OCAU Camera Club Mark II

[DJ_Hippster]

Location: Adelaide, SA
Status: Ametuer
Camera: Canon EOS 400D (Silver)
Lenses: Canon 15-55mm, Canon 75-300mm, Sigma 18-50mm F.28 DC Macro, Minolta 50mm F1.4 /w Adaptor ring (MD->EF-S) Manual Focus. (Getting fixed Sigma 28-300mm DL Hyperzoom)
Accessories: Canon Speedlite 420ex
Links: N/A
Biography: My very first digital photo was back in 2001 on a 1mp 64mb camera with no zoom, basically a webcam but portable! Took it to Ceduna for the Solar Eclipse and took photos of the Eclipse! From then I've always loved taking photos, constantly borrowing my parents digital camera(s) to fill the memory cards at every occasion we went to, this has since stemed into a love of photography and all things related. For my 21st birthday i got all my friends/family to just give me money towards the purchase of the Cannon 400D Twin Lens kit. So I didnt end up with many presents, but my very first SLR camera was in my hands! Its been a few years now and I'm starting to buy accessories for it and branch out into more serious photography. My main love is Macro and Landscape.

[PrawnStar]

Location:
Sydney, NSW

Status:
Beginner/Amateur

Camera:
Canon 450D

Lenses:
Canon 18-55mm IS f/3.5-5.6
Canon 100mm f/2.8 USM
Canon 50mm f/1.8 II

Accessories:
Velbon Tripod
Canon 580EX Flash
Canon BG-E5 Battery Grip


Biography:
I got my 450D mid 2008 for general use. I do a bit of photography in my job as a Graphic Designer for catalogues and press ads using a Sony A700.

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Location: Brisbane, QLD

Status: Ametuer

Camera: Canon 30D

Lenses: Sigma 24-70 f/2.8, Canon 50 f/1.8, Canon 75-300 f/4.5-5.6

Accessories: BG-E2 battery grip, Manfrotto tripod, Suction mount tripod, 2x 4gb Sandisk Ultra II cards

Links: Break Photography

Biography: Started with photography in '03 with a Canon A75. Quick started accessorizing it with wide lense adaptor and a few other bits and pieces, and was just messing around with landscapes and car photography. Before long I upgraded to a 350D + twin lense kit in '05, soon after bought a 50 f/1.8 and with that started to move into the glamor/fashion side of things. I continued that trent into '08 where I upgraded to a 30D + grip and a Sigma 25-70f/2.8 was added and I moved more into the live event and music shooting. I'm continuing to focus on my live event and music shoots these days, simply because they combine my love of music with my love of photography.

[Danylu]

Location: Melbourne, VIC.
Status: Beginner/Hobbyist
Camera: Nikon D60
Lenses: Nikon 18-55mm Non-VR Kit Lens
Accessories: Targus TriPod
Links: N/A
Biography: D60 was first DSLR early this year, I take pictures of everything, like scenery and macro most.

[pugshot]

Location: Sydney, NSW
Status: Hobbyist
Camera: Nikon D300
Lenses: Nikon 24-70mm 2.8
Accessories: Bag and Tripod!
Links: N/A
Biography: Original Film user but have just moved over to digital and am just relearning again.

[SpammT]

Location: Perth, WA
Status: Beginner
Camera: Canon 450D
Lenses: Canon 18-55mm IS
Accessories: Nothing worth mentioning yet.
Links: www.flickr.com/photos/spammt
Biography: Just got my first DSLR a couple of weeks ago. Didn't really have any worthwhile hobbies and needed an excuse to get out of the house and away from the computer so I bought a 450D

So far my main interests are landscape and macro photography... hopefully can get a 100mm macro lense or a decent wide angle once I get the hang of it all

[anaksydney]

Location: Sydney, NSW.

Status: Amateur

Cameras:
Canon 40D

Lenses:
Canon 50mm F/1.8 II
Canon 24-70mm F/2.8L
Canon 70-200mm F/2.8L IS


Accessories:
Speedlite 580EX
2X Extender
Lowepro Trekker AW
Battery Grip
Monopod
Tripod

Links: Anaksydney

Biography: Started out with 350d and kit lens on 2005, then after self experience for few months and decided to get more serious into it.

[froggi]

Location: Melbourne, VIC
Status: Amateur
Camera: Nikon D90
Lenses: Nikon 50mm f/1.8
Accessories: 8gb Sandisk Ultra II cards
Links: Flickr
Biography:Got my first DSLR on the weekend, moving up from Digtal P&N because i'm not satisfied with their image quality.

[t23]

Location: Sydney, NSW
Status: Beginner/Amateur

Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II

Lenses:
Canon EF 16-35 f2.8 L II,
Canon EF 24-105 f4 IS L,
Canon EF 70-200 f4 IS L,
Canon EF 50 f1.4

Accessories:
HITECH 100 ND Soft & Hard Grad kits
Hoya Pro1D CPL, B+W MRC UV F-Pro, B+W XS-PRO MRC UV,
eBay Remote Switch RS-80N3, eBay Wireless Remote RC-1
Manfrotto 190CXPRO3 + 486RC2,
Tamrac Adventure 7, Toploader 75 AW
Sandisk Extreme III 16GB x 2, 4GB x 1

Biography: Fascinated by my grandfather's Rollei since I was a kid. I did some dark room photography back in high school days, really enjoyed it. Hold out on digital until 400D came out. No more expensive slides... Still learning...

