Poll: What camera type/brand do you use?

[Grimace]

Without digressing into battles over which is best, I'm curious to see what types and brands MR users are shooting with as their primary camera.

The poll choices attempt to differentiate Film, Medium/Large Format, DSLR, and Point & Shoot users. Obviously we could list three times as many poll options but my assumption is that most people on this MR forum are shooting with modern DSLRs. That category is broken down by manufacturer for that reason.

For my fellow statisticians, I know this is piss-poor methodology -- let's just run with it and see what happens! :)

[ipodtoucher]

I got my Nikon D50 for Graduation from high school...i tried to get the Cannon Rebel, but i still love my Nikon!! I'd love to get a Medium Format Hassleblad, but I'm poor hahaha:p

[Everythingisnt]

Point and shoot user here.

Not to say that I wouldn't like to use a DSLR..

[M@lew]

Olympus OM-4 is pretty much my primary camera along with a Rolleiflex T for MF. Then there's my 40D for dig...but I don't use that for leisure shots as much anymore.

But I chose 35mm since I guess I use it the most.

[Westside guy]

C'mon, Grimace, where's the "Hasselblad medium format digital" option? :eek:

[tony-in-japan]

Was a Canon user but ‘switched’ to Olympus. Have been very happy so far. :)

[Grimace]

C'mon, Grimace, where's the "Hasselblad medium format digital" option? :eek:

I put large/medium format in there -- 'thought that would suffice

[dllavaneras]

Since I got my Rebel XTi last December, I've pretty much left my Canon S1 IS and S2 IS untouched, except for the odd macro video here and there.

I love my XTi :D

[ipodtoucher]

C'mon, Grimace, where's the "Hasselblad medium format digital" option? :eek:

Hahahaha Way to read the choices hahahaha....but i mean at $3000 for body and lens its a 'lil expensive haha:rolleyes:

[shecky]

nearly equal mix between medium format film and Canon DSLR. probably more MF film tho, hence my vote.

[bonafide]

Go Canon Go...

[Scarlet Fever]

I use a 40D because I started off with a Canon S3, and I liked the interface. I wouldn't mind getting into the 35mm format, though.

[iBallz]

Hey M@lew, I knew you shot film. Thats cool its with the OM-4, I had 2 and a dozen lenses back in college, then it all got stolen. And sorta gave up my passion for photography for the last 18 years.

[Westside guy]

I put large/medium format in there -- 'thought that would suffice

Hahahaha Way to read the choices hahahaha....but i mean at $3000 for body and lens its a 'lil expensive haha:rolleyes:

I guess I needed to make it more obvious that I was kidding... :p

[giangimac]

Nikon D50 ;)

[Eduardo1971]

Nikon D80 with the AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX lens.

Go, go, go Nikon!:p

[nizo303]

I just got my Sony a300 yesterday! :D

Everything good so far. The grip is really nice and the controls and menus are easy to use.
This is my first dslr, and it feels like I have been reading millions of reviews trying to decide brand and model. What tipped the scales was the ergonomics and the great value for money. :)

[TheReef]

Pentax K10D :D
Had the largest viewfinder and felt the most solid of all the cameras I held. Add shake reduction and sensor cleaning wasn't a bad deal.

One year on it's going great, accepting older lenses is pretty handy too.

As with Apple, it's nice to be different ;)

[cbtscheid]

My first camera was a Sony DSC-H5 which had a great zoom and I loved taking pictures with it, but I knew there were shots I would never capture because I was limited to the in-camera lens. When I started looking for my next camera I knew I wanted something I could grow into. Two weeks ago I bought my first DSLR, a Nikon D300 with the kit lens, a 18-200mm 1.3.5-5.6. So as you can imagine, the learning curve on the Nikon is off the chart. Somewhat overwhelmed, I am having fun shooting and reading everything I can get my hands on, diving into the deep end and enjoying the learning! :D

[tersono]

Been a Canon (35mm) & Pentax (MF) user/fanboy :p for many years, but jumped into the DSLR fray a couple of years ago. Bought a Nikon D50 - solely because it fit my hands better than the Canon equivalent, it's the first Nikon I've ever owned - and am very pleased with the shots I've taken with it (quite a few have gotten into print).

