Photographography

[schoolbusdriver]

I bought myself a tripod last night

£92 for basically a few bits of aluminium.

Is it platinum plated and encrusted with diamonds .

Mine (Hama) cost about £15 - 20 off eBay. I can wind up the height till the viewfinder is at forehead height . You could save yourself some brass by asking in the social group first.

Wait a minute............, have you just won the lottery and aren't telling us ????

BTW, due to my medding, the link to the pic in post #57 is broken . Sorry, I won't do it again.

[mendhak]

Nice one is that mendhak. Best seen at full res

So you're too shy to use a tripod, but will happily lie down in a flowerbed ?

Hmm, good point.

[wossname]

This is similar to mine...

http://www.jacobsdigital.co.uk/index...0576#techSpecs

[mendhak]

Are you going to take it out in public?

[capsulecorpjx]

Wooohoooo! I just ordered my very first Digital SLR camera

This decision was a long time in the making but was finally pushed over the edge by the inestimable skills of Mendhak. If I can generate images half as good as his then I'm happy.

It's the same camera as mend's actually, a Nikon D40.

£250 is a bloody good price for something this feature-packed. See here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkB2nK0qQUM

That's incidentally the same amount as I payed for my previous Digicam, a trusty old reliable kodak affair.

Naturally I'll be getting a flickr account later on and sharing my renewed passion for landscape photography.

Can't wait!

6.1 mp? Hmm, needs more megapickles.

Just kidding. Nice buy. Hope to see some shots soon.

[Atheist]

Mendhak your photographs serve as excellent background images for my phone!

[mendhak]

Is that HTC?

You have 49 unread emails. 49! How busy could you possibly be?

[kregg]

Mendhak your photographs serve as excellent background images for my phone!

Telefon? What the hell is that? Actually, don't tell me - it'd probably be something way over my head.

</sarcasm>

[Atheist]

Yeah its HTC. Actually I have over ten thousand unread emails. 99&#37; of which are thread subscription notifications from VBForums. Thats mainly what I use that email account for..I have "serious" account aswell.

[dclamp]

I shot about 120 pictures today, uploaded 19 good ones

Here is my favorite:

http://dclamp.subsoft.net/photos/Pic&#37;20026.jpg

edit: changed to a link... big picture

[schoolbusdriver]

How can a young pup like you afford a D40 ? Did you steal it ?

[dclamp]

How can a young pup like you afford a D40 ? Did you steal it ?

Young Pup? in 8 months i will be 18!

[schoolbusdriver]

I've already lived 3 of your lifetimes. Cross referencing the pics EXIF info with police records show where you lifted the D40 from...

Nice pics btw....

[dclamp]

It is my dads camera. He is lets me use it when i want.

The pics were taken in my front/back yard. I would like to go shooting in a nice park...

[Cander]

I just bought the D60 today. I am so in love with it so far. After using point and shoots forever, it was a total shock all the options and settings. But after playing with it all day, I am starting to get a good handle on it.

[dclamp]

I just bought the D60 today. I am so in love with it so far. After using point and shoots forever, it was a total shock all the options and settings. But after playing with it all day, I am starting to get a good handle on it.

what kind of lens' do you have?

[Cander]

what kind of lens' do you have?

Nikon DX AF-S NIKKOR
18-55mm / f3.5-5.6

[dclamp]

Nikon DX AF-S NIKKOR
18-55mm / f3.5-5.6

So the one it ships with

Get a Telephoto Lens. i have the 18-55mm and a 55-200mm

[Cander]

So the one it ships with

Get a Telephoto Lens. i have the 18-55mm and a 55-200mm

I was going to get the 55-200 but they were out. My brother in law who works at the shop said when they come he will get me the sale price they had them for yesterday.

[mendhak]

I have an 18-200. It cost twice as much as the camera and is 3 times as heavy. I've had to hire an arm just to hold it when I go out.

[schoolbusdriver]

I think I'll get a 55 -250. The 18 - 55 I got with mine is ok but a bit limited. But first I have to rob someone.

[Cander]

Grrrr. Hate it when this happens. You buy a gadget, and a few days later you hear about the possiblity of a new improved version

http://i.gizmodo.com/5209726/is-this...00-due-may-1st

[schoolbusdriver]

earlier rumors suggest this entry-level dSLR will feature a 12.3-megapixel sensor that also captures HD video

Everything changes. I remember food/petrol rationing and watching B&W TV. You youngsters today...

[Cander]

Everything changes.

O Rly?

[wossname]

Are you going to take it out in public?

Sure, why not? ...oh you mean the tripod. Yeah I took it to Carsington Reservoir yesterday and attempted to take a panorama of the shoreline. It was a bit overcast so the pictures are a bit crappy but it certainly works well.

