Hrishikesh suggested we blog about the cameras and equipment we use. Here’s mine and I would love to see pictures of the equipment that other amateur but passionate photographers use.
I tag, Shail, Hitchwriter , Sangeeta Khanna, Gaurav and Hrishikesh.
Mine is a Nikon D7000 and Nikon 70-300mm VR for bird photos, am content with this one for now, but it’s of no use in poor lighting. I used the same lens without VR until July 2012, and always had to use a tripod, and missed some awesome bird-photo opportunities.
Also have Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 35mm f/1.8G Lens (Standard Lens, no zoom). This one is a Prime lens. The f/1.8 is great for pictures without flash in poor lighting, but useless for clicking owls near our building because it has no zoom
Why not take pictures of our equipment and share them in one place with our experience with each lens?
Camera – Nikon D7000, since March 2012.
Lenses:
1.
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 35mm f/1.8G Lens (Standard Lens)
2.
Nikon AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-300 mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED (4.3x) Lens (Zoom Lens)
Click to see Bird Photographs taken with this lens:
The neighbourhood Purple Sunbird.
A bird on a tree outside Anna Hazare’s home in Ralegaon Siddhi.
And some more here,
Indian Homemaker's Photoblog 
the 70-300 mm lens looks so huge? what is its length?
Dimensions – 80 x 143.5 mm (Diameter x Length)
And, Weight 745 g (It is rather heavy)
wow.. that is a long and heavy one! How do you keep your hands steady?
A little jerk and mine ends up with blurry pics..
Do you also have a tripod?
Earlier I used the same lens without VR – Vibration Reduction feature, and always needed a tripod with it. Now, this lens has VR II and it’s awesome. No tripod is needed now.
But I don’t find it too long… heavy though it is!!! Can’t imagine how those two feet long lenses are managed!
It is the weight that made me opt for the 55–200 mm lens.
It is very heavy Shail and another disadvantage is, it’s no good if the light is low. Tried taking owl pics, and was disappointed.
Lovely tag. 🙂 Ahh the 70-300 mm! I want one of that!
Errr… and also the 35 mm one! 😀
Love this lens, it’s tiny and creates awesome bokeh 🙂
I have the 35 mm prime lens and a 18-125 mm lens which is not enough for bird pictures. Although I keep trying.
35 mm prime is great form my food photography and portraits.
Wishlist includes a tele lens 70-300 mm ..
35mm Prime is my favorite too 🙂
Please do share the pictures of both the lenses! How is your experience with 18-125mm?
I like this idea of experience sharing. I saw my first camera as a teacher and not just an equipment. So I didn’t look for a very sophisticated machine.Currently I am using a Canon 1000D with an 18-55mm kit lens. In future I would love to buy a telephoto lens because I like to capture raw emotions. I hate clicking posers. Clicking with 18-55mm you always end up standing on the face of people.
Moreover I love nature and its creatures, so a telephoto lens tops my list as of now. And by the way I have a blog too. I saw you mentioned people’s blog and my facebook. I don’t mind that, but just wanted to let you know, you can find me at http://www.gvsparx.blogspot.com too. 🙂
Have you tried any other lenses? Which tele photo zoom do you think would be the right one for you to buy?
Let me change link to your blog 🙂
I have a 18-55mm along with my first SLR which is Nikon D3100
I hope to upgrade sometime next year… till then I keep begging and borrowing from friends who have better lens ! 😉
I actually right now am in possession of a 55-200, 18-55 and 0.45x super wide angle lens with macro 😛 😛 😛 still just getting a hang of all these pics !!!
wish list is endless.. I want one 35mm for food pics one 50 mm for potraits and one slr too so that I dont have to keep changing lens that often… and yes I would love to buy a 70-300mm !
no wonder I call myself a bundle of desires !
Hitchy, I find 70 300mm and the 35mm Prime lens pretty good for portraits…
Have you ever tried and know of someone who has used this one for tele photo Zoom – Tamron SP AF 200-500 F/5-6.3 Di LD (IF) (for Nikon Digital SLR) Lens (Telephoto Lens)
http://www.flipkart.com/tamron-sp-af-200-500-f-5-6-3-di-ld-if-for-nikon-digital-slr-lens/p/itmczc2hhzdkrgzy?pid=ACCCYZFZ8AUH83D4&icmpid=reco_pp_hSame_lens_1
Nope… I dont think anyone I know has used… maybe I will still ask !
btw when did you start this blog ? I had no clue… its just today that I have noticed this !
Started very recently… posting some awesome bird pics I took with 70 300mm yesterday evening and then this morning.
Tamron SP AF200-500MM F/5-6.3 Di LD (IF) Review
http://photo.net/equipment/tamron/200_500_Di/
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Done, My post is at: http://santulan.wordpress.com/2013/03/25/the-cameras-that-i-use/
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And here I am listing some links with information about the kind of equipment for bird photographs.
http://photographylife.com/best-nikon-lenses-for-wildlife-photography
http://www.dpreview.com/articles/1852634480/bird-photography-tips
I have added 300 f4 (Prime lens) and Nikon TC-14E II AF-S Teleconverter to my equipment. The end result is 420 mm, 5.6 f