Whats your set up?

Wailin

Canon 6D body
Canon 24-105mm f/4-used very little, not mad about this lens.
Canon 17-40mm f/4-great lens.
Canon 35 mm f/1.4-excellent prime lens.

Also have a Canon 450D modified for astro stuff.

Hoping to get a 70-200mm in the near future, would love the 2.8 II IS but way too expensive! Not sure whether to go for the 2.8 non IS or the f/4 IS. Would also love the 24mm tilt and shift lens but need to stop somewhere!

Zascar

Walin what's the point in having the 24-105 f4, and the 17-40 f4 - all your getting is an extra few mms of wide? Or am I wrong?

Wailin

Zascar wrote: »

Walin what's the point in having the 24-105 f4, and the 17-40 f4 - all your getting is an extra few mms of wide? Or am I wrong?

I had the 10-22mm lens previously with my crop camera (1100D) before I sold it and the 17-40mm is almost the exact same focal range so I bought it because I love the wide angle stuff for landscape. Those extra 7mm make a world of a difference trust me. I wouldn't call 24mm a true wide angle really. The 24-105 is the kit lens that came with the camera and I went with it because it's a useful lens for portraits, the rare times that I actually do them. But, in truth, I probably will sell it off to fund the 70-200mm that I want to get eventually.

Daveysil15

Canon 550D with the 24-105 F4.
I have a 50mm 1.8 and a 55-250 but I rarely use those now.
One 430 ex flashgun and a few modifiers, triggers, tripod, light meter and a polariser.

secman

Nikon d7000
Nikon 18-105 dx kit lens
Nikon 35m 1.8 dx prime
sigma 10-20
Nikon 55-300 dx

no flash gun yet !

swingking

Canon 5D
60D
24-70L f2.8
70-200L f2.8
50 f1.4
580EX


And my favourite camera is probably my trusty X100. I never leave home without it.

I had considered upgrading to the X-E1 but staying with the X100

muppetkiller

Fuji X-E1
Fujifilm 27mm
and XF18-55mm

Saving for the X-T1 at the moment

Zascar

Wow these Fuji's seem to be popular! Are they really that good? I'm curious

.Longshanks.

Zascar wrote: »

Wow these Fuji's seem to be popular! Are they really that good? I'm curious

I've owned a canon 1000d, 40d, 7d, 5d MKII, 6d, fuji x100 and a fuji x100s over the years.
The fuji xt1 is by far my favourite

zero19

Pentax K-R with various low cost lenses,
Pentax Q with 01 Prime and 03 Fisheye,
Fuji XF1 which I love and use most often now.

Paddy@CIRL

Canon EOS 5D MKIII w/grip
Canon EOS 1D MKIII
Canon EOS 7D w/grip
Sony NEX5

Canon 300 f/2.8 L IS
Canon 70-200 f/2.8 L IS
Canon 85 f/1.2 L
Canon 35 f1.4 L
Canon 24-105 f/4 L
Canon 17-40 f/4 L
Canon 1.4x
Canon 2.0x

Sony 18-55 OSS
Sony 16 f/2.8
Sigma 30 f/2.8
Sigma 19 f/2.8

Then flashguns, triggers, suction mounts, clamps, light stands, flash heads, portable power packs, video microphone, filters, batteries etc. Thinking of selling my 24-105 & 135 and getting a 24-70 2.8 and something else instead.

Zascar

Jeasus Paddy! What's your favourites?

Bacchus

Mike.Za wrote: »

Nikon D7000
Nikon 35mm 1.8 DX
Nikon 85mm 1.8 FX
Nikon 70-300mm 4.5-5.6 FX ED IF VR
Tokina 11-16 2.8 DX

My second Body and Lenses are:

Minolta SRT 100x
50mm 1.7 MD Rokkor-X
28mm 2.8 MD Rokkor-X

I Only Shoot Porta 400 or TriX 400 on this

What do you think of the Tokina 11-16 2.8 DX?

I'm considering it for my next purchase. I've nothing wide enough at the moment on my D90.

My kit...
Nikon D90
Nikon 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 G ED VR II
Nikon 50mm f/1.8D
Lensbaby Composer
SB-600

+ 2 tripods and a couple of filters

Paddy@CIRL

Zascar wrote: »

Jeasus Paddy! What's your favourites?

Depends on circumstances I guess. If i'm shooting trackside, the 1D3 & 300 with the 5D3 & 70-200 is pretty potent. If I'm in the paddock, it would likely be 1D3 & 70-200 and 5D3 with 35. I reckon a 24-70 2.8 would fit really nicely into this setup over the 24-105 but my 24-105 is so damn sharp it's proving difficult to make my mind up

Daveysil15

Paddy@CIRL wrote: »

Depends on circumstances I guess. If i'm shooting trackside, the 1D3 & 300 with the 5D3 & 70-200 is pretty potent. If I'm in the paddock, it would likely be 1D3 & 70-200 and 5D3 with 35. I reckon a 24-70 2.8 would fit really nicely into this setup over the 24-105 but my 24-105 is so damn sharp it's proving difficult to make my mind up

Nice set up Paddy. I have the 24-105 and its a great lens. Just wondering if there's much of a difference between the 24-105 and the 85mm 1.2 in terms of sharpness? I'm thinking of getting the 85mm for portraits.

