THOUGHTS ON CAMERA EQUIPMENT
I have listed my photo equipment here as a reference only for those who are interested
in that type of information. I have found that the equipment used to capture images is
not usually all that important. In fact you can use just about any camera to take
photographs and have perfectly acceptable results. After all, all a camera is; is a
box that holds film with a lens attached to it and a means to open and close a
shutter. For a little more information on this line of thought you might want to
check out my "Improve The
Photographer Not The Camera" photo tip on the "Photo Tips" page.
The only difference between cameras of the same format is the types of features that the
camera supports. Today quality is not usually a problem. Any major brand of 35mm SLR is
capable of giving good results if used with sound photographic techniques.
Even though the equipment list is fairly long, I use my Nikon F100 for about 70% of my
work. Since adding the Mamiya RB67 Pro-S to my collection, I use it for about 20% of my work.
The remaining 10% of my work is a combination of the rest of the equipment. The only
exception to this is when I have traveled overseas and I have taken my Minolta equipment
rather than the Nikon.
I have recently added a digital SLR to my equipment and will start to supplement my film based
portfolio with digital based images when appropriate.