[Naim135]

Leica Digilux 1

Got this 6 Years ago to photograph the birth of my Son!

Looking to upgrade now my dad has a Nikon D200 with a Tamron 18-55 F2.8 Lens

I am looking to get a D300 not sure about lenses though

[bartelby]

What if you uses multiple cameras?
I have, and regularly use:

Nikon D70
Panasonic Lumix P&S
Canon A-1
Holga CF120
Lomography SuperSampler
Lomography Fisheye

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

Got the Olympus E-400 (http://www.olympus.co.uk/consumer/dslr_E-400.htm) now. (Recently upgraded the 14-42 kit lens to the oh. so. gorgeous. 14-54mm ƒ2.8-3-5 (http://www.four-thirds.org/en/products/standard.html#03).)

Probably gonna get the Olympus E-520 (http://www.olympus.co.uk/consumer/dslr_digital_slr_e-520_19285.htm) (the 14-42/70-300 kit or just the body and an additional 70-300 (http://www.four-thirds.org/en/products/telephoto.html#70-300)) once I can get a hold of it... ***droool*** ...and let my girlfriend "inherit" the E-400... :)

[Hmac]

I started photography about 30 years ago with an Olympus OM-1, then OM-2n, then OM-4 and did my own darkroom stuff. They were great cameras and it was a great hobby, but film was expensive and cumbersome. I started noodling with digital point-and-shoots in the mid-90's, but they were pretty rudimentary back then. I finally switched to digital complelely with a Fuji S2 Pro about 6 years ago because I felt like it was a better camera than the Nikon D100, then moved over to Nikon when Fuji fell behind in subsequent models. I had a D2H for several years until recently moving up to a D3.

[wittegijt]

Bronica RF645 MF rangefinder & Contax G2. Mostly the Bronica.

Wittegijt.

[Kebabselector]

I tend to only use my Canon DSLR now.

Sad really that my lovely Fujifilm GA645zi is sitting no longer used in it's bag. I do intend on using it again soon.

[ZachsMacDaddy]

For years I bought only Olympus digital cameras. Last month I jumped ship and bought a Fujifilm S700. I really like it. It takes amazing pictures, the 10x optical zoom is great and I like being able to zoom while shooting video. The only downside the S700 has is slightly above normal purple fringing on high contrast shots.

[ChrisA]

Interesting that we have more medium/large format users than 35mm users. This reflects my opinion that if you are going to shoot film it may as will be medium or large format.

But I'm asuming the medium/large format users are all shooting film

[bobbleheadbob]

I currently have both a small Canon point and shoot (the 850 IS, I think) and a Canon G9. I use the G9 more often. Oh, and an iPhone if I don't have either with me. ;)

My wife still has her Canon Rebel DSLR from a few years ago. We might upgrade to the new Rebel later this year.

[AxisOfBeagles]

No surprises thus far .. as of 86 votes, Canon & Nikon DSLR's far away the most common - and tied for number of users.

What is more interesting - less than 10% P&S cameras represented. Browsing the posts, one might have guessed that to be higher. Time will tell.

[Grimace]

Yeah, I too expected that we would have more users shooting (primarily) with P&S cameras. I assumed it would be similar to the vast number of people (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=472577) who use iPhoto as their primary editing/management software.

Pentax is also a bit higher than I expected -- I assumed that Sony DSLRs would come in third behind Nikon/Canon.

No poll is valid (to me) until there are over 100 data points, but we're getting there!

[cube]

Kodak 14n (14MP full frame Nikon mount without AA filter).

[compuwar]

No poll is valid (to me) until there are over 100 data points, but we're getting there!

I thought the magic number for self-sampled selections was 350? Still, the numbers are pretty much trending near market share in the dSLR category, given what should amount to the margin of error.

