Whats your set up?

Post your pictures of you Still camera set up!

I'd post but i am lacking one at the moment.

I will have to get some new images of my gear as I just had a recent major upgrade to my equipment.

Firstly im a Nikon boy ALL OVER, but in no way have anything against Canon.


BODIES:
Nikon D3x (FX Format)
Nikon D3s (FX Format)
Nikon D300 x 2 (DX format)
D90 (DX format)
D3100 (DX format)

LENSES:
Nikon - 14-24mm F2.8
Nikon - 24-70mm F2.8
Nikon - 70-200mmF2.8
Nikon - 60mm F2.8 Micro
Nikon - 10.5mm F2.8 Fisheye (DX)
Nikon - 105mm VR Micro
Nikon - 12-24mm F4 (DX)
Nikon - 50mm F1.8

And a few shitty kit lenses from when I first started

SPEEDLITES:
Nikon - SB - 900 x 3
Nikon - SB - 800 x 1
Nikon - SB - 600 x 3
Triggered via pocket wizards.

This is all my main photographic gear, have a bunch of accessories to add to them all but cant be bothered naming them all!

Anyone that shoots or has shot with any of this gear, lemme know what you think about its performance.

At this stage my D3s is the work horse, doing basically EVERY shoot I have it was a MAJOR upgrade along with the 3 new lenses ( Nikon - 14-24mm F2.8 - Nikon - 24-70mm F2.8 - Nikon - 70-200mmF2.8 )
This camera has proven itself with in 1 month of shooting, the low light side of this camera is MIND BLOWING.
Being able to shoot at 12800 and have no visible digital noise ( if anything it looks like film grain ) is AMAZING!
The D3 and D3x will top out at 6400 then providing near un-usable images, though the D3s images are MORE than usable, with crisp sharp images with great color even in such dark environments!

The D3x is obviously the studio camera with MUCH higher quality for canvas and gloss prints, always being in conjunction with speed and studio lights, there isnt a need for ISO's over 200.

God I could go on and on, but I don't know who's going to read this haha?

<3
Phil.

um.. wow. 6 bodies? your setup is insane.. i would love to own a camera that shoots usably at 12800 iso, jesus. having all those lenses would be nice too haha

my setup:
nikon d70
nikon d2x (barely functions)
50 1.8
sigma 17-70 2.8-4.5
canon 430ex
vivitar 285hv
alienbees to trigger, 2 recievers 1 transmitter
holga 120n
canon ae1 w/ 50 .8
nikon n70
2gb shitty memory card
tripod that doubles as a light stand

ill get a pic later, idk. in the near future, i might get a bower/opteka/samyang 8mm fish for my birthday. not sure

Fffffffffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Phil! So jealous, haha.

Digital
Rebel XSi
50mm f/1.8 II
18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 (never used)
55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS (rarely used)
Opteka battery grip
430ex ii
Vivitar 285HV
Cybersync trigger and receivers

Film
Minolta x-570 and X-700 film bodies
28mm f/2.8
50mm f/2
35-105mm macro f/3.5
Pentax 500mm f/8 mirror reflex telephoto (so sick)
Kodak Bantam (from the 30s biotch)
Kodak Brownie
Kodak Junior Six-20 Series II

Manfrotto tripod, few lightstands, umbrellas, Dakine Sequence, bunch of random DIY stuff.

Thanks Eric and Sam,

Have you guys got any new links to your work. always keen as to see some new stuff


This is my current site ( going through reconstructions at the moment but still viewable )
www.palmedia.com.au


Also Eric, wow the D2x haha awesome man, I remember when that came out and it was the BOMB.
whats wrong with it, just died over the years or other damage?

=]

thats a stout setup Phil!

at the moment im working with:

Bodies:
Nikon D2x
Nikon FE
Canon 550d
Bronica ETRSi

Glass:
Nikon 17-35 f2.8
Nikon 80-200 f2.8
Nikon 50 f1.8
Bronica 75 f2.8

Lighting:
Nikon SB800
Vivi 285hv
Vivi 283hv
Cybersync triggers and receivers
No-name light stands

I have just switched to nikon from canon and am tight for money, So im shooting with a
nikon d3100
18-55mm
55-200(never use for scooting)
samyang 8mm fisheye
a few various filters
and a nikon ni400 tripod.

Hey phil, what other lens would you recomend?

Hey 'hazphoto'

Nikons D3100 is a great body for anyone starting out or looking to get more indepth with a fairly inexpensive dslr body.

I bought this body for my girlfriend and shes loving it so far.

18-55mm 3.5-5.6 lenses are about as basic as it comes, but thats not to say you can get great images with them.

Use your 55-200mm for any portraiture work as the focal length will be great for that.

both of those lenses can be great for bright light shooting, though as soon as it gets darker that cant hold up to some of the 2.8/2/1.8 and 1.4 lenses.

If your looking for another lens I would throughly recommend a 50mm f1.8.
They are quite cheap but great for shooting in darker situations.

check one out here.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/247091-GREY/Nikon_2137_Normal_AF_Nikkor_50mm.html

If you can afford something a little more try either a 50mm1.4 or 35mm.1.8.

