SLR's v Bikers

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I've too many cameras. Nikon D40x, olympus E410 and some pocket cameras. The Nikon undoubtedly takes the best pictures, but its too much bother, and I prefer the menu's and controls on the olympus. day to day I'm generally happy with the results of the pocket cameras, I think the Nikon is the next thing on ebay..

I still have a film SLR, it does the job nicely too. The rest of the stuff I'm now taking on my 5MP phone, more then I need.

Following this -> link <- for examples of the photos I took with my Minolta SLR.

Originally Posted by Ceri JC

A mate who regularly sells his photographs and teaches digital photography is of the opinon that for most users, SLR is a 'badge' or status symbol and serves no practical purpose. His argument is that in traditional photography, SLRs have a point, but with digital, where the screen can show exactly what will be photographed, SLRs lose their main benefit. He also points out that it's usually better to spend £700 on a really good 'normal' digital camera, than £700 on a fairly entry level digital SLR; The former will usually take better pictures in most users' hands.

Not strictly my opinion and I'm sure some people on here will be quick to jump on this, but he knows a lot more about photography than me, so I don't disagree with him.

It's not the kit that makes a fantastic photo, it's the cheese that operates it.

Oh, and I use a Nikon D80 for digital.

I still pefer to use film though, the darkroom work makes a great change from sitting in front of a computer screen.

Never developed my own film before, I was thinking about a changing bag, but I know nothing about it all.

Originally Posted by Grinch

Never developed my own film before, I was thinking about a changing bag, but I know nothing about it all.

I did photography at night school some years ago, the best part of the course was when they gave us a roll Ilford FP4 B+W film and told us to go and shoot what we like cos we would be developing and printing our own films.Inevitably opening a film cannister in the dark and rolling it on to a spool for developing meant scratched film and dust marks etc but when you see a piece of photo paper coming to life with your images after its been through the various chemical baths etc..... magic, photoshop will never be able to compete on that level

Originally Posted by Ceri JC

A mate who regularly sells his photographs and teaches digital photography is of the opinon that for most users, SLR is a 'badge' or status symbol and serves no practical purpose. His argument is that in traditional photography, SLRs have a point, but with digital, where the screen can show exactly what will be photographed, SLRs lose their main benefit. He also points out that it's usually better to spend ?700 on a really good 'normal' digital camera, than ?700 on a fairly entry level digital SLR; The former will usually take better pictures in most users' hands.

Not strictly my opinion and I'm sure some people on here will be quick to jump on this, but he knows a lot more about photography than me, so I don't disagree with him.

Perhaps, but you're not gonna learn to use the SLRs fancy bits if you don't have one to practice with.

I have a Canon 400D

I've got a Nikon D40, plenty of canons out there, good if you want to borrow lenses

So there are a few. I still haven't figured out a way to transport my SLR when I am out riding though as there have been various points when I wanted to stop to take a picture. Probably a tank bag might be the way to go as I don't really like the idea of having a camera in my back pack.

If I remember correctly baglux do a special camera bag.

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I have a fuji bridge camera with a threaded lens for m wide angle lens

Does everything i could ever want it to

I had a film SLR (well, still have it but don't use it), then got a digital compact and used both depending on the circumstances. I recently bought a digital SLR, and now use that and the digital compact. The DSLR is great for getting brilliant shots, allowing post-processing (I always use RAW) and the ability to easily control shutter speed and aperture. On the other hand, it is big, heavy and takes time to get the best out of it, which is why I also use a digital compact if it's better suited to the occasion.