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FreeBaGeL said:
Brony said:
FreeBaGeL said:
Had to trade a whole night's sleep for this one, but it was worth it.

3am in Moab
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awesome. How long was that exposure?
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30 sec at ISO6400. Any longer than that (14mm lens) and the stars would have started to trail due to the rotation of the Earth.
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That's a beautiful shot!

I've had some vision issues lately and struggling to get razor sharp images.

What tripod are you using for this?

 
Just got a Sony A3000 a couple weeks ago, and am just learning to play with it. Added a 55-210 zoom, and took it out for a spin today at the 70th Anniversary VE Day Flyover here in DC celebrating the end of WWII in Europe.

Tons of fun, 15 formations with varying aircraft that flew in WWII. Great excuse to take kids out of school on a beautiful day! If you are familiar with the DC area, I was perched near the Marine Corps Iwo Jima Memorial to get a good view of the planes as they came south along the Potomac River before turning to fly over the National Mall.

I left everything in auto, since I am still on training wheels with the camera, and didn't want to miss anything with fast moving aircraft.

Here are a couple that I thought came out OK from my shoot today. (The second links lead to details about the aircraft from the event's website.)

Ooh Rah

Texan (AT-6/SNJ)

Liberator (B-24)

FiFi (B-29)

Missing Man Formation

The first pic is an unedited shot of the faces in the front of the Iwo Jima Memorial. I was pleased with how much detail I was able to get, standing an easy 10+ yards from the Memorial. I'd never seen the camouflage in the helmets before. The rest are just crops of the shots that I took.

 
Mr. Ected said:
Just got a Sony A3000 a couple weeks ago, and am just learning to play with it. Added a 55-210 zoom, and took it out for a spin today at the 70th Anniversary VE Day Flyover here in DC celebrating the end of WWII in Europe.

Tons of fun, 15 formations with varying aircraft that flew in WWII. Great excuse to take kids out of school on a beautiful day! If you are familiar with the DC area, I was perched near the Marine Corps Iwo Jima Memorial to get a good view of the planes as they came south along the Potomac River before turning to fly over the National Mall.

I left everything in auto, since I am still on training wheels with the camera, and didn't want to miss anything with fast moving aircraft.

Here are a couple that I thought came out OK from my shoot today. (The second links lead to details about the aircraft from the event's website.)

Ooh Rah

Texan (AT-6/SNJ)

Liberator (B-24)

FiFi (B-29)

Missing Man Formation

The first pic is an unedited shot of the faces in the front of the Iwo Jima Memorial. I was pleased with how much detail I was able to get, standing an easy 10+ yards from the Memorial. I'd never seen the camouflage in the helmets before. The rest are just crops of the shots that I took.
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Cool shots. The camera did very well in auto there to get you nice fast shutter speeds for the planes in flight. Nice and crisp.

 
FreeBaGeL said:
Mr. Ected said:
Just got a Sony A3000 a couple weeks ago, and am just learning to play with it. Added a 55-210 zoom, and took it out for a spin today at the 70th Anniversary VE Day Flyover here in DC celebrating the end of WWII in Europe.

Tons of fun, 15 formations with varying aircraft that flew in WWII. Great excuse to take kids out of school on a beautiful day! If you are familiar with the DC area, I was perched near the Marine Corps Iwo Jima Memorial to get a good view of the planes as they came south along the Potomac River before turning to fly over the National Mall.

I left everything in auto, since I am still on training wheels with the camera, and didn't want to miss anything with fast moving aircraft.

Here are a couple that I thought came out OK from my shoot today. (The second links lead to details about the aircraft from the event's website.)

Ooh Rah

Texan (AT-6/SNJ)

Liberator (B-24)

FiFi (B-29)

Missing Man Formation

The first pic is an unedited shot of the faces in the front of the Iwo Jima Memorial. I was pleased with how much detail I was able to get, standing an easy 10+ yards from the Memorial. I'd never seen the camouflage in the helmets before. The rest are just crops of the shots that I took.
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Cool shots. The camera did very well in auto there to get you nice fast shutter speeds for the planes in flight. Nice and crisp.
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Thanks!!

 
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Figure this is a good spot to ask this question.

What are people's recommendations for camera bags? I have a mid size camera (Sony a3000) with a second lens (55-210mm). I don't have much else (yet). I am going on a long (5 week) trip this summer in a car, so I don't want to take up tons of room.

TIA!

 
Mr. Ected said:
Figure this is a good spot to ask this question.

What are people's recommendations for camera bags? I have a mid size camera (Sony a3000) with a second lens (55-210mm). I don't have much else (yet). I am going on a long (5 week) trip this summer in a car, so I don't want to take up tons of room.

TIA!
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I have a growing number of lenses and becoming a camera bag whore - but considering what you have I would recommend this:

http://www.tamrac.com/products/velocity9x/

It's what I use for single day trips - I can pack my Camera body with a 24-70mm lens attached along with either two other small lenses, or a 70-200 lens.