Better build quality and final results will be noticeable different but for the extra dosh.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/585343-GREY/Nikon_2180_AF_S_Nikkor_50mm_f_1_4G.html

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/606792-GREY/Nikon_2183_AF_S_Nikkor_35mm_f_1_8G.html


Being there f1.8 lenses there SUPER fast and allowing really shallow depth in your images if shooting at 1.8, great for separating your subjects from the background to get them to bloom.

=]

Canon Rebel XSi
50mm f/1.4 USM
18-55mm f/3.5
18-200mm f/3.5
Flashwave2 triggers
Vivitar 383 flash
Opteka battery grip
Holga 135
Within the next couple of days I'll get a Canon A-1 with:
Canon 85 mm f1.2 (a fantastic portrait lens I hear)
Canon 100-300 mm
Canon 35 mm f/1.8
Canon 28-70 mm f/3.5

NateBorchers wrote:

Canon 85 mm f1.2 (a fantastic portrait lens I hear)

As in the current, $1.8K one?

Haha no I don't believe so, my grandpa found the film setup mentioned in his way old West Virginia home. I thought the same thing when he e-mailed me about the setup.

My still setup

God damn i LOVELOVELOVE this site.

Bodie
Nikon d3000

Lens
Nikkor 18-55mm
55-200mm
75-300mm
I really want to buy the nikon 10.5 mm f/2.8G ED AF DX Fisheye. I'm have to wait till i save enough money though.


Flash
Nikon sb-600
I have some cheap ebay triggers to go with this. lollllolol.



Bag
Tamrac 3370 aero 70 backpack. It does the job.

Im gonna order the canon rebel 2000 eos 35mm soon, because i want to experiment with film cameras.

Josh,

Ha Ha cheap ebay triggers are the BOMB man, I used them for years and still do.

I throughly recommend a 10.5mm fish if you can get one man, they are great, the distortion on them is just right, not to overpowering.

Here are my Camera setups.

Still:
Nikon D500
Cannon EOS 60 D

Lense:
okina 20-35mm f/2.8
I have heaps of randoms as well
Century Optics Baby Death
Opteka Baby Death

Video Camera:
Cannon HG20
Sony VX1000

camera:
sony HDR-CX100

lens:
Opteka OPT-SC37FE Platinum Series 0.3X HD Ultra Fisheye

handle:
Opteka X-GRIP

camera light:
Opteka VL-800

lights:
Bayco SL-1002 Halogen
Designers Edge L-14S LED

Canon 60D
Opteka 6.5 Fisheye
Sigma 28mm Prime
Super Takumar 55mm Prime
Monopod

Pentax K200D W/ Kit Lens
Pentax K1000
Makinon 80-200 Zoom
Asahi 50mm 2.8f Prime
2 Tripods/ Monopod
Various bags and Filters

canon XSI body
canon 15-55 kit lens
canon 50mm f/1.8
canon 15mm f/2.8 fisheye
Vivitar 285 HV flash
opteka grip
pocket wizards pluss
tripods, light stands ect
and lots of other acceseries.


film:
canon AE-1
50mm f/1.8
Lots of minolta lenses, filters, ect.




anybody have any suggestions for flashes and such? Ive really been looking into the 430exii

fullerflared413 wrote:

camera:
sony HDR-CX100

lens:
Opteka OPT-SC37FE Platinum Series 0.3X HD Ultra Fisheye

handle:
Opteka X-GRIP

camera light:
Opteka VL-800

lights:
Bayco SL-1002 Halogen
Designers Edge L-14S LED

Thats your video camera set up

Phil Lagettie wrote:

Josh,

Ha Ha cheap ebay triggers are the BOMB man, I used them for years and still do.

I throughly recommend a 10.5mm fish if you can get one man, they are great, the distortion on them is just right, not to overpowering.

Yeah man, forsure.

Body:
Canon Rebel XS

Lenses:
Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 Telephoto
Canon EFS 18-55mm

Some Canon bag, but I'm going to France over Spring Break and my birthday is a week before so I am hoping to order a backpack, flash, tripod, and a filter. I'm a noob at photography so a point in the right direction would be great.

-Tanner Smith (westcoast)

Stills and some video:
Canon 7D

Lenses:
50mm 1.8
Tokina 10-17mm (SOOOOOOON)

Vid cam:
Canon HG20 (selling to afford the lense)

yes jake 430exii's are sooo nice. i have one and it makes me want to throw away my vivitar 285hv, which is supposed to be good but take like 40 seconds to reload on full power with brand new batteries, and usually someone can get ready to do the trick again in well under 40 seconds.. so its just annoying to shoot riding with. and everybody recommends them, idk why, maybe i just got bad ones or something. id deff get a 430exii forsure

edit: haha you actually have a 285hv.. didnt realize that for some reason. hopefully yours isnt wack like mine

my set up is not really set up yet im still workin on it need some more $ ut right now i have a cannon EOS 50D with a battery grip
and use of my mums 1D mk 3 and 5D
and the lenses i own are
EFS 18 to 200
EF 100 to 400
as i said im still setting it up and will soon have a nice little fish eye and a sammler lense most likley a 17 to 35