Which camera do you use?

I was in a mall the other day and saw a mall santa photographer set up with a Canon XT. I know of several pros that use the XT and wondered what everybody else uses...

Can we keep this vote to just the people that make money using their cameras?

I think that your poll should have alllowed for multiple choices and should have separated out the 1 series bodies into the D and Ds.

I shoot with the 5D, 1DMKII and 1DsMKII. Which body gets used is dependant upon what the job at hand is. I do have a 30D and this is used sparingly at weddings by an assistant but generally is my personal use/vacation camera.

ssim wrote in post #2433403
I think that your poll should have alllowed for multiple choices and should have separated out the 1 series bodies into the D and Ds.

I shoot with the 5D, 1DMKII and 1DsMKII. Which body gets used is dependant upon what the job at hand is. I do have a 30D and this is used sparingly at weddings by an assistant but generally is my personal use/vacation camera.

Good point. Maybe I should have said "primary" camera.
I realised there are different flavours of 1D. I guess I should have phrased the poll better along the lines of:

older camera
XT/XTi/D Rebel
10D/20D/30D
1D/s/n/etc

I use the 20D and the 10D at the moment. Within the next year, though, I'm looking at a possible upgrade to either the 5D or 1DMkIIN.

I use two 1Dmark II's and a 20D for the backup and travel camera, They get the job done. I won't purchase another DSLR until one of mine is unusable. I've been looking more into the Mamiya 645 series to get back into film and still have the digital option in the future.

At home I own an XT, at the studio I use any one of (4) 20D's , (2) 30D's, (3) 1D's or (4) MKII's or 8 XT's

i use a 20 but im lookin to upgrade sometime soon.

liza wrote in post #2433837
I use the 20D and the 10D at the moment. Within the next year, though, I'm looking at a possible upgrade to either the 5D or 1DMkIIN.

Or maybe Canon will bless us all with some new models to buy ....... I am praying they do.

dave13 wrote in post #2441321
At home I own an XT, at the studio I use any one of (4) 20D's , (2) 30D's, (3) 1D's or (4) MKII's or 8 XT's

Either you have money running out your ears, or your photography business is REALLY paying off.

That's a lot of camera bodies!!!

Croasdail wrote in post #2442681
Or maybe Canon will bless us all with some new models to buy ....... I am praying they do.

I'm counting on them releasing new bodies so the price of these will drop like a rock!

1D and 10D

2x20D

I shoot with a 1DsMkII which was not on your list.

I would at this point way rather have a 5D then a 1D.

Does it matter? The camera is only a tool, the same as a plumber uses a wrench. And that is why I dont post equipment list - its not relevant to anyone except anoraks

The santa shooter is probably doing prints no larger than 10x8 and so his camera is fine. I have just had a tog shooting the same with a 6 year old D30. No-one worried about her camera, why would they?

why, worry about the camera? for me, it's as simple as being able to focus properly for sports. the xt just doesn't have enough juice to power both IS and af at the same time (hell, even the viewfinder display, you know, the green text, gets dim when af and IS are on at the same time). also, af accuracy matters a lot, even for newsprint. 20d and above is basically a must for sports photogs, unless you like a 10% success rate (don't say that you should manual focus it, because xt doesn't have the option within warrentee). just like a pumber wouldn't use a wrench that doesn't provide enough foot-pounds of torque, a photographer shouldn't use a camera that doesn't provide what you need.... of course, if price is an issue (which it always will be), then go for the best you can afford... (in my case, xt)