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Did he try to tell you to buy stuff from Adorama?
I actually learned quite a few things from Ken while reading up on photography.
How about a D.I.Y. ring flash? With Fiber optics
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Digital SLR / DSLR Camera Question / DSLR Thread 2
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Did he try to tell you to buy stuff from Adorama?
I actually learned quite a few things from Ken while reading up on photography.
How about a D.I.Y. ring flash? With Fiber optics
he just said he appreciated the viewership and hoped i had a good time in yosemite, i said have fun and walked off, pretty uninteresting story really haha
Cycle61
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shoulda slapped him 
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Wow, beautify firefall shot!
fastestindian
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Did he try to tell you to buy stuff from Adorama?
I actually learned quite a few things from Ken while reading up on photography.
How about a D.I.Y. ring flash? With Fiber optics
Did you make that thing or is it available in market?
I have a Digital Rebel or Canon 1000D. I am planning to upgrade now.
The options in my budget are 60D or 7D. I shoot variety so i would need lenses for landscape as well portrait. Kindly suggest me which is the feasible option of this two or if you have suggestions.
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im looking at getting a new mid range lens, i have the kit 18-55, nikon 50 1.8 and a nikon 70-300. since nikon glass is so fucking expensive and and neither the sigma or tokina lens i want in this range will autofocus on my camera im left with tamron and looking at 17-50 2.8 or a 28-75 2.8 but then i also thought about just using my 50 more and getting a flash instead. opinion?
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General question fellas. I have a Nikon D3100 and I haven't had much practice with it yet but I am wondering if I would be better off shooting in auto, without even using the manual focus on my honeymoon?
We're heading to Jamaica and I know I'm going to wanna capture shots I may not have time to make adjustments for but I almost feel as if this is a form of cheating lol.
In my case when you are on a vacation and may want that shot at the drop of a dime is this something that you would do?? Or just try and adjust the camera for the light setting you are in at that very moment, which may spread over a 6-10 hour period. I'd hate to keep playing with the camera and miss a shitload of opportunites and just waste time while I could be enjoying the scenery.
We're heading to Jamaica and I know I'm going to wanna capture shots I may not have time to make adjustments for but I almost feel as if this is a form of cheating lol.
In my case when you are on a vacation and may want that shot at the drop of a dime is this something that you would do?? Or just try and adjust the camera for the light setting you are in at that very moment, which may spread over a 6-10 hour period. I'd hate to keep playing with the camera and miss a shitload of opportunites and just waste time while I could be enjoying the scenery.
leave it on auto focus, learn the difference between single and continuous auto focus.
auto is probably ok, could try aperture/shutter priority to have some control without being full manual
auto is probably ok, could try aperture/shutter priority to have some control without being full manual
Flying Pig
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Get a big (or an extra) memory card, and take your pictures in RAW format.. but I don't think auto allows RAW.. least not in my dslr.
I agree with Steve.. use one of the priorities. Just know the subtle differences. For example, if you're capturing something moving, use shutter priority and set the shutter speed appropriately.
Spend a few hours playing with it photographing random things outside to get the feel for it. Practice on cars driving by, pedestrians walking, and also on landscapes, etc.
Shooting in RAW will allow you more control in the editing process if you have a picture that didn't come out as you expected it to.
I agree with Steve.. use one of the priorities. Just know the subtle differences. For example, if you're capturing something moving, use shutter priority and set the shutter speed appropriately.
Spend a few hours playing with it photographing random things outside to get the feel for it. Practice on cars driving by, pedestrians walking, and also on landscapes, etc.
Shooting in RAW will allow you more control in the editing process if you have a picture that didn't come out as you expected it to.
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I believe it allows me to shoot in raw because I bounced back and forth from auto to manual and they all showed up this way. Thanks for the helpful hints btw I'll be playing around with it this weekend.
Flying Pig
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Auto is definitely simpler to shoot in, but sometimes it's helpful to tell the camera one or two things and let it figure out the rest.
Be sure to double check the menu settings when in auto mode.. in auto mode, RAW isn't even available as it is in pretty much every other mode. But maybe it's a Canon thing?
Cycle61
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In auto mode, RAW isn't even available as it is in pretty much every other mode. But maybe it's a Canon thing?
WTH kind of camera do you have, anyway?
Flying Pig
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40d. Latest firmware (to my knowledge/searching abilities).
And unless I'm really stupid, I cant seem to find any ability to shoot in RAW while in the fully auto mode
All of the other modes allow me to do RAW or S-RAW, depending on how much memory I feel I'll have I guess
Could always set it to program (P) mode. It's like auto but won't keep popping up the flash for every damn photo
Cycle61
What the shit is this...
Oh, you meant full auto. Yeah, I don't even know if my camera has that. Go with (P)rogram mode, like Steve said.
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Personally, unless I'm in the studio and lighting is relatively fixed where I'll use full manual (and even then I usually use auto-focus), I'm in Aperture (Av) mode, so I can control the depth-of-field, and let the camera figure out exposure.
You can always use exposure compensation for simply more/less.
If I'm at the track or taking action pics, that's about the only time I'll use shutter speed priority, aka Time Value (Tv), so I can play with a specific shutter speed and let the camera figure out what to set the aperture to.
But at the track, you can usually go full-manual on a sunny day because the lighting doesn't change very quickly (usually).
I think I spend at least 90% of the time with the camera on Av, 9% in Manual and 1% in Tv, but it depends on what you're shooting as to what mode you should use.
You can always use exposure compensation for simply more/less.
If I'm at the track or taking action pics, that's about the only time I'll use shutter speed priority, aka Time Value (Tv), so I can play with a specific shutter speed and let the camera figure out what to set the aperture to.
But at the track, you can usually go full-manual on a sunny day because the lighting doesn't change very quickly (usually).
I think I spend at least 90% of the time with the camera on Av, 9% in Manual and 1% in Tv, but it depends on what you're shooting as to what mode you should use.
When I shoot trackdays it's always manual. Same lighting, shoot a white car, then a black car 5 sec later, and now your exposures are pretty different
Sucks on partially cloudy days when light keeps changing...
Sucks on partially cloudy days when light keeps changing...
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And that seems to be the most typical weather we have here in the Bay Area. I could try shooting in P using auto focus. I successfully took a few using manual focus but I use the term few loosely. I don't have a steady hand.
i really only use manual focus with macro...
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Me too... tho, he has the 40D, which is probably barely better than my old Rebel... the 5D Mk2 is way better, but still not what I'd call 'great', especially for moving targets :|
I usually only use manual focus when I'm using a short DOF and want to emphasize one particular object in the frame, or when the auto-focus is playing silly-buggers in low-light (often).
The 7D's auto-focus is apparently epic, from friends with that.