplus MC7 2x Converter

Lighting
Canon Speedlite 580EX II
Canon Speedlite MT-24EX
Manfrotto 5001B Light Stand with Lovegrove flash bracket
PocketWizard Mini TT1
PocketWizard Flex TT5
2x FxPro constant daylight lamps

Filters
B+W Kaesmann S-MRC CPL 82mm
B+W 010 UV-Haze MRC 77mm
Hoya NDx8 77mm
Cokin Z-Pro ND Kit
Hitech 10-stop ND

Legs
Manfrotto 190PROB legs/380RC2 head
Gitzo 2541 monopod/Manfrotto 323 QR bracket
Jessops desktop tripod

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

Bags
LowePro Stealth Reporter D400AW
LowePro Vertex 200AW
LowePro Slingshot 300AW
LowePro Toploader 75AW
LowePro Orion Trekker 2

Accessories and Storage
77-82mm step-up ring
TC80-N3 Timer Remote
1x Sandisk Extreme III 8GB CF
4x Sandisk Extreme III 4GB CF
1x Sandisk Extreme III 1GB CF
Sandisk Extreme III 2GB SD
Dane-Elec 1GB SD
Olympus 512MB xD
3x 3rd party BP-511 battery
Goodview 5.6" Digital Photo Frame
LowePro Filter Pouch
Sto-Fen Omnibounce for 580EX
Sto-Fen Omnibounce for MT-24EX
Large Rocket Blower

Computers
Self-built Core i7 920 (3.8GHz), 6GB RAM, 1x 120GB SATA SSD, 4x 1TB SATA RAID 5, Western Digital MyBook 2TB Premium Edition, Dell 24" LCD, WACOM Graphire 4 Classic XL, Windows 7, Photoshop CS3, Lightroom 2.6, Noise Ninja Pro 2, Spyder2 Suite
Dell Studio XPS 13, Core 2 Duo (2.4GHz), 4GB RAM, 320GB SATA, Windows 7, Photoshop CS3, Lightroom 3.0 Beta
Dell Optiplex GX150: P4/1333, 512MB RAM, 2x 750GB PATA (software RAID 1), Ubuntu 7.10, Samba (Backup device)
Dell XPS1000: PIII/1000, 512MB RAM, 2x 300GB PATA HD (software RAID 1) Ubuntu 7.10, Samba (Backup device)

 

[bondy_1625]

Just curious, why do you still keep the 18-55 that probably came with the 350D giles?
The 16-35 and 24-70 cover that focal range and a bit more and provide much better quality.

My guess is either:
A) you only keep it so it can go with the 350D if you decide to upgrade backup bodies or
B) It saves you carrying an extra lens if you know you'll need as close as 18 but as long as 55

If its the latter, why not get a 17-85, it has IS and USM and a much longer range, better image quality and its made better too. The only real
setback is that its f4 rather than f3.5, but the IS makes up for that in low light anyway...

Oh yeah, btw, Nice kit!

Edit: i suppose i'd better update my kit...

Body:
Canon EOS 20D with cheap chinese knock-off BG-E2

Lenses:
Canon EF 17-85mm F/4-5.6 IS USM
Pentax SMC-M 50mm F/1.4
Pentax SMC-M 135mm F/3.5
Carl zeiss Planar T* 50mm F/1.7 (sharp sharp sharp!)
Super Paragon PMC 135mm F/2.8 (practiaclly brand new, cheap)
Derek Gardner Auto 200mm F/3.5 (wide long lens, cheap, aperture stuck wide open)

Flash:
Canon Speedlite 430EX

Accessories:
M42 - EF adapter
C/Y - EF adapter
PK - EF adapter

As you can see, i like my old manual lenses, they're a lot easier to afford on Mcdonalds wages too...
Planning to pick up both a Sigma 10-20mm and an EF 70-300mm IS USM if i can afford it soon.

 

[tait]

I'll join in;

Cameras
Mamiya c330
Mamiya 645 1000s
Nikon d200
Pentax K1000
Splitcam
Holga CN
Lomo ActionSampler
Polaroid Impulse

Lenses
Pentax 24mm 2.8
Pentax 50mm 1.8
Nikon 50mm 1.8
Tamron 28-75 2.8
Mamiya 80mm 2.8
Mamiya 70mm 2.8

Others
I always keep rolls of Ilford Delta 400 B&W on standby
Lowepro shoulder bag (forget the name)
Lowepro AW Computrekker
Hoya r72 67mm Infrared filter
Hoya 67mm UV filter
Some other crap and a no name tripod.

