The Online Photographer

Sony A7Riv and Sony RX10iv The RX10iv while a small sensor camera has a wonderful Zeiss lens and really great fast focussing. Love it! I use the A7Riv for low light, portraits and landscapes.

Primary: Panasonic GX85, my first and only M4/3. Very happy, once I learned which of the gazillion settings worked best for me. Secondary: whatever phone I currently have.

Well since you asked:
I've settled on a couple modest, older models. My 'big' camera is a Nikon D5300, a very traditional DSLR with some hybrid qualities for those interested in a bit of video -- flippy screen and mic jack. My 'little' camera is a Lumix ZS70, a wonderful small-sensor travel cam that fits in my jacket pocket and has an E 24-720mm lens and even a tiny EVF, and also 4K video and a flippy screen. They both take good pictures if I don't mess it up. My phone is awkward and I'm clumsy and fahggitaboutit.

Primary camera is a Fujifilm X-Pro2. I have no alternate currently. I wanted to say it is the Context G1 but I haven't used it at all this year. I hope to change that in 2021. I really enjoy using the Contax G1.

If the X-Pro2 is not available I have my old X-Pro1 as backup.

By frequency, my iPhone 11Pro, but in volume my X-H1 and RX100 IV win out. I use the phone daily for all sorts of things, but it's a quick shot here and there - when I do use dedicated cameras I definitely shoot more, and I'll thank you kindly not to ask if the dross to gold ratio is any better.

I do find that I use all three in concert when out with my family - the phone for video, quick 'selfies', and when I need to be less distracted. The RX100 is great for family groupies(?), on the trail, and as the alternate lens when I have the 50-140, 16mm, or 300 on the Fuji. The compact big beast handles what my brain still calls the 'big work'.

Primary = Fuji X-E3 (usually with the XF 16/2.8)
Secondary = Sony A7 converted to 850nm infrared (with the Samyang 24/2.8)
My Nikon D800E sits largely unused (with it's comprehensive lens kit)

SONY A7rii, and a SIGMA DP0 Quarttro, the SIGMA is my go to camera when I want a film like image output especially for B&W inkjet prints.

Linhof Technikardan 45s and Voigtländer Bessa III ( for b/w). I still do my own darkroom work. Fuji GFX 50s for color, digital.

Pretty much just a Sony RX10 iv, and my old Android phone (Samsung S5, I think). Almost the only thing I photograph now is birds.

My backup is a Panasonic GX7, which I haven't used in a couple of years now. The control dials got a little wonky after several years of constant use, but I'd bring it out if I were doing a portrait or something; I have some nice lenses for it. I think sometimes about buying a newer m4/3 camera but...in this economy?

Nikon F100 & Nikon F2. I really wanted to add my Rolleicord V to the list, but it hasn't seen much use since last summer.

A GX8, which I still love. 15mm and 25mm lenses. The latter is the Panasonic Leica f/1.4 and both lenses were bought used on eBay to replace faulty Olympus primes. DxO’s Photolab 4 is (seriously) like a camera/sensor upgrade for anyone who uses Micro Four Thirds.

Canon 6D and Sigma DP 1/2/3 Merrill for digital. 5x7 Deardorff for film.
The three Sigmas I count nearly as one since they are single focal length bodies with excellent image quality. Makes up for slow and clunky in use.

Based on number of images per day/week/month, most used is my iPhone. It's always with me and pictures are everywhere. It documents my life, makes sharing easy and it's taught me lot about framing and composition.

For serious shooting (events, projects) it is the Canon 5D MkIV and one or more lenses.

And for those times when I want something better than the iPhone but lighter and smaller than the Canon I use a Sony A6300 with Sony/Zeiss 24-70 f4 pretty much as a point-and-shoot.

It's been a long and winding road, but I've now, hopefully, finally, settled on an odd combination of cameras and lenses. The most used is certainly an Olympus OMD EM5.2 converted to 720nm infrared. Usually mounted up front is a Samyang 10mm f2.8 on a tilt-rotate adapter. I modified the lens focussing and cut a petal off the lens hood to make it all work together. The second is a standard Oly EM5.2 with a Panasonic 8-18 f2.8 on the front. Because I'm more interested in the character and feel of an image rather than sharpness, 16mp is more than enough. I also like the size and love the control layout of the Oly's although I find they must have a hand grip fitted to be comfortable in the hand.

Leica MP and Hasselblad 500 CM for 90%; Nikon D4 if digital.

Leica Q 90% of the time, but occasionally the Panasonic LX100II if I happen to need a different focal length. And sometimes my phone, which is a Samsung Galaxy S7.

4x5 Zone VI (but only until I repair the Sinar Norma). Nikon D600. iPhone 7 gets most of the use.

Nikon D7000 (for sport & flash) and Olympus E-M10 (for travel). Haven't found any pressing need to upgrade either camera. They both "keep on ticking"

Fuji X-T3. I have sold off quite a bit the last few months and if I wasn't still doing a lot of bird photography, I would sell the Fuji and the xf 100-400mm lens. Maybe it's Covid restrictions or my age, but I really don't care all that much about gear anymore. I regret selling my Fuji X100F and when I let go of the X-T3, I most likely will buy the X100V.

