What got you hooked on Canon?

[Kbone]

--
'The French: They're Always There When They Need You'

Could you please refrain from dumping readymade propaganda garbage,
which is anyways irrelevant in a digital photo forum ?

No.
-Kevin

--
'The French: They're Always There When They Need You'

Canon D60, BG-ED3, 50mm f/1.8, 28-135mm IS/USM, 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro, 420EX, Alien Bees monolights, Sekonic L358 flash meter, Sunpak PZ5000AF, Epson 2200
See some of my photographs at:
http://pages.cthome.net/cassella/index.htm

 

[BC32072]

Waldemar,

I don't get hooked on any equipment. I use whatever will get the job done the best. When digital started up I wanted to get in but after researching the subject and looking at the images I determined that CCD was not good enough and that in the future CMOS was going to be better. When the D30 came out I liked the images and a friend bought the D30 and I bought the lenses and it did the job well. Now we both have D60's and we would like to move up but the Foveon sensor is lurking out there just getting ready to put the Bayer sensors in the Smithsonian. (In the US that is our national museum of old stuff). The Sigma SD9 is impressive for its size and I think that whoever comes out with a 6 to 10 mp Foveon has my vote. Hopefully it is Canon because of the lenses. I own also Hasselblads but a digital back for that is overkill and overpriced and I won't go that way under any circumstance.

BC

 

[mjdono]

For me it was my first F1 in the early 70's. I loved that camera.

For me it was the 75-300mm IS and the Canon 50 E body (Elan 7 in
the US? No idea, the second body with the eye focussing, first one
was the EOS 5 over here).

Then i sold these two pretty fast, since the 75-300 IS is really a
soft one and focusses very slowly with moving objects. I got into
Contax and enjoyed the Zeiss lenses for quite a while. Then i
bought a used D30 summer before last and got into Canon again. Got
the D60 last April. Sold it two weeks ago, ordered the 1Ds, am now
waiting for it to arrive.

But initially it was the 75-300mm IS, which seemed so incredibly
practical (and it still is). Very initially it was a mechanical
Canon SLR (some cheapie stuff only with Av and no M) that i got for
my 17th birthday, but that doesn´t count, since i never really got
into photography before the "digital darkroom".

And i´m really thankful never to have gotten seriously into the
Nikon stuff now . In my opinion, never to have offered hookers
like the 75-300 IS or the 28-135 IS, mediocre as they may be
optically, is the largest Nikon´s mistake, which cost them market
share to no end.

Which piece of equipment or what considerations got you hooked?

pic below: D30, 75-300 IS (yes, i had a second one for a while,
then sold it due to a 100-400 IS. You can SEE, how soft it is at
5.6/300mm, which is o.k. with that pic) .
--------------------------------------
Waldemar
http://www.pbase.com/haak
http://www.photo-haak.com
http://www.images-of-tuscany.com

 

[Paul Cheang]

For me it was the 75-300mm IS and the Canon 50 E body (Elan 7 in
the US? No idea, the second body with the eye focussing, first one
was the EOS 5 over here).

Then i sold these two pretty fast, since the 75-300 IS is really a
soft one and focusses very slowly with moving objects. I got into
Contax and enjoyed the Zeiss lenses for quite a while. Then i
bought a used D30 summer before last and got into Canon again. Got
the D60 last April. Sold it two weeks ago, ordered the 1Ds, am now
waiting for it to arrive.

But initially it was the 75-300mm IS, which seemed so incredibly
practical (and it still is). Very initially it was a mechanical
Canon SLR (some cheapie stuff only with Av and no M) that i got for
my 17th birthday, but that doesn´t count, since i never really got
into photography before the "digital darkroom".

And i´m really thankful never to have gotten seriously into the
Nikon stuff now . In my opinion, never to have offered hookers
like the 75-300 IS or the 28-135 IS, mediocre as they may be
optically, is the largest Nikon´s mistake, which cost them market
share to no end.

Which piece of equipment or what considerations got you hooked?

pic below: D30, 75-300 IS (yes, i had a second one for a while,
then sold it due to a 100-400 IS. You can SEE, how soft it is at
5.6/300mm, which is o.k. with that pic) .
--------------------------------------
Waldemar
http://www.pbase.com/haak
http://www.photo-haak.com
http://www.images-of-tuscany.com

--
PC writes:

All the lenses that I owned... what to do? Buy a better Canon camera to go with the L lenses of course. Damn Canon... keeps selling me those expensive lenses.
Paul

 

[Maurice Joubert59901]

Could you please refrain from dumping readymade propaganda garbage,
which is anyways irrelevant in a digital photo forum ?

No.

So if you cannot refrain, I think you need psychatric care..

I wish you a prompt recovering

 

[Brett Delmage]

The Rebel. I forget the exact model, but it was one of the earlier ones.