 

[Omnis]

My gear:

Bodies
Canon 40D

Lenses
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f2.8 XR Di LD Aspherical (IF) Macro

Filters
Hoya S-HMC UV(0)

Compacts
Sony Cybershot DSC-V1

Accessories and Storage
SanDisk Extreme IV 4GB
Kingston 19-in-1 media reader

Computer Hardware/Software
Compaq Presario R3000 laptop with 1.58GHz Athlon 64, 1.5GB RAM; Wacom Intuous 3 6x8, Ps CS3,

 

[GilesGuthrie]

Just curious, why do you still keep the 18-55 that probably came with the 350D giles?
The 16-35 and 24-70 cover that focal range and a bit more and provide much better quality.

My guess is either:
A) you only keep it so it can go with the 350D if you decide to upgrade backup bodies or
B) It saves you carrying an extra lens if you know you'll need as close as 18 but as long as 55.

Yeah, I keep it because I'll probably sell the 350d as a kit. It's an EF-S lens anyway, so it doesn't work on the 5d.

 

[RSwagoneer]

My Gear

Camera
Nikon
F601, Coolpix 995, D70s, D200

Panasonic
Lumix TZ5

Lenses:
Nikon
AF-S 17-55 f2.8
AF-S 70-200 VR f2.8
AF-D 35-70 f2.8
AF-S 18-70
Tokina
12-24 F4

And a lot of other usefull stuff

And it's getting used mostly round the tracks over here, like Zolder, Zandvoort and the famous Nurburgring

But I dont mind making a carshoot if an owner asks me too

Grtz

Bryan

 

[Moglet]

My stuffs;

Body
Nikon D50

Lenses
Nikkor DX AF-S 18-55mm
Nikkor DX AF-S 55-200mm
Nikkor AF 50mm 1.8

Filters
Hoya 52mm UV
Giotto 52mm UV
Hoya 52mm Cicular Polariser

Accessories
Velbon X-Video tripod
Unbranded mini tripod
Pentax Optio 33WR compact
Sandisk 1gb SD card
Lowepro Rezo 200 case

Computer Hardware/Software
Apple iMac 2.0ghz 20", Apple iBook G4 1ghz, Adobe Photoshop CS

 

[AMG.]

Body
Canon EOS 1Vhs
Canon EOS 1D Mk II
Canon EOS 1Ds Mk III

Lenses
Canon EF 20-35mm 3.5-4.5
Canon EF 28-70mm 2.8 L
Canon EF 50mm 1.8
Canon EF 100mm 2.8 macro
Canon EF 70-200mm 2.8 L IS
Canon EF 300mm 2.8 L IS
Canon EF 1.4 Mk II converter
Soligor extension tubes

Flash
Canon Speedlite 540EZ
Canon Speedlite 430EX

Studioflash
SYSTEM 3x 600W flashheads
Umbrellas, snoot, softbox, background poles, boom etc., etc., etc.

Filters
Various B+W filters & Polarisers

Legs
Gitzo carbonfibre G1227 + Markins TB20 + Arca Swiss Z1 ballhead
Wimberley Sidekick
Wimberley lens and camera plates 2x P5 2x P30

Manfrotto monopod
Manfrotto tripod (subscription gift) might come in handy some day

Compacts
Sony DSC-650

Accessories and Storage

Sandisk CF 1Gb, 2Gb & 16Gb
Sandisk SD 1Gb, 2Gb
Asus eee pc 700 (Linux) + 320Gb External 2.5” HDD + Sandisk Cardreader (CF/SD) + mini-mouse.

TC-80N3 Timer/Remote
Canon Angle finder
Arctic Butterfly sensor cleaner

Computers
1 PC with 1.5Tb storage, 2Gb RAM, Lightroom and Photoshop CS3

Scanners
Nikon Super Coolscan 5000 ED + Batch processor SF-200
Canon flatbed

AMG.

 

[Syntax error]

Body
Canon EOS 20D
Canon EOS 400D
Canon EOS 5D
Canon EOS 1D MKII
Minolta XG-M
Random collection of ancient slr’s and large format cameras & Holgas

Lenses
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 IS USM L
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4 USM L
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III
Minolta 50mm
Tmaron 80-150ish….. it escapes me as to what it is exactly….
MC MTO-11CA 1000mm (yes you did read that right… it’s not a typo)
Sigma APO 150-500mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM

Flash
Canon Speedlite 430EX

Studioflash
softbox
3x Galanz strobes
filters, umbrellas etc

Filters
Too many to list but allsorts of ND’s, Polarisers etc…

Legs
some cheap Chinese made tripod…. Does the job when needed and has all the functions I require.
3 lighting tripods (Galanz)
Bogen/Manfrotto Vacuum mounts x 2
Avenger F1000 vacuum mounts x2
a few Manfrotto superclamps
Manfrotto 484cr2 Ball head
trusty telescopic pole....

