Anyone into Photography?
- Thread starter Cafe_to_go
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bought my d70 today! its the top LCD thats broke, might not even bother fixing it as i can access everything from main menu (though it would make things a little faster...)
tested it out with a 24mm prime lens.... loved it, and at 80 bucks, i took it at what he was asking. will check the number of actuations on it later, but either way its a fuckton better then what i was shooting with before!
ordered a 18-55 EDII for 110 bucks or so... should be good till i can save the money for some better lenses, though i really should invest in a wide angle first as ill be doing a lot of action photography (cycling, bmx, snowboarding, etc)
tested it out with a 24mm prime lens.... loved it, and at 80 bucks, i took it at what he was asking. will check the number of actuations on it later, but either way its a fuckton better then what i was shooting with before!
ordered a 18-55 EDII for 110 bucks or so... should be good till i can save the money for some better lenses, though i really should invest in a wide angle first as ill be doing a lot of action photography (cycling, bmx, snowboarding, etc)
sal_13 said:
no image stabilization but i dont need it...
the camera i had been shooting with sucked under low light... my options were turn iso up over 200 to 400, and induce a crap ton of noise, or keep iso at 200 or 100 and increase exposure time. i usually chose the latter, and having taken many of the shots without a tri pod, i can hold a shot perfectly steady (im talking less then 1mm movement in any direction) for a bit over a second, long enough to take the shot.
I'm happy i got to shoot with my older camera first. I learned a hell of a lot more then i would have with a newer dslr, as i was more limited in what i can do with it.
RustyOlive
Been Around the Block
sal_13 said:
want a fun and really cheap fisheye? you should get one of these... super fun.. LOL
http://microsites.lomography.com/fisheye/
RustyOlive
Been Around the Block
Rocan said:hah. no point in a fish eye that takes crappy shots
what does that thing go for?
its not the camera that takes the crappy shots...
this little camera goes for around $80.00CAD. shoots 35mm film.. and has a 170 degree fisheye. Bulb functions for long exposures. manual advance (if you want to do some cool double exposures too)
I've had mind for a year. and every once in a while I go out and shoot for fun.
I just uploaded some photos I shot with it last summer to my flickr page;
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rustyolive/
hmmm, interesting little camera. would be fun for messing around, but unfortunately if i were to be using a fish eye it would be for proper action shots of different "extreme" sports.
ive been waiting all day hoping that somehow my lens got shipped here in god-time. haha.
oh... big ups to www.keh.com for cheap used lens' and things. great site.
ive been waiting all day hoping that somehow my lens got shipped here in god-time. haha.
oh... big ups to www.keh.com for cheap used lens' and things. great site.
Cafe_to_go
Coast to Coast
I think I am going to sell my Nikon D90 along with a 18-55 & 70-300 lens to buy a 70-200 2.8 lens. I might have a nifty-fifty for sale, this 50mm 1.8 is great for low light photography, will post it on the buy sell when I am ready.
Cafe_to_go said:
if your willing to sell that 70-300 separately i may be interested...
mmm.... d90... thats a great camera. though id rather have a d200 as its cheaper and imho a better camera, at least for what id be shooting. though the d90s high iso capability is astounding.