Whatever you decide I would strongly recommend either a shoulder sling style bag like the one linked above -

or a smaller back back style back like this:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KWZ2GFA/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_S_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=3B58S7VMA7BC9&coliid=I5ALX2RPAGTXD&psc=1

 
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So I'm looking to step up to a mid-level dslr. Looking to stay under $1000 for the body, preferably $1000 for body and lens. I'm leaning toward the Nikon D7100 right now.

It's a bit higher than I want to spend but, would this be a good starter package?

or would I be better off with something else or just buying the body and lenses separate?

Any deals out there at the moment?

tia

 
I have kind of a random question I'm hoping someone can answer. A buddy of mine has been into digital photography big-time the past few years and he wants to show me his collection. But he's not sure how to get them to me. I'll show you exactly what he wrote:

We're probably talking about a few hundred pics altogether, likely about 2GBs worth unless I can batch process them into smaller files. Delivering them might be a hassle unless you have cloud storage or something like that I could upload to.
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Would Dropbox work for this? If not, any other ideas. As always, free is good.

 
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Raider Nation said:
I have kind of a random question I'm hoping someone can answer. A buddy of mine has been into digital photography big-time the past few years and he wants to show me his collection. But he's not sure how to get them to me. I'll show you exactly what he wrote:

We're probably talking about a few hundred pics altogether, likely about 2GBs worth unless I can batch process them into smaller files. Delivering them might be a hassle unless you have cloud storage or something like that I could upload to.
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Would Dropbox work for this? If not, any other ideas. As always, free is good.
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Flickr gives you 1TB of free space.. I pay for unlimited, but 1TB is a TON of free space :thumbup:

 
Bucky86 said:
I have a Nikon D80 I got about 8 or 9 years ago. Was thinking about starting to take this a bit more seriously, but after reading it seems the D80 is way out of date. Is it worth buying any lenses for this, or should I start fresh? It seems like it's worth next to nothing.
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Do you not have any lenses with it? If you do, I'm sure it worth upgrading the body to use with them. If not, you have the opportunity to start from scratch.

 
jamny said:
FreeBaGeL said:
Golden Gate Bridge just before dawn
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wow, that really is beautiful. I like the wide open space on the right too.
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Thanks! This is a pretty popular photo spot and most of the shots from there are cropped in tighter. I wanted to do something a little different and this is a 5 or 6 shot panorama. I also shot a few at the standard crop to see if I liked it better (I don't like to do different just because it's different, if it's worse) but I actually liked the pano better with all the blue over there contrasting the red/magenta of the bridge side.

 
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jamny said:
So I'm looking to step up to a mid-level dslr. Looking to stay under $1000 for the body, preferably $1000 for body and lens. I'm leaning toward the Nikon D7100 right now.

It's a bit higher than I want to spend but, would this be a good starter package?

or would I be better off with something else or just buying the body and lenses separate?

Any deals out there at the moment?

tia
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OK, so I think I'm going with the D7100.

If I get the Nikon 35mm f/1.8 and the 55-200 VRII, would that be a good combo?

 
FreeBaGeL said:
jamny said:
FreeBaGeL said:
Golden Gate Bridge just before dawn
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wow, that really is beautiful. I like the wide open space on the right too.
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Thanks. This is a pretty popular photo spot and most of the shots from there are cropped in tighter. I wanted to do something a little different and this is a 5 or 6 shot panorama. I also shot a few at the standard crop to see if I liked it better (I don't like to do different just because it's different, if it's worse) but I actually liked the pano better with all the blue over there contrasting the red/magenta of the bridge side.
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Yeah, it gives you a real sense of what is over there, especially the far right that shows open ocean. Love the sharp line of the bridges shadow too. Really nice shot.

 
jamny said:
jamny said:
So I'm looking to step up to a mid-level dslr. Looking to stay under $1000 for the body, preferably $1000 for body and lens. I'm leaning toward the Nikon D7100 right now.

It's a bit higher than I want to spend but, would this be a good starter package?

or would I be better off with something else or just buying the body and lenses separate?

Any deals out there at the moment?

tia
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OK, so I think I'm going with the D7100.If I get the Nikon 35mm f/1.8 and the 55-200 VRII, would that be a good combo?
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I realize we all have different needs from a camera, but I was just curious since you look to be investing a lot of money into both the body and lenses did you give any thought into a Sony Alpha 7 instead? While there is a larger collection of Nikon compatible lenses the much larger sensor in a much lighter camera make it very tempting imo. I think sony is right up there with nikon/canon as far as camera bodies and some of the latest tamron/sigma/tokina lenses with sony mounts closes the lens gap. I'll admit I am a bit obsessed with getting bigger sensors and/or smaller and lighter equipment, but I was just wondering if you considered the Sony full-frame option?