I remain as thrilled today using an XE1, usually with the 18-55 as when I bought it on 12.12.2012. I have two XT1s as well, but something about the form and size of the XE1 makes it always preferable. If they don't bring back the built-in flash, I will not be upgrading. It is so useful to have it there when I forget, or did not know I would need a flash unit.

The everyday, 24/7 pocket rocket deluxe is the trusty GR, the special occasion/event camera is the X-T1 w/14mm. Recently, I tried the 16mm 2.8 Fujinon hoping that would make for a more compact and potent duo. Unfortunately, while it kills the 14mm in size and sex appeal (the latter not usually rated on lens tests), it doesn't touch the 14mm optically- just like Fujinon's 18mm can't touch the GR's...

Sometimes I just flat out fantasize giving up both for a Q- that fantasy usually runs concurrently with my all expenses paid, retirement world tour...

My Panasonic Lumix GX85 and then my iPhone 7. My Lumix G85 and GM5 get less use these days, but it's nice to know they're there too.

Wow, shocking number of mentions of Olys. With that many fans, how come Olympus can't make it?

I, too, now use an Oly EM1.2 as my non-critical and/or indoors cam, credit to its IBIS. For critical work I have decided to branch out from my Sigma Merrills and belatedly embrace FF, notably the Sony A7Rii. Which will raise a dilemma re which cams to pack once it is safe to travel again.

Olympus E-M10 Mk2 and Google Pixel 4a

wife: Olympus E-M5 Mk2 and Google Pixel 4a 5G
daughter: Olympus E-PL5 and Google Pixel 3a

I switched to Fuji this year, and funded the switch by selling a Sony, a Pentax and a couple of Leicas. I also stopped buying cameras brand new, so I now have a really nice collection of Fuji bodies and most of the Fujicrons, and didn’t spend a huge amount of money.

My “main”, as in, most capable, camera is the X-T3. But I haven’t been able to put down the X100V since I got it a few weeks ago.

And now I wrote this and realized that I didn’t mention my Ricoh GRii, and I feel bad about it.

Leica M-P 240 and (in the last few months) an M6.
And ... like everyone else: iPhone.

Hi Mike,

Upgraded to the E-M1iii Olympus recently so I guess that grabs the numero uno camera brass ring. A very good one, so far.

Suppose my phone is de facto numero dos because I don't have a second, parallel camera system; instead, I rely on a drawer of mix-and-match bodies and lenses for m4/3 (the tiny GM5 anchors the minuscule end of the system). Samsung S20 is the phone for what that's worth. One camera on the front side and three on the back--not a drawer-full, but a pocket-full of cameras, to be sure. Better than what I had expected.

Cheers,

Canon EOS 90D & iPhone XS. I think the 90D is my last 'real' camera. I'm contemplating buying an iPhone 12 Pro Max in the New Year.

A 5 year old Canon 5DsR is my main camera.

iPhone 11 max that has more or less replaced my Canon G7 X mark II as a carry always camera. But I don't print iPhone images, while I will print images from the "real" cameras.

For me, it's primarily a Fuji X-H1 with either the 23mm f2, or the 10-24 f4 if I want to go wider. I still turn to my venerable Panasonic GX7 for a couple of circumstances; long tele with the Panasonic 100-300mm (just no reasonably priced alternative chez Fuji - for my definition of reasonable anyway), and small and compact with the 20mm. The latter combination in particular fits nicely into the handlebar bag on my bike on those occasions when I'm out for a ramble

Ricoh GR 111. Small. Light. Sharp.

Canon EOS R, and once in a while a Canon G15 when I am just trying to get a few snapshots of some social event and don't want a large and somewhat obtrusive camera in my hands.

Never really connected with my iPhone, but after upgrading a couple of weeks ago, perhaps I'll use it a little bit more.

Primary: Leica Monochrom typ 246
Secondary: Google Pixel 5 (for color, i.e. everything else)

It's a pretty good combination because I don't really take many color photos these days, apart from documenting daily life.

D810 for serious landscapes and Fuji XT20 for holidays and everything else. An iPhone 6s if I have no camera with me.

Used to be two Canon 7Ds, but now I primarily use a Sony a6500 backed with a NEX 7.

Sony NEX7 + 16-70ZA
Sony A6000 + 70-350GMaster

Alternative - Sony A7 + far too many Nikkor manual focus lenses that any one man has a right to own.

I use an Olympus E-M1 mk2 and a Fuji X100F, about equally. The rationale is loosely 'the smallest camera that provides acceptable image quality'. Everyone's definition of acceptable being slightly different, of course.

I am using a Pentax K-3 and a new to me Pentax Q7. The latter being used more as it is the newest toy in the toy box and it is just so easy to carry.

Jim Fellows

Fuji X-T4 and Google Pixel 2

I used to flip flop around between all kinds of cameras, but since finding my way to Fuji I haven't had the need or desire, as fun as it was.

