Picture of the Day

[Marin]

Samsung 245BW, I've had it for awhile now. And I edit photos on my comp; I don't use it for video since I use Final Cut.

[Lestat]

wow kind of surprised your using a TN panel for photo editing. - i thought it was IPS but newegg shows it as a TN panel ???
well final cut is a pc app, what monitor you use for that ?
just wondering what monitors people are using that have proper gamut and good panels.
i rma'd my 2407 on the last day of warranty so i got what appears to be a pretty new or about as new as one can get and its colors are alot better and zero backlight bleeding, but i been in the mood for a new monitor for a long time.

[Weevil]

Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi
f/11
1/1000sec
iso-800
300mm

[Marin]

wow kind of surprised your using a TN panel for photo editing. - i thought it was IPS but newegg shows it as a TN panel ???
well final cut is a pc app, what monitor you use for that ?
just wondering what monitors people are using that have proper gamut and good panels.
i rma'd my 2407 on the last day of warranty so i got what appears to be a pretty new or about as new as one can get and its colors are alot better and zero backlight bleeding, but i been in the mood for a new monitor for a long time.

Apple Cinema Display, which is IPS. Reason I got a display with a TN panel is IPS only got cheap recently. When I purchased the 245BW it was $400 and that was considered cheap for a 24" with a TN panel.

[hale88]

Is LED any good? since It is RGB which can provide better color for picture . Thinking about get the Samsung PX2370

Here is another XSi shot:

[EagleRock]

The focus is not perfect but i like it

Canon EOS 40D
f/7.1
1/250 sec
iso 640
Canon 100mm 2.8 macro

[Mescalamba]

hale88

LED is only different way of lighting monitor up, its just more "ECO" than CCFL used for other monitors. If done properly, it should give much more uniform illumination/brightness over entire monitor. Problem is, that usually it just gives you "light maps" with places that are illuminated and places which apparently bit lacks illumination. Simply, usually its worse than classic CCFL illumination.

What really matters is monitor matrix .. S-IPS, S-PVA, S-TN and such.. there are few other options, like new and cheaper E-IPS. Tough, I never saw them, so cant say.

If you want pics just for PC and web, you should be fine with good S-TN/TN. If you want print.. well, aRGB capable monitor isnt bad for that. Usually S-IPS or S-PVA (or some other IPS/PVA variations).

There are also some internal tech specs, which affects quality, like if it has 10bit precision or 16bit (and few others), and how much bits LUT has. More you have, higher price, but more accurate (if calibrated ofc). Currently you can take advantage of Display Port that can with correct monitor achieve even higher color precision.

I have Eizo 22" - aRGB 95% and S-PVA panel. Perfect for printing, quite cheap. WUXI from NECs are pretty good too and ofc Apple monitors. Especially those with S-IPS.

[Lestat]

the led's that i have tried are total crap.
event he samsung LED which is a wicked nice LOOKING monitor is HORRIBLE for image editing.
and SLIGHT movement of your head throws off the monitor color

[Lestat]

Yeah i know the border goes over the image in parts.. i'm lazy and dont feel like cropping it properly.
i didn't realize until i got the image on the PC that the bottom flower had so much shadow on it compared to the other 2, had it not, it would have made it better.

[Jokester_wild]

Nah, you can get your hands on a Mechanical keyboard for pretty cheap.



Totally gets slaughtered by a mechanical keyboard.

blah only with an onslaught of noise

[Weevil]

Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi
f/9
1/500sec
iso-250
255mm

[Sam_oslo]

[ANP !!!]

Amazing work on the macros Weevil and Lestat.

Camera: Nikon D40
Exposure: 1
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: No Flash

[JacobCampbell]

Looks like a demotivation picture But also looks very good. It's a little cold and damp photo, I like it

[Lestat]

thats no macro ANP, thats the Nikon 35mm F/1.8 i have for sale in the FS section.
couldnt sit here and look at it anymore, i had to try it.
wicked wicked lens and very close focusing.

[Cpl Ledanek]

thats no macro ANP, thats the Nikon 35mm F/1.8 i have for sale in the FS section.
couldnt sit here and look at it anymore, i had to try it.
wicked wicked lens and very close focusing.

You got a link to that sale, oh, wait.... I can't use that on my D3000....OR, can I

[Mescalamba]

If it has AF-S, yes.. if not, manual focus only.. If D3000 has liveview, its ok.

[Hameister]

Snapped this today.

[Lestat]

its in the for sale section guys.
its the 35mm F/1.8 DX lens
i just got it as it had some very nice reviews and i had some credit to use at the camera store and i was sick and tired of them never having any decent canon lenses.

its a damn fine lens for $200 retail.

[ripken204]

dalla regatta alla Festa della Repubblica al Genova, Italia

[Lestat]

heyyy Bada Bing!!

[Lestat]

god i need to start using my tripod more....
not as sharp as i would have liked, a little breezy, hand held and not so steady hands.

this is another one using the Nikon 35mm AF-S F/1.8 DX lens

[hale88]

stil loving the 28-105mm, This lens is bang for bucks. Shot with the XSi stil

[Hameister]

My snap for today

[Cpl Ledanek]

its in the for sale section guys.
its the 35mm F/1.8 DX lens
i just got it as it had some very nice reviews and i had some credit to use at the camera store and i was sick and tired of them never having any decent canon lenses.

its a damn fine lens for $200 retail.

may I purchase it on the 11th or the 12th via PayPal. I just don't my other checks to bounce?




Exposure: 0.025 sec (1/40)
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 102 mm
Focal Length: 103.7 mm
ISO Speed: 400