Bone_Idle
Mr Maybe
Reged: 28/07/2006
Posts: 1323
Loc: Bradford
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I've only really got into photography since my daughter was born just under two years ago, I was looking to buy a decent camera to record her growing up, and after looking at Bridge cameras it became clear I could get a DSLR for not much more. I ended up with the Olympus E-500 twin lens kit after considering the Nikon D50, Canon EOS300d and the Pentax *ist.
Since then I've upgraded to the E-510 twin lens kit, I have also bought a Metz flashgun (44af4) and the sigma 30mm f/1.4.
I also 'discovered' the joys of camera/lens buying on eBay about 18 months ago, and have bought (and sold various cameras), many of which I have either turned a small profit of at least recouped my initial outlay + fees.
In this time I've owned :-
Olympus OM10 + 50mm +manual adapter (sold)
Olympus 35RC - no meter but fixed and a great little rangefinder.
Olympus 35RC - No meter, and could not fix - sold.
Olympus 35RD - Broken and due to be looked into.
Canon EOS300V
Canon EOS5 - Broken command dial - fixed and sold for 100% profit
Canon EOS5 - Same as above, not yet fixed and I'll probably keep it anyway as a great camera.
Canon EOS1000f - very basic but came with a Sigma 28-200mm lens I fancied.
I do like the Canon film cameras,.
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Thanks
Nick
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Benchmark
Is it safe?
Reged: 12/07/2005
Posts: 2932
Loc: Sedgefield, Co Durham
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Well, at the risk of SWMBO spotting this post:  
Olympus E1 with 14 ~ 54 zoom (and others) used for my day job.
Spare E1 body (useful as I dropped No 1 recently)
Canon PowerShot G9 (also used in my day job)
Olympus OM4Ti (still in very regular use);
Olympus OM2 Sp (mounted on a Nikon microscope);
Mamiya 645 Pro TL (in even more regular use);
Spare Mamiya 645 Pro body
Kodak Retina 1a which comes out on occasions.
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Nigel CRIPN and Bar
Beware of the Dark Slide
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Bone_Idle
Mr Maybe
Reged: 28/07/2006
Posts: 1323
Loc: Bradford
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I fancy a go at Mediam format, but it's a bit out of the range of my sub £50 eBay budget. Maybe one day!
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Nick
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Benchista
Wich Tyler
Reged: 11/08/2000
Posts: 36970
Loc: Everywhere and nowhere, baby
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Can I plead the Fifth?
Current Olys:
OM1n and OM2n (I've sold the OM4 and OM10, both at modest profits)
Camedia 3000Z
XA
XA-2
Mju II
Pen EE-2
and I really can't list all the other brands! 
I used an EOS 5 for some years - the dial has never broken on mine, and yes, it's a great camera - but it's mighty BIG compared to an OM. I've used it once this year, which is less than I've used the OMs.
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Nick
www.nbrphoto.com
Light and Shade II - the new blog
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Bone_Idle
Mr Maybe
Reged: 28/07/2006
Posts: 1323
Loc: Bradford
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I like the size of the EOS5, especially with the VG10 grip. It's not a camera I would carry around a lot but I do liek the heft of it compared to the e-510 and the EOS300v
the 300v is a great little camera, I generally keep the 50mm on it and it is small enough to squeeze in my camera bag with the E510. I only use it with HP5.
I need to sell some cameras to fund a lens, I'll keep obne film camera and it's a toss up between the 300v and the EOS5, I like them both but the money will go towards a lens I'll use a lot more often.
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Nick
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ACS
For Whom the Bell Trolls...
Reged: 04/09/2007
Posts: 46
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Ensign Ranger Special folder. Crowds gather when I set it up.
OM10
OM2n (they'll have to bury me with this, no way would I let it go...)
Pen EE
and...
Halina x35, will be used as a knuckleduster if we ever get burgled, also takes pictures.
Centon K100, flaky, but hasn't fallen to bits yet.
Cosina CTg, can't make up my mind if I like it or not.
Zorki 4k, come the Revolution we'll all have one of these. Shutter spring is a bit Russian, you get recoil bruises shooting with it.
Zenit. 82% - relatively speaking of course - and when tested against Nikon's F6 and the E420 that might change :-)
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knikki
newbie
Reged: 03/03/2008
Posts: 9
Loc: In my head
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Cameras
Olympus E3
Olympus E20 must start using that again
Olympus OM4 one of the orginlas need to get it serviced
Nikon F4s going to use this weekend
Nikon F3
Nikon FA also want a Nikon F, F2 which have had but traded plus F5 and F6
Hassleblad X-Pan best camera I have
Bronica SQAi also had Bronica S2 and Mamiya 330s
Canon EOS1nRS pelicle mirror is great
Canon T90 manual focus version of the EOS1
Had loads of other in the past, which reminds me time to go look at Ebay 
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I lie here at night looking at the moon and seeing the celestial wonders of the night sky.
Then I think "Who's nicked me tent?"
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mike_j
nobbut a beginner
Reged: 23/08/2005
Posts: 1304
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Well, I am far from a committed Olympus user though my dSLR is an e510, but I do have a home assembled Olympus stereo camera made up from an XA2 and XA3 with a tiny bit of electronics to synchronise operation.
Otherwise, apart from the "collection" of odd old cameras, in active use I have Leica M6 and Ricoh GR1.
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Mikerocks
journeyman
Reged: 29/12/2006
Posts: 70
Loc: South Wales
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I am getting to grips with a Mamiya 645 and enjoying the quality of the prints from it. The only reason I have one is that Olympus didn't make the move to medium format.
Mike
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RogerMac
Yah Boo
Reged: 25/03/2007
Posts: 424
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Well if you really want here is (most) of the contents of my top shelf. Three of them I inherited, and yes they do seem to include an awful lot of Canons!
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Benchmark
Is it safe?
Reged: 12/07/2005
Posts: 2932
Loc: Sedgefield, Co Durham
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Quote:
I am getting to grips with a Mamiya 645 and enjoying the quality of the prints from it. The only reason I have one is that Olympus didn't make the move to medium format.
Mike
Which finder do you use?
I have the AE finder which provides very accurate metering, (even for Velvia), but I much prefer to take it off and use the Waist Level finder (with the magnifier popped up).
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Nigel CRIPN and Bar
Beware of the Dark Slide
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Benchista
Wich Tyler
Reged: 11/08/2000
Posts: 36970
Loc: Everywhere and nowhere, baby
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Quote:
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I am getting to grips with a Mamiya 645 and enjoying the quality of the prints from it. The only reason I have one is that Olympus didn't make the move to medium format.
Mike
Which finder do you use?
I have the AE finder which provides very accurate metering, (even for Velvia), but I much prefer to take it off and use the Waist Level finder (with the magnifier popped up).
Me too!
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Nick
www.nbrphoto.com
Light and Shade II - the new blog
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LordMinty
journeyman
Reged: 04/01/2007
Posts: 53
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Well...
Oly E-500 SE kit (17.5-45 & 40-150)
Oly E-330 with 14-42
Non-Oly...
3 x Praktica BX20 bodies, motor winder, and lots and lots and lots of B-series lenses, which is why I made myself a 4/3rds to PB adapter!
Praktica MTL50
Praktica Super TL1000
Quite a few M42 screw lenses, and a 4/3rds to M42 adapter...
Lubitel 166U
And finally my lovely little Exa IIb
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