What is your most used camera and why ?

only using the one camera my R5 , this time of year I’m out shooting macro as often as I can , the R5 is perfect for that as it can do focus stacking
 
Most used is my Sony CSC, I only use my phone in ‘emergencies’ as I’m still critical of IQ even with ‘grab shots’ :exit:
 
My iPhone. Have it with me every single day. It identifies as a Leica, so it takes superb, unmatched photographs of amazing things. Far better than ordinary iPhones.
 
saltireblue said:
Fuji X-H2 as that is my only camera. Never seen the need to own more than one body. Never use the camera in my iPhone 14Plus...
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You've got one of those too (I have a 14plus).
I don't think I've ever used the camera either. That said, the concept of a "mobile" phone is lost on me as I never carry it.
 
soupdragon said:
You've got one of those too (I have a 14plus).
I don't think I've ever used the camera either. That said, the concept of a "mobile" phone is lost on me as I never carry it.
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i dont really understand this. the phone cam is so useful as a ‘notebook’. Snap things you can’t see properly because of their position or tiny writing on devices also in inaccessible places, shapping documents to send to others and so on, and on …
 
sphexx said:
i dont really understand this. the phone cam is so useful as a ‘notebook’. Snap things you can’t see properly because of their position or tiny writing on devices also in inaccessible places, shapping documents to send to others and so on, and on …
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I use mine for things like that, too. taking screenshots from my laptop to take with me to shops, showing in-store location and article number etc...
 
saltireblue said:
I use mine for things like that, too. taking screenshots from my laptop to take with me to shops, showing in-store location and article number etc...
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I dont know how old the people are who are saying they “never use the phone cam” but it is a facility that is particularly useful as one gets older along with many of the other apps on it.
 
sphexx said:
I dont know how old the people are who are saying they “never use the phone cam” but it is a facility that is particularly useful as one gets older along with many of the other apps on it.
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:plus1: To that Richard, I couldn't agree with you more.
 
G.K.Jnr. said:
:plus1: To that Richard, I couldn't agree with you more.
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Different folks, different strokes - to quote one of my in-laws.

I just can't get on with the cameras in phones, although an iPad is another matter. That huge screen is definitely the way to compose! :naughty:

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AndrewFlannigan said:
Different folks, different strokes - to quote one of my in-laws.

I just can't get on with the cameras in phones, although an iPad is another matter. That huge screen is definitely the way to compose! :naughty:

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A few years ago I came acsoss a woman photographing her (I presume) daughter doing dance poses in field. She was using an iPad on a tripod — no black cloth though.
 
Sony CSC most of the time, may use my iPhone if I have nothing else with me.
 
sphexx said:
I dont know how old the people are who are saying they “never use the phone cam” but it is a facility that is particularly useful as one gets older along with many of the other apps on it.
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I am 68 years old. I enjoy my (film) photograpy. I do not want to use a 'Phone cam' thank you. We 'oldies' are just happy for you to simply leave us alone.
 
David_Mug said:
I am 68 years old. I enjoy my (film) photograpy. I do not want to use a 'Phone cam' thank you. We 'oldies' are just happy for you to simply leave us alone.
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As a youngster you have yet to experience the usefulness of phone cams in old age :LOL: . When/if you get to my age you may find out though your present blinkered attitude does not bode well :(
 
I never use my iPhone camera for real photography, only for the occasional eBay upload or similar.
My GRiii and Leica Q serve me well and I like having a 'proper' camera rather than as an add-on to something else.
Whilst I don't smoke, I guess it's akin to suggesting to a pipe smoker that he can do the same with a cigarette, the pipe is an essential part of the experience.
 
My Z9 purely for shots taken but by number of occasions it would be the iPhone but purely for social media.
 
sphexx said:
As a youngster you have yet to experience the usefulness of phone cams in old age :LOL: . When/if you get to my age you may find out though your present blinkered attitude does not bode well :(
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The handling of phone cameras puts me off. They're in no way even remotely ergonomic, I don't like holding them with one hand and jabbing at the screen with the other, detail on the screens can't be seen in good light and then there's the image quality. I'm not really blinkered, it's just that the convenience of having the thing with me is overshadowed by the poor image quality and the diabolical handling issues.