[AxisOfBeagles]

No poll is valid (to me) until there are over 100 data points, but we're getting there!

You're a statistician? - or so I inferred from some earlier post. Apologies if I mis-understood.
In any event - isn't a poll like this 'invalid' regardless of numbers of respondents - simply because it is an "opt in" poll, rather than a direct poll of some representative sample of a given population?

Regardless - it does provide some insight into the users here on MR/Digital Photography. Speaking only for this relative newcomer - kudos to you for running the poll.

[Grimace]

You're a statistician? - or so I inferred from some earlier post. Apologies if I mis-understood.
In any event - isn't a poll like this 'invalid' regardless of numbers of respondents - simply because it is an "opt in" poll, rather than a direct poll of some representative sample of a given population?

Regardless - it does provide some insight into the users here on MR/Digital Photography. Speaking only for this relative newcomer - kudos to you for running the poll.
The methodology is invalid for so many reasons...I won't even go there! :p

Opt-in isn't too much of an issue, assuming that the same MR readers who frequent the photography forum also see the poll: most (but not all) people who post in this forum are also ones who will submit poll responses -- so the opt-in isn't too damaging. In my estimate, there are about 130-160 regular readers of the Photography forum.

Overall the data are pretty consistent so we'll see how it stacks up if it goes over 150 polls responses.

[LeahM]

Canon SD630
Its a point and shoot but it works well for me.

[nburwell]

Canon DSLR. Though I do use my Mamiya medium format back from time to time.

[termina3]

Hahahaha Way to read the choices hahahaha....but i mean at $3000 for body and lens its a 'lil expensive haha:rolleyes:

…$3000 is nothing in the digital medium format world. Try $30,000.

[TimJim]

I have a Nikon D80 as well as a Nikon N75 with badass 64 ISO Slide Film lately.

[ipodtoucher]

…$3000 is nothing in the digital medium format world. Try $30,000.

That was for film medium format....the Hassleblad digital is 30,000 hahaha and at 31 MP its proly worth it hahaha

[laurencenoton]

Have to say Im a Nikon fan,

Nikon D80

17-55mm f/2.8
50mm f/1.4 prime
70-300 f/4.5-5.6

Very tempted to get a D300, probably at Christmas though.

[jbernie]

Canon 40D (dslr) (2008)
Pentax MZ-50 (slr) (1998)
Fuji Finepix s600 (p&s) (2002)

nice all around coverage. Bought a Sandisk Ultra II 2gb card to use in the Fuji as it can act as a video camera. Have the 2GB Extreme III card for the 40D though.

[macwall]

canon powershot pro 1 and a tiny casio. Truth be told, I use the casio a lot more often than the canon. It's just too annoying to lug around everywhere I go.

[thedarkhalf]

I love my Canon Rebel XT. Will be going for the 40D hen I get enough cash.

[harcosparky]

Was a Canon user but ‘switched’ to Olympus. Have been very happy so far. :)

That's interesting.

I am a Canon user however, before I had a Canon EOS10D DSLR I used an Olympus E10 & E20. They were fine cameras as I recall, did real well with them. However when Canon came out with at that time affordable DSLR's I bought a Digital Rebel, and returned it the next day in exchange got the 10D.

Since then I have acquired a 30D and now a 5D.

My children now share in using the old 10D.

Interesting that we have more medium/large format users than 35mm users. This reflects my opinion that if you are going to shoot film it may as will be medium or large format.

But I'm asuming the medium/large format users are all shooting film


Interestingly enough, I am in the market ... actually saving up to buy a Black & White digital back for a medium format camera.

It's a big ticket item, but I think the results will be well worth the cost.

Looking back at all my film work, I realize my heart is in B&W photography.

[66217]

…$3000 is nothing in the digital medium format world. Try $30,000.

