The Ultimate Equipment Poll


The Ultimate Equipment Poll  

279 members have voted

  1. 1. What type of equipment is your primary camera?

    • Digital SLR
      199
    • Film SLR
      3
    • Digital P&S
      67
    • Film P&S
      1
    • Other
      9
  2. 2. Who is the manufacturer for your primary camera?

    • Canon
      134
    • Casio
      1
    • Epson
      0
    • Fuji
      8
    • Kodak
      4
    • Konica Minolta
      0
    • HP
      2
    • Nikon
      68
    • Olympus
      12
    • Panasonic
      9
    • Pentax
      5
    • Polaroid
      0
    • Ricoh
      0
    • Samsung
      5
    • Sanyo
      0
    • Sigma
      0
    • Sony
      26
    • Vivitar
      1
    • Other
      4
  3. 3. Where do you usually buy your equipment or accessories?

    • Brick & Mortar Stores
      104
    • Online or Mail Order
      175


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Here's what I use:

  • Canon EOS 450D / Digital Rebel XSi (camera) + accessory kit
  • Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Lens Kit
  • Canon EF 75-300mm f/4.0-5.6 II USM Lens
  • Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II Lens

Here's what I chose:

Digital SLR >> Canon >> Brick and Mortar Stores

- Olympus E-510 DSLR camera.

- Zuiko Digital 14-42mm F3.5-5.6

- Zuiko Digital 40-150mm F4-5.6

- Zuiko 50mm F1.8

- Zuiko 50mm F1.4

- Sunpak Auto 383 Flash (GN36).

- SanDisk Extreme IV 4GB 266x CF.

- Lexar Porfessional 1GB 133x CF.

- Kingston 2GB 66x CF.

- Olympus 512MB xD (H)

- HOYA HMC 49mm close up filters set (3+, 2+, 1+).

- Tiffen 58mm close up filters set (4+, 2+, 1+).

- Tiffen 49mm UV filter.

- DIGIAL 58mm Polarize filter.

- DIGIAL 58mm FLD filter.

- DIGIAL 58mm UV filter.

- Batteries, tripods, shutter release cable, etc :)

I prefer brick and mortar stores, but the price difference generally ends up being big enough that I can't justify it.

I bought my 580EX II at a Hunts Camera, and they discounted it for me, but I still paid $40 more than Amazon...that's with a massive discount. Before the discount it was $110 more than Amazon.

Some of the lenses at Hunts cost >$150 more than Amazon.

  • 5 months later...

Looks like I'm the only one who said 35mm SLR, although I am surprised someone else said 35mm compact even I cant say thats my No.1 system although high end 35mm compacts are great because the frame size means you can get DSLR quality from a tiny little camera, although many film compacts negate this advantage because of Crappy Zooms, films or processing.

  • 2 weeks later...
  • 3 weeks later...

Nikon D200 with MB-D200 grip

Nikon D50

Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8 XR Di-II

Nikkor 80-200mm f/2.8D (with tripod collar)

Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

Nikon Series E 50mm f/1.8 AI

Micro-Nikkor 55mm f/2.8 AI

SB-80DX

Lowepro Slingshot 300AW

...thinking about adding the new DX 35mm f/1.8G. :D

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