Nobody batted an eyelid at me. I think people generally try not to be conspicious when there's a photographographer around, in case they are immortalised in image form with a funny look on their faces.

I made myself a shoulder strap for my tripod out of an old sports-holdall clip-on strap. Use one end to clip onto the tripod's carry hook and the other end of the strap (with the sliding length adjuster buckle) can be used like a noose that you can put around the tripod's legs to hold them all together. It's very comfy and inconspicuous. Nobody seems to notice it.

The reservoir was packed with thousands of people, many of them photographographers themselves! I saw a couple of others with tripods too, although I didn't get chance to strike up conversations with them. Maybe next time, photographographers are a friendly lot.

[wossname]

I'm after a few new accessories too, a zoom lense and a circular polarising filter. I hate having no real zoom ability with this standard lens. But I'll have to wait a few months for the lens because my photographography budget is now well and truly empty.

Book recommendation: "Digital Photographer's handbook" By Tom Ang. (Notice how they spelled photographographer wrong ) &#163;25 is a bit pricey but it's a very glossy book and there are some boobies in it.

In other news, I still have no bloody interwebz at home I've got a stockpile of about 60 photos I want to upload but I canneh.

I blame BT... for everything, ever.

I'm looking at probably 2 more weeks of weblessness

[Cander]

Phew. The D5000 is a replacement for the D90 not the D60. So I don't bad now.

In other news, I still have no bloody interwebz at home I've got a stockpile of about 60 photos I want to upload but I canneh.

I wonder if anyone has ever thought of or written an app for a Smartphone that will pull photos off a camera then let you upload then to Flickr over 3G? Hmm

[mendhak]

I wonder if anyone has ever thought of or written an app for a Smartphone that will pull photos off a camera then let you upload then to Flickr over 3G? Hmm

http://www.flickr.com/tools/mobile/

[dclamp]

why the hell do you keep adding an extra 'ograph' to the words?

Photography
Photographer

[MaximilianMayrhofer]

Thank goodness you were here to save the day and our spelling.

[mendhak]

why the hell do you keep adding an extra 'ograph' to the words?

Photography
Photographer

It's always been photographography. And map makers are cartographographers. And there's a tennis player called Steffi Graffograff.

[wossname]

I've uploaded a few pics to keep my fans happy. See my signature...

[I_Love_My_Vans]

It's always been photographography. And map makers are cartographographers. And there's a tennis player called Steffi Graffograff.

I rofled

[Cander]

Going to go buy the 55-200 lens today. Got frustrated yesterday when there was some possible great bird (some Swallows I think) shots I could take, but I could not get close enough without chasing them off. Damn anti social birds!

[mendhak]

Hurrah, it's working! I'll check the traffic tomorrow.

[capsulecorpjx]

I have an 18-200. It cost twice as much as the camera and is 3 times as heavy. I've had to hire an arm just to hold it when I go out.

Mendhak, how did you get that yellow glow on the picture of tulips? Or was the light that way already?

Is there a setting on my camera to change the tint?

[mendhak]

Somewhat fast shutter speed (1/800), wide angle and the sun was setting and was visible directly behind the tree in the middle. You can get some pretty good effects if you point the camera at the setting/rising sun at fast shutter speeds and different apertures. Same applies to objects between the lens and the sun, you get good effects.

Don't know what camera you have or how to change filters on it, sorry... Are you a D40tard like us?

[capsulecorpjx]

Somewhat fast shutter speed (1/800), wide angle and the sun was setting and was visible directly behind the tree in the middle. You can get some pretty good effects if you point the camera at the setting/rising sun at fast shutter speeds and different apertures. Same applies to objects between the lens and the sun, you get good effects.

Don't know what camera you have or how to change filters on it, sorry... Are you a D40tard like us?

Yea I bought a compact P&S (Canon G10). My pictures are really great outdoors on a bright sunny day (with low ISO). But otherwise the pictures aren't really that great.

Next time I might buy a DSLR (Nikon seems to have the best reputation).

But for now, for my vacation to China, I wanted a good quality compact for traveling.

[mendhak]

I've found that all compacts suffer at nighttime, I guess that's something you'll have to accept... or just find something to stabilize it on and make sure you don't shake. Didn't you buy yours just recently? Have you looked at all the settings available to you? I say that because if you mess around enough you can get good non-daylight photos. Look at a few examples.

Where are you going in China?

[capsulecorpjx]

I've found that all compacts suffer at nighttime, I guess that's something you'll have to accept... or just find something to stabilize it on and make sure you don't shake. Didn't you buy yours just recently? Have you looked at all the settings available to you? I say that because if you mess around enough you can get good non-daylight photos. Look at a few examples.

Where are you going in China?

Shanghai, maybe beijing.