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Ustorque
| | Posted on Sunday, February 14, 2010 - 05:11 pm: | 
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Nice Jim.....real nice!!! |
Mikej
| | Posted on Monday, February 15, 2010 - 12:52 pm: |
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(Moved from the pic thread)
ISO 5000 ==>> color me with envy. Doen't look grainy either on the mini-screen of the phone.
I survived the wedding. A relative was into photography (son of the bride), and a couple of co-workers of her's also brought some camera gear (one had her dad's Nikon D70), so a lot of the pressure was off of me.
I drained the borrowed camera battery at the Friday night rehearsal, over 100 pics mostly with the flip-up flash. Then I drained the battery again on Saturday, over 160 pics, 2/3's with the flash. Had the little pocket camera as a backup with spare batteries for that, drained one set and the second set lasted to the end.
I definitely learned the limitations of that Nikon P80. I also have a much better idea of what I'm looking for with a camera. I could have definitely used a 5000 ISO setting at anything over 1/250th many times. I've also learned that when folks are on their second or third wedding and on the far side of 60 then taking family photos or joined hands ring pics isn't necessarily high on their priority list. Sometimes you just have to say "okay, it's your wedding" and go get in line for the buffet. 
Apart from the wedding I've set up an appointment later this week to take a Canon T1i for a test drive. Going to give it a lap around the inside of a restaurant and see how it will do handheld with people pics, close ups of stuff (probably forks), some depth of field tests, and I'll give it a run up and down the ISO range so I can get a better feel for what the digital output quality is like (breaking my film oriented mindset of fast ISO = gravel sized graininess). I'll bring my own memory card so I can keep the images to look at closer at home.
Then, as much as I'll hate to do it, I'll probably put this up for sale to generate the initial camera funds:
(imagelinking with a phone is a convoluted process at best so hopefully this will work)
Oh, and I've caught a hint that the next wedding I'll be taking photos at will probably be outdoors on a beach someplace, probably fairly casual, almost definitely to be unplanned as far as the ceremony will probably go. And unknown as to the time of day, could be noon, could be at sunset, could be at midnight next to a firepit or bonfire(to throw remnants of their past marriages into). Don't know if it will be local or out of state or in another country. Probably won't know until a week before so I'd better get a Passport before June. Life is fluid at times.
Thanks to all of you for the help and tips and for sharing some of your works. |
99buellx1
| | Posted on Monday, February 15, 2010 - 01:06 pm: |
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My 7D does darn well in higher ISO (for me, others opinions yada yada)
At least better than anything I've ever shot with.
ISO 12800 - f4 - 1/60 - 200mm
Hand held, shot with my 70-200 f4. (no IS)
No PS, just resized.
100% crop:
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Barker
| | Posted on Monday, February 15, 2010 - 04:15 pm: |
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I'm waiting on my Canon T2i  |
S1wmike
| | Posted on Monday, February 15, 2010 - 04:39 pm: |
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Loving and still learning my D300 |
Reepicheep
| | Posted on Monday, February 15, 2010 - 05:39 pm: |
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Fantastic Craig!
I bought my Fuji F31FD specifically for it's low light capabilities... I can't touch your optics with that cannon, but Fuji did a great job with the image sensor...
(ISO 1600, photoshop resize only... note the shadow detail in the Harley frame...}
(same picture, 100% crop... now you can see artifacts from some of the tricks Fuji plays squeezing blood from a turnip)
Not DSLR, but I'm thrilled for a $250 complete camera that fits easily in a pocket.
Id love a lumix... they do as well in low light, and offer a very fast very wide angle lens.... |
Mikej
| | Posted on Monday, February 22, 2010 - 12:40 pm: |
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I got to try out a Canon T1i over the weekend for a few test shots indoors. It had the basic kit zoom lens on it. Overall it seemed to do well, better than I expected over the full ISO range as far a zooming in on a pic taken at ISO3200 vs the same pic taken at around ISO100 or so. But the lens felt, I don't know, different than my 35mm lenses felt when manually zooming or focusing. I don't know if that's a digital thing or a plastic vs metal lens body thing.
Oh well, still shopping until something sells. Back to thinking about Nikons .... |
Court
| | Posted on Monday, February 22, 2010 - 07:01 pm: |
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Delta_one
| | Posted on Monday, February 22, 2010 - 07:14 pm: |
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Court I cant remember what camera do you have?
or what did you take the picture with is maybe the better question.
you must have used a very low f-stop to get that picture. I like it. |
99buellx1
| | Posted on Monday, February 22, 2010 - 07:19 pm: |
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Hey Court, most your picture is all blurry, might want to get that checked out. |
Delta_one
| | Posted on Monday, February 22, 2010 - 07:36 pm: |
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D 90
35mm
f 1.8
1/320
ISO 2000
no flash |
Mikej
| | Posted on Monday, February 22, 2010 - 09:16 pm: |
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I've always enjoyed the stories of your pooch and his adventures. Hopefully in that pic he is just relaxing and hasn't superglued himself to the floor.
