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Just like we have the Setup Thread, I thought i would start one for camera setups!!

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Panasonic pv-gs500 3-ccd with Rode VideoMic and 0.45X Wide Angle lens

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Canon XL2 with a 35mm adapter on order.
 
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do u have any pics?
 
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Canon Optura S1 (very nice small camera)
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Also have a Canon S2IS Although it doesn't see much use
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no pictures now. but i will put some up when I get the chance... for now here are pictures of the xl2 and the adapter I am buying, but neither are pictures of my actual unit.

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no pictures now. but i will put some up when I get the chance... for now here are pictures of the xl2 and the adapter I am buying, but neither are pictures of my actual unit.


Nice, don't you already have an xl2?
 
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Nikon D70 & 60mm Macro lens (you'll have to excuse the quality, it was taken with the Canon [crap for still images])
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Also have a Canon S1IS Although it doesn't see much use
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I have the Canon Powershot S2IS.. it is a great camera... not pro, but not just point and shoot...
 
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Nice, don't you already have an xl2?

yes i do, but i currently do not know where i have placed my still camera so that I can take a picture of it.
 
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nice cameras everyone.

Nikon D50
Nikon P4 for everyday photos.

as far as video, i'm still in the stone age with a canon one that uses tapes.
 
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lol the xl2 uses tapes... all professional level camera's use tapes still. Do you mean DV or are you using VHS?
 
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lol the xl2 uses tapes... all professional level camera's use tapes still. Do you mean DV or are you using VHS?
Hate to take it a tiny bit off topic but what do you know about digital encoders?
 
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which one specifically do you have in mind?
 
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My camera setup: (taken with my even less fantastic iSight ;))

I hope to get a nice little prosumer dslr someday, but there's quite a few other things ahead on the list at the moment I'm afraid. (dead link removed)
 
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I hope to get a nice little prosumer dslr someday, but there's quite a few other things ahead on the list at the moment I'm afraid. (dead link removed)
what's the megapixels on your cam?
 
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Only 2 Megapixels, but on sunny days the pictures aren't half bad actually...

If you search flickr, you can find a ton of nice pictures taken with that phone.
 
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Sony DCR-TRV19 with .45x wide angle lense. For audio I have an Audio Technica AT897 going through a beachtek XLR adapter.
I'd say my audio equipment is worth more than my camera, but its soooo nice. Its easier to make a movie look good with good audio than with anything else.
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The picture is crap because I took it with the built in isight on my macbook pro (really hard to see what you are taking a picture of).
 
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Canon Digital Rebel XT (EOS 350D) with kit lens and a Canon EF 70-300mm F/4-5.6 IS USM.

Tripod is a Gitzo Carbon 6X Mountaineer G1157G (Sports Series).

Tripod head is a Manfrotto 329RC4 Compact Pro 3D Head.

Camera bags: Lowepro Nova 4 AW and Lowepro Off Road beltpack.

I also have a Kinesis [H717] X Harness for long treks in the woods.
 

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I've got plenty in my SmugMug galleries but I'm sure all these pictures (or at least 98% of them) in this gallery, this one and this one were taken with that lens. (dead links removed)

I like it lots!

I had the abysmal Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III USM (dead link removed) and that was a total mistake. Compared to 75-300mm this one is super terrific. It isn't an L series lens (I sure can't afford one, how about you? *wink*) but it's pretty good. Chromatic aberration is tolerable as with the 75-300mm it was always there on each and every shot. Not only that but the 75-300mm's focus was so darn soft, it always looked slightly out of focus.

Before buying the 70-300mm IS, I read a lot of reviews and most were positive. I read reviews of the 75-300mm AFTER buying it... *rolleyes*

Anyway, I have some links to reviews for the 70-300mm IS right here. (dead link removed)

I posted some photos in my blog when I was testing the lens here and here. (dead links removed)
 
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