Just curious- a few questions about people in this forum

serjical_strike

1. What camera & equipment do you have?
canon 50D with 17-55 kit lens and 50mm f1.8 lens
pentax k-1000 film camera with 50mm f2.0 lens
flashes, filters and other usual things!!

2. Are you pro photographer or just hobby?
hobby as of now, in college studying photography so after that hoping to become a pro!!

3.what's your fav lens?
50mm f1.8 for my 50D, love it, rarely use anythin else!!

4. Where do you live?
cork city

5uspect

1. What camera & equipment do you have?
350D, 7D and Holga 120.
Sigma 10-20
EF 50 f/1.8
EF 24-70 f/2.8 L
EF 70-200 f/2.8 L
580EX II
Filters, extension tubes, cheap tripod and other bits and bobs.

2. Are you pro photographer or just hobby?
Just a hobby.

3.what's your fav lens?
The two Ls!

4. Where do you live?
London, just moved over.

Freddie59

Camera: Canon Eos 40D/Speedlite 430 EX/Canon 17-55 f/2.8 Lens/Tokina WA 12-24 lens/Manfrotto Tripod

Type: Purely hobbyist

Fav Lens: Canon 17-55 f/2.8 IS lens

From: Waterford.

kensutz

1. What camera & equipment do you have?

Lots of cameras and lenses and flashes etc

2. Are you pro photographer or just hobby?

Pro
3.what's your fav lens?

500mm

4. Where do you live?

Waterford

Sleepy

1. Digital:

• Canon 450D w/18-55 IS, 50 f1.8, Tamron 17-50 f2.8 and Canon 55-250 IS
• Sony Cybershot DSC-T7

Film:

• Olympus OM-2n w/ Zuiko 50 1.8, Vivitar 28 f2.8, Zuiko 135 f3.5 and T32 flash
• Canon 300v w/ 28-80 f3.5-5.6 Mark I
• Fed 3 w/ Industar 50 2.8
• Minolta X300 w/ Rokkor 50 1.7 and Clubman 80-200 f4.5
• Brownie no 2 model f

There's some old Advantix 35mm compacts and an underwater disposable here somewhere too as well as loads of release cables, remotes, extension tubes etc. for the Canon.

2. Total Amateur which makes the length of the list above look ridiculous!

3. The Zuiko 50 1.8

4. Dublin

sNarah

Gear:
* Sony A200 with standard kit lens
* Praktica MTL5
* Several Polaroids
* Mercury Univex
* Several other film bits and pieces

Lens:
Favourite lens is the 50mm on my Praktica

Hobbyist

Co Dublin/Meath border

ThOnda

1. What camera & equiptmwnt do you have?
Canon 5D, 50/1.8, 24-70/2.8, 70-200/2.8, 500/8, flash, tripod. Hasselblad EL/M and Zeiss Planar 80/2.8. Fed 2, Flexaret, Lomo LK-A, Pentax Espio Mini, Pentax MZ-6 + 28-70/4.
2. Are you pro photographer or just hobby?
Hobby. Bloody expensive hobby.
3.what's your fav lens?
24-70/2.8L
4. Where do you live?
Dublin outskirts

Deliverance XXV

Camera Equipment:
- Canon 450D, Canon EOS300.
- Canon 50mm, 100mm, 18-55mm.
- Sigma 10-20mm, 55-200mm, 70-300mm.

I'm an amateur and I plan on staying that way.

My favourite lens is my Sigma 10-20mm.