Nice photo. |
Court
| | Posted on Monday, February 22, 2010 - 09:54 pm: |
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Nikon D700 (borrowed from RKC) with a Nikkor AF/S 50mm f1.4G acquired today . . . just playing around.
I went to a familiar place . . broke the new lens out of the box, got set up and shot a complete series to allow me to get a feel for it.
It really is a super shallow field of focus.
That shot is taken to the extreme but . . . on a dog . . . it seemed to work nicely. The mind plays the "closure" game and regardless of if the nose is in focus or not your mind fixes that. In addition, I liked the way it draws the viewers eyes to the dogs eyes.
Still amazes me that I'll tell him to do something like that and, antsy as he may get, he will stay frozen until I tell him otherwise.
Someone once asked "what kind of a dog is that?" . . . my answer "an innocent victim".
He and Erik seem to be able to talk to each other . . scary, eh? |
Mikej
| | Posted on Monday, February 22, 2010 - 10:29 pm: |
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I was always told to try to keep the eyes in focus, and f-stop to focus the rest. Probably not the best lesson I ever got, but that was with film a long time ago. |
Reepicheep
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 23, 2010 - 01:09 pm: |
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f1.4... droool. Now if only it was 23mm. |
Delta_one
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 23, 2010 - 02:16 pm: |
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I am saving up for the nikon 60mm micro (macro) lens. I have played with it a bit at the photo shop and fell in love.
does anybody have any experience with it? I had a sigma 50mm macro and didn't like it that much. |
Rkc00
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 23, 2010 - 02:47 pm: |
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I have an old 55mm Macro manual focus lens from years ago. It is a great lens. I have not tried the 60mm.
Mike
Long Island, NY |
Danger_dave
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 23, 2010 - 02:50 pm: |
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It's digital - take 20 and choose the focus you like best. |
Rkc00
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 23, 2010 - 02:50 pm: |
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Check out the Bokeh on this lens.
Nikon 85mm f/1.4 shot at f/1.4
Mike
Long Island, NY
09 XB12X
09 1125CR
06 VRSCR |
Delta_one
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 23, 2010 - 03:02 pm: |
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I did these last night and haven't cropped them yet so please ignore my big head in the windscreen.
I felt left out so I went big on the f too 
(Message edited by delta_one on February 23, 2010)
(Message edited by delta_one on February 23, 2010) |
Slowride
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 23, 2010 - 03:42 pm: |
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Nikon D200
Sigma 17-70mm 2.8
(Message edited by slowride on February 23, 2010) |
Mikej
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 23, 2010 - 04:31 pm: |
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Is there really a migration back to film, or is he being facitious (sp?)
http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/pma/2010/index.htm
I've been seeing some nice deals on film cameras and lenses.
Also it would appear that he has a lot of his revenue based on click-thru sales. I've no idea how that works or gets set up but it sounds like it could be lucrative if you can get a following.
http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/00-new-today.htm |
Davegess
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 23, 2010 - 04:48 pm: |
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I've no idea how that works or gets set up but it sounds like it could be lucrative if you can get a following
It is BUT the etailers may stop doing to avoid having to collect sales tax in from California sales. |
Mikej
| | Posted on Monday, April 18, 2011 - 04:00 pm: |
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Well here it is over a year later and I still don't have a DSLR yet. Job searching, temp job working, family stuff, and a 3-year old step-grand-daughter with cancer (she turns 4 in a couple of weeks), everything has kept the camera budget drained.
But I'm back to looking at cameras again, and while a small pocket Canon has been working well for me (thrift shop find on the camera, and craigslist for batteries and a charger) I'm wanting a DSLR again.
Currently I'm considering the new Canon T3i (not sure what the T3 is missing from the T3i), and a Canon 5D mkII, or maybe a Nikon D3100 or D300 or something else. I did find a Canon lens (thrift shop again) that I believe will work on a DSLR (EF 75-300mm 1:4-5.6 II)((somebody beat me to the camera and attached shorter lens on a different cart)), so this is leaning me towards the Canon line.
Anyway just thought I'd bump the thread. I'm hoping to be able to get one by August or sooner if funds are available. I've thought again about selling the M2 and using those funds to fix the S2 and to get a camera, but that idea hasn't worked out before. |
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