Thread: So what you got!!!

Originally Posted by dm_td5

I use both as remotes driven by camera (also borrowed a friends and had 3), sometimes one as a master.

I also have an SB-29 cable to attach a flash to the camera from an RRS B87-B flash bracket that puts the flash forward of the camera on the lens foot.

yeh think i know which one your talking about is that the bracket that allows you to put a flash on either side of the lens around the lens hood area.......

is this set up used for macro work?

Not quiet you're thinking of this:


I've got this:


Also made a type I meant an SC-29 cable

Originally Posted by dullbird

was thinking the same thing.....

why would you want something the majority have got.....dont be a comformist spread your wings and get it right the first time

hey if you are happy with sub standard glass options, no one will stop you from using Nikon... sure nikon have some very nice lenses, but not the sheer number of GREAT lenses in the Canon lineup for all kinds of users.


Actually I think you will find Canon outsells Nikon something stupid like 100:1 in the compact market, basically Nikon has given up this segment. DSLR is much the same, but the ratios aren't as skewed unless you are talking sports photographers, then you will rarely if ever see a Nikon pro user. The studio is different again where long glass in less important.

if you really want to play the non-conformist view, with Canon as the toyota - your Nikon is more pootrol than land rover. IMHO, landrover is more like medium format - hasselblad = rangie, Mamiya RB67 = defender it's just better, but 98% of people don't know it exists

Originally Posted by EchiDna

hey if you are happy with sub standard glass options, no one will stop you from using Nikon... sure nikon have some very nice lenses, but not the sheer number of GREAT lenses in the Canon lineup for all kinds of users.


Actually I think you will find Canon outsells Nikon something stupid like 100:1 in the compact market, basically Nikon has given up this segment. DSLR is much the same, but the ratios aren't as skewed unless you are talking sports photographers, then you will rarely if ever see a Nikon pro user. The studio is different again where long glass in less important.

if you really want to play the non-conformist view, with Canon as the toyota - your Nikon is more pootrol than land rover. IMHO, landrover is more like medium format - hasselblad = rangie, Mamiya RB67 = defender it's just better, but 98% of people don't know it exists

HEY DEREK WE CAUGHT ONE !!!!


Touchie canon users..................

oh and i would far rather a pootrol over a toymotor.....

Hey perhaps this should merge with the fishing thread

Nikon has always been considered to have better camera ergonomics than Canon - though this is a subjective issue.
Lenses, both Nokon and Canon have great pro lenses. Canon certainly has the volume, but the latest Nikon lenses (and DSLR bodies) are ahead of the Canon's. Nikon doesn't (at present) have a competitor to the EOS1D MkIII, but the high ISO bodies, hi-res LCD and the new N-lenses make you wonder how badly Canon has been caught napping.

As for the pro's shooting Canon, that was also partially due to Canon's agressive marketing.

My understanding is Nikon D40/D60 outsell the EOS 450/Rebel globally

Originally Posted by samuelclarke

I'm a Canon shooter. Like Nikon bodies better, but love Canon's pro lenses...

Here's my main photography kit:

the old man had a kit this sort of size....all nikon....nothing was any good unless it was nikon.he did a lot of photography for work zoology\biology stuff.i started with the practica slr cant remember model.then went to pentax...maybe was me.then& still have mx...found it very good.also have hanimex 80-200zoom for mx.

i won a cannon slr dont know model wasnt too bad....until it rolled down one of the dunes at the desert on moreton isl.

then bought a cannon powershot g3 digital.....absoluterly fantastic.

this model would be superceded,dont know anything about the new model

my son has an olympus sw790 doesnt seem too bad,but ilike the cannon better

just my2 cents worth

cheers

What, no Minonta to choose from!!!

Originally Posted by dullbird

HEY DEREK WE CAUGHT ONE !!!!


Touchie canon users..................

oh and i would far rather a pootrol over a toymotor.....

you wish! I actually like Nikon, but they just don't have the lenses in the prosumer level I want. top end - yep they got em, bottom end, both canon and nikon = yucks. Reality is, the poll is flawed because most users are not DSLR users, hence they buy what is cheapest best at the time, not what suits the attachments/gear they already have...