Paddy@CIRL

Daveysil15 wrote: »

Nice set up Paddy. I have the 24-105 and its a great lens. Just wondering if there's much of a difference between the 24-105 and the 85mm 1.2 in terms of sharpness? I'm thinking of getting the 85mm for portraits.

Completely different lenses for distinct purposes. The 24-105 is a great do-everything lens whilst the 85 is an absolute stunner of a portrait lens. It weights a bloody tonne and is slow to AF but it's razor sharp, even when wide open.

MarkN

Paddy@CIRL wrote: »

Depends on circumstances I guess. If i'm shooting trackside, the 1D3 & 300 with the 5D3 & 70-200 is pretty potent. If I'm in the paddock, it would likely be 1D3 & 70-200 and 5D3 with 35. I reckon a 24-70 2.8 would fit really nicely into this setup over the 24-105 but my 24-105 is so damn sharp it's proving difficult to make my mind up

I have a 24-105 F4 and a 24-70 2.8 II. The difference is quite a bit if that helps you make up your mind

I'm often tempted to sell my 24-105 to fund a 17-40 but never quite sure if I should.

Paddy@CIRL

MarkN wrote: »

I have a 24-105 F4 and a 24-70 2.8 II. The difference is quite a bit if that helps you make up your mind

I'm often tempted to sell my 24-105 to fund a 17-40 but never quite sure if I should.

17-40 is a great lens although it feels strange on crop bodies. Think my budget will only stretch to a MKI 24-70

MarkN

My thoughts on it are I've a 24-70 and a 70-200 so I have the length of the 24-105 covered but don't have anything wider than the 24-70/105 so maybe I'd get more all round use by having a 17-40.

Daveysil15

Paddy@CIRL wrote: »

Completely different lenses for distinct purposes. The 24-105 is a great do-everything lens whilst the 85 is an absolute stunner of a portrait lens. It weights a bloody tonne and is slow to AF but it's razor sharp, even when wide open.

Is this common with prime lenses? The AF is terrible on my 50mm. It's the main reason why I don't use it anymore.

Leftyflip

Daveysil15 wrote: »

Is this common with prime lenses? The AF is terrible on my 50mm. It's the main reason why I don't use it anymore.

I know my Nikon 50mm 1.4 has a lightning fast AF. A friend of mine has a Canon 50mm 1.8 and the AF is pretty decent. I've no experience with other primes though.

D.S.

I started off with a Nikon d90 with a Nikkor dx 18-200mm, Nikkor 50mm 1.8d, Nikkor 35mm 1,8d but upgraded last year to a D800 and added;

14-24mm Nikkor 2.8
24-70 Nikkor 2.8
70-200 Nikkor f4
85mm Nikkor f1.8
Zeiss 50mm f1.8 z2 planar
Plus a range of lenses, flashes and tripod

Managed to get most from eglobal and a few through a few contacts to save cash.

D800 is a brilliant camera, and file sizes are great for post processing. However, I quickly found that good lenses were key for this camera due to the resolving power. I also have found that I am moving away from the zooms towards prime lenses as am on a hunt for better sharpness and quality at the apertures I shoot at.

One drawback is maybe size / weight (that fuji system looks awesome) but it's not bothered me to date, particularly with black rapid strap.

Paddy@CIRL

Daveysil15 wrote: »

Is this common with prime lenses? The AF is terrible on my 50mm. It's the main reason why I don't use it anymore.

Not really, my 35, 135 & 300 are all lightning quick to focus. With the 85 in particular, there's just so much glass inside that it takes a lot of energy to focus it. You can't even manual focus it unless it is attached to the camera as it needs power.

Wailin

D.S. wrote: »

I started off with a Nikon d90 with a Nikkor dx 18-200mm, Nikkor 50mm 1.8d, Nikkor 35mm 1,8d but upgraded last year to a D800 and added;

14-24mm Nikkor 2.8
24-70 Nikkor 2.8
70-200 Nikkor f4
85mm Nikkor f1.8
Zeiss 50mm f1.8 z2 planar
Plus a range of lenses, flashes and tripod

Managed to get most from eglobal and a few through a few contacts to save cash.

D800 is a brilliant camera, and file sizes are great for post processing. However, I quickly found that good lenses were key for this camera due to the resolving power. I also have found that I am moving away from the zooms towards prime lenses as am on a hunt for better sharpness and quality at the apertures I shoot at.

One drawback is maybe size / weight (that fuji system looks awesome) but it's not bothered me to date, particularly with black rapid strap.

How are you finding the D800 regarding the ridiculously high pixel count? Even with expensive lens does it still show up defects? The D610 is often regarded as Nikons best camera and if I was switching to Nikon it's what i would go for. Did you ever consider going for the 610?