It depends I think. I could be extremely happy with $3,000 worth in camera equipment.:p

But maybe $5,000 would be the sweet spot. (Nikon D300, 70-200 f/2.8, 17-55 f/2.8 and 105 f/2.8 Micro). Mmmm....well, maybe $6,000 :D adding a flash, bag, etc.
The only disadvantage being that this kit would be extremely heavy.


As for me, I have a Nikon, and enjoying every minute of it.:)

[aafuss1]

I use Sony DSC-S600 & Kodak Easyshare C513-both are point & shoot cameras.

[termina3]

It depends I think. I could be extremely happy with $3,000 worth in camera equipment.

The problem I have is that there's always something else. An additional lens, strobe, light stand, whatever. There's always more.

[taylorwilsdon]

It depends I think. I could be extremely happy with $3,000 worth in camera equipment.:p

But maybe $5,000 would be the sweet spot. (Nikon D300, 70-200 f/2.8, 17-55 f/2.8 and 105 f/2.8 Micro). Mmmm....well, maybe $6,000 :D adding a flash, bag, etc.
The only disadvantage being that this kit would be extremely heavy.


As for me, I have a Nikon, and enjoying every minute of it.:)

Thats not medium format :rolleyes:

Currently a cannon shooter. Oh, and I have a camera too.

[terriyaki]

Canon 5D :)

[liveexpo]

OM-1n
Hasselblad 500C/M
Nikon D2x

[Holgapics]

4 modified 120 Holgas. Also a Nikon FA with 5 primes and a Canon A-1 with 3, neither of which I use very often.

[Digital Skunk]

Job supplied:

Nikon 17-35
Nikon 70-200
Nikon D2hs
Nikon D2xs
Sigma 14 mm fisheye

And a whole crap load of EN-EL4a & EN-EL3e batteries, chargers, tripods and random stuff related to photography.

[jalagl]

Canon Digital Rebel XT w/ 18-55mm Kit lens, 50mm f/1.8, and Tokina 12-24 f/4.
Also own and use a Panasonic DMC-FX3 6MP P&S.

[netdog]

I can't really say that I use one type primarily.

Probably in this order...


Leica D-Lux 3 point and shoot (fits in my pants pocket)
iPhone (crap camera, but it's always with me)
Leica Digilux 3 (fantastic glass)



What is more interesting - less than 10% P&S cameras represented. Browsing the posts, one might have guessed that to be higher. Time will tell.

I don't think the vast majority of people (those who use only P&S cameras) would tend to be browsing the photography forum on the whole except when they have questions or are considering a purchase. Shooters, on the other hand, tend to use DSLRs more and many read this particular forum regularly.

I'd like to change my vote as I realize that I use a P&S far more than I use my DSLR.

[DesignerOnMac]

Without digressing into battles over which is best, I'm curious to see what types and brands MR users are shooting with as their primary camera.

The poll choices attempt to differentiate Film, Medium/Large Format, DSLR, and Point & Shoot users. Obviously we could list three times as many poll options but my assumption is that most people on this MR forum are shooting with modern DSLRs. That category is broken down by manufacturer for that reason.

For my fellow statisticians, I know this is piss-poor methodology -- let's just run with it and see what happens! :)

Why isn't Panasonic on your list????? Lumax are great cameras.

[Grimace]

Why isn't Panasonic on your list????? Lumax are great cameras.

I agree, but in terms of sales/popularity, I didn't think it would be ahead of the others on the DSLR list. My goal was to keep the number of options from going over 10.

[SLC Flyfishing]

I haven't made my pick a secret, most of you know that!

Pentax all the way!!

SLC

[valdore]

I'm a Canon dude...

These days I use:

Body: Canon 5D

Lenses: Canon 17-40L, Canon 24-105L, Canon 100-400L, Canon 15 mm fisheye, and a Canon f/1.8 II.

Before I got the 5D last year I used a Rebel XT, which was my first SLR camera.

[AlaskaMoose]

I'm a Canon dude...

These days I use:

Body: Canon 5D

Lenses: Canon 17-40L, Canon 24-105L, Canon 100-400L, Canon 15 mm fisheye, and a Canon f/1.8 II.