Kilkenny.

pbt20

1. Canon EOS 1000d +EF-S18-55mm, +EF-S70-300, +50mm f1.8.
Canon AE1 35mm +50mm F1.8.
2. Hobby.
3. 50mm f1.8.
4. Galway.

Kbeg3

Nikon D300, Nikon 18-200, Nikon 16-35 f/4, Nikon 50 f/1.8, Sigma 10-20, Sigma 150-500

Just a hobby

Favourite lens is the Nikon 16-35 f/4 VR

Kilkenny

cnocbui

1) Olympus bodies - OM4-Ti, OM-4, XA2
Zuiko lenses: 21mm f2, 28mm f2, 35-80mm f2.8, 50mm f1.2, 80mm f4 auto macro, 90mm f2 macro, 180mm f2, 300mm f4.5, 1.4 x teleconverter, 50mm f1.4 loupe. Lens hoods for all except 80/4

flashes: T32 and T8 , T-power control, 2m flash extension cable

Macro accessories: 7, 14 and 25mm auto extension rings and a 65-116 telescopic auto extension tube and Zuiko 170mm close up lens for 80/4 macro



Kiron 28-200 f3.8/5.6 OM

Nikon: F600, Nikkor 35-70/3.8-4.5, Tamron 28-200/3.8-5.6

Canon: Canonflex, 55/1.2 135/2.8

Benbo 2 tripod

2) Amateur

3) 180mm f2

4) Midwest

hoganpoly

1. What camera & equipment do you have?
Canon 1d mk11,40d,17-35 2.8L, 70-200 2.8L,300 2.8L, Speedlight, monopod plus other bits and pieces
2. Are you pro photographer or just hobby?
Hobby at first but getting a few paid jobs of late ,always learning and really enjoy the challenge of getting the "shot" when needed!!
3.what's your fav lens?
70-200/2.8L
4. Where do you live?
Lovely Laois but Londoner at heart!!

Borderfox

1. What camera & equiptment do you have? Lots





2. Are you pro photographer or just hobby? Pro
3.what's your fav lens? 85mm f1.2L
4. Where do you live? Meath

sineadw

5D, 350D, few rangefinders, few TLRs, few SLRs, various odds and ends and flashes and cameras and things. Most of what I'm shooting on these days is not mine Borrowed Hassie, large format camera in college (mmmmmm...).

Student. Want to teach.

50 1.4 (actually, borrowed 50 1.2. It's really really gorgeous). Or anything on medium format.

Dublin.

Mike Litoris

1. What camera & equiptmwnt do you have?

Fuji S5, Nikon D50, 18-70mm, 50mm, 30mm, 105mm x 2, 10-20mm, SB 600 and some filters

2. Are you pro photographer or just hobby?

Hobby

3.what's your fav lens?

Nikkor 105mm f2.5ais or Sigma 30mm F 1.4.

4. Where do you live?

Ballyfermot.

Kintarō Hattori

1 - Pentax K7, K100D Super, ME Super x 2, Nikon EM, Fed 5 and a Yashica 12

2 - Hobby

3 - Fave lens is the Pentax SMC P-FA 50mm

4 - I'm on the northside but soon to be very very northside!

honerbright

What camera & equiptment do you have?
Sony a200 + Minolta 50mm 1.7 Fixed Lens, Sony 18-70mm 3.5-5.6 Kit Lens, Minolta 70-210mm 4.5-5.6 Zoom Lens, .45x Wide Angle w/Macro lens attachment.

Canon EOS 5000 + 18-55mm kit lens.

Are you pro photographer or just hobby?
Hobby! Although I am going through a horrific slump right now .

What's your fav lens?
All of them, although love the 50mm for indoors (darn rain!!).

Where do you live?
Galway!

Sleepy

cnocbui wrote: »

1)Zuiko lenses: .... 35-80mm f2.8

Interesting... how does that compare to the OM primes in terms of image quality?

Sorry for the O/T

Heebie

What do you think of the K-7? I've got a K20D and a K10D, so the K-7 or the K-5 would be kind of a logical step-up for me at some point.

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

1 - Pentax K7, K100D Super, ME Super x 2, Nikon EM, Fed 5 and a Yashica 12

2 - Hobby

3 - Fave lens is the Pentax SMC P-FA 50mm

4 - I'm on the northside but soon to be very very northside!

DougL

I suppose I might as well add my two cents to this thread.

1. What camera & equipment do you have?

Canon 5Dmk2, 24-70L f/2.8, Sigma 70-200 f/2.8

2. Are you pro photographer or just hobby?

Hobby

3.what's your fav lens?

