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Digital SLR / DSLR Camera Question / DSLR Thread 2

So I messed around with it quite a bit at work today.

I noticed a few things with just using the standard settings, presets in terms of difference between my old and my new lens. I like the ability to change my aperture to a lower setting in order to really define what I want in a zoom and look forward to taking pics of bikes, and of my cats using this.

I do think that I need to get used to using the manual mode more, but I need to reread my "D60 for dummies" book, and a few others a thousand times before I'll truly understand :rofl

For using my patented "Pick it up and play with it" method of learning, I enjoy it, but I think understanding what I'm changing and why will help me accomplish what I'm trying to accomplish quicker when I'm taking photo's.


I know it's early and I just got it.... But what would be the recommendation for a zoom lens? :rofl

I've looked at the 70-200 vs the 18-200... but again, that's all I've really done is look... no touchy

Anyways, here's my accomplishment from work today... time to wake up the cats




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FAIL X 2


:laughing:laughing

1) I fucking hate Ken Rockwell

2) The on-camera flash will give you the worst pictures ever. Do yourself a favor, and either break it off or tape it shut.

You want to take better pictures? Forget about lenses for a while and spend a couple hours reading HERE :)
 
You'll realize pretty quickly just how well that built-in flash works. ;)

<edit> Dammit, beat me to it... :laughing
 
cycle61 said:
FAIL X 2


:laughing:laughing

1) I fucking hate Ken Rockwell

2) The on-camera flash will give you the worst pictures ever. Do yourself a favor, and either break it off or tape it shut.

You want to take better pictures? Forget about lenses for a while and spend a couple hours reading HERE :)
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:rofl

Google image search, just chose the first one that was big enough to link....

:rofl

I already don't like the on camera flash... it's light is never right.

But 325? Somebody's high :smoking

great link, I know what I'm going to be doing at work today.


But let me ask this to get the opinion ball rolling

LED vs Non-LED light??'


Low Profile vs Fully Adjustable?

oh yeah, and batteries?
 
cycle61 said:
FAIL X 2


:laughing:laughing

1) I fucking hate Ken Rockwell

2) The on-camera flash will give you the worst pictures ever. Do yourself a favor, and either break it off or tape it shut.

You want to take better pictures? Forget about lenses for a while and spend a couple hours reading HERE :)
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1) i agree :laughing

2) somewhat agree, alone yes its fucking horrible but on some bodies you can use it as a commander for other off camera flashes :thumbup
 
Ok, so I'm getting the general hang of setting ISO, aperture, and shutter speed. Things seem to get a bit difficult when I'm at home taking pictures of the kids though. Any ideas?

T3 with 50mm f1.8
younger one...acceptable
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both of them...tried to increase DOF to have both kids in focus, but had to slow down shutter speed, resulting in this since they were moving. cranking up the ISO might have been a better option, but it was already fairly high at 1600. At 3200 pics seem to grainy to me.
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:Popcorn

as a fellow noob with the dlsr ((I'm guessing))

I make lots of use of the Aperture auto mode, and the shutter speed auto mode.

Still gives me the ability to mess with ISO, but I can think about what I'm doing with one or the other, rather then try to get both correct... make sense?
 
I use those modes too, but neither are good for indoor/low light+ movement+more than one person:
Aperture auto mode: increase DOF to bring both people in focus, shutter speed is too slow
shutter speed mode: set it to ~1/150 to freeze crazy kids, aperture is set to a small DOF and only one kid is in focus

seems like ext flash is the only solution even thought there's a decent amount of light in the pics
 
External flash.

It's really the only acceptable answer here, short of a $,$$$+ camera body that can see in the dark.

The second picture above was at F/4, 1/80th of a second, and ISO 2500. That's NOT a lot of light. Barely acceptable conditions, even with a big money camera body. If I were shooting those conditions at a wedding I'd be adding light like crazy to clear it up.
 
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gnahc79 said:
doh. ok, adding ext flash to my growing wish list.
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And, FYI, you don't need to go super expensive with an EX580 or EX430. You could save a lot of money and make better pictures if you take the flash off the camera. For much less than the price of an EX430, you can pick up:

1. A vivitar 285 - ~$60 on CL or used on Amazon
2. A 16-foot Vivitar sync cable from FlashZebra.com - $9.00
3. Light Stand, Umbrella Adaptor, Umbrella - $40

So, for just over $100, you can drastically improve the quality of your pictures. And, at the same time, it will force you to shoot in manual mode, which will greatly improve your understanding of all the fun little settings on your camera.
 
wannabe said:
And, FYI, you don't need to go super expensive with an EX580 or EX430. You could save a lot of money and make better pictures if you take the flash off the camera. For much less than the price of an EX430, you can pick up:

1. A vivitar 285 - ~$60 on CL or used on Amazon
2. A 16-foot Vivitar sync cable from FlashZebra.com - $9.00
3. Light Stand, Umbrella Adaptor, Umbrella - $40

So, for just over $100, you can drastically improve the quality of your pictures. And, at the same time, it will force you to shoot in manual mode, which will greatly improve your understanding of all the fun little settings on your camera.
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cool, thanks again :). I don't think I'll do any off camera flash though. A light stand would be torn to pieces in my house with 2 boys and a dog :).
 
^^^ You could always turn your wife into a 'voice-activated light stand.' :teeth


But, seriously, if you buy the Vivitar, don't use it as an on-camera flash. You will fry your camera.
 
Joebar4000 said:
Um, lens cover? The *only* time I use a filter these days is very high UV days - but really, most lenses and sensors take care of that anyway.
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I don't put anything in front of my L-lenses and you can blame Stan23 for talking me into that. btw, I just replaced the 70-200mm F4 with a 70-200mm F2.8 non-IS... happy, happy, joy, joy! :teeth
 
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