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The Equipment
The Old Oly
Until 2000 I was using my Olympus 2000 zoom point and shoot camera for travel, garden, friends and family snapshots. In 2003, I broke the film loading plates and retired this oldie.
The First Digital
My husband gave me my Canon Powershot A50 (1.3 mega pixels - lens - Canon Zoom 4.3 - 10.8 mm) for Christmas, 1999. This camera went with me everywhere and was my workhorse until I purchased my Canon S3 IS. Its old technology by all present standards, but still takes good pictures. I will eventually replace it with another pocket size digital. I will be interested in a DSLR at some point also.
The Second Digital
On September 4, 2006, I bought my Canon Powershot S3 IS digital camera from London Drugs. It has a 12 x Zoom lens, and many shooting modes and other interesting features. It does audio, and very large jpegs. but no RAW photos. It is now my carry around camera. I am learning to use it and getting some good color. That zoom is fantastic.
Canon Zoom Lens 12x 6.0-72.0mm 1:2.7-3.5 UltraSonic Motor, TC-DC58B (Tele-converter), WC-DC58A (wide converter),58mm close-up lens 500 D. My 58mm filters all fit on the adaptor, of course. I have a step down ring so the CS (52mm) fits also.
The Digital SLR - Canon EOS Rebel T1i or 500d Digital
On January 28, 2011, I purchased my Canon EOS Rebel 500d also called the T1i, at London Drugs. The camera body plus Lexar PII SDHC of 16 GB ($70.00), Screen protector, and tax, came to a total of $779.13. Camera body alone was $629.99. Also purchased an extra battery at All Battery for $50.00. The lenses that I use on my Elan 7e also work on this camera.
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| Lens: Experimenting with all manual settings, using a variety of film types, filters, etc. and enjoying every minute of it. This is a great deal of fun!!! Lenses Canon EF 28-135mm 1:3.5-5.6 IS USM Canon EF 28-90 mm 1:4-5.6 Canon EF 5 The Blad |
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IIn May of 2004 Don Bowie told me about a friend of his who was unable to run her studio any longer due to illness. He told me that she would be selling her Hasselblad system and would I be interested? The right answer was, of course, YES! So we struck a deal and I now have this fine camera waiting on a shelf until I get time to learn how to use it. It has been a year now; and, I am still so busy otherwise. |
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The system: 500 C/M - 2 bodies, Polaroid back Lens: Extension tube, prism view finder, polarinzing filter, Softar filter, 1X HZ filter, film magazine slide, various handles, knobs , filters and rings. |
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The Holga
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I received
my Holga 120S in December of 2004. My first roll out of
the camera was over-exposed. After having an informative
chat with the people at the lab - Kerrisdale Cameras - my second roll out of the
camera has much better results. I revived an old
Honeywell Strobolite 18 with new batteries and stuck it
in the hotshoe for a couple of the shots. I had taped
just the bottom of the back. The second roll gave me
about 7 reasonable shots and 3 pretty good 'toy' camera
photos. I was using Ilford Delta 400. Should use at least
400 film. Onward
with color when time permits. Perhaps to enter contests.
Perhaps to win! Another high hope. |
The Albums
The High Hopes
I hope to become proficient in using the technical aspects of my cameras.
After I feel comfortable with my ability to operate my equipment in every situation, I hope to take instructions/classes to beome more knowledgeable in using my equipment. Thereafter, I hope to hone my abilities to capture any photo opportunity artistically.
My ultimate high hope is to be able to market my photos, while still enjoying the recording of my garden and the places we visit in our travels.
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