Discussion
What have you got, what do you need (ok want 
) what's good, what's bad etc.
I'll go first
My most recent iteration of buying and selling has left me with the following:
Canon 6D - had a 450D then a 60D before this, but the 6D is great, love it and have not regretted the move to FF
Canon 24-105 f4L - great walkabout lens, super sharp (and good for most landscape shots)
Canon 16-35 Mk2 f2.8L - new ultrawide (debated long and hard about whether I need this but eventually talked my self into it!)
Canon MPE-65 - evil macro genius lens. A swine to use but there's nothing else like it when you get it right
Canon 400L f5.6 - chopped in my 100-400L for this as I was shooting at 400 all the time and the prime is a touch sharper
Recent casualties - 100L (was never using it due to the MPE), 100-400L (chopped in for a 400L) and my Samyang 14mm is also on the way out (great lens but ousted by the 16-35)
Wants/Needs etc - actually can't think of anything right now but that will change I'm sure
) what's good, what's bad etc.I'll go first
My most recent iteration of buying and selling has left me with the following:
Canon 6D - had a 450D then a 60D before this, but the 6D is great, love it and have not regretted the move to FF
Canon 24-105 f4L - great walkabout lens, super sharp (and good for most landscape shots)
Canon 16-35 Mk2 f2.8L - new ultrawide (debated long and hard about whether I need this but eventually talked my self into it!)
Canon MPE-65 - evil macro genius lens. A swine to use but there's nothing else like it when you get it right
Canon 400L f5.6 - chopped in my 100-400L for this as I was shooting at 400 all the time and the prime is a touch sharper
Recent casualties - 100L (was never using it due to the MPE), 100-400L (chopped in for a 400L) and my Samyang 14mm is also on the way out (great lens but ousted by the 16-35)
Wants/Needs etc - actually can't think of anything right now but that will change I'm sure
My current gear back in Germany is as follows:-
Cameras
3x Sony DSC-R1 Fixed Lens Camera (my normal travel with work and timelapse cams)
Canon EOS-60D
Canon EOS-40D
Canon EOS-20D It finally died a slow death...
Canon EOS-400D
Sony DSC-RX100 (awesome little pocketable cam)
GoPro HD Hero 3 Black Edition
Lenses
Canon 24-105L f/4
Canon EF 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6
Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6
Canon EF 28mm f/2.8
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8
Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6
Sigma 18-50mm DC f/3.5-5.6
Sigma 24-70mm EX DG f/2.8
Sigma 55-200mm f/4-5.6
Sigma 70-200mm DG Macro HSM EX APO f/2.8
Sigma 1.4x Extender
Sigma 2x Extender
Miscellaneous Kit
Canon Speedlite 580EX II Flash
Battery Grips for all EOS cameras above
SD Cards (16-64Gb variants)
CF Cards (1-32Gb variants)
Memorystick Duo (1-16Gb variants)
Piles of spare batteries for all of the cams above
2x Pelicase
1x Lowepro Rucksack
Full studio kit
Cameras
3x Sony DSC-R1 Fixed Lens Camera (my normal travel with work and timelapse cams)
Canon EOS-60D
Canon EOS-40D
Canon EOS-400D
Sony DSC-RX100 (awesome little pocketable cam)
GoPro HD Hero 3 Black Edition
Lenses
Canon 24-105L f/4
Canon EF 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6
Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6
Canon EF 28mm f/2.8
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8
Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6
Sigma 18-50mm DC f/3.5-5.6
Sigma 24-70mm EX DG f/2.8
Sigma 55-200mm f/4-5.6
Sigma 70-200mm DG Macro HSM EX APO f/2.8
Sigma 1.4x Extender
Sigma 2x Extender
Miscellaneous Kit
Canon Speedlite 580EX II Flash
Battery Grips for all EOS cameras above
SD Cards (16-64Gb variants)
CF Cards (1-32Gb variants)
Memorystick Duo (1-16Gb variants)
Piles of spare batteries for all of the cams above
2x Pelicase
1x Lowepro Rucksack
Full studio kit
Cameras
Leaf Aptus Medium Format Digital Back
Mamiya 645 AFDII - my main landscape camera, coupled with the Leaf back
Linhof Technikardan 23 with wide angle and standard bellows, fresnel etc - full movement monorail view camera, work upside down on ground glass under a darkcloth.
