The Official Head-Case Photography Thread.

[jinp6301]

They're both great lenses. IMO, the 1.4 isn't worth it unless you're doing a lot of indoor low light photography. That extra f stop that you gain with the 1.4 isn't very sharp. That being said, I bought one anyway for the build quality.

Since Canon doesn't seem to be updating their midrange primes anytime soon, I'm probably going to be switching to Nikon after Photokina, although I'll still keep my XTi for the 70-200mm f/4.

I have an old nikon 70-210 f4 which works pretty well in manual mode (even though its an AF lens)

[jinp6301]

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pictures taken at local minor league baseball game

click to embiggen

[VPI]

Great stuff Jin.

[shellylh]

The World's Most Beautiful College Campuses - University of Cincinnati - Forbes.com

Rice should be on that list over some of those places... although I might be biased.

Edited September 13, 2010 by shellylh

[Salt Peanuts]

I figured you'd get a kick out of it, Reks.

Rice should be on that list over some of those places... although I might be biased.

Is the food at Rice still horrible? That was one of the things repeated mentioned about Rice when I was looking at colleges 15 years ago.

[shellylh]

The food in the colleges is great, at least the ones I have eaten in (north colleges servery)... much better than the options we have on campus as faculty. They have built some new colleges and renovated a lot of the old ones recently so that might have helped.

[Salt Peanuts]

_MG_3386 by Haj Okuda, on Flickr

I was wondering if anyone had a suggestion or know a easy way to remove "WARNING" sign/info from the above pic using LR3?

[Salt Peanuts]

does LR3 have a clone tool?

Yes.

I don't know why I didn't think of that.

[MoonShine]

Great pic SaltyNuts.

[VPI]

So I dragged the 5Dc I picked up Friday with me to grab some lunch and took some shots detailing my great adventure.

Headed to Times Square to check out the activity and take pictures of the funny looking people.

Hanging out under the Yahoo sign I took in the sights.

Then I was harassed by a goofy guy giving me chocolate so I wandered over to the crowd. Dove was having a Teach Women to Like Football party with A-List Celeb, 21 Jump Street's own, Holly Robinson Peete.

She flapped her wings for a while and talked about how much she loves Football.

So I got bored with her and hit a street vendor for a grass fed Angus burger on a Brioche Roll from Frites & Meats which is evidently slated for next season's The Great Food Truck Race. Great burgers and fries right outside of the office. I could get used to this.

Overall a pretty nice lunch.

[Salt Peanuts]

So I dragged the 5Dc I picked up Friday with me to grab some lunch and took some shots detailing my great adventure.

Nice Jeff. Sometimes, I wish I had gone for a used 5D instead of picking up 50D. Oh, and nice looking lunch.

[VPI]

I definitely prefer my 5DmkII to the 50D but if I had to choose between the 5Dc and the 50D I might lean toward the 50D as it seems to be built a bit better and functions a lot faster.

[falkon]

The 24-70mm is such an awesome walk-around lens for full frame.

[Salt Peanuts]

Ah, I didn't think about the operational speed of 5D (as compared to 50D) - that's good to know if I ever get tempted down the road.

[Salt Peanuts]

Canon G12 is officially out/announced. Canon U.S.A. : Consumer & Home Office : PowerShot G12

They put the front dial on the wrong spot, though.

[falkon]

Rumored specs:

100% viewfinder

Dual SD memory card slots

Magnesium-alloy body

16.2MP CMOS sensor (DX)

Expeed 2

1080 HD video @24p | 720 @30p (not sure about those)

20 min video recording (up from 5min on the D90)

Save images from video (similar to the D3s)

AF during video

Stereo mic input for video

6 fps

Virtual horizon (like the D300s)

One touch video and/or live view (similar to the D3100)

Improved ISO range: 100-25600

39 AF points

Wireless flash

Weather proof (like the D300s)

New battery system

Expected price: $1199 for body only

Update: no swivel display

Will be announced in a few hours.

[falkon]

Yep.

Nikon D7000 brings 39-point AF, 1080p video, and magnesium alloy construction to $1,200 price point -- Engadget

[Iron_Dreamer]

I have to give Nikon kudos for adding AI lens support and mirror lock-up to the D90 successor in the form of the D7000. It is certainly looking like most versatile non-pro Nikon DSLR yet.

Though I have to say the 35 f/1.4 is a more intriguing release, thought the price tag kills it a bit.

Here's a shot from a recent backpacking excursion. Miles of isolation from civilization and 11,000ft of elevation do make for nice atmospherics:

[penger]

Nice pic Iron_Dreamer =O What kind of settings do you use to get a shot like that?

[Beefy]

Nice pic Iron_Dreamer =O What kind of settings do you use to get a shot like that?

EXIF info tells me ISO6400, f/2.8 and 15sec exposure. With a big arse tripod no doubt.

I would have dropped the ISO and lengthened the exposure further, but its an awesome pic nonetheless

[Salt Peanuts]

Dang, D7000 looks really nice on paper - actually an update/upgrade for D90 (unlike Canon 60D).

[Iron_Dreamer]

EXIF info tells me ISO6400, f/2.8 and 15sec exposure. With a big arse tripod no doubt.

I would have dropped the ISO and lengthened the exposure further, but its an awesome pic nonetheless

Well, taking those sorts of pictures, one has to decide between a shot with static stars (as in that one) or star trails. For the stars to look truly static, you need to use a relatively "quick" shutter speed (for nighttime anyway), or they start to look slightly motion blurred. Whereas to get trails, can take minutes, if not hours of exposure, depending on the focal length. I personally find star trail shots a bit gimmicky, not to say I don't make some, but I do generally find static stars to look a bit more natural or genuine.

Amazingly, I used only about 3.2lbs worth of tripod and head combined to get that shot. An Induro C-013 tripod and Photoclam PC40 ballhead, which were plenty stable on that mildly breezy evening. I certainly wouldn't want to shoot big telephotos from that setup, but it works quite well for my gripped D700 with up to about 2.5lb lenses.

[Beefy]

I personally find star trail shots a bit gimmicky, not to say I don't make some, but I do generally find static stars to look a bit more natural or genuine.

Fair point

I was thinking about a minute, but I had a look and the the D700 can only go up to 30s anyway, so you are right on the money.

Amazingly, I used only about 3.2lbs worth of tripod and head combined to get that shot. An Induro C-013 tripod and Photoclam PC40 ballhead, which were plenty stable on that mildly breezy evening. I certainly wouldn't want to shoot big telephotos from that setup, but it works quite well for my gripped D700 with up to about 2.5lb lenses.

Nice. I would love to buy a tripod and start taking night shots (there are lots of *awesome* cemeteries in Halifax) but can't justify the expense just yet......

[jinp6301]

Fair point

I was thinking about a minute, but I had a look and the the D700 can only go up to 30s anyway, so you are right on the money.

no bulb setting?

[guzziguy]

Nice. I would love to buy a tripod and start taking night shots (there are lots of *awesome* cemeteries in Halifax) but can't justify the expense just yet......

You should work for the Halifax Chamber of Commerce. You just came up with their new campaign:

"Retire in Halifax. It's a great place to die"