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Been looking at big CF cards and saw this.. are these transcend 400x supposed to be good? Would be going in a 5d mk 2 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...ASIN=B002WE4H8I (and yes i know to buy from amazon.com seller and not "thememstore" since theirs is likely a fake)
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Omegaslast posted:Been looking at big CF cards and saw this.. are these transcend 400x supposed to be good? Would be going in a 5d mk 2 I have that card and it's been good to me. I haven't done any formal tests but I don't have any problems on burst mode and it seems pretty fast when paired with my Lexar firewire 800 card reader.
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Mannequin posted:Yeah, there are "correct" tags to use for your lenses and cameras. flickriver just pulls them all together from flickr and organizes them by most interesting. Example: For a Nikon 24-70mm the correct tag is "24-70mm f/2.8G". flickr converts this to 2470mmf28g. So if you take that and put it into a flickr search you will see all the photos with that tag, then you can sort based on relevant/interesting/etc. The downside to this is half the images that come up are photos of people's lens collections. Still a cool idea, though. I tend to find flickr groups for lenses I'm looking at and have a look through the group pool to see what it's like.
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After saying I've never had a "your camera takes good photos" comment, I got one this weekend. Fortunately, I had taken the photos in question with a Rebel XTi so I was able to come back with a smug: "Well, I was using a bottom-of-the-line camera".
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Mannequin posted:uhh really? Exactly like that? I've seen shots where you'll only see one propeller blade and not another, but that seems really extreme. On faster speeds focal-plane shutter works just like rolling shutter and because of the fast shutter speed the effect is not so extreme.
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Can anyone recommend me a good bang-for-buck polarizer for a 77mm lens? I'm afraid I know next to nothing about filter brands.
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HPL posted:After saying I've never had a "your camera takes good photos" comment, I got one this weekend. Fortunately, I had taken the photos in question with a Rebel XTi so I was able to come back with a smug: "Well, I was using a bottom-of-the-line camera". Man if I had a nickel for every time I've heard that.
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Does anyone have any recommenations for a filter system for ND & ND grad stuff? The only one that I have been able to see in the stores around here is the Cokin P-series but there wasn't a great deal of selection in terms of the filters they had in stock. Does anyone have any first hand experience?
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| # ? Nov 22, 2010 18:26 |
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Maverique posted:Can anyone recommend me a good bang-for-buck polarizer for a 77mm lens? I'm afraid I know next to nothing about filter brands.
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Maverique posted:Can anyone recommend me a good bang-for-buck polarizer for a 77mm lens? I'm afraid I know next to nothing about filter brands. The Marumi Super DHG CPL. was rated as the being tied for the best CPL filter in the only test of CPL's I've ever seen. I have the 67mm version and have been very happy with it. I bought from that ebay store (its nearly impossible to find in US B&M or even online stores) and had a great experience. Ferris Bueller even dropped his off a building and it survived. e: f,b.
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Totally overlooked this one when it happened. DxO Optics Pro 6.5 is out and on sale for 30% off. It's what I use and I highly recommend giving it a try.
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HPL posted:Totally overlooked this one when it happened. DxO Optics Pro 6.5 is out and on sale for 30% off. It's what I use and I highly recommend giving it a try. What do you use this for instead of lightroom?
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AIIAZNSK8ER posted:What do you use this for instead of lightroom? I use Lightroom for file management and what not, but I use DxO Optics for the actual grunt work. DxO is really good for whipping through a lot of photos fast because it's good at figuring things out for itself. The mods you make are mostly choosing between a few key presets so you spend less time fiddling around with individual sliders.
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Well, I'm planning to buy my first DSLR sometime soon. I have theoretically 1000-1300 bucks that I can save up before then(I have virtually no expenses at the current time :P), and I've always enjoyed dabbling in videography as well as photography. The camera I've been looking at is the Canon Rebel T2i and I'd like to hear some of my fine peer's opinions on it, or any other viable alternative. (I'll probably spend 900-ish on a camera/body and would be willing to spend much more on lenses over time. The kit lens would provide me time to get used to using the camera before I decide to get some real good lenses.)
