Photography

[Burninator]

The stuff on Ebay is the Canon/Nikon camera as advertised. But they usually take away the Candon/Nikon lens that typically comes with the body when you buy it in a store and replace it with a lesser quality lens(es). At least thats what it was like when I was looking for a camera. I am sure someone knows more about it.

I ended up buying a Nikon S6, which is perfect for me because it fits in my front pocket. Otherwise I would never take pictures because it would be too much hassle to carry around a huge camera.

[GreenTeaFrapp]

Originally Posted by PowerPlayoffs06

Where are some good places to look for lenses and accessories?

Bhphotovideo.com. American but they ship UPS Expedited/Express to Canada which avoid UPS's insane brokerage fees.

[ah123]

Originally Posted by PowerPlayoffs06

Where are some good places to look for lenses and accessories? I'm seeing some decently priced packages on eBay but am wondering about the quality of the equipment when they're selling kits with 2 or 3 lenses, filters, tripod and camera bag all for $90-$130.

From what I have read on photography forums (dpreview.com, nikonians.org, photo.net) KEH (used camera store - www.keh.com) and Adorama are considered a pretty reliable place to buy from - I have not dealt with either them, so I can't vouch for either of them...
Be careful when dealing with EBay stores (i.e. do your research), there are some stores where they give you a great deal on the camera, and then charge exorbitant amounts for something like the cover of the battery compartment...

Hope that helps...

[Jagger]

Originally Posted by Frankster

The quality in film just can't be beat by even the highest of the high end digital cameras still. Film pictures can still be manipulated on your computer, it just takes a bit longer. Pick yourself up a scanner that does negatives and you have a higher resolution scan than RAW on a dSLR.

With all due respect I disagree with this statement. My wife and I shot medium format film for many years on Hassleblad cameras and, more recently, Pentax 645's. It took us a long time to want to take the plung to digital. The first year of the switchover we actually shot both to ensure that the customer was getting the best of both worlds. However, besides the fact that that was too time consuming, it became redundant. The quality of images we get from our digital SLR's are easily comparable now to the medium format film we were shooting and are simply much much easier to manipulate. We also own a high end negative scanner and you do lose some quality in the translation to screen. To each their own. I know that there still are people out there like yourself that swear by film. We were one of those people. Not now. Digital is the way now.

[GrrlGoalie33]

Originally Posted by Jagger

With all due respect I disagree with this statement. My wife and I shot medium format film for many years on Hassleblad cameras and, more recently, Pentax 645's. It took us a long time to want to take the plung to digital. The first year of the switchover we actually shot both to ensure that the customer was getting the best of both worlds. However, besides the fact that that was too time consuming, it became redundant. The quality of images we get from our digital SLR's are easily comparable now to the medium format film we were shooting and are simply much much easier to manipulate. We also own a high end negative scanner and you do lose some quality in the translation to screen. To each their own. I know that there still are people out there like yourself that swear by film. We were one of those people. Not now. Digital is the way now.

I am a digital shooter all the way. For me, film is time consuming and I am an immediate results kind of person. My gf on the other hand loves her Nikon F55, and hates my Canon XT.

I have found through my experiences that the pictures she gets from her film versus my digital are better all around pictures - quality wise.

I am taking the plunge and buying her a Nikon D80 later this year. She wants to continue using Nikon so she can take advantage of the lenses she already has and plans to take both bodies with her wherever she goes so she can shoot both formats.

[REDVAN]

Hey everyone, just some questions for those of you with dSLRs...

I have been playing around with an old film SLR for the last while, developed some shots, and have a couple questions. Since I am a beginner, I have been experimenting with shutter speeds and aperature, zoon and what not. BUT does a dSLR do some of that automatically? For example, if I have a low light condition and the camera is on auto will it pick everything by itself, or will it use the settings I have previously set? How do you know then, if you press the button to expose/take a shot, how long the shutter will be open for?

I had some difficulties with low light where I set a longer shutter speed and I coulnd't hold it still long enough to avoid blurry-ness. (Bluriness?)

I am probably going to pick up a new dSLR in the next week or two, but I am curious. I tried one out and it seemed very easy to snap pictures on auto, as compared to the camera I have been using!

[BlackEleven]

Originally Posted by REDVAN

BUT does a dSLR do some of that automatically? For example, if I have a low light condition and the camera is on auto will it pick everything by itself, or will it use the settings I have previously set?

If you set it to auto, the camera will select everything
If you set it to aperature priority, you select the aperature, it will select shutter speed.
If you set it to shutter priority, you select the shutter, it will select the aperature
If you set it to manual, you select everything
(this is on most cameras anyway)

Most cameras in manual mode reuse whatever your last settings were.

Originally Posted by REDVAN

I had some difficulties with low light where I set a longer shutter speed and I coulnd't hold it still long enough to avoid blurry-ness. (Bluriness?)

You can use a tripod. If you don't have one, try resting the camera on something solid. Or to try and compensate for the low light you could open the aperature wider, allowing for more light, which would allow you to use a faster shutter speed.

Hope this helps.