roonst83 Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 Blues training ground?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bromsgrove_avfc Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 Both of these were taken on my iphone yesterday, quite pleased with what it's capable of! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b23avfc Posted July 10, 2010 Share Posted July 10, 2010 More iphone 4 photo love, untouched and straight out the camera. Not bad for crap phone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roonst83 Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 Here's a recent edit I made of another image from my NYC collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villaninireland Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 Seye Adelekandy Paloma Faiths guitarist. Cheeky **** is now using this for his profile picture on Facebook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drat01 Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Lens: OK I have a Nikon (its only the D60) and also have a 55-200VR lens and a 18-55VR lens. Off to the far east soon and want to pick up a lens (possibly two), but obviously don't want to waste money on things I really don't need So what recommendation from the VT snappers? EDIT: Apologies for the format of the post - large pic above means that we go way over page width Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted July 23, 2010 Moderator Share Posted July 23, 2010 Only you know what you need Ian, depends if you want to go wider or longer I suppose. 200mm is long enough for most, if it were me I'd go for the Nikon 12-24mm (that should take you as wide as you'd ever need to go) Three lenses is more than enough to be going away with but if you did want a second I suppose a fixed focal length macro lens for close up work would be the next on my list (also usually good for portraiture) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drat01 Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Cheers Gareth. (and pardon the pun) I will look at the macro options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b23avfc Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Ok first is on a budget, second is not on a budget... Tamron 17-50 2.8 - Nikon 17-55 2.8 Nikon 50 1.8 - Nikon 50 1.4 Nikon 85 1.8 - Nikon 85 1.4 Nikon 70-200 20.8 VR (I or II) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 OK I have a Nikon (its only the D60) and also have a 55-200VR lens and a 18-55VR lens. Off to the far east soon and want to pick up a lens (possibly two), but obviously don't want to waste money on things I really don't need So what recommendation from the VT snappers? Trade in the Nikon and buy a Canon :winkold: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted July 23, 2010 Moderator Share Posted July 23, 2010 If he bought a canon he'd aim the **** at you Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drat01 Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Ok first is on a budget, second is not on a budget... Tamron 17-50 2.8 - Nikon 17-55 2.8 Nikon 50 1.8 - Nikon 50 1.4 Nikon 85 1.8 - Nikon 85 1.4 Nikon 70-200 20.8 VR (I or II) So the Tamron is the budget the rest not? ..... :-) What (approx) would be good prices for these? p.s. Tony and his cannon fetish - pah Nikon boys gang up on him and snap away at his embarrassment :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterms Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 So the Tamron is the budget the rest not? ..... :-) Think he means the left column is budget, right column not. Only they're not quite in columns. What sort of photography do you want to be doing? eg if you want to take pics of wildlife you would want more telephoto capability, whereas you wouldn't with landscape photography. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drat01 Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 To be honest Pete I want to do both close and distance, hence the possibility of two lenses. The ones I have seem to cover a lot but occasionally lack in things and the opportunity to pick up cheaper lenses while in HK seemed too good to miss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted July 23, 2010 Moderator Share Posted July 23, 2010 cant see the point in any of those lenses Damian has posted to be honest theres no way Ian needs such specialist lenses, he's an amateur(no offence, most of us here are) and will be looking for versatility rather than pure quality of glass I'll repeat myself with a bit more detail Nikon 12-24mm f4 G AF-S IF-ED DX Lens (around £800 uk price) should complete the full range from Ultra wide to telephoto. Rarely will anyone need f2.8 or larger in an Ultra wide angle lens Adding a macro lens like the Nikon 105mm f2.8 G AF-S VR IF ED Micro Nikkor Lens (around £600 uk price) will allow him to add macro to his full range of lenses and then you get into specialist lenses like the primes mentioned but I don't think Ian needs prime lenses for the level of photography that he (along with the rest of us) is aiming at. Ian travels a lot and taking primes away would be a right pain in the butt imo, he needs to retain his flexibility but increase what his camera is capable of. PS, yes I have both those lenses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Must admit I'm tending to use my Limux more and more these days used to travel and take a back pack with my 450D , a wide angle lens , a 200mm lens ( i used to take a 300mm lens but the 200mm was a bit smaller and a nice trade off ) and the standard one that came with it .. and then spend ages changing between lenses The Limux TMZ10 sort of does everything just as well and fits in my pocket ..probably not good enough for a professional but for holiday photo's etc i find it more than adequate .. the pre built settings fro sunset etc are top notch ...I used the starry night mode yesterday lent the camera against a paper-cup on the floor and set the exposure for 60 secs and even managed to get a photo of a building in the pitch black .. for sure the bloke next to me got a better shot but he required a small donkey to carry all his equipment , all i needed was a papercup :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted July 23, 2010 Moderator Share Posted July 23, 2010 Just come back from Nice again but this time I only took my TMZ10 too but I figuredI was going to spend much of the time on the beach as I'd snapped the place to death previously Might post some photos later, used the fireworks setting for the first time this trip, managed to get a couple of ok ones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 couple of examples from the Limux Petra by night taken with the flash same shot taken with plastic cup and 60 sec exposure mode ..ok it won't win any prizes , but for a point and click and cheap camera you really can't go wrong .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted July 25, 2010 Moderator Share Posted July 25, 2010 Some of the snaps from Nice, taken with the Lumix (exact same model as Tony's - he copied me ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 More words, fewer pictures. That's what the world needs. Apologies for the interjection. Carry on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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