Official Digi Cam Pic Thread!

[biggerC]

great shots as usual everyone. Osirus, i love the shots from the HSBC Arena; cool car shots, GIBro--I've never been to the Auto Show, but Michael-Angelos has had a car show for the last several years, usually on the May 2-4 weekend, and there are some very cool classic cars on display there.

here are a few from today:

[_TiTaNiuM]

I believe i stuck it at 800 for the entire thing, i could have used a lot lower with this camera. I should have used a higher aperture for the majority of this shots while using a wider one for specific moments. Oh well... trial and error. That and i should make use of the auto leveler as well, sometimes you just dont realize the minor shift but when you go back to look at your images your like whooooa. Fixable in PP but something to consider. Because of that ive now hot keyed to my fn button.

I typically stick with 800-1600 iso for mostly everything unless it's a sunny day where thats just too much.

Barely any discernible difference in noise between 100 and 1600 iso on the 5d2

[A2597]

I typically stick with 800-1600 iso for mostly everything unless it's a sunny day where thats just too much.

Barely any discernible difference in noise between 100 and 1600 iso on the 5d2

Talk it up you full frame super sensor of infinity owning dood. Talk it up...

[_TiTaNiuM]

Talk it up you full frame super sensor of infinity owning dood. Talk it up...

Oh I will

[biggerC]

[A2597]

ok, there's something about that last one that I really like...

[Razeus]

Full frame is on my list for one day...

Might have to make use of bonus money one of these days.

In fact, my dream setup will run me about $7k.

[AluminumHaste]

This car fails. Seriously.

Everyone knows sportscar = blowjob from chick while driving. Except in this failure of a car. Jeez. Makes me sad.

What are you 12? Everyone knows that if you need a sportscar to get a blowjob then you're doing it wrong.
That car is amazing, I want more pics

[Emmet Otter]

Great photo!

[Razeus]

I went around and shot until the card was full. 388 shots (average size 19MB). Much better than the 223 count Nikon estimates.

Sidenote: The battery life on this thing is sick.

[A2597]

I picked up a second batter for my 60D just in case. Supposed to be here Friday, I shall have many photos soon after.

[Razeus]

I picked up a second batter for my 60D just in case. Supposed to be here Friday, I shall have many photos soon after.

Do you have gear now, or is this a new en devour?

[Perky McGiggles]

Man I love that Mercedes.

[A2597]

Do you have gear now, or is this a new en devour?

I unfortunately sold all my gear from college. So starting fresh. Have everything I need now though to get started. Just limited to my 50mm until later in the year.

Well..still waiting on camera...two-three more days!

[Razeus]

[ultimadrift]

I thought this turned out pretty cool

[biggerC]

Great photo!

thanks!

[UberBeavis]

[drspangle]

A few from Dubai... more here

[**G.I.BRO**]

drspangle, Just wow...

Just some random shots of Toronto as i was walking back to my car from the auto show. Hand held while being blown down the sidewalk as the wind that night was around 50-60kmhr. Effn cold i tell yeah.

[ScottDoom]

drspangle, Just wow...

Just some random shots of Toronto as i was walking back to my car from the auto show. Hand held while being blown down the sidewalk as the wind that night was around 50-60kmhr. Effn cold i tell yeah.

I like this one.

[A2597]

So, it's been a couple interesting days.

I got my camera yesterday afternoon.

That evening I found out about an event at Ruby Falls where they open the cave up to photographers. No reservation, but managed to get in. No tour, just free reign of the half mile cave for 2 hours. It was awesome. Entire cave with only 7 people in it (Myself, 5 other photographers, and one "guide" to make certain we were out by 10.

Then tonight I got into a private charity Gala, working with the photographer of the event. I wound up doing a lot of the event photography, so he could handle the portraiture. A couple guys from Home Makeover Extreme Edition were there, so lots of shots with them.

So I've had my camera less than 48 hours, and already two pretty awesome chances to shoot. (All the while going "OK, how to I change aperture without the quick menu, got to be a better way. OK, what ISO can I shoot at and get decent quality? Is 1.8 to low of an aperture to still get decent quality from this lens?

All told, over 1100 photos in two days. Of which...well, no idea how many will be kept. Even 1 in 10 would be a lot...Shot a LOT more than needed at the Gala, so that the photographer would have more to work with. (That and having way to much fun playing with the low light. Loving the 50mm lens even if it is the plastic fantastic. LOL)

Photos as I clean them up.

[sAnt@]

[A2597]

And, photos from the caves:

[Osirus]

picked up a Nikon 50mm f1.4 today, should be here in a few days.

Anyone want to buy my Nikon 50mm f1.8?
$100 plus shipping and its yours

[**G.I.BRO**]

Nice shots A2597, those cropped? Just wondering cause it looks like some of the focusing seemed to have slightly missed, but it could be just related to cropping.

Osirus, very nice, cant wait to see what you think about the differences between the two lenses. I'm thinking about getting a prime but unsure what focal length i want.