Compacts
Nikon Coopix 5900

Accessories and Storage
Sandisk CF Extreme III in an assortment of sizes
Cheapo card reader from ALDI
A bunch of extra batteries
Canon Battery Grip BG-E3
Canon Remote RS-60E3
Canon Remote Wireless RC-1
Can’t remember what else but a bunch of nicknaks that never get used.

Computers
ASUS M51S laptop
Lightroom
Photoshop CS3 Suite

Travel
Lowepro Slingshot 100 Camera Bag
Lowepro Nova 200 AW Camera Bag

 

[Omnis]

My gear:

Bodies
Canon 40D

Lenses
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f2.8 XR Di LD Aspherical (IF) Macro

Filters
Hoya S-HMC UV(0)

Compacts
Sony Cybershot DSC-V1

Accessories and Storage
SanDisk Extreme IV 4GB
Kingston 19-in-1 media reader

Computer Hardware/Software
Compaq Presario R3000 laptop with 1.58GHz Athlon 64, 1.5GB RAM; Wacom Intuous 3 6x8, Ps CS3,

Update: Got a 580EXII and have 2 8gb Lexar pro CF cards. Compaq bit the dust and I'm now using a vaio laptop.

 

[SPhilli911]

Wow, I feel like a noob in here. Lots of impressive lists here!

Bodies
Nikon D40x
Nikon D90

Lenses
Nikkor AF-S 18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6GII ED
Nikkor AF-S 55-200mm 1:4-5.6G ED
Nikkor AF-S 18-105mm 1:3.5-5.6G ED

Accessories and storage
Nikon SLR camera bag
SanDisk 2GB SD memory card
PNY 2GB SD memory card
Kingston 4GB SD memory card

 

[Scaff]

OK he's when I have at the moment.

Body
Fuji S2 Pro

Lens
Nikon 18~55mm f3.5-5.5 w/Hoya Skylight filter

Bag
Crappy generic no-name thing



And that its for now, but this will grow in the future, as I've just been bitten by SLR photograph in a big way again (and last time it got daft).


Regards

Scaff

 

[Speedster502]

Can't believe I hadn't posted in here.

Body
Canon EOS 350D

Lenses
Canon EF-S 18-55mm Kit Lens
Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS Telephoto Zoom

Bag
Lowe Pro Bag

Filters
Polariser
UV Light Thing

Acessories
Tripod
Battery Hold
4X Battery's
4GB Memory Card (CF)

Software
All the Canon stuff
Adobe Photoshop CS2

 

[GTP_Deathwalker]

My gear:

Bodies
Nikon D80, Nikon D40

Lenses
Nikkor 18-135mm f3.5-5.6 ED, Sigma 135-400m f4-f5.6 APO

Compacts
Panasonic Lumix TZ5

Accessories and Storage
SanDisk Ultra II 4GB x3
Cheapo Play.com Card Reader

Computer Hardware/Software
Advent 7109a with 1.8GHz Intel Centrino, 250GB HDD, 1TB External HDD, Ps CS4

 

[Scaff]

Update



Body
Fuji S2 Pro

Lens
Nikon 50mm f1.8D w/Skylight filter - New
Nikon 18~55mm f3.5-5.5G w/Skylight filter
Nikon 70~300 f/4.5-5.6G w/Skylight filter


Bag
Billingham Hadley
Tamrac Expedition 4


Flash
Nikon SB-22s Speedlight


Tripod
Cullman of unknown vintage


Compact
Sony Sureshot SC-80 (great little compact that actually has a manual mode)


Filters
52mm Polarising Filter
Various Cokin filters


Software
Photoshop CS2
Noise Ninja
Lightroom 2
CZM Image Stacking


Regards

Scaff

 

[Beerz]

Wow, most of you guys have some serious gear!


