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favourite camera & lens

  • 24-09-2008 3:38pm
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    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 50,890 CMod ✭✭✭✭


    so we know which cameras people own - which cameras do you retain a soft spot for?
    and i'm not talking about basing it on criteria such as FPS, etc.
    which do you enjoy using the most?

    for me, it'd be a toss up between an olympus OM1n w/ 50mm f1.4, or a hasselblad with 80mf2.8 (which is the only lens i have for it).

    i find the fewer controls (within reason - i have a holga and a diana too), the more rewarding the experience.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 713 ✭✭✭Carrigman


    Easy. Canon 5D and Canon 24-105 L Lens.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 53 ✭✭Generalissimo


    I'd have to go with 50mm f1.4 on my Canon 400d - I love carrying that lens around indoors and in low light situations and I get some great portrait shots too.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 609 ✭✭✭duffarama


    For me it has to be OM4Ti and 35mm F2.0.

    For some reason I just really enjoy taking pictures with that combination, so much so that I got a back up 35mm F2.8!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,624 ✭✭✭✭Fajitas!


    I think, my Zorki 4k with 50 f/2 or my 5D with 50 f/1.4

    Funnily enough, 50mm would be far from my favourite focal lenght.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,067 ✭✭✭AnimalRights


    I had a soft spot for my 450D and fav lense at this time and moment out of the few I've owned is the 24-105L, it's just always on my Cam and is a real workhorse.


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  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 50,890 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    duffarama wrote: »
    For me it has to be OM4Ti and 35mm F2.0.
    i have a 4Ti, but i prefer using the OM1 - i usually stick b&w in the OM1, and slide in the 4Ti, due to the more exacting demands on the metering.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 609 ✭✭✭duffarama


    I love using the OM4Ti have yet to use any other OM's apart from the OM10 though and that doesn't come close!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,281 ✭✭✭Ricky91t


    20D and sigma 20-40 can't afford anything better :(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,208 ✭✭✭bren2002


    Nikon F90X with Sigma 24-70 f2.8

    I've had it for about 8 or 9 years, it's been around the world with me.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,263 ✭✭✭✭Borderfox


    5d and 85mm f1.2..


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 109 ✭✭4sb


    I go through phases. A long time ago it was a Nikon F2 & 85mm f2. On my D70 it was my 35mm f2. But seem to use the kit 18-70mm a lot these days. Over the summer I took a few great shots (family) with a Sigma 70-300mm. See what I mean?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 582 ✭✭✭thefizz


    For me it would be my Mamiya 7 Rangefinder with 65mm lens, just perfect for many types of photography.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,713 ✭✭✭DaireQuinlan


    Hmmm. If I'm travelling light then my FE-2 with the 24mm AIS. Otherwise my Bronica SQai with its 50mm.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 11,001 ✭✭✭✭Masada


    Nikon D80 for me, I cant make heads nor tales of canon camera's...
    Im still using the kit lens alot at the moment so i suppose that would be a favourate., :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,538 ✭✭✭sunny2004


    Nikon FA


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