EF-S 17-55 f/2.8

(sweetest lens I've owned, but I had to sell it when I went full-frame)

4. Where do you live?

Enfield, Meath

stabo

1. Canon 450D,canon AE-1 and minolta dynax 404si. 50mm f1.8,sigma 10-20, sigma 70-300,580ex ii flash filters etc.

2. Hobby

3. Fav lens is sigma 10-20mm.

4. From Tipp live in Lucan.

duffarama

Sleepy wrote: »

Interesting... how does that compare to the OM primes in terms of image quality?

Sorry for the O/T

It is apparently one of the finest lenses they ever made, read more below

http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/hardwares/classics/olympusom1n2/shared/zuiko/htmls/3580mm.htm

DK32

1. Canon 5DmkII , 24-70 f/2.8, 24-105 f4, 50mm f/1.8, 580ex II lots of other bits & some studio lights, softbox, reflectors etc...

2. Amateur, Occasionally paid

3. Favorite lens is 24-70 f/2.8

4. Greystones, Co. Wicklow

Simplicius

1. What camera & equipment do you have?

Hmm. Nikon F75, F80, Nikkormatt, FE1, Konica: Auto S3, Konica TC, Fuji ST 605-901 and all in between Canon AE1 Program. Voitlander..most of vitos, Perkeos, and a BessaII. Zeiss Super Ionta's and the list goes on and one.. gotta add Minolta Autocords x3 as I use them a lot. Latest crush Welta Weltur with f2.8 xenar. Leica IIIf still to be test run.. Exa's -- great fun

2. Are you pro photographer or just hobby? Hobby

3.what's your fav lens? 50mm f1.4D nikkor in 35mm or f/4.5 Solinar in MF
4. Where do you live? Dublin

Kintarō Hattori

Heebie wrote: »

What do you think of the K-7? I've got a K20D and a K10D, so the K-7 or the K-5 would be kind of a logical step-up for me at some point.

Oh I really like it- well built, laughably easy to use and with a million options I still haven't gone near. The K5 looks like it's a nice camera but its arrival should mean a price drop for the K7. If you're around Dublin I can let you have a go of mine if you haven't tried it somewhere already.

dinneenp

Cheers for all the replies so far.
I never realised people would have so much equiptment, in some cases more than 1 good, high spec camera.
What's the need for >1 camera, unless 1 is a backup? But if you're not a pro why do you need a bakcup?
I thought that most people would upgrade and sell their older one.

Paulw

It can be hard to sell off an older body, for a decent price.

For me, a 2nd body is always very useful for sport.

run_Forrest_run

dinneenp wrote: »

1. What camera & equiptmwnt do you have?
2. Are you pro photographer or just hobby?
3.what's your fav lens?
4. Where do you live?
Cheers,
pa

1. Nikon D80 with nifty 50, kit lens & 18-200 VR, Sigma SA7 (film) with kit lens
2. Hobby (and barely that at the moment...I'm gone so bad, camera bag has dust on it at the moment:eek:)
3. 18-200 VR
4. Cork

cnocbui

Sleepy wrote: »

Interesting... how does that compare to the OM primes in terms of image quality?

Sorry for the O/T

Its surpasses all the available Zuiko primes who's field of view fall within its range. 35/2, 40/2, all the standard 50's, 80/2. The 50/2 macro is probably the only exception. It has a bit more barrel distortion than the 35's but makes up for that in resolution and contrast. I sold off my 35/2 after acquiring the 35-80 and have thought of selling the 50/1.2 but can't quite bring myself to do that ;-)

Some people are horrified at the price of this lens but if you add up the cost of the fixed primes it can replace, it is no more expensive - or wasn't the last time I did the calculations.

theboat

1. What camera & equiptmwnt do you have?
-Canon 30D, 18-55mm kit lens.
-Nikon FM2, with 50mm 1.8 and a 105mm 2.5.

2. Are you pro photographer or just hobby?
-Hobby.

3.What's your favourite lens?
-The 50mm 1.8 on the FM2. Just gorgeous.

4. Where do you live?
-Lyon at the moment, Dublin usually.