Photo shooters that is.
I refer to myself as a "serious, amateur photographer." Meaning that I make absolutely nothing from my photos, but I'm willing to spend the money to buy good camera equipment.
Back in the film days, my first SLR was an Asahi Pentax Spotmatic. Later on, my mother gave me her camera, which was a Minolta XG-1, and then I bought a Canon T-50 from my older sister. For each of those, I had more than one lens, but I only had one zoom lens, which was for the Pentax Spotmatic.
I got into digital photography with point and shoots, starting with a Kodak DC260, then a Kodak DC4800, and then those were followed with a Nikon Coolpix 5700. The Coolpix 5700 at least gave me the ability to avoid the parallax errors of having a separate viewfinder from the main lens. The 5700 did have a viewfinder that was through the lens, but didn't have any option of interchanging lenses. (It is the only one of the point and shoots that I still have and is the one I used to take the photo below of my equipment.
Then, about 2007, I broke down and bought a Nikon D300 with a Nikkor 18-200mm zoom lens. Some years later, the wife bought me a Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 lens. To my surprise, I found out that the 70-200 lens was an FX (full frame) lens. That led me to purchase the Nikon D700 camera, which is a full frame camera. Within the last year or two, the wife has consented to allow me to "round out" my lenses with the 24-70mm f/2.8, 28-300mm f/3.6-5.6, and the 14-24mm f/2.8. So, because of a generous wife, I have managed to get the Nikkor Trinity of lenses that are the f/2.8 ones.
The image below shows the D300 and D700 in front, and (left to right) the SB-600 flash, the Nikkor 14-24, the Nikkor 24-70, and the Nikkor 70-200mm lenses. The Nikkor 18-200mm (also f/3.5-5.6) is mounted on the D300, and the Nikkor 28-300mm lens is on the D700.
Now, if you please, I'd like to see and hear of what all of you might be using with regards to camera, lenses, etc.
I refer to myself as a "serious, amateur photographer." Meaning that I make absolutely nothing from my photos, but I'm willing to spend the money to buy good camera equipment.
Back in the film days, my first SLR was an Asahi Pentax Spotmatic. Later on, my mother gave me her camera, which was a Minolta XG-1, and then I bought a Canon T-50 from my older sister. For each of those, I had more than one lens, but I only had one zoom lens, which was for the Pentax Spotmatic.
I got into digital photography with point and shoots, starting with a Kodak DC260, then a Kodak DC4800, and then those were followed with a Nikon Coolpix 5700. The Coolpix 5700 at least gave me the ability to avoid the parallax errors of having a separate viewfinder from the main lens. The 5700 did have a viewfinder that was through the lens, but didn't have any option of interchanging lenses. (It is the only one of the point and shoots that I still have and is the one I used to take the photo below of my equipment.
Then, about 2007, I broke down and bought a Nikon D300 with a Nikkor 18-200mm zoom lens. Some years later, the wife bought me a Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 lens. To my surprise, I found out that the 70-200 lens was an FX (full frame) lens. That led me to purchase the Nikon D700 camera, which is a full frame camera. Within the last year or two, the wife has consented to allow me to "round out" my lenses with the 24-70mm f/2.8, 28-300mm f/3.6-5.6, and the 14-24mm f/2.8. So, because of a generous wife, I have managed to get the Nikkor Trinity of lenses that are the f/2.8 ones.
The image below shows the D300 and D700 in front, and (left to right) the SB-600 flash, the Nikkor 14-24, the Nikkor 24-70, and the Nikkor 70-200mm lenses. The Nikkor 18-200mm (also f/3.5-5.6) is mounted on the D300, and the Nikkor 28-300mm lens is on the D700.
Now, if you please, I'd like to see and hear of what all of you might be using with regards to camera, lenses, etc.
