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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Current Gear:

Nikon D700 ( LOVEEEE )

Nikon MB-D10 Battery grip

Nikkor 70-200mm 2.8 VR

Nikkor 24-70mm 2.8

Nikkor 50mm 1.4

Nikkor 35mm 1.8

Nikkor 105mm 2.0 ( Just purchased today for my bday :D )

SB-600

Sb-900 : Saddly I broke it :(

Goal Camera: Nikon D3X

Canon 550D

Canon S5 IS

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS

Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS

Canon EF 50mm F/1.8

Canon EF 100mm F/2.8 Macro

2x Vivtar Tel Converter

Extension tubes

Lowepro 202 AW

1x16GB Class 10

1x8GB Class 10

2x4 GB Class6

UV & Polarizing filters

Next on my list: 430EX II Flash & Canon EF-S 10-22mm f3.5 - 4.5 UW lens.

Slight update: I ended up going with the Tokina 11-16mm f2.8 UW.

I was doing a shoot the other day, and was taking my flash off the camera when a downpour started ran to my car and it fell into a puddle on the way :(.

Aw man that's terrible!

Have you ever shot in the rain? Pro gear's pretty damn solid. I've shot soccer games in the rain with my D90+70-200 with no problems. If you don't have the flash attached to the hotshoe on top of the camera and it's powered down, it can handle quite a bit (of "california rain") before there's problems. So if you're in that situation again, you probably don't need to rush so much. Unless it's pouring hardcore, which is rare where I'm from.

  • 1 month later...

Used to have:

Nikon D5000 (18-55mm kit)

Nikon 35mm f/1.8

Nikon 55-200mm f/4-5.6

Nikon SB-600 Flashgun

Hoya Pro1 Digital UV filters on all lenses

Hoya Pro1 Digital Circular Polarizer

And now I have:

Canon 7D

Canon 24-70mm f/2.8L

Canon 10-22mm

Canon 580EX II Speedlite

Hoya HD Protectors on all lenses

Hoya HD Circular Polarizer

I think that's everything...

  • 2 weeks later...
  • 1 month later...

I have..

Canon EOS Rebel T2i,

Canon EOS Rebel XTI,

Canon EFS 18-55 mm Kit lens,

Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM,

Tamron SP AF17-50mm f/2.8 XR,

Canon Speedlite 430EX,

Canon VIXIA HF S10,

Canon Power shot G5,

and a Nikon Coolpix L18,

Canon PowerShot A480.

Quantaray QSX-9502TMBK

Remote trigger

  • 3 weeks later...
  • 4 weeks later...

Recently got a Canon 70-200 f/2.8L. Here's the equipment list:

dSLR:

Canon EOS 60D - Main body

Canon EOS 20D - Backup body

Canon SpeedLite 430EX II

Canon 28-105 f/3.5-4.5

Canon 70-200 f/2.8L

Sidearm: Canon SD790 IS

Probably going to get a Canon 24-70 f/2.8L or 24-105 f/4L soon. These L series lenses are really costing me :|

  • 1 month later...
  • 4 weeks later...

Current Kit List

Canon EOS 500D

EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II

EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS

EF 50 mm f/1.8 II

Tamron AF 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di

BG-E5 Battery Grip

Hoping to pick up a flashgun soon.


  • DSRL:
  • Canon EOS 500D
    Lens/Filters:
  • EF 18-55
  • EF 50mm f/1.8 mkII
  • EF 75-300
  • Samyang 35mm f/1.4
  • Hama and Tiffen UV Protection Filters
    DP&S:
  • Samsung ECPL210 (Takes awesome pictures for DP&S)
  • Fujifilm FinePix A820 (Good camera but a real battery ######)
    Bags
  • LowePro Slingshot 302 AW
    Tripod/Heads(Will be picked up soon)
  • Manfrotto 055CXPro4 Q90 tripod
  • Manfrotto 498RC2 ball head

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