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

[madmailman]

The thread title is a bit of a conundrum. Because I took the pic below with a old Kodak 2.1 MP camera that cost almost as much as my 7D. So it's old but it was NOT cheap.

 

[Christian_Stella]

This is one of the first photographs I ever took from the week I first got a camera. It was a FujiPix A210 3.2MP PnS circa 2004.

 

[gmrza]

EOS 650
- with Sigma 70-210 (Hey, that's all I could afford as a student!)
- with 50mm f/1.4, Speedlite 430EZ - incidentally, shot last year.

Oh, and when I bought the EOS 650, I didn't feel it was cheap! Again, that was on a student's budget!

Not earth-shattering photos, but I am fond of them.

 

[Christian_Stella]

This is a fun one not necessarily meant to show a great picture... Here are three pictures of the same statue (Rape of the Sabine Woman) in Florence, Italy that I took in three different years as I learned more about photography and upgraded equipment.

The first photo was taken in 2007 with a Panasonic DMC-FZ5 PnS.

The second photo was taken in 2009 with a Canon XTi and the kit lens.

The third photo was taken in 2010 with the Canon 5d mark ii and a 24-105L.

I plan on taking my 5d3 and a Zeiss lens next year!

 

[sparda79]

Another monkey shot from my 1st DSLR, EOS 1000D & kit lens 18-55


A mother's love by Sparda (AMT), on Flickr

 

[mws]

Great thread. Just goes to show that while the latest and greatest gear is fun, it doesn't always a good photo make…..

 

[RLPhoto]

Its threads like these that weed out the true photographers from the Measurebators.

Give me any camera and I'll squeeze a Great photo from it.

 

[nitsujwalker]

Great thread! It's fun going back through the archives and remembering that it's not about the gear, but about the photos!


1st powershot.. sd990? not sure
2nd xsi with 55-250
3rd Nikon FG with unknown film
4rth Nikon FG unknown film

 

[V8Beast]

I automatically go into "snap shot" mode when I'm on vacation and bust out the G7, but sometimes luck transcends laziness In this shot, light reflecting off the windows of an adjacent building cast just the right amount of beautifully soft light onto this landmark.

The sun was directly overhead in this shot, but it actually hit the columns at an oblique angle to make the light far less harsh than you'd expect at this time of day.

 

[distant.star]

Its threads like these that weed out the true photographers from the Measurebators.

That's funny!!

Thanks.

 

[davidson]

This is a fun one not necessarily meant to show a great picture... Here are three pictures of the same statue (Rape of the Sabine Woman) in Florence, Italy that I took in three different years as I learned more about photography and upgraded equipment.

The first photo was taken in 2007 with a Panasonic DMC-FZ5 PnS.

The second photo was taken in 2009 with a Canon XTi and the kit lens.

The third photo was taken in 2010 with the Canon 5d mark ii and a 24-105L.

I plan on taking my 5d3 and a Zeiss lens next year!

i love the progression and growth in these three shots....good job

 

[Scott]

This is still one of my favourite photos i've ever taken. It was shot with my first dslr a Canon 450d with a Sigma 10-20mm.

Looking back through my old photos, they seem to be better than the photos i'm taking now with my 5dii. Something's not right here...


Queen Victoria Building - stairs 2 by Scott_Henry, on Flickr

 

[V8Beast]

This is still one of my favourite photos i've ever taken. It was shot with my first dslr a Canon 450d with a Sigma 10-20mm.

Looking back through my old photos, they seem to be better than the photos i'm taking now with my 5dii. Something's not right here...


Queen Victoria Building - stairs 2 by Scott_Henry, on Flickr

I love the color and composition in this one. Move the camera just a few feet to the left, right, forward, or backward and the composition would be completely different. Looks like you got it just right. I find how the staircases create a vanishing point effect to be quite brilliant. Nice work

 

[picturesbyme]

Oly C8080 8MP and OlyC2100 2.1MP

Not like it's any good, but I kept it for the memories it brings back...
This was a Sony Mavica 1.4MP which recorded to a Floppy disk


http://atlanticpicture.com/

 

[Janco]

Same here with old photos being better. I guess it's also the fact that I'm very critical with my photos and tend to look at them for some time again and again also during postprocessing. I tend to focus on the bad things of them when I've seen them too much. After a half year of new photos, I'm back in love with the (then) old ones.

And hey, great photo! QVB is destined for such shots!!

........
Looking back through my old photos, they seem to be better than the photos i'm taking now with my 5dii. Something's not right here...


Queen Victoria Building - stairs 2 by Scott_Henry, on Flickr

 

[RichATL]

Posted one with the Rebel...
Now here's one with the new Hotness (5d3), and an old lens 28-70mm 2.8L (circa 1993)


Tara2 by RichMeade, on Flickr

 

[DJL329]

Great thread!

Here's a favorite shot I did back in 2002 using a Canon Elan 7 (35mm) and Tamron 20-40mm f/2.7-3.5 lens.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/43086792@N03/6109172480/#in/photostream

And here it is again, a decade later, using the 5D Mark II and the same Tamron lens! (Pulled out of the closet, for just this purpose.)
28mm, 60 seconds, f/16, ISO 50, with B+W 10-stop ND filter

http://www.flickr.com/photos/43086792@N03/6971309974/#in/photostream

 

[V8Beast]

DLJL329,

That's a very cool comparison. The depth of the reflections in the first shot is amazing. Was this on a day where there was no wind at all, and hence no ripples in the water? Do you recall the shutter speed?

 

[emag]

Not because I think it's a great shot, but because it was fun to take. Used a Pentax W90 suspended from a kite, taking shots every 10 seconds while I tried to maneuver it into position. Don't think I'd want to try this with a 5D3.......

 

[nitsujwalker]

I love 'em both! Great work my friend.

Great thread!

Here's a favorite shot I did back in 2002 using a Canon Elan 7 (35mm) and Tamron 20-40mm f/2.7-3.5 lens.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/43086792@N03/6109172480/#in/photostream

And here it is again, a decade later, using the 5D Mark II and the same Tamron lens! (Pulled out of the closet, for just this purpose.)
28mm, 60 seconds, f/16, ISO 50, with B+W 10-stop ND filter

http://www.flickr.com/photos/43086792@N03/6971309974/#in/photostream