Comments on: Which Camera Do You Own?

By: Willie Holland

Willie Holland — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 02:03:37 +0000

willie Holland march 25,2013
I just brought a canon rebel 3Ti

By: Rich Nelson

Rich Nelson — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 15:28:25 +0000

I just purchased a Nikon D3200, so far love it, my first DSLR. Prior to that I used a Canon IX1s very cool and easy to use camera just not an SLR. I am just learning the in’s and out;’s of a DSLR but having fun doing it. I have a wide range of lenses from 18-55, 55-300, straight 50mm 28-80 and a 350-1500mm and a few add on lenses like wide angle for all,,,,ok I will not be able to use these all for years, but I have them all the same and am going to have a blast learning, can anyone point me in the direction of which lenses to concentrate on, my likes are general photography and in the field ,,wild life ops….

By: Paul Ferzoco

Paul Ferzoco — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 16:53:33 +0000

I’m an enthusiast shooter who loves the weight and compactness of NEX series cameras.

I use two Sony NEX-7’s; one with a 18-200 zoom, the other a wide or fisheye. Most of my shots are architecture, cityscape, ‘around town’ and nature/floral. I love the cameras, wish the glass was better.

By: Paul T

Paul T — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 20:51:53 +0000

I am always interested in photography, however, I do not know manthing about it except for using the auto select on my EOS T3. 18 to 55 mm lense. Some of these things you discuss are way over my head. I have no idea about things like dof and light balance and how asa setting all play a part together.

The things I usually photograph are the models I build and show on other forums to my modeling buddies. I am mostly interested in Macro photography and would love too get a macro priority lense but my budget wont allow that unless I save for a couple of years.
Any way, I hope to be able to learn a bit from yoou guys in a language I can understand.
Thank you.
Paul

By: shibaji bar

shibaji bar — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 15:04:55 +0000

Well,i have a nikon d90 with nikon 18-105,tamron 17-50, and tamron 10-300..dear experts anything more that u suggest?

By: Michel

Michel — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 17:26:46 +0000

I use a Canon SX30, as I travel some, I find this kind of camera gives the best versatility. I also like the full functionality of it, ex, full auto or manual with everything in between. The 35X zoom works well and is great for street photos.

By: Ian Thomas

Ian Thomas — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 17:26:57 +0000

In reply to amrisha. Hi Amrisha It depends what your subject matter is. If its moving then you need high ISO to get any sort of shutter speed but if its not a moving subject you can have your ISO at 100 and extend the shutter open time. In most cases 30 seconds or less is enough and your camera will have a 30 second exposure on its shutter settings hopefully as that seems to be an industry standard speed. After that you need to set your camera to Manual and reduce the shutter speed till it says bulb. To avoid camera shake you will obviously need a tripod and a manual wired or wireless remote control and a stop watch timer to check how many seconds is right for the conditions. Its trial and error but the effects can be worth it.

By: leftysphotos

leftysphotos — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 17:02:39 +0000

In reply to bk chand. I got rid of my 50mm lens.

By: amrisha

amrisha — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 15:50:26 +0000

Hi
I own a Nikon D3000. Can you please suggest me on how do i deal with taking non-grainy pictures at night. I mean using higher ISO, more than 400 or even 400 creates noise.
Please help me out.
Amrisha

By: JerryC

JerryC — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 12:34:20 +0000

After 20+ years as a card carrying photojournalist I have now ‘retired’ to live in Thailand……..after having to suffer the digital workflow pressures and timelines for this type of profession I now have the luxury of returning exclusively to shooting B+W film.
I use 2 Leica M7’s and a 28mm and 90mm F2 Summicron lenses.
The use of film and analogue cameras has brought me back to the wonderful pre digital age where photographs had to composed and thought carefully about……….Thailand offers never ending photo opportunities and is a wonderful country to live in.

By: bk chand

bk chand — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 02:21:36 +0000

In reply to leftysphotos. any suggestion on how to proceed further!!!!!!

By: leftysphotos

leftysphotos — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 16:28:55 +0000

BK Chand, I also own the 7D, and had the canon 50 mm f / 1.2 L,. I could not get sharp photos with it, no matter what I tried. I share your experience.

By: subroto mukerji

subroto mukerji — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 08:34:49 +0000

I recently added a Nikkor AFS 50mm 1.8G to my lens family and, using it on my D3100, I was blown away by the sharpness, colour, contrast and smooth tonal gradation — even after the excellent 18-105mm 3.5-5.6). I am beginning to wonder what it’s capable of doing on my D5100, which has even higher image quality than the D3100 (I’m told). Must try that sometime soon. 20″x30″ prints from the 50mm are razor sharp, thanks to flash; it’s sad, but the lens has no VR :-( Lots of reviewers have also bemoaned this lacuna.
Lack of VR is the only things that’s keeping me from making up my mind about Nikon’s new 85mm f 1.8G…would be grateful for any suggestions (but no Samyang manual 85 1.4, please, I’m running 64 and my hands and eyes aren’t what they used to be !). Thanks for the help.

By: bk chand

bk chand — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 07:29:12 +0000

In reply to Tony Basilio. thanks for response. I tried on tripod but never compared Auto Focus Shots with Manual Focus Shots. Will do that and come back soon. Thanks again for the response

By: Tony Basilio

Tony Basilio — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 16:17:12 +0000

In reply to bk chand.

BK,

From your stated objectives for your zoom lens, I would consider a 70 – 300 zoom depending on how close your portraits will be taken. There are longer lenses available too. I have a Tokina 80 – 400. But in any case, look for image stabilization.

As for your second question, I’m not expert but I’ve never heard of a correction factor for focusing except in IR photography. It’s tough to tell not having seen any photos but I suspect that the focus is off for what ever reason. The Canon L series are superb so I can’t see them being the problem. If you haven’t done so already, mount your camera on a tripod and take successive shots, one using autofocus and the other manual focus then compare sharpness. I had some problems with my camera changing focus when I would depress the shutter button so I programmed the camera to autofocus when I pressed the * button on the back. That way, focus is locked in while I take exposure readings or recompose. I hope this helps.

Tony