Canon 5D Mk3
Canon 1Ds Mk2
Leica D Lux 4
Lenses
100mm Symmar for Linhof
Mamiya 45mm f2.8 AF - my go to lens for landscapes
Mamiya 80mm f2.8 AF - good for portraits
Mamiya 150mm f3.5 AF - my second most used landscape lens
Mamiya 210mm f4
Canon 24mm TS-E - wonderful if odd
Canon 17-40 - good quick landscape lens
Canon 24-105 - travel walkabout
Canon 135mm f2 - just peachy
Canon 100-400 - occasional use, very flexible
Canon 1.4exii converter
Sigma 14mm f2.8 rectilinear - for interiors in small rooms
Accessories
Lee filters, 1,2,3 stops hard and soft edged grad, Big Stopper, 105mm CPL, hood etc
Hitech 3 stop reverse ND grad
Gitzo Carbon Fibre Explorer legs with Manfrotto 405 head, Hejnar Arca Swiss conversion, Manfrotto 438 levelling head and Novoflex panorama head
Gitzo Carbon Fibre Mountaineer legs with Manfrotto 410 head, Hejnar Arca Swiss conversion
Kirk L Bracket for Mamiya
Kirk L Bracket for 5D3
Novoflex L Bracket for 1Ds2
Canon 550ex flash
Canon 430exii flash
Elinchrom Ranger Quadra 2 head portable battery powered studio flash, light stands, modifiers etc
Peli Case
Black Rapid DR1 dual harness, converted with Kirk clamps to take Arca Swiss
Cable releases for everything
Tamrac Cyberpack 8 giant rucksack
Kata Dr467i day rucksack
Lowepro Rolling Computrekker
Lowepro Stealth Reporter 400
Lowepro Classified 250
Eyefi wifi card
Tonnes of CF cards in smaller denominations, mainly 4Gb and 8Gb
Tonnes of SD cards in big denominations, mainly 32Gb
Sensor cleaning gear, small accessories etc.
The next things I want are the Mamiya 50mm shift for the 645, an ultrawide for the Mamiya, probably 35mm but possibly 28mm and a wide angle for the Linhof (probably a Super Angulon 47mm or Grandagon 45mm)
Leaf Aptus Medium Format Digital Back
Mamiya 645 AFDII - my main landscape camera, coupled with the Leaf back
Linhof Technikardan 23 with wide angle and standard bellows, fresnel etc - full movement monorail view camera, work upside down on ground glass under a darkcloth.
Canon 5D Mk3
Canon 1Ds Mk2
Leica D Lux 4
Lenses
100mm Symmar for Linhof
Mamiya 45mm f2.8 AF - my go to lens for landscapes
Mamiya 80mm f2.8 AF - good for portraits
Mamiya 150mm f3.5 AF - my second most used landscape lens
Mamiya 210mm f4
Canon 24mm TS-E - wonderful if odd
Canon 17-40 - good quick landscape lens
Canon 24-105 - travel walkabout
Canon 135mm f2 - just peachy
Canon 100-400 - occasional use, very flexible
Canon 1.4exii converter
Sigma 14mm f2.8 rectilinear - for interiors in small rooms
Accessories
Lee filters, 1,2,3 stops hard and soft edged grad, Big Stopper, 105mm CPL, hood etc
Hitech 3 stop reverse ND grad
Gitzo Carbon Fibre Explorer legs with Manfrotto 405 head, Hejnar Arca Swiss conversion, Manfrotto 438 levelling head and Novoflex panorama head
Gitzo Carbon Fibre Mountaineer legs with Manfrotto 410 head, Hejnar Arca Swiss conversion
Kirk L Bracket for Mamiya
Kirk L Bracket for 5D3
Novoflex L Bracket for 1Ds2
Canon 550ex flash
Canon 430exii flash
Elinchrom Ranger Quadra 2 head portable battery powered studio flash, light stands, modifiers etc
Peli Case
Black Rapid DR1 dual harness, converted with Kirk clamps to take Arca Swiss
Cable releases for everything
Tamrac Cyberpack 8 giant rucksack
Kata Dr467i day rucksack
Lowepro Rolling Computrekker
Lowepro Stealth Reporter 400
Lowepro Classified 250
Eyefi wifi card
Tonnes of CF cards in smaller denominations, mainly 4Gb and 8Gb
Tonnes of SD cards in big denominations, mainly 32Gb
Sensor cleaning gear, small accessories etc.
