| Author | Message | ||
     Timbo |
I think I'm gonna like it...  Timbo (w/Nikon D80, 85mm f/1.8) | ||
| Court |
You're gonna love it . . particularly with that lens. Don't scrimp. But a GOOD (plan on about $70) Nikon filter. I've been shooting with a D100 and I noticed a while back that it was lacking sharpness. One day, out of curiousity, I removed the $9 filter and guess what? . . . I anted up for the top of the line. Saving money on lens and glass is like buying cheap condoms. Well done Timbo! | ||
| Timbo |
Thanks Court! I already love it. Regarding filters, I have been following some of the photography forums lately and learning quite a bit. It's funny, like most forums you get the full spectrum of knowledge and bunk. However, if you pay attention, it doesn't take long to figure out the insightful from the hopelessly lost... But back to filters, there are two camps. One saying "always use a filter for protection" the other says "don't buy a $1XXX lens and add another piece of glass to change it's performance". Then they get into the arguments for their case. I have always been a *filter for protection* guy. Since reading the arguments for and against I have started shooting without, unless I'm in a potentially bad environment/situation, like at the beach on a windy day for example. I agree with you about quality filters. I have bought a HOYA Super Pro1 HMC(UV) and a Super Pro1 Cir/Pol for each of my lenses. My wife thinks I'm crazy, but I'm having fun. | ||
| Tripper |
D80 is cats aks. I'm about to cheap out and buy the D40, but now they announce the D40X w/ 10 mp. Don't really need the pixel count, just dieing to get into the Nikon optics. Nice pic. Makes me sick that I sold my S1. | ||
| Timbo |
Thanks Dave, Here's a couple more...   And one of my brother's '75 Norton Commando (recently restored).  | ||
| Livnlo |
i also bought a new camera just for march badness but mine mounts on the helmet.....cant wait.....beautifull pics by the way | ||
| Danger_dave |
I'm liking it too. | ||
| Bcordb3 |
I am liking the composition of your S1 pictures. Borrow a Pit Bull, put it behind the fence and do those pictures again. A real statement photo. Do I trade my Canon for the Nikon? Time will tell. Again, nice photos, good eye. | ||
| Bcordb3 |
Court, which filter do speak? UV? or? Polarizing? I am interested in buying a couple of filter and don't want to risk the big outlay for experimentation. | ||
| Court |
For a single filter (all I really ever use, although I carry 4) go with the UV. It's essentially a clear filter. Take a look-see and make certain that you don't, as I pointed out, degrade the work your good glass has done. Any doubts. . . well, I learned my lesson by simply shooting a couple shots with the filter, taking it off and shooting the same 3. If I can tell the difference, I need a better filter. | ||
| Timbo |
Thanks guys. Bill, A high quality UV AND a high quality polarizing filter would be a good start. The UV is an all around filter. The polarizing filter is good for reducing glare from water (but not metal) and adding saturation. Most noticeably in the sky, like in landscape shots for example. If you are using an autofocusing camera you will want a circular polarizing filter. | ||
| Buellshyter |
In the latest issue of Pop Sci there is an article about the Adobe Light-Field Lens. Apparently, there is a limit to a glass lenses ability to utilize megapixels. They speculate that within a few years 300 megapixel sensors will be common and in order to use that increased capacity a new approach is needed. Adobe has created a prototype lens that can take 19 photos at once, each with a different focal point. In essence, one could create a three-dimensional image that lets you chose the focus later. A photographer would have the ability to manipulate a photo focusing different pieces of a picture at will. | ||
| Danger_dave |
just now got the note that the lease on my current machine is up. on hold waiting to find out residual now. new camera - actually 'additional' camera - coming up too! | ||
| Danger_dave |
Sheesh - there goes all that effort I put into larnin' how to make 2d look 3d. Can't wait. | ||
| Regkittrelle |
I upgraded to the D80; now have my D70S body for sale... and an F100 too, for that matter. Taking any reasonable offers. | ||
| Danger_dave |
Not quite as tasty as that nikon mr timbo, but I just lease the stuff through my business and a Canon 400D with a couple of nice lenses and the doohickeys thrown in was in budget. It was quite a bit cheaper than the Nikon out here. Big step up from what i have been using. Miserable weather here today - confined to inside schnappery:     I think I'm going to like it.  (Message edited by danger_dave on March 14, 2007) | ||
| Rick_a |
I have a '78 Yashika SLR. It, uh, takes pictures, sometimes...when it's in the mood  | ||
| Timbo |
Nice close-ups Dave, Were you using an extension tube with a zoom? | ||
| Danger_dave |
Cheers. Came with an 18-55 and a 55-200. Thats the 18 on macro setting. You know you can get that info off the files? Do a 'get file info'.  Looking forward to more of yours. dd | ||
| Danger_dave |
>>I have a '78 Yashika SLR. It, uh, takes pictures, sometimes...when it's in the mood << So do I! Yashica anyway, Seals are all gone - but still got it. 22-75 zoom. Fully manual. dd | ||
