BOX BROWNIE FILM (1975-1977)

This camera was similar to the first camera he had when he was 12 years old.
he found that it was very difficult to take photographs as it would move every time the shutter was pressed so he made a steel tripod, a little radical but it worked, from then he took some really cool photographs from near ground level as the tripod was short.

KODAK INSTAMATIC FILM (1977-1983)

This camera was used a lot, the photographs have since faded much and the quality was not the best but at the time it did it's job in teaching him more about the use of a camera.

MINOLTA 35MM SLR FILM (1988-1999)

The first 35mm SLR Camera he got in 1986, he kept it up to 1999.
What he loved about this camera was when he slightly zoomed into something the final photo was greatly improved.

KODAK 2.2MP 3600 DIGITAL (1999-2000)

His first digital camera, watching the digital market for a couple of years, finding this camera affordable he bought it.
Finding this camera very good because the main expense was the camera. He took over 2000 digital photographs with this camera.

KODAK LS443 4MP DIGITAL (2000-2001)

This was a favourite of his, during its life it took 4808 digital photographs then the camera developed a fault, later making it impossible to fix because the repair would cost more than the value of the camera.
The colour and ease of use was fantastic for anyone. It took some great shots.

FUJI S5500 5MP DIGITAL (2002-2003)

This camera was bought to replace the LS443 as a straight digital, however he was not happy with it like he was with the LS443. The quality of all the photographs are no comparison. This is just a quick digital.
This camera has taken over 3000 photographs to October 2005.

FUJI S7000 6MP DIGITAL (2003-2005)

This camera when bought was very good as far as digital goes, very happy with it, very good for close up, but it still did not have the options the Nikon D70 has, a little hard focusing but a fine camera.
This camera had taken over 2600 photos.

NIKON D70 6MP SLR DIGITAL (2005-2007)

Now this camera is the best so far, buying it in June 2004 with 2 lenses with the body, spare batteries, memory cards, this camera just goes and goes, quality every shot, the 300mm lens is fantastic, he was disappointed that he never got the standard 18x70mm lens with this model , he ended up buying a 28x80mm for standard use. He had used a friend's 18x70mm while away in Colombia and found the effect of the more wide angle was a nice feature, he still wants one. This camera has been the most used, taking over 18000 photographs to October 2005.

JVC GZ-HD7 HD Camcorder NTSC (August 2007-2010)

This digital camera is the first hand held video camera capable of creating film suitable for Blue-ray, however it only films in NTSC, which at time gives interlacing effects when some corrugated subjects are filmed, such as a brick building, roof on a house and grids of any type.

The Camera has been used for 2.5years and created all the film on the Esperance - Out of the way, out of this world DVD of 2009.

It has a 60gb hard drive and an SDHC slot, in which I was able to insert an additional 32gb of useable space, it's been an excellent camera for the $1480 it cost in August of 2007.

NIKON D300 12MP SLR DIGITAL (2009-2010)

This camera was superb, and has been used for the Albany & Mt Barker Race photos since the D70, it's a camera that's designed for the pro who doesn't want any fully automatic features. The D300S version films in HD as well now.

This camera was accidentally destroyed while in Kalbarri February of 2010, the a strong gust of blew the the tripod over when I walked away for just a moment and it hit a rock via the lens and smashed the UV filter, and the lay over in the water just as I went to grab it, the flash was up and I accidentally hit the shutter release, the camera didn't work properly, funny how instantly we check to see it it works, we must forget that turning it on can cause short circuits etc.

It happens 2 days before leaving, many beautiful photo was taken, see www.kalbarrivirtualtours.com.

NIKON D5000 12MP SLR DIGITAL (February 2010+)

This camera was the camera I bought while the D300 was going through the insurance claim, I bought it in Geraldton as a temporary camera, finding it to be a much better camera than the D300 to me, I love the ease the camera gives and the vivid colour that come from it. I found by surprise a week later that it can also film in HD, this was mind blowing, as it will work great as an emergency video camera when I can't take the JVC with me.

I have a Sigma 18-200 lens with Optical Stabilizer, a very nice lens suitable for just about everything.

JVC GY-HM100E HD Pro Camcorder PAL & NTSC (May 2010+)

A huge investment, the first major one off expense in cameras.
It is capable of film quality normally only capable of high end professional camcorders for television and movie making.

I big brother to the GZ-HD7, the batteries, Lens and SDHC card are fully compatible, plus I have had 2.5 years experience with it's younger brother.

To compliment this camera would be to get a Glidecam or Steadycam for it.
Super steady filming even if you run around with it.

Storage on this camera is only SDHC cards, it has two slots, so 2x 32GB SDHC cards are what I'm using for now, they'll take around 5 to 6 hours of HD footage in MP4 or MOV format.

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