As always good luck to those who love their phone cameras but give me a dedicated traditional camera every single time.
 
Panasonic LX-100. It’s a lot more portable than my DLSR, and has really good image quality in low light (for a compact camera).

I’ve just bought into the M43 range so I’ll see if this changes over the coming months.
 
Tricky question...

one I take out the most - Pentax K-1

One I use the most (by shutter count) - Nikon D500.
 
woof woof said:
The handling of phone cameras puts me off. They're in no way even remotely ergonomic, I don't like holding them with one hand and jabbing at the screen with the other, detail on the screens can't be seen in good light and then there's the image quality. I'm not really blinkered, it's just that the convenience of having the thing with me is overshadowed by the poor image quality and the diabolical handling issues.

As always good luck to those who love their phone cameras but give me a dedicated traditional camera every single time.
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You’re right of course they are horrible. I find the most convenient way is to hold them vertically and shoot square* (I happen to like square anyway). one can use the buttons to fire shutter but remotes are dirt cheap and very useful/essential when snapping in awkward places/positions as I mentioned earlier.

Obviously my video clips are square too not portrait like so many.

I don’t think it’s worth looking at phone cams as replacents (though for a lot of people they clearly are) but more as a specialised extra.

* I wish we could have the square pic at the top of the screen and controls in the lower half -- is that even feasible?
 
woof woof said:
The handling of phone cameras puts me off. They're in no way even remotely ergonomic, I don't like holding them with one hand and jabbing at the screen with the other, detail on the screens can't be seen in good light and then there's the image quality. I'm not really blinkered, it's just that the convenience of having the thing with me is overshadowed by the poor image quality and the diabolical handling issues.

As always good luck to those who love their phone cameras but give me a dedicated traditional camera every single time.
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You don’t need to use them like that
You can hold with both hands and use one of the volume buttons as the shutter button.

I agree about the IQ though
 
A73 probably.

But often for day to day general stuff where i don't need the AF, I use my Fuji X-T1 or my iPhone 14 Pro.
 
Phil V said:
You don’t need to use them like that
You can hold with both hands and use one of the volume buttons as the shutter button.
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I see you point about the shutter button but there's still focus and it is still IMO an ergonomic disaster. I'll leave phone photography to those happy to use them.
 
woof woof said:
I see you point about the shutter button but there's still focus and it is still IMO an ergonomic disaster. I'll leave phone photography to those happy to use them.
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I also don't see phones as cameras , A phone is for this old boy a phone and a text unit , Not a camera , The younger generation will be the demise of the camera industry:runaway: :(:canon::nikon::olympus::pentax::film:
Note , NO phones on my list :):snaphappy:
 
sphexx said:
As a youngster you have yet to experience the usefulness of phone cams in old age :LOL: . When/if you get to my age you may find out though your present blinkered attitude does not bode well :(
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I don't even have a cell phone. Much as my son paid for his I could get a pretty nice new digital camera and have a little money left over! If they were still working right my most used camera would be either my Canon point and shoot or my Nikon point and shoot! Really small light cameras that take pretty nice picture's. Carry them in a pouch on my belt, can't do that with my DSLR! I get lot's of grab photo's, well did when the cameras were both working right. Any shot I think is really super I can always go back to later with the dslr and get about as good a photo as one of those point and shoot's gave me! It has occurred to me that like many hobby's, photography is more about collecting equipment than actually photography. We spend thousands on equipment and seldom sell a photo! Makes sense to me!!! I'm thinking seriously about a new point and shoot. Canon is in hopefully getting fixed and Nikon just struggling along needing fixed. Probably spend a bit more on something I hope will last a bit longer this time. Then it will become my most used! Something I forgot to mention is that Canon off getting fixed that I carry in a belt pouch. That pouch is a belt case for some knife I had at one time.

