The cameras and other equipment discussed in these pages are ones that I personally have owned and used.  Regrettably, I'm not in a position to comment on cameras or lenses with which I am not familiar.

Introduction

I admit it — I'm a photographic equipment addict.  In fact I enjoy every aspect of photography, from the travel and location work, to the use of fine equipment in the field, to processing, printing and exhibiting my work.

The choices of equipment available to photographers has always been a challenge. Today the choices are, if anything, greater than ever before.  The rate of technological change is ever-increasing and the transition that we are currently going through to digital makes choices even more difficult to make.

What format to choose — 35mm, medium format, large format, panoramic?  What lenses to use — zooms, primes?  What films, what tripods, accessories?  And then there's digital — computers, scanners and printers!

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