Official "Photography" thread - Page 55

Whatada · 05-16-2007, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by ninty

Whatada, where do you live?

upstate NY.

Whatada · 05-17-2007, 04:38 PM

Anti, what kind of equipment would you suggest for someone starting photography? something in a middle-price range?

ninty · 05-17-2007, 04:51 PM

looks like a pretty nice place Whatada

anti · 05-17-2007, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Whatada

Anti, what kind of equipment would you suggest for someone starting photography? something in a middle-price range?

it depends. do you want a digital slr or a point and shoot? or do you want to shoot film? personally, i think getting a dslr that's somewhat midrange is the best option. i've seen too many people buy a cheap dslr thinking they will just play around with it but instead get pretty heavily into it, and wish they would have bought something a bit more professional.,

Whatada · 05-17-2007, 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by anti

Quote:

Originally Posted by Whatada

Anti, what kind of equipment would you suggest for someone starting photography? something in a middle-price range?

it depends. do you want a digital slr or a point and shoot? or do you want to shoot film? personally, i think getting a dslr that's somewhat midrange is the best option. i've seen too many people buy a cheap dslr thinking they will just play around with it but instead get pretty heavily into it, and wish they would have bought something a bit more professional.,

dslr? scuse me for not knowing anythings.

anti · 05-17-2007, 07:44 PM

digital slr. google or wikipedia single lens reflex for more information. it's basically a film camera but digitalized. you might be better off buying a point and shoot.

Whatada · 05-17-2007, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by anti

digital slr. google or wikipedia single lens reflex for more information. it's basically a film camera but digitalized. you might be better off buying a point and shoot.

what's the difference between the two?

sorry I'm a doofus?

anti · 05-17-2007, 10:22 PM

that's why god invented google and about.com. different between digital slr and normal slr or a point and shoot vs. an slr?

Whatada · 05-17-2007, 10:25 PM

i waz blind but now i see. <3

TGB! · 05-22-2007, 05:58 PM

With the Nikon D80 and D40x out (dSLR), you can find D50's and even D70/s's out there for cheap (well relatively cheap - couple hundred).

A point and shoot is good, but youll come to regret it if you feel like you want to keep up with photography (and most do). Theres something about taking a good shot and "emoting" with it that fills a mans nutsack with pride.

My recommendation - grab a D50 on the cheap (you shouldn't pay more than 400 for it - dont let any shithead on CraigsList tell you otherwise), and then get a 50MM 1.8 lens (plus w/e stock lens they got). Also, I have a photography book that I got when I first got my camera, and god damn if it aint the fucking bee knees in explaining photography BEYOND "Point the camera and shoot".

I sold my camera awhile ago (mechanism on the inside broke, and cost more to repair than I paid for it), and am shopping for a new one. . .but it will either be a D50 or a D80 (more than likely a D80, and I am itching to pull the trigger on one right now). I'd stay away from the D40 - you cant use older lenses that dont have the autofocus on the LENS itself; what that means is that since the D40 doesnt have this feature (on the BODY of the camera), any lens you buy MUST have AF on the lens, or you're stuck manually focusing the lens, which defeats one of the "convenience" purposes of a digital camera.

In the end though, the camera body itself doesn't matter much (well it does, but lets assume your not buying a KONAN or a SUNY from Algeria and are buying one of theig four - Canon, Nikon, Pentax or Sony), it's the lenses you buy and your own learnedness that will make all the difference. beer:

Milla · 05-22-2007, 06:19 PM

I really want a Canon Rebel. Along with about a hundred other expensive tings i want/ need.

My computer is probably what i am dumping money into next after i get a new deck in my car.

- Comp upgrade ftw.

- My Canon A610 ftw. For a point and shoot camera it is kick ass. Macro mode on it is really really sharp.

[img]http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/7342/wrx13nn8.jpg[/img]

Unknown_Sniper · 05-23-2007, 10:05 AM

thats pretty good for a point and shoot. My bro has a Canon Rebel and Ive taken it out for a couple shoots. It's a really nice camera and takes some amazing shots. Heres a few my bro took
[img]http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs9/i/2006/046/a/8/Seasonal_Tear_by_SwissCheese210.jpg[/img]
[img]http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs7/i/2005/269/2/9/Terrors_Hue_by_SwissCheese210.jpg[/img]
[img]http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs10/i/2006/088/d/6/Track_by_SwissCheese210.jpg[/img]

Sniper101 · 05-23-2007, 11:01 AM

[img]http://www.thatslifeimagistics.com/images/dragonfly.jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.thatslifeimagistics.com/images/yellowrumped.JPG[/img]

BlackJackal · 05-23-2007, 07:33 PM

i would love a dslr, but way too expensive. right now i'm using a Nikon N75, an old manual canon AE-1, Holga 120N and my mom's old Canon RebelX. film's amazing, but the digital stuff on the horizon is blowing my mind.

anti · 05-23-2007, 08:25 PM

woah post some holga shots.

unknown your brother is pretty good.

[img]http://www.ktait.net/photoblog/images/20070523210527_dsc_7961.jpg[/img]

hey thats me
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[img]http://www.ktait.net/photoblog/images/20070519191323_dsc_7006.jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.ktait.net/photoblog/images/20070516203112_dsc_1211-edit-2.jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.ktait.net/photoblog/images/20070516202809_dsc_1238-edit3.jpg[/img]

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