Shutterstock Photographer Forum :: View topic - What made you choose the camera you have?

kenny123 · Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 8:02 pm

My reasons for choosing the Nikon D50:

I was considering the Nikon,Canon's 350D,or Olympus's E500

My first consideration was size and weight-I do not walk around with a camera around my neck-In street-shooter fashion,I carry my camera in my right hand with the neckstrap around my palm-I would not want to hold a D3 or a 1dmk111 this way- I would have one arm longer than the other!

Next: Flash sync-with the Nikon fastest flash sync is 1/500 sec on camera-off camera I can sync at 1/4000 sec very handy for full control of ambient light when using flash in daylight, like when cross-lighting(very few other cameras can do this Nikon D70,and only one Canon -the 1d series) 350D sync at 1/250
E500sync at 1/180

Also the Nikon can accept older nikon lenses ( My favourite lens is an E series by Nikon made in 1972
50 mm F 1.8)

graphicphoto · Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 8:42 pm

I use the Canon Rebel xt and xti (work's). I chose them because I have small hands and after using 20ds, 5ds and the Mark series for two years as a commercial photographer I found they were just too heavy for my wrist and too big for my hand. Also...PRICE! I did have work purchase a 17-55 IS USM f/2.8 which is what I use almost exclusively now! If you have skill as a photographer I don't think you need to pay thousands of dollars to get good photos. Now granted, if I had millions of dollars I may be singing a different tune...but alas...I don't use a Holga.

kenny123 · Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 9:16 pm

Captured Nuance · Joined: 24 Feb 2005 Posts: 1670 Location: So Cal

Went with the 5D because I could not afford the EOS-1D Mark III, but I have to say I love the 5D.

Although I have to say I am contemplating switching to Nikon. Maybe going with the D3 as my next upgrade :)

Gordo

dtphoto · Joined: 06 Jan 2008 Posts: 580 Location: Austin, Texas

graphicphoto · Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 9:40 pm

dtphoto · Joined: 06 Jan 2008 Posts: 580 Location: Austin, Texas

kenny123 · Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 10:21 pm

graphicphoto · Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 10:25 pm

Paul_Lewis · Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 10:58 pm

I saved up and bought a Nikon D50. I never had a Nikon, I love my dad as a hero, an artist and an awesome electrician -- He had a Nikon.

As his creative energy faded (although just today I saw some sparks with his pocket camera), I found a new surge with the D50.

The 50 died and I bought a "gently used" D100 that I'm falling in love with. Nothing automatic. You call the shots, so to speak. It took me back to my college Pentax K1000 days. It has made me work harder to realize what I'm trying to capture and what I'm looking at.

My bride has the old faithful Fuji FinePix 3mp that filled half my portfolio. The new 7th grader will be taking that old soldier from Detroit to San Antonio this Sunday. I expect the best, but I'm not jumping up and down yet, as the same boy just got an iPod for his birthday a couple weeks ago. Art v Music... That's a toss up when you turn 12!

jeffbanke · Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 12:15 am

I had owned Nikon Slr's and a bunch of lenses since 1968, so hard to move away, although I felt Canon had the edge. However my beloved bought me a D70s for my birthday, I still resisted retiring my film Slr's, but soon migrated over. Then bought a gently used D100 and founf the faults that were in the D70. I find the D100 to be a solid workhorse that requires little effort to 'fix' things, it's one failing is it tends to underexpose a little.
Finally I broke dow and bought a D300, an incredible camera, wonderful coloimetry, fantastic resolution, but overkill for microstock. I shoot most of my microstock stuff still with the D100 and D70s. I keep the 70 s for bright days an studio work, where it's deficiencies will not show up. The D100 is used every day for almost everything, and the D300 for the special projects, and Rm or for hire images, or those that I know I am going to want to crop down to the 2k x 3k size of the D100.

Susan · Joined: 06 May 2005 Posts: 6280

I went with Canon for the glass. I have a 40D now.

ctesti · Joined: 15 Jan 2006 Posts: 1344 Location: California

I have a Canon 1ds MarkIII so I can work with Micro and traditional stocks who requires more than 16MP camera.

medveh · Joined: 18 Nov 2005 Posts: 1829 Location: Transylvania

When I started visiting photo sharing sites for learning and feedback I realized that the photos of the then popular 300D and 10D are amazing so I wanted to be part of the Canon family which I am now with a 350D and a 40D I own.

kenny123 · Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 3:23 am

Ok thanks for replies so far, but no-one has told what really made them choose that camera-was it ease of handling?,were the buttons placed conveniently?was it because it was top of the range?,most expensive? I chose mine,even though it lacks some basic items-I have no DOF stop-down button; I cannot lock mirror,up,except for cleaning the sensor -but to me these were secondary to the range of lenses available that would fit,and the advantage of the faster flash sync, and the AE-L/AF-L system which easily allows me to use "trap-Focus".Regards,Ken