[clonex]

Location: Brisbane, Qld
Status: Amateur/Hobbyist
Camera: Pentax *ist DS, Ricoh KR-10m, Pentax MZ-50, Canon EOS 30, Fuji 8.2MP P&S with underwater casing
Lenses: 2x 28-80, 50mm, 18-55mm, 70-200mm, 100-300mm
Accessories: Filters of all sorts and a flash, ebay flash trigger
Links: http://www.flickr.com/photos/eskapisti/
Biography: Scored a Ricoh KR-10m then started buying lenses and about 2005 went digital.

[Shutter-Bug]

Location:Melbourne, VIC.
Status: Amateur
Camera: Pentax K7 (Digital)
Pentax S1a (Film)

Lenses:
Screw-Mount:
Asanuma Auto-Tele 200mm f/3.5
Takumar 135mm f/3.5
Super Takumar 55mm f/1.8
Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 28mm f/3.5

K-Mount:
SMC Pentax-M 50mm f/2.0
SMC Pentax-M 50mm f/1.7
SMC Pentax-A 50mm f/1.4
Sigma 70-300mm DG Macro f/4-5.6

Accessories: Asahi Pentax Light Meter.
Asahi Bellows Unit (Screw-Mount).
Generic Branded K-mount Bellows Unit.
Pentax Screw-Mount Adapter.
Panagor Semi-Fisheye Adapter.
Sigma Tele-Macro Multi-Coated 2x 1:1 for Pentax K-mount.

Links: N/A
Biography:
Long time Pentax Slr user who Recently discovered the thrill of digital photography and now i think my film Slr camera is going to become the subject within my photos, as opposed to being the tool used to take the photos!

[dOi_belldandy]

Figured I've lurked for long enough...

Location: Melbourne, VIC.
Status: Beginner/Amateur
Camera: Nikon D80
Lenses: Nikkor AF 50mm f/1.4D, Nikkor AF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6G
Accessories: 4GB Sandisk Ultra II card, Nikkon SB-600 flash, Crumpler 7 Million Dollar Home.
Links: part-time paparazzo
Biography: Only started to get into photography and stuff late last year after seeing some of the stuff my cousin was taking of everyday life and figured, "Hey that's pretty cool!". Since then I've been mainly taking pics at festivals and music gigs. Would love to find the time to do more of the "everyday life" kind of photography once I get out of the corporate grind... Hoping to get my mittens on a AF-S 17-55mm f/2.8G or some form of fish-eye lens in the near future...

[birdie]

Location:
Bundaberg, QLD

Status:
Amateur/Hobbyist

Camera:
Canon 40D with Aftermarket Battery Grip

Lenses:
Sigma 10-20 F4-5.6
Sigma 18-50 F2.8
Canon 50 F1.8
Canon 70-200 F2.8L

Accessories:
Nikon SB-28 x2
Cactus V4 Transmitter
Cactus V4 Receiver x2
Lightstands x2
Convertible 43" Umbrellas x2
Rosco Gels x2 (a set of each flash)
Manfrotto 190XProB
Manfrotto 804RC2
B+W UV 77mm Filter
Hoya Pro1D CPL 77mm Filter
AF Macro Tubes
Lexar 8GB 133x CF x2
Sandisk 1GB Ultra II CF
RF Wireless Trigger
Wired Trigger
Tamrac Aero 80 Backpack (to replaced with something that will fit my 70-200 soon)

Links:
Flickr

Biography:
TBA

[akashra]

Location: Melbourne, VIC.
Status: Hobbyist
Camera:
Canon 40D
Canon 450D
Canon 300D

Lenses:
Canon 24-70 f/2.8L USM
Canon 70-200 f/2.8L USM
Canon 50mm f/1.8 II
Canon 18-55 f/4.5-5.6
Canon 18-55 f/3.5-5.6 IS
Canon 85-200 f/4.5-5.6
Sigma 10-20

Accessories:
Canon 430 EX II flash
Canon 580 EX II flash
Canon remote trigger for flash
Canon external battery pack
Canon external flash cable
BG for both 40D and 450D.
Hoya Pro filters on all lenses, and Polarising and filters for all diameters.
Cross-stitch and colored filters for 58mm and 52mm lenses.
CF: 2x 8GB Sandisk Extreme IIIs, 1x 8GB ExIV, 2x4GB ExIII, 8x2GB UIIs;
SDHC: 1x ExIII 4GB, 2xExIII-30 8GB.
Various tripods, monopods and gorillapods.

Links: No permanent galleries, new ones from time to time.
Biography:Cyclist, photography fits in with sport when off-track.

[ApathyGates]

Location: Moranbah, Central QLD
Status: Hobbyist/Amature
Camera: Canon 350D with handgrip
Lenses:
Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4.0-5.6 USM IS
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5 - 4.5 USM
Accessories: Sigma EF-430ST Flash, Hoya CPL filters on all lenses. Tenba 638-322 Roadie, YongNuo remote shutter, Tripod
Links: http://www.dionnewcomb.com
Biography: Used alot of "point and click" cameras up until 8 months ago when I moved into DSLR. Mainly into automotive photography, but slowly collecting equipment to try some model shoots.