 
Bucky86 said:
I have a Nikon D80 I got about 8 or 9 years ago. Was thinking about starting to take this a bit more seriously, but after reading it seems the D80 is way out of date. Is it worth buying any lenses for this, or should I start fresh? It seems like it's worth next to nothing.
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Just because the D80 doesn't have much value on the resale market doesn't mean it can't still take great 8x10 prints. Even if you decide to upgrade the body on a great deal like this...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/D3200-24-2-MP-CMOS-Digital-SLR-Camera-with-18-55mm-VR-2-Lens-Refurbished-/301648073613?customid=9514ad0e8c0d4d518a9a73261c8778f9&pub=5574652453&afepn=5337259887&campid=5337259887&icep_id=117&ipn=icep&afepn=5337259887&rmvSB=true&ul_ref=http%253A%252F%252Frover.ebay.com%252Frover%252F1%252F711-53200-19255-0%252F1%253Fpub%253D5574652453%2526afepn%253D5337259887%2526icep_id%253D117%2526ipn%253Dicep%2526type%253D4%2526campid%253D5337259887%2526toolid%253D10001%2526customid%253D9514ad0e8c0d4d518a9a73261c8778f9%2526mpre%253Dhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.ebay.com%25252Fitm%25252FD3200-24-2-MP-CMOS-Digital-SLR-Camera-with-18-55mm-VR-2-Lens-Refurbished-%25252F301648073613%25253Fcustomid%25253D9514ad0e8c0d4d518a9a73261c8778f9%252526pub%25253D5574652453%252526afepn%25253D5337259887%252526campid%25253D5337259887%252526icep_id%25253D117%252526ipn%25253Dicep%2526srcrot%253D711-53200-19255-0%2526rvr_id%253D841847972752

... assuming you already have one kit lens you can sell one of them to drive the price even lower than $280. Normally I would suggest building a collection of lenses before upgrading the body but that D3200 is a sizable upgrade at an extremely low price if you can sell one of the kit lenses. And keep the D80 for windy days at the beach, or kayaking, or waterfalls, or really any situation where you don't want to risk damaging your best equipment. Or worst case scenario just give it to a niece, nephew, or maybe one of your own kids with an inexpensive tutorial book on mastering the manual controls of a camera. The D80 would be great for a beginner. Lenses really contribute to the final photo more than the body. And the monkey pushing the button contributes more than the lenses imo.

 
BoltBacker said:
jamny said:
jamny said:
So I'm looking to step up to a mid-level dslr. Looking to stay under $1000 for the body, preferably $1000 for body and lens. I'm leaning toward the Nikon D7100 right now.

It's a bit higher than I want to spend but, would this be a good starter package?

or would I be better off with something else or just buying the body and lenses separate?

Any deals out there at the moment?

tia
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OK, so I think I'm going with the D7100.If I get the Nikon 35mm f/1.8 and the 55-200 VRII, would that be a good combo?
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I realize we all have different needs from a camera, but I was just curious since you look to be investing a lot of money into both the body and lenses did you give any thought into a Sony Alpha 7 instead? While there is a larger collection of Nikon compatible lenses the much larger sensor in a much lighter camera make it very tempting imo. I think sony is right up there with nikon/canon as far as camera bodies and some of the latest tamron/sigma/tokina lenses with sony mounts closes the lens gap. I'll admit I am a bit obsessed with getting bigger sensors and/or smaller and lighter equipment, but I was just wondering if you considered the Sony full-frame option?
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Mostly because I have so much Sony electronics, I was looking for something different. My last 2 digital cameras have been Sony too. Don't get me wrong, I have confidence in the brand over the years but they would have had to blow me away with a product to make me consider going with them again. I did look at the Alpha 7 but many reviews seem to prefer the 7R and that definitely put me out of my budget. I originally wanted to stick with around $1000 for body and a couple of lenses. I'm up around $1500 now. The body alone on the a7R is like $1900.

I'm also not that concerned with size and weight of the D7100, I actually would prefer a little more of a pro feel to the camera. And I'm not experienced enough to know that I want full frame. Maybe I'll regret the decision in a few years.

 
Bucky86 said:
What's the opinion on Sony DSLR's? My gf works for them and can get discounts, but I noticed few are listed as top of their class. If the discount is large enough, is it worth it? Or will I just become frustrated I didn't go with the better quality Nikon or Canon?
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I'm a Canon snob, but I think if you can get a higher end'ish Sony Mirrorless model you would be satisfied.

 
Bucky86 said:
Thoughts on the Nikon D3300?

Seem to have deal for $599 w/ two lenses.
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I have no experience with it but did do some research on it. It's probably the camera I should be buying myself. The main reason I'm not is because many of the manual controls are menu based, no controlled by buttons. I'm buying mine to try and learn more about photography and I find having to dig into menus to make changes too distracting and time consuming. But if you're just looking to take some great pictures with minimal hassle, it definitely sounds like a winner.

 
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