This photo was taken with my cheap little Nikon Cool pix S 6900. Get the same quality from that Canon in the shop! No need to carry around my Nikon D 7000, which BTW, I really like! To carry it taking photo's at dog field trials I made an shoulder harness starting from a carrying harness for a set of binoculars, mine don't ket the camera bounce all over. If I could only have one camera though, it would be my D 7000. I can blow up photo's farther with it I think.
 
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Don Fischer said:
I don't even have a cell phone. Much as my son paid for his I could get a pretty nice new digital camera and have a little money left over! If they were still working right my most used camera would be either my Canon point and shoot or my Nikon point and shoot! Really small light cameras that take pretty nice picture's. Carry them in a pouch on my belt, can't do that with my DSLR! I get lot's of grab photo's, well did when the cameras were both working right. Any shot I think is really super I can always go back to later with the dslr and get about as good a photo as one of those point and shoot's gave me! It has occurred to me that like many hobby's, photography is more about collecting equipment than actually photography. We spend thousands on equipment and seldom sell a photo! Makes sense to me!!! I'm thinking seriously about a new point and shoot. Canon is in hopefully getting fixed and Nikon just struggling along needing fixed. Probably spend a bit more on something I hope will last a bit longer this time. Then it will become my most used! Something I forgot to mention is that Canon off getting fixed that I carry in a belt pouch. That pouch is a belt case for some knife I had at one time.

This photo was taken with my cheap little Nikon Cool pix S 6900. Get the same quality from that Canon in the shop! No need to carry around my Nikon D 7000, which BTW, I really like! To carry it taking photo's at dog field trials I made an shoulder harness starting from a carrying harness for a set of binoculars, mine don't ket the camera bounce all over. If I could only have one camera though, it would be my D 7000. I can blow up photo's farther with it I think.
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I think you are missing the point. Anyway, granted you are happy with the photos from your cameras, how are they at making phone calls?
 
My most used camera? It depends on why I'm taking photographs. If I'm taking photographs in low light conditions, taking photographs that include children (when they move so quickly that you need to take several photographs in the hope that one turns out properly) or if I need a digital image quickly, then I'll use my digital camera, which is a pretty basic Panasonic Lumix compact. If I'm taking photographs out of doors, say streetscapes, landscapes, even outdoor family photographs, I'll use my preferred film camera, a Leica IIIa. I also have an Agfa Silette, circa 1958 (my father's old camera), but I don't use it often because I find it bulky and clumsy to use, as opposed to the Leica, where everything just seems to fall into the right place.

I have been known to use the camera on my 'phone as well, but only when I forget to bring my camera along........
 
Frances said:
It depends on why I'm taking photographs.
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Good answer.

I try not to play favourites and use all my cameras equally. It's so rude not to do so and might hurt their feelings... :naughty:
 
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AndrewFlannigan said:
Good answer.

I try not to play favourites and use all my cameras equally. It's so rude not to do so and might hurt their feelings... :naughty:
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I think that's an interesting answer in itself. That's pretty much what I try and do. But I find it sort of counter productive. Because they sit there glowering and putting psychological pressure on me. I have come around to wanting them out of my sight, in a cupboard somewhere, so that I can build up a familiarity with a handful of cameras.
 
It took a while and several combinations of cameras, but after a mere 10 years of first getting a DSLR, I've finally got to a place where I'm happy with the range of devices I have.

Full-size, full-frame DSLR and a decent selection of zooms and primes for when I want to go all out. Canon 5D3
A high-end bridge camera with an all-in-one superzoom as a walkabout, lightweight, do-it-all camera. Sony RX10
A compact camera for nights out and even more portability. Canon G5 X.

I also have a couple of PAS camera - including one waterproof one - but they get very little use these days.

Out of all that though, my iPhone probably gets the most use because I always have it on me. I wouldn't specifically choose it to go out and take shots with, but it works for what it is. I'm not massively impressed with the IQ. I use my phone less as a phone and more as a way to pass the time on the commute. Videos or music mostly.
 
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