I think really what was going on was the slow realization that what I was never really the big, fast powerful DSLR with zooms that "cover the range" shooter that I thought I should be. So, I was always reaching for something else - the common characteristic being that they were all of a fixed focal length: the Canon 50 f1.8, the Holga, a wonderful Yaschicamat 124g, etc.

I loved the freedom and simplicity of those other things, which I always considered as my capital-A Art tools. So, I leapt at the combo of the relatively diminutive X-T1 and three primes (23, 35, 56) and I honestly don't know what else I could ever want - other than something a step wider like the 16mm f1.4. The X-T4 is bulkier, but in practice, I don't honestly notice at all when out shooting for hours on end.

This also means that really I should find my way to the X100 as the ultimate incarnation of this (and it is a very tempting and beautiful proposition), but I have not yet made that leap. My half measure to that is that I go out shooting with just a single lens and can commit to the one lens for the day before heading out, depending on my mood.

Fuji X-H1 and Fuji X100F. Alternatives are my M240 and Canon 5D3

Leica lenses on the X-H1 body with an M converter are superb.

Leica SL2 is #1, M10-R is the #2. For even more light and inconspicuous, #3 is an M10-D (no LCD).

Olympus E-M1

iPhone

I'm getting weary of the marginal ergonomics of the Olympus though (long story) and am thinking about getting a Nikon Z.

The Fuji X100F is my main camera now that I replaced my Canon 5dm4, which collects dust in the closet. One camera, one lens!

My main camera is an Olympus E-M10 Mark II, always with the ECG-3 grip.

I do have an iPhone X, but my #2 camera in terms of current usage is a close race between two older cameras I picked up over the past few months in Bargain condition from KEH:

- Cannon S90 (~$50): I am an inpatient pediatrician who works a lot of overnight shifts, and I mostly use this camera outdoors on a pocket tripod in the middle of the night when I have downtime at work. The camera is tiny, and, given the price, I don't worry too much about losing or breaking it if I suddenly have to run back inside.

- Olympus E-PM2 (~$100): I use this with a single small lens from my M10.II bag (14-42 EZ or 25/1.8) for casual pictures when I take a walk with my kids along the river near our house and want something that can fit easily in my jacket pocket.

I have too many cameras, I have my Huawei P20 pro with me at all times, & even though it has a Sony monochrome sensor I seldom use my phone for photographs, perhaps I should start using it more.

Depending on what I'm doing I switch between a Pentax 645z or a Cambo Actus / Sony A7rIII combination using Pentax 645 & 67 lenses, plus Schneider Apo digitar lenses. Oh & I have Voigtlander & Zeiss lenses for the Sony. I also have too many lenses

Primary rig is my Pentax 645Z, as it has been since 2014---still a great camera. That's saying something in the digital age. My backup rig is my Pentax K1mkII (I took their innovative board upgrade conversion path), and again still great since the day I got it in the fall of 2016. Got an incredible group of lenses for both as well(and with Pentax I can use all of the 645 lenses with the FF camera using a native Pentax adapter!)---the best equipped I've been since I started photography in the '70's.

Primary : E-M10 mkII as main : light enough but with enough bells & whistles (body IS, custom buttons, bright viewfinder at night aka Live View Boost Mode 2 in Olyspeak...).

Secondary : my phone (Redmi Note 7). Not very practical but good enough, and with the great plus of being in my pocket.

Fujifilm X-T2 and Samsung S10 phone. This past year I've used the Samsung camera(s) far more than my Fuji. My main outlet is Instagram and I find it far easier take a picture with the phone, process it in Snapseed and then upload. If I use the Fuji it just adds another loop into the process for not much gain.

I guess the real question is why is my outlet just Instagram? I'm part of a collective of photographers (collectivizmlondon.com) and pre-pandemic we shot projects and made them into zines. Currently it's not a good idea to meet up for group shooting/editing sessions so we keep in touch by posting to Instagram. If I make a print then no one's going to see it except me!

My most used two cameras are a Leica M type 240 (the one between the M9 and the M10) and a Leica M Monochrom type 246. (And I know that admitting this can expose me to all kinds of abuse and accusations – being rich, (I'm not!) wanting veblen goods, etc.) However, I see from my files that the M 240 is my most used camera of my entire life, and I have tried out many different cameras and systems over the years.

To make matters worse, I realized recently that the most used film camera of my life (I began about 1963) is the Leica MP that I use today. I suppose that the rangefinder size and handling just resonates with me and it always has. I just keep coming back to this type of camera for the size, the handling and the quality. Anyone who thinks that the Leica is somehow "sexy" to use or confers status with the public in general has never owned one. Short of a cell phone it's the most transparent camera you can use, and the most ignored by the subjects.

BTW, my copy of Peter Turnley's book 'The Human Face of Covid 19' just arrived – excellent! And if anyone wants to know what the tonal look of the Leica Monochrom is then please get a copy, or a copy of his book 'French Kiss'. Also, both books are great exemplars of what can be done with a 35mm lens as I believe, all the pictures in both books were shot using a 35mm Summilux.

My Nikon D850 has spoiled me for any other camera. I have no second choice. It's a matter of both the image quality and the transparency of the interface. If my D850 ends up in the shop, I'll rent one until it's back.

This could well be my last camera.