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

[verysimplejason]

My trusty Canon 550d, Tokia 11-16mm.
This is 2 exposures taken one right after the other.
The sky - 30sec, Iso1600, f2.8, 11mm
Foreground - 60sec, Iso1600, f2.8, 11mm
Rocks were lit by lights from the road in back

Can you tell me a bit more about your technique / kit?

I'm getting nowhere close with my kit (same lens, essentially the same camera) these are great!

I think he used two exposures and combined them using CS. One shot for the earth below and one for the sky and combined them using CS. It's a very good technique. I can't wait to go back to my province to try this one also. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Engstrom]

Hello!

Interesting and inspiring thread! Got me to sign up as a member and contribute. I'm pretty much a beginner at this, but found it to be very entertaining. Just shooting in JPEGs for now but will begin with RAW next year when I buy the EOS 6D.

The first photo, the tree, was taken this autumn. Used a Canon EOS 300D and the EF-S 10-22 lens. Settings: 22 mm, f/8, 1/250th and ISO 100.

The photo with the toy Scooter girls was taken last weekend. Here I used the Canon EOS 40D and the EF 35 mm 1.4 lens. Settings: 35 mm, f/1.8, 1/25th and ISO 200.

 

[candc]

from the dawn of digital photography 11 years ago.

toshiba 2mp pdr-m4

 

[lordcrumb]

Taken with a 500d and a M42 pentacon 50mm 1.8



500d and a Canon 35-80 with the front element smashed with a hammer to make a macro.....



550d and Tamron 18-270

 

[Aglet]

Taken with a 500d and a M42 pentacon 50mm 1.8

that creates some very interesting bokeh in that shot, i like it

500d and a Canon 35-80 with the front element smashed with a hammer to make a macro.....

makes for a brutal but effective close-up kit, I just ran across this lens mod "recommendation" recently.

 

[mrsfotografie]

500d and a Canon 35-80 with the front element smashed with a hammer to make a macro.....

makes for a brutal but effective close-up kit, I just ran across this lens mod "recommendation" recently.

Yikes! Not the way I like to treat equipment, but I guess it can be very effective if you're on a tight budget.

Here's a few shots taken with a new, but very cheap Ixus 132:

 

[slclick]

Corner store, Salt Lake City, circa 2013, Pinhole Camera made from Beats Earphone box.7 second exposure

 

[slclick]

Utah State Capital, Salt Lake City, circa 2013, Pinhole Camera made from Beats Earphone box.10 second exposure

 

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Salt lake Community College, Salt Lake City, circa 2013, Pinhole Camera made from Beats Earphone box.8 second exposure

 

[Roo]

As taken with a Powershot 430 on December 1 2008 in Bucharest

 

[rpt]

Salt lake Community College, Salt Lake City, circa 2013, Pinhole Camera made from Beats Earphone box.8 second exposure

This is lovely! Can you share the picture of the camera?

 

[lordcrumb]

Taken with a 500d and a M42 pentacon 50mm 1.8

that creates some very interesting bokeh in that shot, i like it

500d and a Canon 35-80 with the front element smashed with a hammer to make a macro.....

makes for a brutal but effective close-up kit, I just ran across this lens mod "recommendation" recently.

The Pentacon is an awesome lens but I needed cash to buy another lens and I sold it, I will buy another when I get back to the UK where they are nice and cheap. The makeshift macro works well sometimes and not so well othertimes but for £10 it comes in handy!

 

[surapon]

Dear Friends.
Yes, in year end of 1999, I buy my first Semi-DSLR camera, Olympus C2500L,2.5 MP, With all equipment = $ 2000 US Dollars in that time--Yes, The Camera that use CF card, not Floppy disc.
Yes, On 6/30/2000 We went to NY. City and go up to the top of Empire State Building and use this Awesome Olympus Camera to shoot the NY cityscape Photos.
Enjoy.
Surapon

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/olympusc2500l

 

[surapon]

Yes, On 6/30/2000 We went to NY. City and go up to the top of Empire State Building and use this Awesome Olympus Camera to shoot the NY cityscape Photos.
Enjoy.
Surapon

 

[mrsfotografie]

Canon AE-1 Program, 50 and 28mm lenses.

 

[surapon]

Canon AE-1 Program, 50 and 28mm lenses.

Wow, Wow, Wow, Dear Friend mrsfotografie .
Beautiful Photos that you post, Yes, I miss my film Canon A2E and Canon T 50, T70 and T 90 Too, Yes, I still have Kodak Films and Ilford Films in my office Refrigerator = 12-14 rolls since 1999----Ha, Ha, Ha.
Have a great Sunday.
Surapon

 

[mrsfotografie]

Canon AE-1 Program, 50 and 28mm lenses.

Wow, Wow, Wow, Dear Friend mrsfotografie .
Beautiful Photos that you post, Yes, I miss my film Canon A2E and Canon T 50, T70 and T 90 Too, Yes, I still have Kodak Films and Ilford Films in my office Refrigerator = 12-14 rolls since 1999----Ha, Ha, Ha.
Have a great Sunday.
Surapon

Thank you my dear friend Surapon. The old Canon stuff is good and fun to use. Here's a test shot with my FT QL and a Tokina 80-200 f/4.5 that I disassembled and cleaned (it had fungus). The Tokina 80-200 I sold after it tested OK, the FT QL I still have (two bodies in fact).

 

[surapon]

Canon AE-1 Program, 50 and 28mm lenses.

Wow, Wow, Wow, Dear Friend mrsfotografie .
Beautiful Photos that you post, Yes, I miss my film Canon A2E and Canon T 50, T70 and T 90 Too, Yes, I still have Kodak Films and Ilford Films in my office Refrigerator = 12-14 rolls since 1999----Ha, Ha, Ha.
Have a great Sunday.
Surapon

Thank you my dear friend Surapon. The old Canon stuff is good and fun to use. Here's a test shot with my FT QL and a 70-210 Vivitar that I disassembled and cleaned (it had fungus). The Vivitar I sold after it tested OK, the FT QL I still have (two bodies in fact).

Dear Friend mrsfotografie.
Not matter of any equipment in your hands, You are the best , who can create the great Arts work.
Yes, I have FD lens like you too for my Canon FT-QL---Here are, Canon FD 70-210 mm F/ 4.0 Macro, Tamron AF -Zoom, 70-210 mm, F/ 4.0, and Minota/ Sakar Power Zoom, 75-200mm F/ 5.5 for FD . Mounted.
Have a great Sunday.
Surapon

 

[mrsfotografie]

Wow wow wow dear Surapon, your collection of Canon equipment never seizes to amaze me! You have some really interesting lenses there, with built-in AF?? And your amazing C2500L, you were probably at the cutting edge of technology My first digital was a Canon A20 and I still have it but it's not a great camera.

At the moment the longest lens I have for the old stuff is an FL 135mm f/2.5. I had the FD 70-210 f/4 as shown in your picture, but I sold it because I decided I want only primes for my analog stuff. At the moment I'm thinking about getting a cheap FD 200mm f/4 S.S.C. Supposedly it's a good lens and besides the possibility of using it on my FT-QL's or the AE-1 Program, it may be fun too on my NEX-6 for which I have an FD adapter.

 

[eosnut]

Here's some old cheap equipment I still use all the time. All taken December 2013 with a Kodak DCS Pro SLR/C and a Vivitar "Series 1" 19 to 35 zoom. The last one is HDR. Proof that even at 1.5 FPS, this camera is still capable of producing a hand held bracket for HDR