Photography Gear Thread

[sujoyp]

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

 

[trublu]

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

 

[rock_dj]

@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?

 

[nac]

@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)

 

[sujoyp]

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

 

[mastervk]

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)...

 

[mastervk]

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

 

[sujoyp]

nice mastervk....u have very nice gears

 

[mastervk]

@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...

 

[sujoyp]

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

 

[mastervk]

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...

 

[sujoyp]

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

 

[mastervk]

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 ...

 

[sujoyp]

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

 

[arian29]

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[sujoyp]

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

 

[arian29]

.. 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..

 

[sujoyp]

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

 

[Tenida]

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[sujoyp]

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