Before I got the 5D last year I used a Rebel XT, which was my first SLR camera.

Slobber, slobber.....:) I have been drooling over a new 5D, which should cost around $1,900 with the $300.00 Canon rebate. I use a XT, but will have to decide very soon, since the rebate is from now through June.

[rhett7660]

Been using canon for a couple of years now. Both me and the wife have Canon 30D's and she also has a canon point and shoot (can't recall the model number). Have been very happy with our purchases. We also have a good selection of lenses (good for our needs) to compliment our 30D's.

[jake-g]

I had a rebel XT, but traded it in for a D300 a few months ago, I love it.

[iBookG4user]

I use a Canon 40D, it gets the job done :)

[Clix Pix]

Currently, I use the D3 as the primary camera for people shots, macro shots, landscape shots and whatever else.... I use the D300 as the primary camera for bird and wildlife shots.

[adjuster]

Canon 5D with Canon XTi as backup
Canon lenses: 17-40, 24-105, 70-300DO, 70-200 IS 2.8, 100-400, 50 1.8, 85 1.8, 100 macro
Sigma 10-20

Also, for the pocket--G9, 870

The 5D is so good, it is unbelievable. Have several printers including an HP130 that prints 24x36.

Several Gitzo tripods. Love the Traveler for nonphoto trips.

[termina3]

Currently, I use the D3 as the primary camera for people shots, macro shots, landscape shots and whatever else.... I use the D300 as the primary camera for bird and wildlife shots.

What's the reasoning there? Lighter, more "mobile"?

[Westside guy]

What's the reasoning there? Lighter, more "mobile"?

I bet it's the 1.5x "magnification".

(Someone feel free to be pedantic and point out how it's not really magnification... :rolleyes: )

[Grimace]

I bet it's the 1.5x "magnification".

(Someone feel free to be pedantic and point out how it's not really magnification... :rolleyes: )

Ooh, ooh! Me, pick me! ;)

[termina3]

I bet it's the 1.5x "magnification".

(Someone feel free to be pedantic and point out how it's not really magnification... :rolleyes: )

Ah, got it. Still would like to get confirmation from ClixPix.

[Grimace]

Ah, got it. Still would like to get confirmation from ClixPix.

You'll probably have to PM her, she's probably out shooting! :)

[SLC Flyfishing]

I bet it's the 1.5x "magnification".

(Someone feel free to be pedantic and point out how it's not really magnification... :rolleyes: )

Well if debunking myth is being pedantic then I'll be the first one to label myself as such. 1.5x gives you greater resolution, not more magnification. When you consider that you can crop into a 1.5x camera's image more than most full frame cameras then it can be viewed as magnification.

Still the image of the bird on your D300 at 400mm is the exact same size as the image of the bird on the D3 at 400mm (assuming the same lens was used, focal lengths do vary slightly from lens to lens).

SLC

[Kernow]

Nikon D40x here. Still getting the hang of it, but enjoying it so far.

[Clix Pix]

Haven't gone out shooting yet today..... :) Still working on images I shot on Saturday!

Yes, indeed I am aware of the "myth" around the 1.5x "crop factor" but wanted both cameras anyway. At the time they were announced I couldn't make up my mind between them and decided that in many ways they complement each other quite well, so chose to purchase both. Actually, you can very clearly see the 1.5x impact when using a DX lens on the D3, because in the viewfinder the camera automatically provides a mask around the area that is not available when shooting with DX. Brings home the point very nicely.....

I have the optional battery grip on the D300 and stick in an EN-EL 4 (same battery that is used in the D3) and this boosts the frames-per-second to nearly the same as on the D3. I find that it works quite well for me to put the D300 on the tripod with the 300mm f/2.8 lens and then to have the flexibility of using the D3 for shooting people and other subjects with other lenses at the same site.

Both are excellent cameras and I am more than pleased with them.

[mxelre]

Nikon D40 FTW:D