Geographer

I shot with Nikon for years, mostly because I could easily lug gear to shoot hula competitions, or up Mauna Kea for ski trips. Owing to various other travels, however, I started looking for a camera that had a built-in GPS. After a couple of failures, I stumbled upon the Sony HX90V, which not only has a good GPS recorder, but a pop-up viewfinder for those occasions (more often than not) when the screen is just unusable. That is a real boon. Also, it has a sharp 30x zoom. Bottom line, it's the size of a point-and-shoot, but packs great optics and more manual adjustments than I have yet come to grips with. Oh yes, it also is wi-fi capable, so I can put it on a tripod and shoot using a link to my Android phone. Finally, I can transfer images wirelessly to my iPad. I guess you could say I like it....

NoSocks Loc: quonochontaug, rhode island

I'm a Nikon guy because Canon used to be a client and they gave me a pain in the ass.

EoS_User Loc: Oshawa, Ontario Canada

I'm a Canon person. I didn't even own a camera until I was older. A friend of mine had a Pentax that I shot with on occasion. It worked well and I liked it. Another friend had a Canon, I borrowed it a few times and really liked it. The company I was working for, at the time I finally bought my own camera, informed me that I was being sent to Hawaii on a business trip. I was asked if I would mind staying there for the duration of the work that needed to be accomplished. If I chose to stay they would buy a ticket for my girlfriend and she could come with me. So I chose to stay for the duration. WELL, I was NOT going to spend 2 months in Hawaii without a camera. So I went to the local camera store to see what they had. In my price range was a Canon 650 with a 50mm f1.8 II lens. So that's what I purchased. While in Hawaii I bought a 75-300mm f4-5.6 USM lens for it. I used the camera quite a bit during my stay and was able to learn most of the operation of it intuitively, I had to, no manual came with it. It was easy to learn and I got reasonably competent with it. So it's been Canon ever since. I've always wanted an Canon A-1 too. I bought one of those a couple years ago. So I'm a Canon guy through and through.

CO

I did answer the OP's question earlier in the thread. I posted again because I was interested in seeing some figures about which cameras people are using.

seagull5

Started reading and my goodness I think I will make my list short and sweet. I have found that bridge cameras fit my needs and my wallet. Living in Florida and taking wildlife shots I get the most bang for what is affordable to me. At present I have become very fond of Panasonic. I find that a FZ300 , a FZ1000 my go to cameras. For a further reach a Fuji S-1 , a Sony HX300, and a Nikon P900 can give me all I will ever need. My cameras are either bought used or refurbished. And no matter what the trails I have explored with my boxer have given me a gift that will keep this old duffer constantly full of the wonder of it all.

SirCharlesEdward

I was going overseas for a job and decided I wanted a SLR instead of an instamatic point and shoot. I bought a Minolta SRTMC. Once I got overseas, I had an opportunity to buy a used Canon F1. I bought a couple lenses for it as well. When I returned to the states, I saw the Canon A1. It had a lot more flexibility than the F1 so I sold the F1 body and bought the A1. I've had the A1 for almost 40 years and it has never failed me. So, when I decided to go digital, I stayed with Canon. I bought a used 20d and just bought a new T7i two months ago. I've been very happy with both digital cameras and I still have my A1.

halapoji

I learned my basics on a Canon v viewfinder camera back in the '50s, graduated to a Canonflex because I couldn't afford a Nikon.
Stayed with Canon when I went digital, and got a D20. I think I'm ready for an upgrade, but haven't decided - mirrorless? Nikon?
Another Canon?
Halapoji

RodM Loc: SE Virginia

Started with Canon FTb, cheaper than Nikon at when I was 22 years old. 6 Canons since then; no reason to change from a great product line. Love my 5DSR and 4 Canon lenses.

dmagett Loc: Albuquerque NM/Sedona AZ

After years of Canon SLR's (FTB thru T90) ,I decided to try digital. First a Kodak DC280 (great color), then a Canon S70. When I decided on a DSLR, I chose a Nikon D70s. Then after tiring of the weight, I bought a Nikon P7700 which I still use and love (except for lack of viewfinder). Then I acquired a Minolta Maxuum 35mm with some great lenses from a friend. I then found that they would work on a Sony.....purchased a Sony DSLR A850 FF and fell in love with it (weight and all). Sooooo, I am now a Sony user and that is my story.

cameraf4 Loc: Delaware

CO wrote: "I posted again because I was interested in seeing some figures about which cameras people are using."

I use a Nikon D800 and, more often, a Nikon Df. Yes, I do wish the Df had more Mps than just the 16 (I thought that 20 would have been perfect). But the images really are outstanding and when I use this "digital Nikon FM" I feel as excited about taking photos as I did when I got my 1st camera (Yep, a Nikon FM). For that feeling, I often leave my D800 at home and just take my Silver Df. Take that, Thomas Wolfe.

ejones0310 Loc: Tulsa, OK

I started in 1968 with two Miranda SLRs a 50mm, and a 135mm. I bought Miranda because the price was right. 18 years later I decided to upgrade and bought a Canon AE1 Program because Nikon was much more expensive at that time. A couple of years later I picked up an EOS650 because it had autofocus. At that point I was committed down the Canon road and have bought an SD870, Rebel300D and now an 80D. The 80D was because of the investment I already had in lenses and speedlights for from Canon. I've always wanted a Nikon, but it's never worked out and I've been happy with Canon.

bpulv Loc: Buena Park, CA

My first SLR was a Miranda DR, which cost $169 in 1960 when I was in high school. When I went to Brook's Institute of Photography in 1964, I needed a high quality SLR and everyone was using either the original Nikon F or the original Nikon F Photomic (metering was not through the lens like the next version), which is what I bought. Canon did not come on the seen in the United States as a "powerhouse" SLR manufacturer until late in the 60's or early 70's. Since I bought my first Nikon, I have used mainly Nikons and am very comfortable with them; having owned many over the years.

jscotti Loc: Tucson, AZ

I had a Pentax K1000 that I bought in the early 1980s that taught me how to use a film camera. I wore out the shutter on that one. I used a Yashicamat TLR medium format after that before moving into the digital age with a cheapo point and shoot (2 megapixel Pentax point and shoot as I recall). In the early 2000s, I started looking at the early DSLRs including the Digital Rebel and the 10D as well as the Nikon line. When the Canon 20D came out, it was head and shoulders above its competition and I bought one. Since then, I've stayed with Canon as I've bought a number of lenses over the years and got a 70D several years ago and most recently, a Canon 6D - was the 50mm lens as narrow as it seems on the 6D as it was in the old film days when it was the standard lens focal length?

BTW, this is my first post to this forum that I just joined a couple days ago. Haven't spent much time with it yet but it looks very interesting.

Jim.

lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

That is very true. And about Canon vs Nikon, I've found the controls and menus of Canon match my Pentaxs more or less. Not that that means much except to me if I were to barrow a camera.

lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

A (film) Canon F1 is even nicer, indestructible!