The next things I want are the Mamiya 50mm shift for the 645, an ultrawide for the Mamiya, probably 35mm but possibly 28mm and a wide angle for the Linhof (probably a Super Angulon 47mm or Grandagon 45mm)
Edited by markmullen on Sunday 11th August 14:10
Camera
Canon 1D MKIII - Used, abused and keeps fighting. Love it to bits.
Canon 20D - My first foray into Digital SLR - Gave it to my niece after I got the 1D, her house was broken into and she got it replaced with a 60D.
Canon G1X - Beer drinking camera
[b]Lenses{/b]
Canon 16-35 L f2.8. Bought since my original 10-22 EFS lens didn't fit on the 1D. like it alot.
Canon 24-70 L f2.8. Lives on the camera.
Canon 50mm f1.4 Cracking sharp - bought it to shoot a wedding; kept it.
Canon 65mm MP-E f2.8 As Dibby says - a bugger to use but when you get it right; there's no better.
Canon 100mm Macro f2.8 Rarely used now - probably give it to my nephew.
Canon 70-200mm L f2.8 Me likey this a lot.
Canon 100-400 L f4.-5.6 Rarely used but why do I keep eyeing up the 300mm or 400mm primes.
Accessories
Manfrotto Tripod and Head.
Benbo Tripod; Manfrotto Head
Canon Flash 580Ex
Couple of Studio lights with reflectors, umbrellas, snood etc- which reminds me - Tony Hetherington still has them.
TriggerTrap - used a couple of times; just don't have the time to set things up.
GigaPan Pro panoramic head; used a lot recently; unfortunately of stuff that I can't publish to the general public.
Peli Cases coming out of my ears. Recent one was a 1510 roller for the panoramic head which is great as the head; camera and a 70-200 lens all fit in the one box for travelling and taking onto the plane.
A couple of Lowepro bags - one rucksack and a stealth Reporter. The latter gets used all the time even if I don't have a camera with me.
A few Lee Filters and their holders. (ND Grads and Big Stopper)
A large Circular Polarising filter which fits onto the Lee holder.
A couple of memory cards.
Fancy
I do see me hankering after a Canon 300mm prime and a Teleconvertor probably the Canon 1.4. Maybe Father Christmas will be good to me.
I'm actually in the gap between buying another camera and selling the old one (yes I know that's the wrong way to do it).
So as of Wednesday I'll have
7D (Going)
5D mk3 (New)
EOS1 35mm film
Olympus OM-10 35mm film
Canon 24-105f4 L New
Sigma 10-20 (Going)
Sigma 17-70 (Going)
Canon 70-200 f4 L
Canon 80-200 f2.8 L came with the EOS1
Canon 50 f1.8
Canon 35 f2 (Probably going)
Canon 100mm f2.8 macro
Canon 50mm macro (ancient)came with the EOS1
Lensbaby (Going)
Youguno strobes x2
Canon 430EX strobe
various triggers
Various filters
2 spare batteries
many 8gb memory cards
3 tripods
2 camera rucksacks
lots of smaller camera bags
lots of LED crap for light painting
Umbrellas/stands etc for outside shooting
cleaning stuff
Wants? To get out and use the new toy, I have two definite and one possible shoots organized with models in the next three weeks. A mate also just bought a 911 turbo so we'll be doing things with that at some point.