[Osirus]

i was all excited, i finally got a day off tomorrow after working 6 straight, then working all next week too.
and its supposed to rain all day... eww
going to make a slushy mess as theres about 15cm of snow here right now
can already feel it warming up.

i was planning on going to take some photos somewhere, but its its pouring out..

[Osirus]

i was all excited, i finally got a day off tomorrow after working 6 straight, then working all next week too.
and its supposed to rain all day... eww
going to make a slushy mess as theres about 15cm of snow here right now
can already feel it warming up.

i was planning on going to take some photos somewhere, but if its pouring out..

[ScottDoom]

Some friends I met at work. Taken with my BlackBerry Curve 8900 3.2MP.




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[A2597]

Nice shots A2597, those cropped? Just wondering cause it looks like some of the focusing seemed to have slightly missed, but it could be just related to cropping.

Osirus, very nice, cant wait to see what you think about the differences between the two lenses. I'm thinking about getting a prime but unsure what focal length i want.

Sadly, not cropped. I've been having trouble hitting the focus right, and not certain why. (Best guess is autofocus + super low light + longer exposure. Had trouble at the gala event Saturday as well, autofocus picking up on the wrong thing repeatedly. Need to work on that.

Edit: Reading up, it's a common problem. Wide open + low light = difficulty auto focusing. Good to know.

[**G.I.BRO**]

Sadly, not cropped. I've been having trouble hitting the focus right, and not certain why. (Best guess is autofocus + super low light + longer exposure. Had trouble at the gala event Saturday as well, autofocus picking up on the wrong thing repeatedly. Need to work on that.

Edit: Reading up, it's a common problem. Wide open + low light = difficulty auto focusing. Good to know.

From my personal exp; I wouldn't say it being a known problem but more or less this is the issue with low light focusing in general. This is why i usually use single point focus when the subjects are not really moving. That or maybe control the amount of focus points used in AF if possible... lesser points = forces AF to be less jumpy. To have low light AF be effective you need the subject to be as contrast as possible to the background. Better yet, this is another reason to buy a good external flash. The focus assist from them really make things that much better. Lastly, when being hand held dont expect anything to be sharp if youre having the shutter speeds lower than 1/40 or less... unless you have crazy pro VR lenses and pro bodies which make it a little easier.

What settings where you using?

[DeathKnight]

Some shots from Spring Valley wildlife area (link)

[GravY]

to the last one DK..

[Mahjik]

Sadly, not cropped. I've been having trouble hitting the focus right, and not certain why. (Best guess is autofocus + super low light + longer exposure. Had trouble at the gala event Saturday as well, autofocus picking up on the wrong thing repeatedly. Need to work on that.

Edit: Reading up, it's a common problem. Wide open + low light = difficulty auto focusing. Good to know.

I had similar issues in the past when using auto focus. What I generally do now is use manual focus, but I may hit my auto focus button to "get me close" then fine tune from there. If I'm going to use auto focus, I use the grid focal point selection so I can make sure what is going to be in focus for the scene. I'm not sure what camera you are using, but I would imagine it has something like that (as I think that's pretty standard these days and my camera is old ).

[BenFolds]

In Vietnam during Tet this year.









k20d

[A2597]

From my personal exp; I wouldn't say it being a known problem but more or less this is the issue with low light focusing in general. This is why i usually use single point focus when the subjects are not really moving. That or maybe control the amount of focus points used in AF if possible... lesser points = forces AF to be less jumpy. To have low light AF be effective you need the subject to be as contrast as possible to the background. Better yet, this is another reason to buy a good external flash. The focus assist from them really make things that much better. Lastly, when being hand held dont expect anything to be sharp if youre having the shutter speeds lower than 1/40 or less... unless you have crazy pro VR lenses and pro bodies which make it a little easier.

What settings where you using?

Shooting with the Canon 60D, using the 50mm 1.8 lens.

For hand held I was using 1250 - 3200 iso, F1.8 - F2, at 1/50th of a second.
Most shots were tripod, F5.6, 100iso, 5 to 30 seconds (2 second timer so no shake).

[biggerC]

HDR.

[sAnt@]

[CHIPS]

Anyone here tried the Fujifilm F300EXR? Looks like an awesome compact point and shoot camera.

http://www.dcviews.com/_fuji/f300.htm

The Fuji Finepix F300 EXR inherits the unique EXR technology introduced in the F200 EXR and extends it with built-in Phase-Detection autofocus right on the imaging sensor for ultra-fast focusing speed in a compact digital camera. The EXR sensor is designed to capture high-resolution, low-noise or high-dynamic-range images, depending on one of its three operating modes. Unlike the 12 megapixels high-resolution mode, the enhanced modes capture 6 megapixels images with up to 800% more dynamic range than normal cameras can in a single exposure.

I wonder if any of its competitors are better.

http://www.photographyblog.com/reviews/fujifilm_finepix_f300exr_review/rivals/

[UberBeavis]