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- k0na_an0k0
fuckity fuck
- Sickman0
"point and shoots have shitty lenses, no? "
they also have shity senors - so it really makes no diff
- scoops0
This book helped me a lot:
www.amazon.com/exec/ob...
ok_not_ok
(Oct 27 06, 07:53)
______________________I've been meaning to get that book for ages, and when you linked it i finally ordered it... thanks :)
- rafalski0
if crouwel were right on that, medium and large format photography would've been history.
small depth of field, bokeh.. these don't come wih a ps camera.
- Sickman0
scoops is bang on with the rebel recommendation
don't bother getting a 20d or a 30d - you won't need it
and the kit lens will be just fine for now - don't spend money on a high end lens until you know what your getting into
if you anything you will need a good tripod before you will need the lens
- ok_not_ok0
mmmmmm... bokeh
- paraselene0
i got a 16mm attachment for my old coolpix and it improves the quality of the shots soooooo much you wouldn't believe it.
i had really fallen out of love with digital, but with the adaptor my camera is finally a point and shoot. get me?
and if i do want to use the manual settings, the shots look tonnes nicer as well.
behold!
with:
without:
sure, my honker looks vast in the first one, but it's simply much easier to take a good photo with the wide-angle.
- meffid0
Canon and Nikon have got the cheapest digital SLR range by the looks and I'm def going 2nd hand just to start off. I've definitely got a good eye for shots but not really the knowledge but it's just experimentation I guess.
Has anyone ever used a setup with a camera directly hook to a mac laptop? What software they using and is it to adjust the images or get a better shot on the spot?
- scoops0
I'll say this, if you invest in a good digital SLR (i'm personally a canon guy) then you can learn as you go. Shoot a ton of picture, see where you're going wrong and try something else. repeat over and over until you get what you're looking for.
That's the beauty of digital, you laid out all the cash up front so you so you can F*ck up over and over and over again until you get it right... no penalties :)
good luck!
- Crouwel0
i have shot similar shots in a studio once with my tiny pocket digi as the large camera. for any effect the camera does NOT matter.
it is all about the lighting, measuring, composition, editing etc.
a better camera, but mostly lense, can make a photo sharper and perhaps a little more accurate on color.
- scoops0
Just to follow up on what Sickman said... I wasn't meaning that you should go all out and but an "L" class lens ("L" for Luxury [i shit you not, that's really what it stands for], the top of the line) however, i would say that saving the $100 from the kit lens and spending not so very much more you get a lens like this:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/…
It's a great starter lens that is affordable, and 1 million times sharper than the kit lens.
having said that, if you can't spare the extra $130, that kit lens will do you pretty well for a start.
Honestly you're right where i was a few years ago, and i'm just trying to let you know what i wish i had known then...
- Crouwel0
if crouwel were right on that, medium and large format photography would've been history.
small depth of field, bokeh.. these don't come wih a ps camera.
rafalski
(Oct 26 06, 08:43)that comment has nothing to do with what i said.
large format photography has different features, like a "balg" (dutch word, dont know english word for it).
etc.
the essence is the same.
and i can get very sweet depth of field with my point and shoot. as long as you know how the settings work.
the essence is the same.
the quality differs on just few levels.
as soon as people don't know HOW to get EVERYTHING out of their cheap camera, they are not worthy to whine, and certainly not worthy to just buy a larger camera.
- Crouwel0
it's not the tool that makes the picture, it's the photographer.
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EXACTLY, "HAHA"
LEARN FIRST, BUY LATER.
- bolus0
maybe, just maybe it's a little bit of both... to make great pictures you need decent (decent that is, not expensive) equipment and craftsmanship/luck/talent......
you wanna take beautiful pictures? it's not about expensive digital cameras, you will have to learn photography, and that my friend, takes time....
- flavorful0
Those are some fugly models, yukkka.
- moth0
Try NOT shooting your subject against the sky without some light compensation for a start.
Set your exposure to a "grey" area.. or neutral midtone in your composed shot.
- Sickman0
i've seen ALOT of "modernist masters" work
Stieglitz, Strand, Weston, Adams,Eggleston,Steichen,ect,ect...
and by todays standards their works would all be considered either out of focus\blurry
very low res
but they still are the best history has
so it don't make a lick difference about what camera you use. the only thing that matters is can you get the job done.
- seed0
Those photos seems to be more of a combination of direction, lighting and photoshop. Are you interested in digital or film?
- meffid0
got a specific canon model you'd reccomend scoops?