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Digital SLR / DSLR Camera Question / DSLR Thread 2

Joebar4000 said:
I think my Cubelite was like, $80? Makes a huge difference. The only issue is that it requires a lot of light, unless you're OK with using a tripod and remote trigger. With a Macro lens stopped all the way down, you'd probably be looking at several second exposures...


Ana is up for it. She's looking for a suitable picture to entice y'all with :twofinger
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I was using a tripod and remote trigger the exposures were in the 1 to 4 second range. I did notice stopped down past F22 the image wasn't very sharp. The Sigma will go down to f45 but the images are noticabley less sharp. The sweet spot with decent DOF was around F22. I also found with long exposures I got a strange cloudy effect. I did some research and learned it was caused by my UV filter, basically light refelecting off of the filter. With the filter removed it went away.

Looking forward to the enticing pic :leghump
 
Ana pics might be tomorrow - today is her last day at work apparently, she's getting laid off. I'm guessing she'll be very busy, then very drunk...

Here's a coupla pics I did with my incandescent lights, before I got the strobes:

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I used a UV filter for like a day before i got tired of odd lighting blobs i'd find on my shots. I've only noticed it on the 50mm though, the 18-200 has a UV filter for protection and i haven't seen any oddball things.

And the smaller you set the F-Stop, from a certain point, images start to lose their sharpness from diffraction
 
Storm Shadow said:
the instructions booklet???

or http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech.htm
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Ken Rockwell FTW:teeth

Ken Rockwell is the Chuck Norris of photography

Ken Rockwell's camera has similar settings to ours, except his are: P[erfect] Av[Awesome Priority Tv[Totally Awesome Priority] M[ajestic]

Ken Rockwell doesn't color correct. He adjusts your world to match his.

Sure, Ken Rockwell deletes a bad photo or two. Other people call these Pulitzers.

Ken Rockwell doesn't adjust his DOF, he changes space-time.

Circle of confusion? You might be confused. Ken Rockwell never is.

Ken Rockwell doesn't wait for the light when he shoots a landscape - the light waits for him.

Ken Rockwell never flips his camera in portrait position, he flips the earth

Ken Rockwell ordered an L-lens from Nikon, and got one.

Ken Rockwell is the only person to have photographed Jesus; unfortunately he ran out of film and had to use a piece of cloth instead.

When Ken Rockwell brackets a shot, the three versions of the photo win first place in three different categories

Before Nikon or Canon releases a camera they go to Ken and they ask him to test them, the best cameras get a Nikon sticker and the less good get a Canon sticker

Once Ken tested a camera, he said I cant even put Canon on this one,thats how Pentax was born

Rockwellian policy isn't doublethink - Ken doesn't even need to think once

Ken Rockwell doesn't use flash ever since the Nagasaki incident.

Only Ken Rockwell can take pictures of Ken Rockwell; everyone else would just get their film overexposed by the light of his genius

Ken Rockwell wanted something to distract the lesser photographers, and lo, there were ducks.

Ken Rockwell is the only one who can take self-portraits of you

Ken Rockwell's nudes were fully clothed at the time of exposure

Ken Rockwell once designed a zoom lens. You know it as the Hubble SpaceTelescope.

When Ken unpacks his CF card, it already has masterpieces on it.

Rockwell portraits are so lifelike, they have to pay taxes

On Ken Rockwell's desktop, the Trash Icon is really a link to National Geographic Magazine

Ken Rockwell spells point-and-shoot "h-a-s-s-e-l-b-l-a-d"

When Ken Rockwell went digital, National Geographic nearly went out of business because he was no longer phyically discarding photos

For every 10 shots that Ken Rockwell takes, 11 are keepers.

Ken Rockwell's digital files consist of 0's, 1's AND 2's.

Ken Rockwell never focus, everything moves into his DoF

Ken Rockwell's shots are so perfect, Adobe redesigned photoshop for him: all it consists of is a close button.

The term tripod was coined after his silhouette

Ken Rockwell never produces awful work, only work too advanced for the viewer

A certain braind of hig-end cameras was named after people noticed the quality was a lot "like a" rockwell

Ken Rockwell isn't the Chuck Norris of photography; Chuck Norris is the Ken Rockwell of martial arts.

Ken Rockwell never starts, he continues
 
3 hours in the darkroom yesterday, and all i got was one measly print (scanned from printer at home). Course I had no idea what i was doing so it took a while :p. Film is fun, just takes a lot of work :haha. Shot is of my brother at a concert of his last week

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and holy crap haha asado big ken fan i see. i like some of the stuff he puts out (mainly reviews, his commentary can be a bit much), but i wouldnt compare him to chuck norris ;)
 
*Sigh* I miss the darkroom. :eek:)

Strangely, I like this one: "Ken Rockwell never focuses, everything moves into his DoF."
 
BrassPremier said:
I think they came out well. I went to my brothers concert month ago, and they had i think 2 red lights on the band MAX. So most of my shots came out like this

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Next concert of his I brought a flash, and every shot came out like this

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I think I need to find a happy medium between the two. Or just take the diffuser off
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What about one of those fancy schmancy Gary Fong light diffusers?
 
Kankaloo said:
i bought Nikon D80 last Black Friday at Ritz Camera, but until now i'm still trying to learn how to use it! any suggestions which is the best book or DVD to use for learning. thank you!
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http://www.bythom.com/nikond80guide.htm Can't go wrong with Thom's books. They're one of the best resources out there.

Joebar4000 said:
:rofl

Let's not go overstating my talent... I have some gear, and I'm learning fast. I reckon Cycle61 would be better at telling ME how to use my stuff.
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:blush

I've been doing lighting for a little while, I'm currently running three speedlights (two SB-800's and an SB-900). Sounds like I'm just the opposite of Tyler, I'm okay with the strobes (big or little ones) but lighting for video scares the heck out of me.

Definitely down for a lighting/model/other kind of shoot.

I'm doing another shoot for a local web magazine Saturday in the city, hope to have a chance to use some strobe-fu on a band that doesn't look like the Russian Mafia in a Hugo Boss commercial. The last one was interesting. :laughing

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on how to use your Nikon D80,
u can always look up tips on the net.
and save a couple of bucks. or simply ask in forums.


theres no best book or dvd.
 
It helped me to look up all the 'abilities' my camera had, then practice them all on my own. Learn by trying, not like you're wasting film or anything.
 
yup, dont even worry much about having the best gear either.
ive seen people with the best gear and they have shitty pix,

ive seen this one photog at this one model party i went to , he had a rebel xt with stock lens who takes fotos for ford models.
awesome portfolio.
 
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