My gear:

Film:
Minolta Dynax/Maxxum 5

Lenses:
Minolta 28-80mm (iirc)
Tamron 100-300mm

Digital:
Canon Powershot SX100 IS

Other stuff:
18 year-old aluminum tripod (was used with my Hi8 video camera)

 

[gt hc]

Nikon D70
Nikon F6
Nikon D2Hs
Nikon D3
Fuji S5 Pro
Leica D-Lux 4

Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8 AF-S
Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8 AF-S
Nikkor 28-70mm f/2.8 AF-S
Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 AF-S VR
Nikkor 200-400mm f/4 AF-S VR
Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6 AF-D VR

Nikkor 24mm f/3.5 PC Tilt/Shift (manual focus)
Nikkor 28mm 2.8 AI-S (manual focus)
Carl Zeiss 50mm f/1.4 (manual focus)
Nikkor 85mm f/1.4 AF-D
Nikkor 105mm f/2.8 AF-S VR Macro
Sigma 180mm f/3.5 HSM APO DG Macro

AF-S TC-14E II
AF-S TC-17E II

2 x SB-800
2 x SB-900
2 x SB-28
1 SB-28 DX
1 SB-26
1 SU-800

Website is at: http://www.hombrecomplicado.eu/

 

[Kryz11]

Hey everyone, right now I am using old Canon Power Shot A 80 camera with 4.0 mega pixels. It was good for its time for normal uses, but now I would need something better. When I take someone's picture, the delay is terrible with flash and usually pics end up with closed eyes.. As well it may get very blurry when taking something in even slow motion.


I need something bit more advanced, but not too advanced.. I do not want the digital pocket size cams, I want something that looks like or is a SLR .

Budget.. $300 USD +50 if something is really worth the 350. Also with removable and upgradable lenses that I can always buy in the future.

Once again, something good for the price, and I am not looking into 400 dollar plus cameras.

 

[Takumi Fujiwara]

I feel like I've done a lot of these lately...

Nikon D300s w/ MB-D10 Grip
Nikon D2X
Nikon D50

AF-S Nikkor 12-24 f/4 DX
AF Nikkor 24-85 f/2.8-4 D
AF-S Nikkor 35mm f/1.8
AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 D
AF-S Nikkor 55-200 f/4-5.6 VR II
AF-S Nikkor 70-200 f/2.8 VR

Nikon Speedlight SB-800
Nikon SC-28 TTL cable
Calumet Genesis 400 (2x)

BENRO 4-section Carbon tripod w/ Manfrotto compact ballhead
Tiltall tripod
Manfrotto aluminum monopod w/ Manfrotto monopod head

Crumpler Seven Million Dollar Home
Tamrac TurboCyberPro
Tamrac Adventure 10 backpack

That's all the interesting stuff. No sense listing the tons of gels, light modifiers, cords and cables, etc. Next thing up on the list, I think, will be an SB-900. A portrait prime wouldn't be awful, either, maybe an 85 1.8, and I'd also like to get a film body at some point.

 

[CDailey]

Woohoo...just bought a Canon XSi with the EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS

 

[Danster]

Fujifilm S2000
Fujifilm S1500
Kodak EasyShare V1003 Zoom

 

[GTP_Deathwalker]

My gear:

Bodies
Nikon D80,
Nikon D40

Lenses
Nikkor 18-135mm f3.5-5.6 ED,
Sigma 135-400m f4-f5.6 APO

Compacts
Panasonic Lumix TZ5

Accessories and Storage
SanDisk Ultra II 4GB x3
Cheapo Play.com Card Reader

Computer Hardware/Software
Advent 7109a with 1.8GHz Intel Centrino,
250GB HDD,
1TB External HDD,
PS CS4

UPDATE:

iMac 21.5" 3.06GHz 500GB nVidia 9400M
Aperture 2
Photoshop CS3 Mac
iLife '09

The D40 is now dead! :'(

 

[Sam48]

ignore post.

 

[Sam48]

Corning NY 2009
http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/3108/dscn1316k.jpg

Sorry about all this, but how do I resize the images?

 

[boiltheocean]

Use imageshack.... and you've sort of missed the point of the thread, you've meant to post a list of what you use.

 

[Owen.C93]

Sony A200

18-70 Kit lens,
100mm Macro f3.5,
70-300mm Sigma APO,

Various filters

HVL-F42AM Flash gun,

Cheapo tripod

To buy list= 50mm f1.8, better tripod, some weather.

 

[Mugen_1]

Body:

Canon Rebel XSi

Lenses

18-55 f/3.5-4.5 IS kit lens
55-250 f/4-5.6 IS zoom
10-22 f/3.5-4.5 ultra wide

Borrow:

70-200 f/2.8 L
300 f/4 L
17-35 f/2.8L