Gear wise I'll need a polariser for the 24-105
So as of Wednesday I'll have
7D (Going)
5D mk3 (New)
EOS1 35mm film
Olympus OM-10 35mm film
Canon 24-105f4 L New
Sigma 10-20 (Going)
Sigma 17-70 (Going)
Canon 70-200 f4 L
Canon 80-200 f2.8 L came with the EOS1
Canon 50 f1.8
Canon 35 f2 (Probably going)
Canon 100mm f2.8 macro
Canon 50mm macro (ancient)came with the EOS1
Lensbaby (Going)
Youguno strobes x2
Canon 430EX strobe
various triggers
Various filters
2 spare batteries
many 8gb memory cards
3 tripods
2 camera rucksacks
lots of smaller camera bags
lots of LED crap for light painting
Umbrellas/stands etc for outside shooting
cleaning stuff
Wants? To get out and use the new toy, I have two definite and one possible shoots organized with models in the next three weeks. A mate also just bought a 911 turbo so we'll be doing things with that at some point.
Gear wise I'll need a polariser for the 24-105
Edited by Speed addicted on Sunday 11th August 18:13
My main stuff... I'd quite like a Lee 105mm CPL and maybe swap the 300mm for a 100-400mm but other than that I'm pretty happy with this set up
Canon cameras
5D mk2
7D
G1-X
Canon lenses
17-40mm f4L
24-105mm f4L
70-200mm f4L
50mm f1.4
300mm f4L
1.4 EXII
Lee ND & ND grad filters
Hitech ND & ND grad filters
Manfrotto 055CXPRO3 tripod & 410 junior geared head
Canon underwater housing for G1-X
Think Tank retro 30 & 5 shoulder bags
Lowepro Pro-trekker 300AW backpack
Canon 550EX, 540EZ (x2) & 270EX Speedlights
plus various light stands, triggers, reflectors, film cameras etc
Canon cameras
5D mk2
7D
G1-X
Canon lenses
17-40mm f4L
24-105mm f4L
70-200mm f4L
50mm f1.4
300mm f4L
1.4 EXII
Lee ND & ND grad filters
Hitech ND & ND grad filters
Manfrotto 055CXPRO3 tripod & 410 junior geared head
Canon underwater housing for G1-X
Think Tank retro 30 & 5 shoulder bags
Lowepro Pro-trekker 300AW backpack
Canon 550EX, 540EZ (x2) & 270EX Speedlights
plus various light stands, triggers, reflectors, film cameras etc
Canon 5d mk2
Canon 24-105mm
Hitech filters
Redsnapper tripod with Manfrotto 410 geared head.
Only thing i'd add in the near future is a 70-200mm of some description
Not as big as most peoples list but it's all I need to make the images I want other than that I'm
not that interested in Camera gear.
Canon 24-105mm
Hitech filters
Redsnapper tripod with Manfrotto 410 geared head.
Only thing i'd add in the near future is a 70-200mm of some description
Not as big as most peoples list but it's all I need to make the images I want other than that I'm
not that interested in Camera gear.
Have:
Canon EOS 5D - Bought second hand while I waited to see what the mk3 would be like, but haven't found the need to upgrade yet.
Canon EOS 20D - My first DSLR, I still use it for motorsports
Canon 70-200mm f2.8L - Brilliant lens, but a bit heavy, the first thing that gets left out of my bag if I'm not shooting motorsport
Canon 50mm f1.4 - My walkabout lens, could do with being a bit better built.
Canon 17-40mm f4L - Very wide on the 5D!
Canon Powershot S90 - Brilliant little pocket camera
GoPro Hero HD3 White Edition - Really fun to use for timelapses/videos. With no LCD its almost like the days of film, waiting to get back home to see how the pictures have turned out.
Want:
A new FF Canon camera would be good, but I can't really justify it. Lens wise, I am happy with my set up, although I would like to experiment with macro, so may get the 100L one day. I'd also like another GoPro - probably the silver edition, so I can get 2 angles of the same shot.
