photo gear ?

[Modelcar]

...For the most part I use my Cannon EOS Elan 7e 35mm with eye control focus and 28 to 200 zoom lens and sometimes use an Olympus Super Zoom 300 35mm with 35 to 135 lens. Have not jumped into digital yet....Probably will cover that base one of these days. Of course use a tripod when required.

[edblysard]

It was a 30 year old plus Cannon F1, mixed bag of zoom and fisheye lens.
Still use it every once in a while.
Now its a Minolta Dimage Hi7 digital SLR, 28 mm to 200 mm lens, with zoom and macro built in and digital zoom on top of that.
One camera, one tripod, versus 25 or 30lbs of film camera stuff....
Still, that old Cannon is one tough camera, I wouldnt dare do to the digital camera some of the things I did to that old steel camera.
The cost of film and processing keeps me using the digital, and the ease of the digital to make your own photos, along with the lesser expense.

Ed

[tree68]

QUOTE: Originally posted by macguy

I take it most of you are using digital camera's now?

I was thinking about getting a nice camera in the next little while (just for railfaning), I suppose digital is the only way to go now?

I'd say that for most of the stuff the average railfan is going to shoot, a digital is probably perfect. No dyes to fade, etc, and digital is very portable. Want me to see a favorite picture? Press "send". Get a junk shot? You can delete it. (Just make sure it's not one of those shots that you'll kick yourself for deleting 20 years from now!) With a digital projector and PowerPoint you can share them with your friends. Want to crop the shot? Shareware programs work almost as well as the high end stuff.

On the other hand, there are still some things that will be better on film. If you are into panning shots, for instance, a cheap 35 will be much less expensive that the digital you will need for the same shot. I won't be getting rid of the 35mm for quite a while.

[Anonymous]

I take it most of you are using digital camera's now?

I was thinking about getting a nice camera in the next little while (just for railfaning), I suppose digital is the only way to go now?

[Anonymous]

Holy Cow!!! Nice equipment!! I just use a Kodak DX3900 Digital camera. It's 3.1 Mp. I use Adobe Photoshop Elements to edit the photo as well as create fast web galleries.

I can't afford the super cameras.

[jchnhtfd]

Canon Rebel 2000, 38 - 125 zoom for some work; Canon A70 digital for almost everything I do; my son uses a Canon D1 digital SLR with either 50 - 200 IS zoom or 125 - 600 IS zooms. I use professional Ektachrome slide film, ASA 100, in the Rebel. Digital pictures are recorded in .jpg format for the A70 or .raw format for the D1, and processed using Adobe Photoshop pro. The image stabilization (IS) is worth it's weight in gold with the longer lenses!

[tree68]

My 35 is a Pentax K body, with a 50mm, a 30-70mm zoom and a 70-210mm zoom (I think). I also carry a 2x teleconverter. I usually shoot 200 ASA unless the situation warrants otherwise. I used to shoot mostly slides, but with the scanner the prints are better.

Don't use the 35mm as much anymore, though. I've gotten great results for most of my photography with my Sony Mavica 1.2 megapixel. It's not "top-of-the-line" but it does a great job for what I usually shoot.

[evaddek]

Hi
new to this site and I'm sure its here someplace but could'nt find it .
Was wondering what type of photo gear most of you use, lens type ect.
thanks
dave