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Digital SLR / DSLR Camera Question / DSLR Thread 2

BrassPremier said:
If you're only doing studio stuff, you owe it to yourself to get some strobes :thumbup

My B800's have a recycle time of 1 second at FULL power :p

Shot some more stuff just now in the kitchen, using our black table to place random shit on from around the house. Looks good on the camera, so hopefully some come out cool
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Yeah, it's on the list of stuff I want, but I've finally gotten to the point where I've separated the 'want' from the 'need.' I've got just about everything I need now. The strobes would just be a 'nice to have' that would make life easier in the studio. But, everything I have works fine.

I'm trying to be smart about purchases now so that I can continue to do this . I don't want to earn $300 for a shoot then turn around and spend double that on more gear. The goal now is to stop going negative.
 
Yea i'm pretty far down in the red when it comes to purchases/money made from photos (seeing how I've made $0 :p)

Hopefully at some point I can try and get some work coming, gotta keep practicing though still have plenty to learn
 
thought this one was interesting, maybe next time rearrange the plastic fruit a lil different I just shot it how it was laid out

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In like the light on that, Steve. Very nicely done with getting it right on the fruit and the silver bowl.

This afternoon was the roommate's 3yo's birthday. We went to the park for a photoshoot. Lighting is 75% natural afternoon shade, 25% speedlight camera right and about 3' off the ground and maybe 8' away. IIRC I was at 1/8 power, ISO 200 f/9. I generally play by eye and don't really check the numbers.

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ETA: forgot the most important part of the setup... her five year old brother sitting just out of frame camera left. Wearing a white t-shirt. Voice activated reflector. :thumbup
 
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dang! its been a while since i contribute to this. Nick! really like this pic, and the skin tones are almost porcelain like!

Did a little contrast work on this one, and that is about it.

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Thanks. Of course, with a 3 year old, their skin actually does look like that, so it's pretty easy. :laughing
Also, getting the exposure right, to where the smooth areas of her face are almost blown out, but not quite, helps as well. Just have to be careful not to push it too far or the transitions look weird.
 
I forgot this thread existed. I have some reading to do
 
Nice shots guys! I just got my first fisheye lens today and was eager to try it out. Anybody else got one? I'm going to try to do some POV shots-- moto, bike, etc...

I tried a few on my way home on Calaveras: (wish I had a nicer bike for this!)
 

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hiccup said:
Nice shots guys! I just got my first fisheye lens today and was eager to try it out. Anybody else got one? I'm going to try to do some POV shots-- moto, bike, etc...

I tried a few on my way home on Calaveras: (wish I had a nicer bike for this!)
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I'm so jealous. I totally want a fisheye lens. :thumbup
 
Here's a few from last Sunday's shoot. This is Kat.

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hiccup said:
Nice shots guys! I just got my first fisheye lens today and was eager to try it out. Anybody else got one? I'm going to try to do some POV shots-- moto, bike, etc...

I tried a few on my way home on Calaveras: (wish I had a nicer bike for this!)
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Interesting... both your hands are on the handle bars. How did you take the pics? Is the fisheye mounted on a full frame body or crop? I've pondered of getting a fisheye as well, but i've read that its pretty much worthwhile only if its on a full frame.
 
i have used a fisheye on my FF and sure its pretty super wide..just dont like the effect...
 
10.5mm f/2.8 on a D300. It's a DX sensor and a DX specific lens so no worries on the crop. Still get 180 degree fov corner to corner. Using a full frame fisheye on a cropped sensor would look awful because you'd have limited field of view (prob equivalent to the 120 degree field of a 12 of 13mm focal length) AND the inherent distortions of fisheye.
I've got a Tokina 11-16 f/2.8 for superwide perspectives with rectilinear correction, the fisheye is totally a specialty lens. (Although there's some software I'd like to try that stretches a fisheye shot into a widescreen rectilinear shot...)
You do have to get very close to not end up with some boring shot that's simply distorted. It will focus down to a couple mm from the front element so you can get some crazy macroish perspectives. I have a secret project I'm working on involving that...
But mostly this lens will be for POV style shots. Setup for those improv'ed Calaveras shots was: wrap strap around neck twice, set on 2 sec timer, helmet on, go! Hit the button two sec. before you want a pic. I'm ordering a remote and some extra rigging gear later today. I'll go out when the light is nice and get some better shots, I was just too impatient to not try it out yesterday on the ride home. :p
 
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Coming soon, major Nikon gear sale. I have to unload my stuff to get some things taken care of. :(

Probably pick up a Canon G9/G10 to hold me over. Seems to be one of the better P&S cameras out there, with a good lens, sensor, and RAW capability. Thoughts?
 
cycle61 said:
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Coming soon, major Nikon gear sale. I have to unload my stuff to get some things taken care of. :(

Probably pick up a Canon G9/G10 to hold me over. Seems to be one of the better P&S cameras out there, with a good lens, sensor, and RAW capability. Thoughts?
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That sucks dude

If you looking at G10 price range, should check these out too:

http://www.adorama.com/IPCDMCLX3BK.html

P&S with leica lens. Jeff has one and it's pretty sweet.
 
BrassPremier said:
That sucks dude

If you looking at G10 price range, should check these out too:

http://www.adorama.com/IPCDMCLX3BK.html

P&S with leica lens. Jeff has one and it's pretty sweet.
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Hmm. Seems to come up a little short vs. a properly shot G10. But f/2.0 at 24mm would be sweet, compared to 28mm and f/2.8 on the Canon.

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/PanasonicDMCLX3/page11.asp

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Once you crank up the ISO the tables seem to be turned. This camera definitely has my attention.

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/PanasonicDMCLX3/page13.asp

It's hard to tell what we're more impressed by - the ambitious lens or the decision to sit back and spectate during this round of the megapixel race. If pixels aren't just to become clutter on your hard drive, they must contain useful information and we've seen too many compact cameras that produce images that need to be down-sized to bring them up to standard. The LX3 may not have the eye-popping resolution of some of its peers but instead it's one of the best high-ISO compact cameras we've seen.

And then there's that lens. Image stabilized, 24mm at the wide end of things and offering an F2.0-2.8 maximum aperture range that gives you the choice of shooting at lower ISOs than its competitors. It's a feature that really sets the LX3 apart, even amongst cameras aimed at keen photographers and, as DSLRs become less expensive, that's exactly what this camera needed. The only concern must be that the lens only extends as far as 60mm equivalent. This is pretty short by most measures and may limit the cameras appeal, depending on your shooting needs (it's great as a walkaround landscape camera for instance).
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cycle61 said:
:(:(:(:(:(:(:(

Coming soon, major Nikon gear sale. I have to unload my stuff to get some things taken care of. :(

Probably pick up a Canon G9/G10 to hold me over. Seems to be one of the better P&S cameras out there, with a good lens, sensor, and RAW capability. Thoughts?
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Say it aint so!!! Are we still good for August?

sorry to hear man
 
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