Official Digi Cam Pic Thread!

[Tyr-Sog]

What would you guys recommend to a noob who does not want to spend too much?

I don't mind going second hand and I would prefer not to spend over £500. Has to have good zoom and macro etc.

Mainly for taking photos on walks etc but will also be used for some very close up shots of wildlife and my partners ceramics which I'm to showcase on a site I have yet to build for her.

Ease of use is also important, I would like the option to manually mess around once I get to grips with everything but an 'auto' mode of some sort would be helpful at first.

Cheers

Something along the lines of this maybe.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/581247-REG/Tamron_AFB003NII_700_18_270mm_f_3_5_6_3_Di_II_VC.html

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=compare.jsp&A=details&Q=&sku=764100&is=REG

[Mahjik]

PICT8884-1s by Mahjik, on Flickr


PICT8886-1s by Mahjik, on Flickr


PICT8752-1 by Mahjik, on Flickr

A few pics from the NASA Central Region event at Heartland Park.

[**G.I.BRO**]

I couldn't fathom paying $2500 for a 2.8. Especially when I'll most likely use it at f4-11. This might do the job.

Officially announced, looks tempting. This might be a worth while upgrade for me. My Sigma HSMII (non OS) is good but its really soft under f/4 so its kind of useless. Then again i hardly shoot under f/4 anyway, so if i can ditch it for a decent price i can see this new nikon being a great upgrade. Id get VR (new VR system up to 5 stops) + nikon superior glass = WIN. Problem is, i dont think it comes with a tripod collar, getting one is about $240

[DeathKnight]

I guess the new VR system is their excuse for not including the tripod collar. The price of the collar is outrageous, but that's pretty par for the course with Nikon accessories.

[Osirus]

What issues?

all of a sudden out of nowhere the images from it are ****!
blurry , out of focus, hmm lemme see..

This isnt the best example, but the only photo i can access right now, as im not on my desktop

this is an extreme crop out of the center of the frame from the day i noticed the lens was screwed.
look to the left, see the blurriness there, almost the whole frame is like that.

[**G.I.BRO**]

I guess the new VR system is their excuse for not including the tripod collar. The price of the collar is outrageous, but that's pretty par for the course with Nikon accessories.

Yeah when i seen the price for it i was like, ohrly!!
But looking into it more so the weight of this new lens (850g) is half of the 2.8, so it may not need one after all as the weight may not be punishing on the mount.

[Pornstar Yard Gnom]

Yeah when i seen the price for it i was like, ohrly!!
But looking into it more so the weight of this new lens (850g) is half of the 2.8, so it may not need one after all as the weight may not be punishing on the mount.

yeah this is the reason, the equivalent canon doesn't have a tripod collar either, they are much lighter than the 2.8's

[Razeus]

Plus I'm sure 3rd party collars will be much cheaper.


The price is just right for this! I'll have it next year though.

Can't wait for my D800 to get here tomorrow! Came with a free 32GB Sandisk 60mb/s CF (thank goodness, because my 8GB cards will probably only hold 100 images each), free additional battery (off-brand) and a free bag (which I probably won't use).

edit: I have the f/1.8G prime trinity. Looks like Nikon is advertising their f/4 zoom trinity now at the bottom of the page. http://www.nikonusa.com/en/Nikon-Pro...F4G-ED-VR.html

edit: jesus, 5 stops of VR?????????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[MasterGoa]

all of a sudden out of nowhere the images from it are ****!
blurry , out of focus, hmm lemme see..

This isnt the best example, but the only photo i can access right now, as im not on my desktop

this is an extreme crop out of the center of the frame from the day i noticed the lens was screwed.
look to the left, see the blurriness there, almost the whole frame is like that.

Carefully look at the contacts on the lens and make sure you do not
have a contact held down by a grain of salt or something.

You can use a cotton swap with lens cleaner on it to wipe
the contacts with them pointing down.

If you do have crap in the contacts, the swap will stick it on...

Happened to myself as well...

Fortunately, the design of the contact makes it so that crap will
fall out if you push it in.

[_TiTaNiuM]

PICT8884-1s by Mahjik, on Flickr


PICT8886-1s by Mahjik, on Flickr


PICT8752-1 by Mahjik, on Flickr

A few pics from the NASA Central Region event at Heartland Park.

Looks like a fun day! Those look at lot like my early stuff.

I like to shoot around f/9, and around 100-200iso on sunny days, usually gets the shutter speed down around 1/125-1/200 or so. Adds a big sense of action. It also requires a lot more work on your part as that's pretty slow for fast moving cars.

Most of my stuff from mosport earlier this year was set like that, it came out a lot more exciting than a my shots from last year and the year before.

[_TiTaNiuM]

Plus I'm sure 3rd party collars will be much cheaper.


The price is just right for this! I'll have it next year though.

Can't wait for my D800 to get here tomorrow! Came with a free 32GB Sandisk 60mb/s CF (thank goodness, because my 8GB cards will probably only hold 100 images each), free additional battery (off-brand) and a free bag (which I probably won't use).

edit: I have the f/1.8G prime trinity. Looks like Nikon is advertising their f/4 zoom trinity now at the bottom of the page. http://www.nikonusa.com/en/Nikon-Pro...F4G-ED-VR.html

edit: jesus, 5 stops of VR?????????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

i'd guess that'll hold like 450-500. my 32's hold about 850 22mp raws.

