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General Discussions => Spunk => Topic started by: jocelyn on December 26, 2004, 01:31:55 pm
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Mt parents and brother and extended family and boyfriend all pooled together and got me...
A Nikon D 70! :drool: :drool: :drool: Holy moly!
It is unbefuckinglievable! sick sick sick.... Can\'t wait to try it out at the next Breakfast show I go to!
What\'s really great is that the 2 lenses I have from my old Nikon are compatible with it...
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Very nice!!! Congradulations!! Enjoy!
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Thanks Todd... I figured you might be the one person on here who would appreciate it.
Ya know, I have never really liked digital cameras... must be that I just never used a nice enough one. Can do everything manually with this one, which is great. Also, there isn\'t that delay that I have experienced with other digital cameras. It\'s wicked fast actually. Lots of stuff to play with that I\'ve never had before also. Last night I acidentally pressed the wrong thing and next thing I knew I had taken about 25 shots in like a second and a half. lol... Gonna take some getting used to.
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I had the same feelings about digital. Put it off for WAY too long. Just the clarity I can get in low light amazes me. Not to mention I will take 100 times more photos of everything and nothing now, because it costs zippo.
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uh get a darkroom
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Funnily enough, I too got a digi camera for Xmas. Not as grand as jocelyn\'s Nikon, I got an Olympus C60Zoom. Seems pretty good from playing with it over the last couple of days, but I have two queries directed at Todd and others familiar with such pieces of technology.
1. Which resolution is best for general use?
I know generally the higher the res, the clearer the piccies, but in terms of getting the best use of the card - it came with a 32MB card and the olds also bought me a 128MB card - how low can you go and still get decent pics? Available res are:
SHQ 2816X2112
HQ 2816X2112
SQ1 1600X1200
SQ2 640X480
Have tried HQ and SQ1 and there seems little difference on a 6x4 print, but I haven\'t tried printing anything larger.
2. What about show photography? (Now you understand the reason for a small, compact, but not riproaringly expensive camera - one of my wife\'s main criteria on choosing the camera was size - ie so it could be easily concealed and taken into shows.)
Should I use the Sports photography mode without flash or can someone suggests some generic settings to try to start with?
TIA
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Congratulations. Digital just keeps getting better and better. Shoot all you want it doesn\'t cost a thing! Your darkroom is your laptop (if you are lucky) and you can take it anywhere and set aside a project even if you are in the middle of it.
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Originally posted by leith
uh get a darkroom
Leith, congratulations on your funniest post. How do you plan on celebrating???
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Originally posted by Stephengencs
Leith, congratulations on your funniest post. How do you plan on celebrating???
Bowl, Fat Tire, Bowl, nother bowl, Fat tire, a lil cubensis, bowl
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leith that was,by far,the funniest thing youve posted in all your days...just think,2thousand and change posts,and only 1 worth noting...funny thing is im curious about who helped you come up wit that post...
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The bum that\'s on my dartboard was a big influence.
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leith,mind describin this bum for us all???
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Somewhere in this pic. Take a guess.
http://www.thebreakfast.info/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=1780
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thats me man..your fucked up brah....i thought we were gettin along like good ol buddies are supposed to....
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Originally posted by freddiewaht
thats me man..your fucked up brah....i thought we were gettin along like good ol buddies are supposed to....
LOL aahhhh Freddie come on lol yeah that was fucked up but fuckin hilarious to me, hell when u eat 4 brownies 4 breakfast and log on whatta ya xpect lol
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I have been an amature photographer for many years now, and I must say that I get 20000% better results with my digital than I ever could with my SLR. I have been using a Nikon coolpix 995 for about 3 years now & love it. For all but professional photographers (and even then, for most digital would probably be just a good) digital is the way to go.
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Now if I can only figure out how to do the computer stuff. Much more daunting for me than a darkroom, lol...
I discovered there is a setting on the camera that basically aligns with film speed... interesting... it can go up to like 4000 or something ridiculous like that. That\'s some fast film!
Todd I have a few questions about this whole digital business... Seeing as I only know how to do the stuff I did with my old camera. Would you mind helping me out a bit?
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Dummies Guide to Photoshop and Dummies Guide to Photography helped my wife and I. They are especially good for picking up tips and tricks you might have missed. Photoshop LE comes with most of the printers geared towards digital photo printing. You can also pick up a copy seperately for about $99. It has most of the editing features that are commonly used.
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Thanks, I need the Photoshop help, perhaps I\'ll pick that up.
No way am I buying a new printer right now, lol. I\'ll use my friend\'s Epson.
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Originally posted by jocelyn
Todd I have a few questions about this whole digital business... Seeing as I only know how to do the stuff I did with my old camera. Would you mind helping me out a bit?
I certainly could help ya out!! And don\'t spend money on software. I have a couple programs I don\'t use I could give you.
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Hey Andy, Sorry for the delay! I just saw your post this afternoon.
I shoot all of my pictures in raw format (best everything) and use strictly all manual settings. I know this doesn\'t help you any, but I HATE automatic settings on cameras. Does your camera have any manual settings? If so, do yourself a favor and learn how to use them.
You probably won\'t notice any difference in printing quality until you go to 8x10 and up. If you think you will ever want to go above 8x10, definately use your best resolution available. You shouldn\'t use SQ2 unless you never want to print it. And SQ1 only if you are going to print 4x6.
For shows, I generally try not to use flash unless there are musicians in the dark. Then I\'ll use a flash and balance it with existing light, so as to not overpower the shot. Can you set the ISO on your camera? If you can, def. set it as high as it will go for shows.
Hope this helps you out a little and happy shooting!!!!
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Thanks for the advice, Todd - will save me some cash on ink and paper. The camera does have manual and ISO settings which I\'ve been playing around with for the last couple of days. I suppose, what I need for shows especially is a generic set of exposure settings to try out and then tweak. Will get back to you in a while once I\'ve mastered the settings without the manual in front of me!!
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I take alot of pictures at shows.. Mostly all the reggae shows at Toads.. I ALLWAYS use the flash.. Only one reggae artist said no flash- Ziggy. Everyone else is very cool.. And Im right up front in there face too.. I say flash in the clubs.... Bean
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if the show has a good lights show, then no flash is the way to go so that you can capture it. I agree with todd on that one. I use flash only when neccessary, and even then at as low a setting as possible.