Let's see some great shots taken with old, cheap gear!

[Andy_Hodapp]

All shot with either a Canon T1i or XSI with 17-40mm L, 18-55mm, Sigma 105mm Macro, 50mm 1.8, 28-135mm 3.5-5.6
I still only have  T1i, want so bad to upgrade to a 5D MKII by the end of the summer.

[briansquibb]

I have a 2000 d30 that still works - I will take some picture with it and post them

Cool. There is some shots from my D30 on page 8 if your interested.

I will stick on the 200 f/2 and see what it can do

Haha you consider that lens to be 'old cheap gear' ? 

The alternative was the 2008 1DS3 

[NoogaD]

1 and 2) taken with a Sony W70 point and shoot
3) taken with a super old Canon 40D and 10-22mm
4) taken with the oldest 1 year old Canon 5D2 and a broken 50mm f/1.0

[NoogaD]

Some more terrible pictures from my now obsolete 5D2.

1 and 2) also taken with a FIRST generation 24mm TS-E f/3.5L
3) 24-105mm f/4L (great lens)

[pwp]

So many of the great shots posted on this thread validate that old chestnut, "A good workman never blames his tools..."

Sometimes there can be an almost unhealthy obsession with gear, chronic Upgraditus and a perceived need to always have the latest.
Mind you, there is some real fun that comes along with obsession!

20D with a kit lens, tired old G7, early Rebel, iPhone...it doesn't matter. In the right hands powerful, beautiful creative images can be created with just about any old clunker.

Does this mean I'll trade my 5D3 for a 300D? Nope. But it makes you think dunnit?

PW

[Chewy734]

All caved in

[wickidwombat]

here is a pano shot on my old N....Nikon D90

[RLPhoto]

My coin box taken with my 5Dc two days ago. 

5Dc - f-1.6 - 1/60 - ISO 3200

[noisejammer]

A wonderful idea... I've suffered from g.a.s. for years but these were with a Fuji 6900

[smithy]

These were taken 14 years ago with my first Canon SLR - the 500N.  What a great camera this was.  I used the kit 35-80mm f/4-5.6 lens for the first image (near the summit of Mt Taranaki, New Zealand), and the kit telephoto 80-200mm for the second (Mt Cook, New Zealand).

[RLPhoto]

Taken on a OM 50mm 1.4 adapted to EF. Pawn shopped for 20$ and a really good performer.

[Pi]

Rebel XT and the 50/1.8:

[ishdakuteb]

not sure if mine is cheap (note:  i bought it use for $290 to support my learning purpose, not including lens.)  but definitely that it is old... these images below were some of those images taken with canon 30d and 50mm f/1.4 while i was at my friend's house...

note:  these images are linked from facebook...

[Daniel Flather]

I still only have  T1i, want so bad to upgrade to a 5D MKII by the end of the summer.

Your photos look fine.  A 5 series won't improve things too much.

[RomainF]

So many of the great shots posted on this thread validate that old chestnut, "A good workman never blames his tools..."

That may be right but for a lot of things you definitely must get the best tools to get the most out of the event.
Was shooting at a live concert last week and i had to push the isos up to 4.000/5.000 to reach 1/80th at f/2.8. My AF was unable to focus properly and the quality at 4.000iso was execrable. I hated my 60D for the whole night. I had to spend hours working on the iso noise to get some proper shots... Hopefully, i sold a few of them but i know i've missed some great ones because of my camera...
As one said on the first pages, cheap gear is really good at shooting calm and steady things. Whenever you need tough specs, it can't handle the needs.

I may be one of the first to promote the use of obsolete gear.
I made the best shots of my life using my Canon 1D. The Mark I, from 2001 ! 4mpx of pure fury  ! I still use it daily. Because of it CCD sensor (other Canons use CMOS) it is a great "unlike" camera. Pictures feel really "film-like". Moreover, it costs about 200$ used and shoots 8fps...

Canon EOS1D Mk.I


Canon EOS 60D + 50mm 1.8
(i've seen some 60D shots, so i imagine i can add mine, even if it ain't really cheap or old...even though, today, it really ain't a good choice of camera)
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Canon EOS 60D + old manual Nikon Ai-s 105mm f/2.5 (150$ lens : excellent one)



We can say that old cheap digital cameras are still great ones when used in "easy" conditions. On a sunny day, with lot of light, you can clearly get excellent quality shots. If i had to choose between my 2001 EOS 1D and my 2011 60D, i'd decidely get the 1D. But my agency want me to have a large-megapixel sensor and i regularly need a high-iso-capable sensor so i got the 60D, which was the only one i could afford at that time.

My friend (photojournalist too) works with a 1Dx and...a 5Dc he loves !