cat Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 Absolutely anything as long as its Canon lol - and black! ( The S2 is silver and I ruddy hate silver!!! ) Seriously - my first digital camera was a little Canon A60 and the S2 was such a natural step up to switch to another brand would just seem wrong! That and the fact that all the pictures I keep favouriting in flickr always seem to be taken with Canon's. I have a bit of convincing to do before the other half will consent to me 'wasting' more money on a 'hobby' mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holte-villain Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 You wanna look out for a 350D then They're going quite cheap now, some good deals if you look in the right places! A good photography site is www.photography-on-the.net/forum/ mainly Canon based so you will be fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted April 17, 2007 Moderator Share Posted April 17, 2007 Why get a 350D when you can get a 400D? and anyway enogh of this canon shit...............................Here's one from today Llyn Du'r Arddu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b23avfc Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 Bicks, the 24-120vr which I did like is on the way out tomorrow for tamron 17-50 2.8 which i need more for work reasons plus a bit of cash which is going towards my d70s body which im getting as a back up. sorted. And im hoping that in the next few months i´m going to go crazy and lay out for a 70-200 2.8 vr.. just need 940 notes to come in from a few upcoming jobs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted April 18, 2007 Moderator Share Posted April 18, 2007 D70s? Is that second hand? Why not a D80? And have a look at grey imports from the US as the dollar just hit $2 to the £ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted April 18, 2007 Moderator Share Posted April 18, 2007 Another one from yesterday Edith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrogers Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 Why get a 350D when you can get a 400D? and anyway enogh of this canon shit...............................Here's one from today Llyn Du'r Arddu Is that Snowdonia, more likely the walk from Trifan?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b23avfc Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 D70s? Is that second hand? Why not a D80? And have a look at grey imports from the US as the dollar just hit $2 to the £ 250 delivered mint d70s body, boxed.. too late! well, as long as the payment goes through! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted April 18, 2007 Moderator Share Posted April 18, 2007 Well Yes and No thats Llyn Du'r Arddu (the lake) and the spur it sits below is one of the main spus down from Snowdon, , so yes its Snowdonia No its not Tryfan but Snowdon itself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted April 18, 2007 Moderator Share Posted April 18, 2007 Another similar one, this time two photo's stitched together The View East from Clogwyn Station I have to say, I really hope CS3's stitching works as well as this,. This was done in AutoPano Pro which Adobe aquired sometime ago. Tried to do this in CS and it failed miserably, autopano pro pissed it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted April 18, 2007 Moderator Share Posted April 18, 2007 Bicks, the 24-120vr which I did like is on the way out tomorrow for tamron 17-50 2.8 which i need more for work reasons plus a bit of cash which is going towards my d70s body which im getting as a back up. sorted. And im hoping that in the next few months i´m going to go crazy and lay out for a 70-200 2.8 vr.. just need 940 notes to come in from a few upcoming jobs... Have you bought the Tamron yet? If you haven't don't! Theres actually a group test in this months Photography Monthly and the Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 EX DC Macro comes out much better and its only around £20 more. - Warehouse Express are selling it for £299 (which admitedly is £40 more than they are selling the Tamron) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juju Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 I bought a 400d with a Tamron 55-200 the other week. If far more kit than I'll need or master for the next 50 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drstupid Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 Llyn Du'r Arddu - Love this pic Bicks! Why the difference between this and the stitched one?... was it just that the sun went in, or did you tweak the levels of the first one in PS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b23avfc Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 Bicks, the 24-120vr which I did like is on the way out tomorrow for tamron 17-50 2.8 which i need more for work reasons plus a bit of cash which is going towards my d70s body which im getting as a back up. sorted. And im hoping that in the next few months i´m going to go crazy and lay out for a 70-200 2.8 vr.. just need 940 notes to come in from a few upcoming jobs... Have you bought the Tamron yet? If you haven't don't! Theres actually a group test in this months Photography Monthly and the Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 EX DC Macro comes out much better and its only around £20 more. - Warehouse Express are selling it for £299 (which admitedly is £40 more than they are selling the Tamron) Interesting, bought it already after reading many many good reviews and great feedback. I´ll let you know how I get on. But it seems that magazine is trying to redress the balance but so many good reviews shouldn´t be wrong. I bloomin hope not! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b23avfc Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 test shots with the new lens.. very rough shots.. both at 2.8 to test that aperture.. no critique please! ha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drstupid Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 Slight fringing on the hairline, and spherical abberations in the glasses! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted April 19, 2007 Moderator Share Posted April 19, 2007 Llyn Du'r Arddu - Love this pic Bicks! Why the difference between this and the stitched one?... was it just that the sun went in, or did you tweak the levels of the first one in PS? Well they are taken about twenty mintes apaert and from a slightly diferent angle but yes they have been worked in PS, its rare I take a shot that isnt tbh, the Nikon D70 is that kind of camera it produces slightly underexposed soft images that are meant to be photoshopped With the version of Llyn Du'r Arddu posted here I used a high pass filter action I sometimes use (as well as a RAW presharpening and a general levels adjustment layer) followed by an action that replicates Fuji Velvia film (though only at about 30% opacity instead of the recommended 70%). I've actually completely reworked the image for the better now, deciding against the High Pass action and instead doing the levels on the cwm wall separately (select large area and use a feathering of 120 pixels to hide the different levels in the one area). Sometimes the high pass technique leads to an unacceptable deterioration of the image , you can actually see that in this image in the background behind the cliff (theres a quite light patch) and and sometimes (as it does here) it darkens the tops of areas - look at the cliff edge its much darker. In the new version neither of these happens, I've also reworked it with a Fji Provia replicating action the second time and this gives it much more natural colors. Tbh the stitched panorama needs a lot more work doing to it, the stitch is good but the image just isnt quite right, I need to tweak it differently so thats my next target. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b23avfc Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 d70s, nikon 28mm 2.8 lens at 1/200 f16 - test shot - not focused great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted April 19, 2007 Moderator Share Posted April 19, 2007 B23 - any tips on photographing babies? (or anyone else for that matter) A mates asked me to take some photos of his three month old sprog and I've stupidly said yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted April 19, 2007 Moderator Share Posted April 19, 2007 The reworked image for DrStupid to see and anyone else for that matter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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