Fabuolous camera! Solid 'space age' plastic case, lightweight, carry anywhere, but extremely versatile 35-80? lens. Sorry, I don't remember any more of its great features. I haven't used it much since 1998 when I got a Coolpix, and last year, my D60.

Still, a handy backup camera in case EMP takes out my other ones!

Brett

 

[Kbone]

So if you cannot refrain, I think you need psychatric care..

I wish you a prompt recovering

I'll bet you do. It wouldn't do much good for me (or other Americans) to be confined to a psychiatric hospital the next time Normandy needs liberating. Who would do it then?
-Kevin

--
'The French: They're Always There When They Need You'

Canon D60, BG-ED3, 50mm f/1.8, 28-135mm IS/USM, 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro, 420EX, Alien Bees monolights, Sekonic L358 flash meter, Sunpak PZ5000AF, Epson 2200
See some of my photographs at:
http://pages.cthome.net/cassella/index.htm

 

[Bob Graham rvg]

I was at the day my vendor was going to ship my my D100, but looking at Phil's samples, I just couldn't get past the slight advantage in detail and quality of the D60 pictures (slight but significant to me) .

Since then I've also been very happy with the switch because of the quiet and fast USM lenses.

Bob

 

[Harlod]

For me it was the 75-300mm IS and the Canon 50 E body (Elan 7 in
the US? No idea, the second body with the eye focussing, first one
was the EOS 5 over here).

Then i sold these two pretty fast, since the 75-300 IS is really a
soft one and focusses very slowly with moving objects. I got into
Contax and enjoyed the Zeiss lenses for quite a while. Then i
bought a used D30 summer before last and got into Canon again. Got
the D60 last April. Sold it two weeks ago, ordered the 1Ds, am now
waiting for it to arrive.

But initially it was the 75-300mm IS, which seemed so incredibly
practical (and it still is). Very initially it was a mechanical
Canon SLR (some cheapie stuff only with Av and no M) that i got for
my 17th birthday, but that doesn´t count, since i never really got
into photography before the "digital darkroom".

And i´m really thankful never to have gotten seriously into the
Nikon stuff now . In my opinion, never to have offered hookers
like the 75-300 IS or the 28-135 IS, mediocre as they may be
optically, is the largest Nikon´s mistake, which cost them market
share to no end.

Which piece of equipment or what considerations got you hooked?

pic below: D30, 75-300 IS (yes, i had a second one for a while,
then sold it due to a 100-400 IS. You can SEE, how soft it is at
5.6/300mm, which is o.k. with that pic) .
--------------------------------------
Waldemar
http://www.pbase.com/haak
http://www.photo-haak.com
http://www.images-of-tuscany.com

 

[Ogilvy]

I got into Canon by chance, I actually wanted the d100 because of the faster af and better low light capability but the d30 I was offered was too good to pass up ( $1000 Sep 2002), I didn't know better then, I'm a believer now though!

For me it was the 75-300mm IS and the Canon 50 E body (Elan 7 in
the US? No idea, the second body with the eye focussing, first one
was the EOS 5 over here).

Then i sold these two pretty fast, since the 75-300 IS is really a
soft one and focusses very slowly with moving objects. I got into
Contax and enjoyed the Zeiss lenses for quite a while. Then i
bought a used D30 summer before last and got into Canon again. Got
the D60 last April. Sold it two weeks ago, ordered the 1Ds, am now
waiting for it to arrive.

But initially it was the 75-300mm IS, which seemed so incredibly
practical (and it still is). Very initially it was a mechanical
Canon SLR (some cheapie stuff only with Av and no M) that i got for
my 17th birthday, but that doesn´t count, since i never really got
into photography before the "digital darkroom".

And i´m really thankful never to have gotten seriously into the
Nikon stuff now . In my opinion, never to have offered hookers
like the 75-300 IS or the 28-135 IS, mediocre as they may be
optically, is the largest Nikon´s mistake, which cost them market
share to no end.

Which piece of equipment or what considerations got you hooked?

pic below: D30, 75-300 IS (yes, i had a second one for a while,
then sold it due to a 100-400 IS. You can SEE, how soft it is at
5.6/300mm, which is o.k. with that pic) .
--------------------------------------
Waldemar
http://www.pbase.com/haak
http://www.photo-haak.com
http://www.images-of-tuscany.com

 

[Waldemar]

So if you cannot refrain, I think you need psychatric care..

