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Camera Collection L-R: Canon S45 (sitting on home-made hard case), Canon AE-1p, Kodak DC3200.
Most of the photos on my web sites are taken with the Kodak DC3200, but that will change over time now that I have the Canon S45. Reviews of those at Digital Photography Review are more informative: DC3200 and the S45. I took the "collection" photo above with a borrowed Canon A40 . If someone wanted to buy me a camera I currently lust after the Canon 1Ds ;-) I'm not really a Canon purist, it just seems to happen that they make the best camera for what I want at the time.

My Canon AE-1 program on a mini-tripod.

Making the case for my S45. The outline cut out of aluminium sheet. Folding the base tabs, then hammering slightly rounded corners onto the long sides. Inside the finished case, showing the spare battery that fits under one of the strips of foam. You can also see the pop rivets that hold it together (they've been hammered flat). The outside covering is 100mm wide cheap duct tape Ken got at Reverse Garbage.

The camera in its case. The cord is shock cord (elastic) so the camera hangs round my neck properly but I can stretch it out to get photos without having to take it off (useful when cycling). Size comparison, case and camera. A couple of shots of the minipod. I think I'll sell it with the film cameras and buy a smaller one (no bigger than the camera, say). I'm in the process of building an external battery pack for my S45. I've also opened up the CB-2LT battery charger that came with the camera. I've also got photos of a somewhat silly video helmet-cam rig