Myksyk

I have a Canon 6d with the following lenses:

Canon 24-105L f4
Canon 17-40L f4
Canon 85mm f1.8
Canon 100mm macro f2.8

Hope to get the 70-200 f4 IS this summer

Have a Sony RX100 too. Great compact.

dirtyghettokid

i can't stop shooting with my 35mm f/1.8 ..that's practically all i've been using this last month… *cough* on a d7100 body

D.S.

Wailin wrote: »

How are you finding the D800 regarding the ridiculously high pixel count? Even with expensive lens does it still show up defects? The D610 is often regarded as Nikons best camera and if I was switching to Nikon it's what i would go for. Did you ever consider going for the 610?

Personally - I think the pixel count is great..I have printed a number of shots out in bigger sizes and love having the flexibility of the pixel count. It really hasn't been an issue. That said, I have a fairly new PC and house my files on a 2tb drive (not including back ups) and on that set up, I have never noticed an issue or difference in performance speeds .the only time where things have been tricky has been when I have attempted the brenizier method, where I needed to switch to jpegs. In terms of lenses, some lenses have looked soft to my eye on this camera but not on others - my 50mm 1.8d really frustrated me despite looking great on d90. Supposedly the G lenses are the only lenses that resolve correctly if the australian nikon sales staff are to be believed - not sure how true that is..apart from that one issue - all my other lenses have no issues, even after a heavy crop.

I did look at the d600 and d610 but I wasn't sure at the time whether the shutter / oil issues had been sorted and as eglobal where doing a great price on the d800 I went with that. In retrospect, I am glad I went with the 800, I shoot mostly landscape and portrait and the model suits me down to the ground (dynamic range and ISO performance is fantastic). The only time the camera struggles is when I shoot kitesurfing - not enough fps but you can mitigate it somewhat by knowing the sport and anticipating the shot - but not ideal..

Wailin

D.S. wrote: »

Personally - I think the pixel count is great..I have printed a number of shots out in bigger sizes and love having the flexibility of the pixel count. It really hasn't been an issue. That said, I have a fairly new PC and house my files on a 2tb drive (not including back ups) and on that set up, I have never noticed an issue or difference in performance speeds .the only time where things have been tricky has been when I have attempted the brenizier method, where I needed to switch to jpegs. In terms of lenses, some lenses have looked soft to my eye on this camera but not on others - my 50mm 1.8d really frustrated me despite looking great on d90. Supposedly the G lenses are the only lenses that resolve correctly if the australian nikon sales staff are to be believed - not sure how true that is..apart from that one issue - all my other lenses have no issues, even after a heavy crop.

I did look at the d600 and d610 but I wasn't sure at the time whether the shutter / oil issues had been sorted and as eglobal where doing a great price on the d800 I went with that. In retrospect, I am glad I went with the 800, I shoot mostly landscape and portrait and the model suits me down to the ground (dynamic range and ISO performance is fantastic). The only time the camera struggles is when I shoot kitesurfing - not enough fps but you can mitigate it somewhat by knowing the sport and anticipating the shot - but not ideal..

Yes I believe the dynamic range is excellent on the D800, almost to the point where you don't need bracketing. A friend of mine recently bought the D610 and the dynamic range on that is superb also. He did find it very user unfriendly though but that's probably down to having used Canon for so long. Thanks for letting me know how the camera is for you, have you posted any shots taken with it here on boards?

D.S.

Wailin wrote: »

Yes I believe the dynamic range is excellent on the D800, almost to the point where you don't need bracketing. A friend of mine recently bought the D610 and the dynamic range on that is superb also. He did find it very user unfriendly though but that's probably down to having used Canon for so long. Thanks for letting me know how the camera is for you, have you posted any shots taken with it here on boards?

No worries fella - yep I hardly bracket anymore with the d800 - only in extreme conditions. I have posted a few pics up (all d800 shots) on the random photo thread - mostly over the Xmas / new year period and use a flickr site if you were thinking of inspecting body / lens combos. Have been working crazy hours last few months with day job so haven't posted much here - been focusing any spare time on family portraits for a family year book.

5uspect

Wailin wrote: »

Yes I believe the dynamic range is excellent on the D800, almost to the point where you don't need bracketing. A friend of mine recently bought the D610 and the dynamic range on that is superb also. He did find it very user unfriendly though but that's probably down to having used Canon for so long. Thanks for letting me know how the camera is for you, have you posted any shots taken with it here on boards?

We use a Nikon gear in work as a most of our lab cameras and microscopes are F-mount. We bought in a D800 as a general lab camera and for a Schlieren rig I'm building. As a Canon user I find it's the most clunky thing I've ever used.

Myself I'm using:
5D mkIII
7D

24-70L f/2.8
70-200L f/2.8 IS
100 macro f/2.8 (non-L)
Sigma 10-20
Zenitar 16mm
50 f/1.8
580EX II