| Rick_a |
Awesome. Mine was serviced once in 1981. It has taken some great pictures, but quality varies greatly depending on the lens. The shutter has been problematic as of late. It's hard to find anyone who'll even look at these things nowadays. | ||
| Dino |
Timbo - Congrats on the camera. I'm gonna have to get one of them thar DSLRs some day. Watching the Pentax K10D, actually. Great pics, BTW. You ought to be shooting for the magazines. Concerning filters. You can buy a top of the line B&W filter for well over $100 and you can buy an auto-focus, auto-exposure, multi-element, zoom kit lens for most SLRs for under $100. Which one do you think is better, optically speaking? Just avoid Court's uncoated, $9 piece of, ummm, poo-poo. The Pro1 series is excellent. You won't see any degradation with it unless you shoot into a strong light source. Then you may well get increased flare. Always use a lens hood. I generally have a UV filter on my digital camera...but then, I can't replace the lens if I damage the surface of the front element. For DSLRs, I suppose the deciding factors are: there's no point in protecting a $90 lens with a $150 filter, there's no point in having a $1,000 dollar lens and then ruining the image quality with a $9 filter, and I'd sure as hell rather damage the coating on a $150 filter than the coating on the front element of a $1,000 lens. | ||
| Timbo |
Dino! Thanks, And I agree, especially about the lens hood. I never used to use them, but since I've started, and that I'm seeing how much difference it makes, I use them all the time now. I know you will really enjoy a nice DSLR. Do it when you can. | ||
| Slowride |
Timbo, You will enjoy the D80... I was a diehard Cannon fan with both 10d and 20d. One day for grins I picked of a Nikon D50 and never looked back. Tripper, Don't spend the money on the D40. The quality is poor and it doesn't compare to the previous D50. The D50 will shoot on par with any Cannon up to and maybe pass the current 30D. The in camera processing on the D50 is hard to beat and shooting side by side with my other photg friends, they are so jealous when I pop out untouched images from the D50 straight to print. Got to love the Nikon.... | ||
| Danger_dave |
>>they are so jealous when I pop out untouched images from the D50 straight to print. << Cameras are a bit like motorcycles. A lot depends on the rider. | ||
| Court |
Nothing could be truer . . . I've spent years coming to grips with the fact that folks like Timbo, Ebear and you will always eclipse me in both areas. Danger Dave's stuff always turns a "normal" setting into "marketable art". Ditto Ebear. . . it's as if every rider on the track says, "just sit there, I'll ride at ya and give you the money shot". Then along comes Mister "I joined the 200MPH Club before breakfast" and unveils this hidden talent. Screw it . . . . I'm buying a Brownie Box Camera and a roll of 127 film! Your guys stuff is top drawer! Timbo . . . . is there anything you CAN'T do? I make you nervous? . . .  | ||
| Madduck |
Court, I am considering a real camera also, but am resigned to the fact that I should be shooting with my Sony in VGA mode. Sort of like the only tools I should be using consist primarily of a cell phone. I am undeterred and hope springs eternal, so I muddle on thru, 99.9% of my pictures look terrible and I have a host of friends that live in fear of me "fixing" something. Life is good. | ||
| Danger_dave |
Thanks court (Message edited by danger_dave on March 20, 2007) | ||
| Timbo |
Hey Court, I like the shots you take! Seriously. They even inspired me to start (well, want to start) a gallery, I would/will call it "truck shots". The idea being to take shots of the interesting, funny and bizzare things I see here in SoCal as I drive in my truck. My only hangup is I feel kind of like I'm intruding on people when I do it. That, and I don't want to get in an accident trying to get a shot, that wouldn't be good. But I still like the idea, and think it has the potential to be pretty cool if done well. I still have LOTS to learn to get better, but this is a hobbie I will enjoy for a long time to come. In fact, I've loved photography ever since my dad bought me a 110 Instamatic. I thought it was the greatest thing in the world that you could capture what you saw...forever. Well maybe not forever, but I was a kid and it was really cool. And by the time I was seventeen I had saved enough money to buy the newest model camera, a Canon AE1 Program with a Tokina 80-200 zoom. Man, I loved shooting with that camera (still have it too). I even got into developing my own film and making my own prints (B&W only), and really enjoyed the creativity that gave me. So, while DSLR photography may be new to me, I did have a good foundation to build on. Court said... >>>Timbo . . . . is there anything you CAN'T do?<<< Well of course... But I'll never tell. [:-) | ||
| Wyckedflesh |
My Canon 300D (Digital Rebel) did not survive the get off of 3/26/2005. I finally got around to sending the body off to see if Canon can repair it for alot less then I can replace it. In the meantime I snapshot shoot with a Fuji S3100 and take planned shots with my Bronica ETR which shot this...  |
