Photography Gear Thread

Guys I found that we dont have any thread dedicated to the gears we own...I would like you guys to take a nice snap of ur gears and post here...

Also add what currently you are dreaming of acquiring/or saving to get (no pics of this please)

And please post pictures of size around 640x480

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My gears

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Left -->Right ....Manual Extension Tube,nikon 50mm 1.8 AF, Nikon D3100 + Nikon 18-55 AFS VR lens , Nikon 55-200 AFS VR , Lens Hood, Reverse Ring

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Yongnou YN465

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Nikkor 55mm 2.8 Micro AIS Lens

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Vanguard ESPOD 203AP

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Lowepro Pro Runner 200AW by sujoyp, on Flickr

LowePro Pro Runner 200AW Bag
I have a Tamrac Velocity 6x bag too

Right now I am saving for a Nikon 300mm f4 AFS and D7000

Very nice thread... :thumbs:

I don't have a secondary camera to take a snap of the camera I am using.

I can dream of sujoy gifting me his hear when he upgrades to D7000

sujoyp said:
Right now I am saving for a Nikon 300mm f4 AFS and D7000

So we can expect a thread from you soon in Buy and Sell section in the near future :thumbs:

Nac take a shot with ur mobile camera...comon people all u have mobile cams with you to take a shot

LOL I wish I had the money to gift something like that...but definitely I am going to sell off my D3100 when I can arrange for remaining amount for D7000 .....

No, I don't have a cam in my mobile. It's a basic set... I'll figure out something and post a photo of my cam.

BTB, You have 50mm prime, then why do you need 55mm?

Its nikon 50mm 1.8 which is said to be the favorite lens for portrait...and I bought it for macro using reverse ring and extension tubes

only last month 1 used it for portraiture

I bought nikon 55mm 2.8 micro lens coz using reverse ring and ET was too hectic...and I got this macro lens for very cheap

I will post pics of walls. I use them as tripod

LOL post ur cam's pic too (without HDR effect

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sujoyp said:
LOL post ur cam's pic too (without HDR effect )

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nice cam prashant...which one is it...canon ixus range

Oh I forgot to mention. It is Powershot SX240

Oh I forgot to mention. It is Powershot SX240

its powershot sx240...its very sleek ....when I saw sx220 it was bit more fatter than this

marvelousprashant said:
I will post pics of walls. I use them as tripod

lol

sujoyp said:
LOL post ur cam's pic too (without HDR effect )

Ultimate

Right now I have a Canon EOS 1000D + 18-55 Non-IS + Canon 50mm f1.8.

trublu pics pics pics

post pics of ur gear....

guys also post if you are planning to buy something new related to photography

Here is mine...

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Shot this one with the help of mirror and edited...

I have no plan of upgrading to better camera in the near future. But I dream to have a nice and good pro camera.

Thought of buying a cheapo tripod, but after watching Kai's "funny" video I don't think I will buy one...

@nac r u a college guy or on job coz if u r in job then someday u r going to upgrade it...else if u r still a student then u have to wait untill u get good job

Cheap tripod may not be useful in all situations but defiantly u need them for long exposures ...soo get the cheapest tripod u find according to ur specs.

Even my tripod can carry just 3 kg and already my plans r big for next year (just the 300mm f4 will weight 1.2kg and D7000 will cost another 700gm )...but right now its adequate

My next purchase is going to be THIS

God knows when I will save up for it. Money isn't the issue..laziness is

Quick question : Is it a good choice?

^ Nope

It doesn't have IS. You can buy either Canon 55-250 for 12.5k or Tamron 70-300 VC for 27k. Pick the one which fits your budget.

Sujoy,
Yeah, I may need it but it's highly impossible in the near future. Even then, I think I would go for a used one. I don't have a heart to spend too much money on cameras. May be I will buy a new one when I am making tons and tons of money...

hmmm nac u have mind but no heart for camera gear

@trublu nac is right the best zoom lens in that range is canon 55-250 IS

Hmm.. thanks for this advice..even I was a little bit skeptical about getting this because of the non-IS thing, given the weight of a zoom lens. Neither of current lenses have IS. I have had to practise a lot to teach myself how to hold the camera still

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The reason why I initially chose the Sigma lens is because like nac, I have the heart but not the mind to spend much on camera gear

@trublu lenses r different creature....either u get the best possible at first or compromise later

BTW guys, where do you buy your camera/gear - online or store? And which online store is good for this purpose? I live in Chennai, and the language barrier leaves me without any option of bargaining.