Canon EOS 5D - Bought second hand while I waited to see what the mk3 would be like, but haven't found the need to upgrade yet.
Canon EOS 20D - My first DSLR, I still use it for motorsports
Canon 70-200mm f2.8L - Brilliant lens, but a bit heavy, the first thing that gets left out of my bag if I'm not shooting motorsport
Canon 50mm f1.4 - My walkabout lens, could do with being a bit better built.
Canon 17-40mm f4L - Very wide on the 5D!
Canon Powershot S90 - Brilliant little pocket camera
GoPro Hero HD3 White Edition - Really fun to use for timelapses/videos. With no LCD its almost like the days of film, waiting to get back home to see how the pictures have turned out.
Want:
A new FF Canon camera would be good, but I can't really justify it. Lens wise, I am happy with my set up, although I would like to experiment with macro, so may get the 100L one day. I'd also like another GoPro - probably the silver edition, so I can get 2 angles of the same shot.
Cameras
Canon 5D
Canon Powershot S110
Canon Powershot S95 - for sale
Yashica Electro 35
Practika Nova B
Lenses
Sigma 105mm f2.8 OS Macro
Canon 50mm f1.4
Canon 20-35mm f3.5-f4.5
Accessories
Yongnuo YN468 II TTL Flash
3x Yongnuo RF-603 wireless triggers
Tripod, light stand, brollies, etc
Had Canon 10D then 1D MKII, 70-200 2.8L IS, 17-40L, 45mm TS/E, 580 flash IIRC, then Sony A700, 24-70mm, vertical grip, flash, remote triggers the all important Peli case, some hugely expensive, heavy and clever tripod + ball head. Naturally I had a full copy of Photoshop and Lightroom although was a "traitor" and went Aperture for a bit.
Sold it all, stopped visiting DP Review, Luminous-Landscape, FredMiranda etc
Now have Fuji XE-1 and Samsung S3
I take more pictures now...
Sold it all, stopped visiting DP Review, Luminous-Landscape, FredMiranda etc
Now have Fuji XE-1 and Samsung S3
I take more pictures now...
Canon EOS 500D
Canon EOS 7D
Canon 17-85 USM
Canon 70-200 F4 L
Canon 1.4x Extender II
Canon 40mm 2.8 STM
Canon 50mm 1.8
Sigma 10-20
Giottos tripod
Cokin filters
18 months into this hobby and it's already got expensive.
In future I'd like to swap the 70-200 & 1.4x extender for the 70-300 L, or dabble with a Sigma 150-500.
Something fast and wide for walkabout photography and weddings would be nice too, in the 20mm-30mm F2 range.
Either a 17-55mm f/2.8 EF-S or a 24-70 f2.8 L for gig photography is also on the dreamlist.
Canon EOS 7D
Canon 17-85 USM
Canon 70-200 F4 L
Canon 1.4x Extender II
Canon 40mm 2.8 STM
Canon 50mm 1.8
Sigma 10-20
Giottos tripod
Cokin filters
18 months into this hobby and it's already got expensive.
In future I'd like to swap the 70-200 & 1.4x extender for the 70-300 L, or dabble with a Sigma 150-500.
Something fast and wide for walkabout photography and weddings would be nice too, in the 20mm-30mm F2 range.
Either a 17-55mm f/2.8 EF-S or a 24-70 f2.8 L for gig photography is also on the dreamlist.
Camera
Canon 400D.
Lenses
Tokina ATX 116 PRO DX AF11-16mm F/2.8
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II
Canon EF 50mm F1.8 II
Wants
Where to begin...the first thing I'm looking for is a 24-105L as a walkabout - planning on using it for a mix of landscape and action shots as my little 'un keeps me on my toes. Next up I'm looking at something like a Canon 35mm f/2.0 - I love my nifty fifty and always make it work, but I could do with something a touch wider for indoors portraits.
Next I want a Lee filter kit - a Big Stopper and probably a 3 stop hard edged grad to start with.
