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| Topic Started: May 11 2009, 09:55 AM (117 Views) | |
| jabs | May 11 2009, 09:55 AM Post #1 |
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Edited by jabs, May 11 2009, 09:56 AM.
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| xray | May 11 2009, 10:43 AM Post #2 |
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An interesting photo.  Is that a stain I see on the carpet? 
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| jabs | May 11 2009, 04:36 PM Post #3 |
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Explanation: This shot was taken with a Cannon Powershot Digital Camera on manual settings f11 @1/60sec. and is the reflection of a wineglass on an Egyptian Linen Table Cloth; YES there is a wine stain on the cloth! |
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| xray | May 12 2009, 02:36 PM Post #4 |
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Oops, I'm sorry. I thought it was carpet. Great shot! 
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| ReallyOrnery | Aug 20 2009, 02:07 AM Post #5 |
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jabs: Was the shot made in manual mode, or did you have it on shutter or aperture priority? Did you use a tripod, or was it a hand-held shot? I'm using a Kodak Z980 camera, but it's so new that I haven't learned all of its secrets yet. When I do, maybe we can share some of our 'art.' RO |
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| jabs | Aug 20 2009, 07:44 AM Post #6 |
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I mostly use the shutter priority setting on this little marvel of a camera! This prticular shot was taken by the old fashined " shooters stance" human tripod, i.e. handheld by bracing :-) I've at present 6 35mm cameras waiting for me that have been relegated to the basement storage area including my old fav the Nikon F1  The little powershot is just sooo handy- tho I am LUSTING for one of those new Nikon digital pro bodies: I could still use all of my lenses then!I'll have to check my lottery ticket- on MY pension income, thats the only way I'll be able to afford one! |
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| ReallyOrnery | Aug 21 2009, 01:30 AM Post #7 |
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Jabs: I've been carrying cameras with me since I was 13 and I'm 61 now. Although my favorite camera was Pentax (I still drool for the old Pentax Spotmatics), I've used a variety of other cameras, including Nikons, Minoltas, Canons, Kowa 6s, Yashica TLRs, Minox (yeah, the 8x11mm miniture marvels) and even a couple of Leica M2s and, later, an M6 with with the Leica 35, 50 and 135 lenses. Obviously, I worked as a photographer in one capacity or another over the years, with heavy emphasis on news/editorial. I'm using the Kodak Z980 now because it doesn't weigh much (I have a weight limitation) and its Schneider-Kreuznack Variogon lens, with the equivalent 35mm zoom range of 26mm to 420mm, is incredibly sharp, contrasty and W-I-D-E! Good grief! At the wide end, I figure my field of view must be nearly 80 degrees on the diagonal; and the depth of field at f/8 (the smallest aperture) must extend from around a foot to the end of the universe. Yes, I admit it, I'm a wide-angle-and-maximum-depth-of-field freak, which means I use aperture priority and a tripod whenever I can. Although the Kodak ZLR satisfies my more cardinal lusts for wide angle, I, like you, still long for a digital SLR and the battery of lenses that such a camera offers. But even if I went for the Canon Rebel, which is all "plastic," the weight of the lenses would drop me. I simply cannot carry the weight any longer. Oh well, I'll just have to be satisified with what I have and work within the limitations of such a narrow-field-of-view lens as the 26mm. lol RO |
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| xray | Aug 21 2009, 02:36 PM Post #8 |
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Hi guys, I use a Pentax K10 DSLR camera and added a Sigma 70-300mm zoom lens. I made a mistake when I purchased the zoom.... should have got an 18-250mm. Now, they are too pricey for me. Two years ago, the lens would have cost me $500.... now it's 700!  Still it's a terrific camera (but it IS heavy).
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| ReallyOrnery | Aug 22 2009, 02:48 AM Post #9 |
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xray: Pentax is again making heavy cameras, which is unfortunate. Pentax was once noted for making resonably light cameras the were good mechanically and excellent optically. Then Pentax jumped on the heavy-weight camera bandwago and, predictably, its sales slumped. In the 1980s, Olympus came out with its OM1 35mm SLR that was light and very small -- and Pentax sales took a bigger dump until it replied with its MX camera, which matched Olympus goint for point. With digital SLRs all the rage today, I would have thought that Pentax would again be looking to make a small and light semi-pro or professional camer; evidently they are not. Sigma optics have been around for decades because that company makes a fine product. With the lens that you bought, it sounds like you're into long-range photograph, something akin to wild animal photography? What is the filter size of your lens? Do you use filters? RO |
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| xray | Aug 22 2009, 11:43 AM Post #10 |
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Yes, I like long range photography... in particular, birds. The filter size for the 70-300 is 58mm, and the 18-55 takes a 52. Since I got the DSLR (will be 2 yrs in Oct.) I only have skylight type filters on the lens. I'm not complaining about the weight of the Pentax... it's one solid and well built camera. I'm very pleased with it. See attached files for 3 pics (were taken in '04 with a Fuji camera that I've since retired). |
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