I wish you a prompt recovering

I'll bet you do. It wouldn't do much good for me (or other
Americans) to be confined to a psychiatric hospital the next time
Normandy needs liberating. Who would do it then?
-Kevin

--
'The French: They're Always There When They Need You'
Canon D60, BG-ED3, 50mm f/1.8, 28-135mm IS/USM, 100mm f/2.8 USM
Macro, 420EX, Alien Bees monolights, Sekonic L358 flash meter,
Sunpak PZ5000AF, Epson 2200
See some of my photographs at:
http://pages.cthome.net/cassella/index.htm

--
Waldemar
http://www.pbase.com/haak
http://www.photo-haak.com
http://www.images-of-tuscany.com

 

[RLJSlick]

I would have to say it was the Rebel G. It was so easy to learn and cheap enough that a college student like myself at the time could buy one. Great lenses also!

Ricky

For me it was the 75-300mm IS and the Canon 50 E body (Elan 7 in
the US? No idea, the second body with the eye focussing, first one
was the EOS 5 over here).

Then i sold these two pretty fast, since the 75-300 IS is really a
soft one and focusses very slowly with moving objects. I got into
Contax and enjoyed the Zeiss lenses for quite a while. Then i
bought a used D30 summer before last and got into Canon again. Got
the D60 last April. Sold it two weeks ago, ordered the 1Ds, am now
waiting for it to arrive.

But initially it was the 75-300mm IS, which seemed so incredibly
practical (and it still is). Very initially it was a mechanical
Canon SLR (some cheapie stuff only with Av and no M) that i got for
my 17th birthday, but that doesn´t count, since i never really got
into photography before the "digital darkroom".

And i´m really thankful never to have gotten seriously into the
Nikon stuff now . In my opinion, never to have offered hookers
like the 75-300 IS or the 28-135 IS, mediocre as they may be
optically, is the largest Nikon´s mistake, which cost them market
share to no end.

Which piece of equipment or what considerations got you hooked?

pic below: D30, 75-300 IS (yes, i had a second one for a while,
then sold it due to a 100-400 IS. You can SEE, how soft it is at
5.6/300mm, which is o.k. with that pic) .
--------------------------------------
Waldemar
http://www.pbase.com/haak
http://www.photo-haak.com
http://www.images-of-tuscany.com

--
Ricky L. Jones
Canon Elan II, EOS 3, G1, EOS IX

 

[David Sherman]

My ex-girlfriend got me an Elan for my birthday, and I stopped using my Nikon F pretty much.

My present girlfriend, gave me much dinero towards a D-60, needless to say,she showed up my ex............

 

[Waldemar]

Waldemar,

I don't get hooked on any equipment. I use whatever will get the
job done the best. When digital started up I wanted to get in but
after researching the subject and looking at the images I
determined that CCD was not good enough and that in the future CMOS
was going to be better. When the D30 came out I liked the images
and a friend bought the D30 and I bought the lenses and it did the
job well. Now we both have D60's and we would like to move up but
the Foveon sensor is lurking out there just getting ready to put
the Bayer sensors in the Smithsonian. (In the US that is our
national museum of old stuff). The Sigma SD9 is impressive for its
size and I think that whoever comes out with a 6 to 10 mp Foveon
has my vote. Hopefully it is Canon because of the lenses. I own
also Hasselblads but a digital back for that is overkill and
overpriced and I won't go that way under any circumstance.

BC

Well, i wouldn´t think too much about Fovean for two reasons:

1.) Noise at high ISO. Maybe they´ll able to fix that, but maybe not, because due to the layer contruction they ALWAYS will have to amplify layers 2 and 3,

2.) Because of the rather small 35mm glass the resolution will top out at about 14-16 mp anyway and you can get that easily with CCD or CMOS. No need for an exotic contruction in the first place.

--
Waldemar
http://www.pbase.com/haak
http://www.photo-haak.com
http://www.images-of-tuscany.com

 

[CPZ]

I was using nikon equipment such as FM2s when I decided that I wanted to try digital for sports photography. I went with cannon because nikon seem to have alot of incompatiabilty issues with some of their older lenses and since I was going to have to buy new ones anyway I looked at canon. Everyone I talked to like the canon autofocus better than the nikon and I didn't want to spend 5000 plus for the D1 at the time. I saw the D30 at the CES show and I bought one when I got home

 

[Chris Charlton]

So if you cannot refrain, I think you need psychatric care..

I wish you a prompt recovering

I'll bet you do. It wouldn't do much good for me (or other
Americans) to be confined to a psychiatric hospital the next time
Normandy needs liberating. Who would do it then?
-Kevin

Yawn.....Please wake up from your illusions sleepy American.....

--
'The French: They're Always There When They Need You'
Canon D60, BG-ED3, 50mm f/1.8, 28-135mm IS/USM, 100mm f/2.8 USM
Macro, 420EX, Alien Bees monolights, Sekonic L358 flash meter,
Sunpak PZ5000AF, Epson 2200
See some of my photographs at:
http://pages.cthome.net/cassella/index.htm

 

[hoang nguyen]

For me it was the 75-300mm IS and the Canon 50 E body (Elan 7 in
the US? No idea, the second body with the eye focussing, first one
was the EOS 5 over here).