I should really get something with a lot more reach but I've gotten used to living at either 11, 16 or 50mm. Hopefully the 24-105L will cover the desire for something a bit longer.
Body wise I'd like something with live view but that's well down the list below the glass.
Canon 400D.
Lenses
Tokina ATX 116 PRO DX AF11-16mm F/2.8
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II
Canon EF 50mm F1.8 II
Wants
Where to begin...the first thing I'm looking for is a 24-105L as a walkabout - planning on using it for a mix of landscape and action shots as my little 'un keeps me on my toes. Next up I'm looking at something like a Canon 35mm f/2.0 - I love my nifty fifty and always make it work, but I could do with something a touch wider for indoors portraits.
Next I want a Lee filter kit - a Big Stopper and probably a 3 stop hard edged grad to start with.
I should really get something with a lot more reach but I've gotten used to living at either 11, 16 or 50mm. Hopefully the 24-105L will cover the desire for something a bit longer.
Body wise I'd like something with live view but that's well down the list below the glass.
Well someone has to give the Nikon brand some airspace so...
Nikon D3, D800, D2X
Nikkor 24-70 (always attached to the D800), 70-200 (always attached to the D3 - often with 1.7 tele convertor), 50, 105 Macro (all above are the posh ones)
A few not at all posh/rarely used lenses from Nikon and Sigma
Compacts: Leica, Sony, Canon and Fuji. Fuji and Sony getting most use.
Nikon D3, D800, D2X
Nikkor 24-70 (always attached to the D800), 70-200 (always attached to the D3 - often with 1.7 tele convertor), 50, 105 Macro (all above are the posh ones)
A few not at all posh/rarely used lenses from Nikon and Sigma
Compacts: Leica, Sony, Canon and Fuji. Fuji and Sony getting most use.
Nikon d3100
70-300 VR
Sigma 10-20
Nikon 35mm f1.8
Tamron 17-50 VC f2.8
Raynox DCR-250
Nikon SB-400 flash
Spare battery
£10 tripod
Lee 0.6 Soft grad, 72 mm WA adapter & foundation kit
72mm Marumi CPL
various other screw on filters I never use
Need
d7000 / d7100.
Macro lens
Longer & quicker zoom
Explaining to wifey that there's no such thing as "want", its a "need" is proving tricky.
70-300 VR
Sigma 10-20
Nikon 35mm f1.8
Tamron 17-50 VC f2.8
Raynox DCR-250
Nikon SB-400 flash
Spare battery
£10 tripod
Lee 0.6 Soft grad, 72 mm WA adapter & foundation kit
72mm Marumi CPL
various other screw on filters I never use
Need
d7000 / d7100.
Macro lens
Longer & quicker zoom
Explaining to wifey that there's no such thing as "want", its a "need" is proving tricky.
Camera: Nikon D5100
Lenses:
Nikkor 10-24mm
Nikkor 35mm f1.8
Nikkor 70-300mm VR
Nikkor 18-55mm VR
Realistic wants:
Nikon D7100 (mainly for better ergonomics, compatibility with older lenses better frame rate and build quality improvement)
Nikkor 24-70mm f2.8 or Nikkor 17-55mm f2.8 to replace the 18-55mm VR
Decent flash and radio triggers
Less realistic wants:
Leica M9 and a 50mm
Nikon D4 with Hebrew trinity + 85mm f1.4 + 300mm f2.8 & TCs
Lenses:
Nikkor 10-24mm
Nikkor 35mm f1.8
Nikkor 70-300mm VR
Nikkor 18-55mm VR
Realistic wants:
Nikon D7100 (mainly for better ergonomics, compatibility with older lenses better frame rate and build quality improvement)
Nikkor 24-70mm f2.8 or Nikkor 17-55mm f2.8 to replace the 18-55mm VR
Decent flash and radio triggers
Less realistic wants:
Leica M9 and a 50mm
Nikon D4 with Hebrew trinity + 85mm f1.4 + 300mm f2.8 & TCs
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