...sorry I know I promised to upload the pics today but I forgot the damn USB cable at home.
In other news : I finally decided on a Canon EOS 350D. Anyone else got one and what do you think?
Posted by
Grim..., around 6th October 2006:
I've got one.
It's awesome.
oh yeah.. I've got one too, I like it a lot but I wish I could afford a nice huge wide angle lens.
Posted by
syl_DUPE1, around 7th October 2006:
Ya. I couldn't believe how much they cost. More than the darn camera! Saving up, though.
Posted by
WarHead, around 7th October 2006:
I was thinking about getting the Canon, but for around the same price I've seen an
Olympus E500 twin lens set, and it has that ultrasonic gizmo for preventing dust getting on the sensor, so I'll probably go for that.
Listen to the
nice lady telling you and showing you all about it.
Posted by
syl_DUPE1, around 7th October 2006:
That is an excellent one, warhead! Yay! When are you buying it?
Also:I waited until after 6pm last night to upload my pics. (Don't want the boss-lady to see me) and she sat there forever! So I gave up and went home. Bugger, Bollocks and Blast! However, she's on leave now and she's the only one who sits there until all hours of the night so I'll get my chance next week. I'm going to try and get a decent computer for home use. This is nonsense this old JUGGERNAUT.
the flickr photographers i've come across with extreme keenness and/or professionalism, who rely on skilled camera use rather than photoshop (...), have all selected the Nikon D70.
however, if you can afford its successor, the Nikon D200. check out this review between the 2 by one seriously highvolume highstandards professional:
www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/d...
My new D200 is the best digital camera I've ever owned. I've made over 20,000 shots on it as of July, 2006 [~3,000 shots per month, 100/day]. I've been having so much fun shooting that I haven't bothered to be posting it all. I shall.
Boring lab tests can't tell you that my D200 gives me more great images with less work. My D70 can give similar results (resolution isn't related to image quality), but I have to twiddle the adjustments like white balance more.
The D200 is so popular that Nikon can't make as many of them as they have orders. Be patient. I had to wait two months for mine, and I ordered it the day it was announced on November 1st, 2005.
you might also find this Nikon vs Canon comparo useful as an indication of some of the little trips and traps not obvious from looking at tech.specs:
www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/d...
That comparison makes some valid points but that guy sounds like a tosser....
The D70 has a rear LCD protector that can be snapped off and replaced for about $20 when you scratch it up enough.The Canons lack this so you'll need to replace the whole camera once you scratch up the rear screen from carrying it around.
to be honest, i've just paid £500 for a camera, i'm not going to get a single scratch on it if i can help it!
Posted by
Grim..., around 9th October 2006:
Canon can replace the LCD for you anyway (although I'm not sure how much it costs).
> that guy sounds like a tosser....
or very realistic and speaking from the perspective of someone who has to use a camera a lot. i think maybe the key words in your comment are "if i can help it!" --> maybe flip that up the other way and think: what if you CAN'T help it? what if you're unlucky? you're setting up a brilliant shot and some idiot bangs into you from behind because he's fallen off his skateboard and the camera hits the pole you're steadying on? or if you're travelling with it as onboard baggage and some wanker's edged luggage attachment spends 2 hours getting banged and bounced while jammed in against your bag, over the camera's screen. both of these have happened to me on 35mm film kit and dented the fortunately-LCD-free metal back. and i am INSANELY careful with kit. (eg my original 21 year old 35mm SLR still works fine, is essentially internal-dust-free, and even has its original lens and UV filter with no scratches)
and if you're a professional, as he is, then you normally don't get the luxury of coddling your kit -- you have to get on with the job in a given time frame in whatever conditions.
if you've paid £500 for a camera, what he's pointing out is that you'd probably rather pay £20 to get it back than have to buy a new one for £500 (or the £50-100 service charge + whatever parts cost + whatever labour cost that grim... says canon can do instead), in the event that you ARE unlucky and DO bugger the rear screen.
just sayin', is all: shit CAN happen.
