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[Weevil]

Very nice shot incore.

[[XC] leviathan18]

[Mescalamba]

Elisha

At this web resolution I would say that your Sony A700 photos are superior to those 7D.. (or simply put I like them 5% more). Btw. do you still own A700 and those lens?

[Elisha]

Elisha

At this web resolution I would say that your Sony A700 photos are superior to those 7D.. (or simply put I like them 5% more). Btw. do you still own A700 and those lens?

I agree. The a700 did outdoor shots way better. The colours were much nicer.
It's a Minolta thing!
All the Minolta AF lenses built in the 80s were built with metal and like tanks.
And they were all pretty good lenses.

Canon seems to charge quite a bit for ty lenses. And the older lenses are just garbage unless it was an L. Even then it's just mediocre. The newer updated L's are nice though!

[Lestat]

Canon seems to charge quite a bit for ty lenses. And the older lenses are just garbage unless it was an L. Even then it's just mediocre. The newer updated L's are nice though!

aint that the truth!

[Lestat]

How do you guys reccomend cleaning my d40x inside the body? All my pics have a few green/blue pixils in the same spots, and I see a few specs of dust inside the body on the glass, I don't want to touch it and make it worse or better yet scratch it or anything.

Any suggestions?

i would usually agree with Elisha but i use canned air, just have to be careful and gentle.

shoot some canned air outside the camera to make sure none of the liquid comes out, NEVER turn the can on its side or upside down.
just squeeze the trigger a little to shoot some air in there, just dont go full blast.

the red and green dots are not dirt or anything that can be cleaned, those are stuck pixels and must be factory repaired or remapped to not show up in pictures.

go buy some good dSLR sensor swabs that are made to fit the sensor size of the d40, (it will say what camera they fit or ask your camera store guys)
and a bottle of cleaning fluid.

just google "how to clean a dSLR sensor" and you will see lots of videos and products to buy.

the red/green pixels wont go away though, but it will clean the dust off.

[Mescalamba]

Something more like spring that last one pic..

Polished with PS (bokeh is awfull from PnS).

[Tarowah]

Model = Nikon D5000
Lens = nikkor 18-55
Exposure Time = 1/80s
F Number = F7.1
ISO Speed Ratings = 200
Focal Length = 30mm

[hale88]

I stil need to learn and master Black and White photo, If you know any tips or tutorials please let me know



Enjoys!

[Marin]

Start by using B&W film.



My new UWA. As you can see here the Olympus 21mm f/3.5 ranks very high and is low priced. (Got mine off KEH for $400 in EX condition. The lens is basically new.)



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[Elisha]

I don't know how you guys do it with MF lenses. I'm a pretty goof MF'er since I used to own a Ricoh KR-5 Super and an Oly OM-10 but I really can't get myself to go back to it unless I'm doing macro which is hardly ever!

[Mescalamba]

Its easy as long as it has LV. Or you can get split-prism for that..

[Elisha]

Its easy as long as it has LV. Or you can get split-prism for that..

Yeah but the Canon LV is dirt slow. The Panny/Oly and Sony have awesome LV.

[Tarowah]

[Marin]

Yeah but the Canon LV is dirt slow. The Panny/Oly and Sony have awesome LV.

LV is fine on my 5DMKII and I usually use the VF (no more tiny APS-C VF's for me).

[Mescalamba]

VF without split prism? Thats really possible? (just curious cause I wanted same thing on A900 which has really big VF)

[Marin]

VF without split prism? Thats really possible? (just curious cause I wanted same thing on A900 which has really big VF)

I've actually always despised split prisms since they screw up composition. Also the reason why I don't have a rangefinder for either film or digital at the moment (it's way more accurate but still can ruin composition).

I've done fine for manual focusing with my 5DMKII, 201F, F3HP, OM-4, etc...

All you need is a good focusing screen and some practice.

[ripken204]

So I might as well get a photo up, I have so many to go through, I like this one.
Only issue is some blotchiness on the left due to some weeds/grass whatever it was i was shooting through. i need CS5 so save me



Camera: Canon EOS 7D
Exposure: 1/800
Aperture: f/5.0
Focal Length: 200 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: Canon 70-200mm f/4.0

[hale88]

second attempt B&W



Camera: Canon XSi
ISO Speed: 100

[StickyRICE]

Kinda boring got amused by my night light.

[Mescalamba]

Just sunset over river.. bit cold that day.. Well, its kinda "cold" here still. Not exactly warm spring.

Re-done.. bit better now, but still dont like signature. Sigh.

[Elisha]

Camera: Canon EOS 7D
Exposure: 0.025 sec (1/40)
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 30 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Lens: Sigma 30mm f/1.4

[Weevil]

Luck Dragon.



Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi
f/11
1/400s
iso-400
85mm

[ripken204]

Camera: Canon EOS 7D
Exposure: 1/320
Aperture: ~f/8.0
ISO Speed: 100
Focal Length: 10mm
Lens: Tamron 10-24mm f/3.5-4.5

Did some HDR here, a little screwy where the sun reflects in the water though..

[Marin]

Got my prescription lenses.



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