I'm almost tempted to take the collar off my 2.8 and put it away, I found myself not using it at all really, except for my camera sling. beyond that with IS, a bajillion ISO, the times I am using this particular lens, it's not necessary.

dusk and later though I would find it useful.

[Osirus]

il take another peek at the contacts,

Raz. what battery did you get?
i was looking for D800 off brand batteries and came up totally empty handed

[Razeus]

il take another peek at the contacts,

Raz. what battery did you get?
i was looking for D800 off brand batteries and came up totally empty handed

ACD-410 Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery (7.0V 2200)

IIRC, it's the same battery as the D7K.

[Mahjik]

PICT8741-1s by Mahjik, on Flickr


PICT8727-1s by Mahjik, on Flickr


PICT8715-1 by Mahjik, on Flickr

Looks like a fun day! Those look at lot like my early stuff.

I like to shoot around f/9, and around 100-200iso on sunny days, usually gets the shutter speed down around 1/125-1/200 or so. Adds a big sense of action. It also requires a lot more work on your part as that's pretty slow for fast moving cars.

Most of my stuff from mosport earlier this year was set like that, it came out a lot more exciting than a my shots from last year and the year before.

I agree, I was shooting with the shutter a little too fast for the pictures to be all that interesting (motorsports needs a little motion). I used a slower shutter for some others but I don't care for too much blur so I doubt I would go down to 1/125.

[Tyr-Sog]

sigma 70-200 OS

[DeathKnight]

[Razeus]

Freedom Ocean by dharrisphotog, on Flickr

[MasterGoa]

Another winnah...

You Caribbean?

[Razeus]

Another winnah...

You Caribbean?

My fam is from Barbados. The shot was from 2011 when I went to visit.

[MasterGoa]

Figures cause the sea calls you and you answer

Do you have their neat accent that is half Jamaican and half British?

[Razeus]

Figures cause the sea calls you and you answer

Do you have their neat accent that is half Jamaican and half British?

Nah (but people always say I speak fast, like my natives do), my mother does a bit (due to her being in the Air Force for 23 years). My grandmother heck of a lot of course.

It's an off-Irish accent btw (due to the history of the Brits and the Irish).

[biggerC]

[Tyr-Sog]

sigma 70-200 OS

[Redeemed]

sigma 70-200 OS

Apparently the contents of that last picture are protected by its owner.

[Tyr-Sog]

Apparently the contents of that last picture are protected by its owner.

using zenfolio now. Still figuring things out, should work now?

[Pornstar Yard Gnom]

yep its working now....

Took some photos at a shitty ass bar, but the music good... its a blacklight bar, so it was super dark and bars don't have stage lights, so I had to use flashes...









Since they liked these, sounds like i'm hired for some promo shots...

[MasterGoa]

Very well balanced lighting!

[**G.I.BRO**]

Indeed, very well done. Bouncing or did you have the time/space to prop them somewhere? Grats on the proposed gig!

[Pornstar Yard Gnom]

Indeed, very well done. Bouncing or did you have the time/space to prop them somewhere? Grats on the proposed gig!

Well I wanted to get some sort of "black light" effect since it was a blacklight bar, however shooting at iso 6400 and a 30th of a second wasn't going go do it.... so, threw 2 flashes up with blue gels on my flextt5's behind the band, put the sb800 on camera, with a rogue flash bender (love this thing, as goofey as it looks, it works great, same thing I used for the Hip-Hop show I posted images earlier)

FlexTT5's are lifesavers when you don't have much time to test lighting. Altho I do bust out the plus 3's from time to time

[**G.I.BRO**]

Ahh nice... i wasnt sure if those lights in the background were apart of the stage or SB's. Thanks for sharing and well done!

[Osirus]

I never like selective colour photos.... But I like this

[Crawdaddy79]

Water treatment plant on Occoquan River.

[Razeus]

First images coming off my new D800 soon. This camera is effing phenomenal. Holy Jesus.

[Pornstar Yard Gnom]

Just finished some roller derby photos... do you guys watch derby at all? I find derby photos tough to take, thankfully I'm pretty well in with the league and get to do what I want. Its been a long time since I've done derby photos.

[Tyr-Sog]

sigma 70-200 OS
wideopen

[Osirus]

with all this wind and rain outside i'm indoors, bored,and messing with my camera

[GravY]

with all this wind and rain outside i'm indoors, bored,and messing with my camera

Those are AWESOME..

can I get this one full size for my desktop..

[Razeus]

Testing out the D800.


201210260071 by dharrisphotog, on Flickr
Another high ISO shot, this time at ISO 4000. I'm not hesitant to use the full normal ISO range on the D800.


201210260108 by dharrisphotog, on Flickr
At ISO 5600, I'd say the high ISO works very well. About a stop better performance than my old D700.
This started out as a full resolution photo, but I went with a vertical crop at 2770x4150. Again, the extra pixels give lots of room for editing.



201210290346 by dharrisphotog, on Flickr
The detail is amazing. This is the best 35mm digital camera ever produced.

edit: reupload jazz man photo.

[Osirus]

Those are AWESOME..

can I get this one full size for my desktop..

36 mb jpeg
lets see if this works
dropbox link

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/86509112/DSC_5387.jpg

its still uploading right now ( 225am est) so give it a bit.

[GravY]

36 mb jpeg
lets see if this works
dropbox link

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/86509112/DSC_5387.jpg

its still uploading right now ( 225am est) so give it a bit.

thanks..