Posted by
syl_DUPE1, around 9th October 2006:
So Salty do you feel the Nikon is overall better than the Canon?
ah i knew you'd have a response.. so reliable :)
Posted by
syl_DUPE1, around 11th October 2006:
I've uploaded a few, warhead, but I'm a bit disappointed with my lack of skill. I better do that course and fast. Camera deserves a better user than me. :(
Also:I've run out of limit on my account...I am so scared to put my credit card details on the internet. Am I being paranoid? What happens if someone hacks one's paypal account?
Posted by
ellipse, around 11th October 2006:
well since many of us all have pro accounts you can make a guess our opinion on that one.
don't do the course just take loads and loads of photgraphs, after you've taken maybe 5,000 you'll be taking good ones more often than not. Plus you develop your personal style, mine is snapshot
Posted by
syl_DUPE1, around 11th October 2006:
I thought you all had the free ones given out that one time when we were asked to invite people? But that may be over a year ago now, isn't it? Ellipse do you pay over paypal or with a card? Which do you recommend?
Yeah-maybe I should have a better run before I do the course. There's so many setting which confuse me-also time is a factor : i have none! hehe
Hey Ellipse-I spied some of your holiday shots-excellent :)
Did you have a good time?
Posted by
ellipse, around 11th October 2006:
stick to the auto setting to start with, let the camera do the thinking and work up.
the free ones lasted for 3 months, i got a free month or something for paying for gne which never happened, so that was more like a refund, but i also paid for a year, and i think we got an extra year when they got brough out, plus 2 pro accounts to giveaway
.
all a bit confusing, but since i do buisness using paypal, yes i trust it, as much as one trusts anything on the internet.
Posted by
syl_DUPE1, around 11th October 2006:
Oh okay. I'll get me one then. Ta.
Posted by
Sul_DUPE1, around 11th October 2006:
Paypal froze my account because of suspicious activity. God knows what. I need to send them all sorts of crap by fax. Anyone know of a trusted, free email to fax service?
Edit: Or similar.
that's ironic, I thought all messages saying 'your paypal account was frozen because of suspicious activity' were spam
Posted by
WarHead, around 11th October 2006:
I paid for mine with a debit card, I think. Or a credit card. I don't have a PayPal account. I thought of setting one up, but there have been so many reports in the press of people having problems with them that I decided not to bother.
Posted by
syl_DUPE1, around 12th October 2006:
oh, ok...*scratches head* *paces* what to do, what to do!
Alfie, thanks for your advice, I found a setting with a little action figure on it which made the pics much better.
I'd advise not using a debit card on the internet.. If you use a credit card then you're better protected... Especially if you get mistreated when you buy stuff as the credit card company will usually give you the money back and then go hunt down the seller themselves..
It also helps to either use a pc that isn't riddled with spyware.. or a mac.
as for the camera, i mostly use the auto setting, i've forgotten a lot of what i learnt on my foundation photography. If you have time one day then set up a still life and just go nuts playing with all the settings in manual mode - you can always restore the defaults in the main menu later. Tripods and long exposures are fun.
I love paypal (sorry sul) never had any bother with it.
Posted by
WarHead, 13th October 2006:
I think the majority of problems people have had here have been when the vendor doesn't deliver the goods and PayPal have refused to help in any way. I don't think you'd have that problem buying a flickr subscription.
Posted by
Grim..., around 13th October 2006:
Hmm - Paypal is normally very good to buyers, it's sellers that have trouble with it.
Posted by
ellipse, around 13th October 2006:
see now as a seller i;'ve never had a problem, granted i don't sell much, but it's worked fine and dandy for me.
Posted by
Sul_DUPE1, around 13th October 2006:
Oh no. I'm not slating Paypal. They thought something was suss and stopped my card being used. That's A Good Thing (tm). It's just that I really cant be arsed with faxes.
warhead I'm not the virginal little girl you seem to think I am :P
I have bought and sold stuff on ebay using paypal (feedback 85 and a blue star, thank you very much :D )
of course I have had some bad deals, most notably a dvd boxset I bought as real and turned out to be an illigal copy they intercepted and not only kept but gave ME a fine for.
maybe Im just cynical but I never expected to get my money back for that and I didnt. I just don't count that as a problem with paypal because if you pay someone up front for goods you just run that risk.
Posted by
WarHead, around 13th October 2006:
miki, please be assured that I've never thought of you as a virginal little girl.
I've said too much........