@sujoy : Agreed. That's why I got myself the nifty-fifty. I just love the way it shoots portraits !

@nac : where can I get the 55-250 for 12.5k. Checked in Flipkart, it's 16480 :-x

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@trublu : May i ask how much did you had to shed for your nifty-fifty? Couple of days ago, i had gone to a camera store and found the lense prices had increased. Agree is you also heard the same?

trublu said:
@nac : where can I get the 55-250 for 12.5k. Checked in Flipkart, it's 16480

Price quote was from ebay... (sorry for the late reply, I think I missed this post)

Prices of canon lenses have increased...the MRP of canon 50mm is increased by nearly 2k...donno the street price

M

i also bought 50mm from ebay in feb 2012 for about Rs6700 (- 10% discount) and Rs 5000 worth gift voucher from zoom in (100 print in various format,free calendar ,free shipping etc)...

i think ebay is one of the best place to buy (online/offline) if you buy from reliable seller..the prices are one of the best,you can apply 5%/10% coupon and paisa pay is safest way to buy(after COD)...

M

My gear :

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Canon 18-55 kit lens, Canon 550D with 50mm 1.8, Tokina 100mm macro , Canon 55-250 mm with Hoya UV filter

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Hoya filter ,step up and step down ring and extra battery

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Lowerpro bag

nice mastervk....u have very nice gears

M

@sujoy ..i have extension ring and some other stuff too but left them at home...

i will buy either 17-50 or 70-300 mm lens next but before that i want to improve my composition and photography skill...

u have a 250mm dont buy a 70-300...either target 100-400 or sigma 150-500
Yes a 17-50 will be nice addition

M

sujoyp said:
u have a 250mm dont buy a 70-300...either target 100-400 or sigma 150-500
Yes a 17-50 will be nice addition

i am also thinking more about 17-50 as i mostly use either prime lens or 18-55 kit lens..

70-300 should be good for street photography and wild animal/large birds photography..but i have mot done any street photography as i am not sure how people will react if i take their picture..have you done any street photography ? once i took a picture of statue in Chennai but police asked me to delete it as it was opposite US embassy ....

but another option i have is to buy Samsung galaxy S3

.. not yet decided which one i will buy...

I wont dare street photography in non-tourist places .....in places like jaipur,goa where tourists are normal ,no one mind ...but otherwise everyone will get angry...u can take shots of small kids or dogs

I dont want to put my gears in danger

M

sujoyp said:
I wont dare street photography in non-tourist places .....in places like jaipur,goa where tourists are normal ,no one mind ...but otherwise everyone will get angry...u can take shots of small kids or dogs

I dont want to put my gears in danger

even in tourist area big DSLR get a lot of attention as most of the people use P&S or camera...even a marina beach people would ask me if i am foreigner or can my camera shoot photo of a ship which is 10 miles away in the sea

i was thinking that maybe due to long reach of 70-300 mm people will not realize i am taking there pics

...but dslr get a lot of attention everywhere ..even in mall once a security guard asked me if i am from news paper ...

yaah DSLR always gets attention...thats y for street photography professionals use leica and people with low budget use micro4/3 with prime lens....they are just as big as p&s

A

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Arian u have some different gears

u got a 28mm lens ...
A cocin P type filter set ....are those chineese or original ones...and are ur filters gray for ND purpose or colored ones

A nikon 16-85 AFS ...never saw this before..is it a DX lens or a FX lens

A

.. the 16-85 is my general walk around lens. its a great lens, very sharp. however its bad in low light so i use the 28 in such scenerios. The cocin P filters are original.. the holder/adapters are chinese.. the original adaptor was too costly.. :-D

hmm nice idea to get original filter and chineese holder...
16-85 is a good range...very wide to portrait range...good that u have 28mm and 50mm for indoors and low light

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tenida u have the famous canon A520 ...good ...i think it had PASM modes and i can see a viewfinder too

sujoyp said:
tenida u have the famous canon A520 ...good ...i think it had PASM modes and i can see a viewfinder too

Thanks, bought the camera in the year 2004 and it still running fine. Yup it has PASM mode