Then i sold these two pretty fast, since the 75-300 IS is really a
soft one and focusses very slowly with moving objects. I got into
Contax and enjoyed the Zeiss lenses for quite a while. Then i
bought a used D30 summer before last and got into Canon again. Got
the D60 last April. Sold it two weeks ago, ordered the 1Ds, am now
waiting for it to arrive.

But initially it was the 75-300mm IS, which seemed so incredibly
practical (and it still is). Very initially it was a mechanical
Canon SLR (some cheapie stuff only with Av and no M) that i got for
my 17th birthday, but that doesn´t count, since i never really got
into photography before the "digital darkroom".

And i´m really thankful never to have gotten seriously into the
Nikon stuff now . In my opinion, never to have offered hookers
like the 75-300 IS or the 28-135 IS, mediocre as they may be
optically, is the largest Nikon´s mistake, which cost them market
share to no end.

Which piece of equipment or what considerations got you hooked?

pic below: D30, 75-300 IS (yes, i had a second one for a while,
then sold it due to a 100-400 IS. You can SEE, how soft it is at
5.6/300mm, which is o.k. with that pic) .
--------------------------------------
Waldemar
http://www.pbase.com/haak
http://www.photo-haak.com
http://www.images-of-tuscany.com

--
Hoang Nguyen
http://www.onemodelplace.com/photographer_list.cfm?P_ID=6257

 

[tim martin]

Which piece of equipment or what considerations got you hooked?

I will be getting a 10D, by this summer, if not much sooner, but
there's no way I am selling my Canon G2.

This was a great deal. 15 months ago, I was planning on spending
maybe $500, but then I just realized that I really, really wanted a G2;
and so I spent $750 on the G2.

Now even my G2 isn't enough, but it sure wasn't bad at all for being
"my first digital camera"... I would say, 4000 images later.

Prior to that I was taking pictures with disposable cameras I bought
in the supermarket. No joke.

 

[Stan Jirman]

Had Canon T90 with FD glass, went to Nikon when Canon changed the mount, and came back screaming. The focus is so much better, faster, quieter, the camera features are much better (DOFP: on the Elan. Nikon? N90).

Never looked back.

• Stan

Photo Travelogues: http://www.phototrek.org/
Equipment list is in the profile.

 

[Uncle Matt]

I entered a photography contest in high school (Had no camera). One of my potential entries taken with my moms 35mm Ansco was lost by my local Ritz shop while enlarging. With time running out, I borrowed a friends Minolta SLR and was astonished with its capabilities. You could zoom in and out, set shutter speed, and even manually focus!

I shot a red flower under an aquarium lamp with a black backdrop. As the flower had a few brown spots on the leaves I intentionally softened the focus to give it a soft smooth look. I won 3rd place and was told it would've been first but it was a touch out of focus... Vowed someday I would have a camera like that.

A decade later I bought a Rebel 2000 kit. Never look back. Acting on advice mainly from this forum I added the 100 2.8 macro and then a 50 1.4. Looks like I'm about to go digital with a 10D! After all these years my dad still asks me how the Rebel compares to that Minolta!

Matt

Love my Rebel!

For me it was the 75-300mm IS and the Canon 50 E body (Elan 7 in
the US? No idea, the second body with the eye focussing, first one
was the EOS 5 over here).

Then i sold these two pretty fast, since the 75-300 IS is really a
soft one and focusses very slowly with moving objects. I got into
Contax and enjoyed the Zeiss lenses for quite a while. Then i
bought a used D30 summer before last and got into Canon again. Got
the D60 last April. Sold it two weeks ago, ordered the 1Ds, am now
waiting for it to arrive.

But initially it was the 75-300mm IS, which seemed so incredibly
practical (and it still is). Very initially it was a mechanical
Canon SLR (some cheapie stuff only with Av and no M) that i got for
my 17th birthday, but that doesn´t count, since i never really got
into photography before the "digital darkroom".

And i´m really thankful never to have gotten seriously into the
Nikon stuff now . In my opinion, never to have offered hookers
like the 75-300 IS or the 28-135 IS, mediocre as they may be
optically, is the largest Nikon´s mistake, which cost them market
share to no end.

Which piece of equipment or what considerations got you hooked?

pic below: D30, 75-300 IS (yes, i had a second one for a while,
then sold it due to a 100-400 IS. You can SEE, how soft it is at
5.6/300mm, which is o.k. with that pic) .
--------------------------------------
Waldemar
http://www.pbase.com/haak
http://www.photo-haak.com
http://www.images-of-tuscany.com