What's in your (camera) kit?

[ShmuliT]

Nikon D300s camera
Nikon D90 camera
Nikkor 18-200mm lens
Nikkor 50mm 1.8 lens
Nikkor 35mm 1.8 lens
Nikkor 10.5mm fisheye lens
Sb600 flash
Tripod and monopod
Reversal ring (for macro) - just got it and love it!
Wireless and wired remotes.
Invalometer.
Canon elph 100 P&S.

Also have a basic decent studio lighting monolight softbox kit from B&H, with a backdrop.

[SamKey]

Wow looks like we have some serious photographers here any one interested in shooting my wedding? (beito ubizmano) all I have is my brand new Nikon Coolpix S9300 which seems pretty complicated to me before knowing what lens it has

[972sg212]

iPhone 5
works well enough for me

[rots5]

Nikon D5100
18-105 mm

I would love to buy a flash.

Canon Elph IS850

[Something Fishy]

I would love to buy a flash.

You could get a Yongnuo YN468-II on Ebay for under $100 new. It does just about everything a Nikon does. You could even get theYN460-II for about $50 - it'll give you all the basics (TTL,  slave, etc.).

[moish]

canon rebel t2i
canon 18-135mm f3.5-5.6
canon 50mm f1.4

canon s95

[rots5]

You could get a Yongnuo YN468-II on Ebay for under $100 new. It does just about everything a Nikon does. You could even get theYN460-II for about $50 - it'll give you all the basics (TTL,  slave, etc.).

Is it worth it for a stage 2 shooter. I have issues a lot in dark lights.  Love my portraits and my kids photos. As well as my scenery shots. I just have a hard time using the camera in low light situations. When i use the flash its so obvious in the shots and ruins a lot of the lighting/coloring.

Though i love my d5100. (I had the t3i which i hated).

[ShmuliT]

Wow looks like we have some serious photographers here

Don't be fooled. Owning expensive equipment doesn't turn you into a photographer.

[moish]

Is it worth it for a stage 2 shooter. I have issues a lot in dark lights.  Love my portraits and my kids photos. As well as my scenery shots. I just have a hard time using the camera in low light situations. When i use the flash its so obvious in the shots and ruins a lot of the lighting/coloring.

Though i love my d5100. (I had the t3i which i hated).

do you adjust your settings in low light? (iso, shutter speed, aperture)

[Dan]

Don't be fooled. Owning expensive equipment doesn't turn you into a photographer.

Lol...but you do take great pics.
OTOH I have seen SLR pics that were far worse than my Elph takes.

[sky121]

Lol...but you do take great pics.
OTOH I have seen SLR pics that were far worse than my Elph takes.

That happens often. Especially if the camera is on the wrong settings. But sometimes your elph will take a pic that looks nicer but isn't necessarily as true to life though it still may look better to most.

[Something Fishy]

Don't be fooled. Owning expensive equipment doesn't turn you into a photographer.

+1000.

When someone tells me that my camera takes such nice pictures I tell them that their mouth gives such nice compliments .

[sky121]

Some of my favorite pictures I've taken with my Canon Point and shoot.

[Something Fishy]

That happens often. Especially if the camera is on the wrong settings. But sometimes your elph will take a pic that looks nicer but isn't necessarily as true to life though it still may look better to most.

I don't think that's the point. All cameras could take 'technically correct' pictures, even on full auto mode. What sets the pro apart is not just in knowing the settings, it's knowing how to make a compelling photograph - light, color, composition, etc. These have nothing to do with the camera.

Check out Digital Rev's cheap camera challenge -  they give world class pros $10  Buzz Lightyear cameras to shoot with and see what they come up with.

[jaywhy]

+1000.

When someone tells me that my camera takes such nice pictures I tell them that their mouth gives such nice compliments .

Haha. I ask them if their pots make good food. 

[chucksterace]

Haha. I ask them if their pots make good food. 

Well the pots that they use CAN make the food good or bad. Ive used both good and bad pots before

[rots5]

do you adjust your settings in low light? (iso, shutter speed, aperture)

still  in the full learning process, but yes. I can never get a good ISO. It ends up to grainy, and then when i use the flash it shows up to much. If i then set the apeture for more light to be needed them its blurry

[jaywhy]

Well the pots that they use CAN make the food good or bad. Ive used both good and bad pots before

Exactly. If you eat a good meal at someone's house, you compliment the chef, not his All Clad pots. 

[Something Fishy]

still  in the full learning process, but yes. I can never get a good ISO. It ends up to grainy, and then when i use the flash it shows up to much. If i then set the apeture for more light to be needed them its blurry

1 -What ISO are you using? The D5100 should be pretty much noise free up to at least 800.
2 - A bigger flash well help you with that not due to the larger size,  but due to the fact that the light could be bounced, or better yet, taken off-camera.
3 - Blurry or fuzzy? A larger aperture (lower f-number) lets in MORE light, which reduces blur. If it's fuzzy, on the other hand, it's probably not in focus.  Large apertures have less of the picture in focus, and cameras have a harder time focusing in low light, so that may be your issue.

[sky121]

In everyone's defense the camera does make a difference to a some extent. Especially with shots of kids.