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[HappyGeorge]

I am just starting to do the photography thread and have been taking a few shots today for illustration of various aspects of a camera. Thought you might like to see this shot, it was a windy day out on the sea wall and these guys weren't staying long in one place and the flowers swaying too and fro. It illustrates that you don't need expensive kit though, although you do need a bit of perseverance, I have a lot of shots of bees leaving flowers and flowers bending away from the camera. It could be sharper but its a nice summery shot, the sharp ones aren't so nice subject wise

 

[lewiss]

That's well cool, is that a normal camera or a really hugh powered one?? How many mega pixels?

 

[dayzofspeed]

thats the worst case of whitespot if seen in ages

 

[HappyGeorge]

thats the worst case of whitespot if seen in ages

I think you will find it's Lilac spot


No Lewis its a Nikon D100 (6.1 MP about £200-250 2nd hand recon) but it's a cropped image so less for the shot you're seeing, with a very cheap and nasty Tamron lens 70-300mm with a switchable macro about £80 worth. I do not own any true macro kit.

I am starting on the guide now and will do a bit on kit as part of the intro, going to include a couple of pics to show what you can do with a 3MP camera. I have a photo taken at 3mp with a compact camera that is blown up to A4 and shows no distortion or pixelation. People get hung up on the whole pixel count thing and unless you are going to blow it up to 50ft high it makes little difference.

 

[woody88]

Thats a cracking close up mate!

 

[dayzofspeed]

thats the worst case of whitespot if seen in ages

People get hung up on the whole pixel count thing and unless you are going to blow it up to 50ft high it makes little difference.

couldn't agree more HG, my camera is 7.1 mp and at the time i bought it i could've gone for a higher pixel count but went for a camera i would get more use out of, i think mine has excellent macro capabilities for what is basically a compact, although it was one of the more expensive compacts. it enables me to zoom out and in really well and has a fairly wide angle as the basic non zoomed lens.
i for one will be following this thread very closely

 

[weezawoo]

Is this going to cover a stupid persons camera, as in ones you buy in argos haha

 

[Tony_essex]

lookin forward to this i got a canon 500d with 5 lenses and would be nice to learn abit more

 

[dayzofspeed]

Is this going to cover a stupid persons camera, as in ones you buy in argos haha

you can get some decent cameras in argos

 

[HappyGeorge]

Is this going to cover a stupid persons camera, as in ones you buy in argos haha

Is it pink? Yes Weez it is going to be really basic and gradual, hopefully it will cater for everyone, it certainly is not aimed at experienced photographers or only those who have lots of sexy kit (to be honest I get a bid bored with photo bores and tech/kit/jargon junkies and it certainly won't appeal to them) but from my experience people often buy equipment and then get a bit stuck on how to progress. I have just written the first bit and will post tomorrow evening.

 

[HappyGeorge]

lookin forward to this i got a canon 500d with 5 lenses and would be nice to learn abit more

Nice camera I am a Nikon user but hate the Nikon/Canon debate, both great cameras I just happen to have gone to Nikon because work buy them because of the future proofing issue (we have some lenses that cost thousands of pounds). When I was younger my Dad had Canons and I had a Minolta. I am not a camera snob at all and not really interested in photographic equipment I'm sure you can already use your camera to good effect but maybe there will be a snippit in there for you in the technique section, will be nice to get feedback from experienced and novice users.

 

[weezawoo]

Of course it should always be pink
i am getting a new camera for my birthday next week but need to chose one. 100 is the limit tho. All that stuff about lenses goes in one and out the other haha. I know mp tho

 

[bae1994]

I've got a minolta damage z10 fixed lens bridge that was £20 pounds off a auction site and I can get very good close ups IMO and is great for the money but my brothers got a brand new canon dslr and I can't dispute it's better but at the same time I'm very happy with my cam Any way

Also nice photo

 

[HappyGeorge]

Of course it should always be pink
i am getting a new camera for my birthday next week but need to chose one. 100 is the limit tho. All that stuff about lenses goes in one and out the other haha. I know mp tho

I would agree with bae just had a quick search and found this I was involved in field testing this camera prior to its release and it's superb will blow anything you can buy compact wise out of the water. It's a bit chunkier but does have a full auto setting so you can still take photos easily and ease yourself into adjusting settings manually, of course it won't have the toys on it that newer cameras do, but almost without exception these are gimics that often you have to switch off to get decent photos. As a matter of fact the more expensive the camera the simpler it gets, generally once you start paying more than a few hundred pounds they don't even have an auto setting. There are people out there who buy expensive D-SLR's and either can't use them as they have no auto setting (my Dads mate bought a D3 Nikon and didn't realise it had no auto, he spent 2 months taking out of focus shots or producing images that were too dark or light and sold it - an expensive experiment) or use them on auto and will probably never get any more advanced or get any better images having spent £3000 than this camera could do for £30 and a little knowledge.

 

[lewiss]

I've got this really cool camera, its 5 mega pixels and also is a phone, internet browser, etc etc. It's an iPhone 4! LOL

I wanted to get a lumix. Are they any good?