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Buy a 60D.
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I'd say, if you are going to heavily use the video mode, that a sony A33 or A55 would be better as it can actually stay in focus when filming! Not even the 60D or D7000 can do what sony's stuff can. The downside is lack of optical viewfinder. This video review might be helpful: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ56SVYkbDk
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Septimus posted:I'd say, if you are going to heavily use the video mode, that a sony A33 or A55 would be better as it can actually stay in focus when filming! Not even the 60D or D7000 can do what sony's stuff can. The downside is lack of optical viewfinder. If you mean autofocus while recording in video mode, the D7000 does that.
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So I have been thinking of getting myself a compact camera, at the moment it looks like I'm going for the Panasonic TZ10 - any thoughts before I go ahead and get it?
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I finally got the step-up rings for my fader ND filter. I have found that one big advantage that the fader ND filter has over regular ND filters is that it doesn't give photos that purplish tinge that regular ND ones have, or at least not nearly as much.
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HPL posted:I finally got the step-up rings for my fader ND filter. I have found that one big advantage that the fader ND filter has over regular ND filters is that it doesn't give photos that purplish tinge that regular ND ones have, or at least not nearly as much. Seriously? That's totally the opposite of the reviews I've seen. I think I'll wimp out and get a regular ND though...
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Captain Postal posted:Seriously? That's totally the opposite of the reviews I've seen. I think I'll wimp out and get a regular ND though... I haven't had a chance to give it a good run through yet since it's so dark and dreary these days. I'll test it some more and see how it does. I've mostly been taking photos of lit light bulbs sine that's about all the brightness available.
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I got a canon rebel xsi and 90% of all my shots are indoors or low-light which means either it's going to be a blurry mess because of the exposure time or I have to use the built in flash. I want a flashback to have better lighting and so I can get pictures that don't look horrid. I was looking at the speedlite 430ex II as it has the E-TTL II flash system and the swivel head. Is there a cheaper alternative I can use that will be as good or decent? A rotating flash head and a good flash for Av mode are a must for me.
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flyboi posted:I got a canon rebel xsi and 90% of all my shots are indoors or low-light which means either it's going to be a blurry mess because of the exposure time or I have to use the built in flash. I want a flashback to have better lighting and so I can get pictures that don't look horrid. lensrentals.com has 1 used on sale right now for $170
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Studebaker Hawk posted:lensrentals.com has 1 used on sale right now for $170 You can buy from them? Looking at their site all I can do is rent. Halp  I guess it sold? What a very unintuitive site.
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Ever thought about a fast prime instead?
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I tend to take portraits and pictures at parties for friends and the thing is I need a good flash that gives me the option to bounce off in any direction I please as the houses/venues vary from victorian houses to barn parties. This is why I was looking at the 430 ex II since it can go 90 degrees in one direction and 180 in the other. Looking at bh it appears they have the 430 ex used at the moment. Is there much difference between them that would make the ex II more desirable?
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HPL posted:I haven't had a chance to give it a good run through yet since it's so dark and dreary these days. I'll test it some more and see how it does. I've mostly been taking photos of lit light bulbs sine that's about all the brightness available. I would imagine you would get less tint when the filter is set to a lower density level (or whatever it's called). I'd like to see the fader filter set to ND8 next to a fixed ND8 filter, for example. I bought a B+W ND110 before a recent trip and I've been really happy with it. The tint is ridiculous, but it's really easy to correct in lightoom. The last panel in the develop module takes care of 90% of the tint problem, and you can create a preset to apply to all your ND shots.
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Kazy posted:If you mean autofocus while recording in video mode, the D7000 does that. The new Sony SLT cameras can do phase detection focus during video, while the D7000 is using contrast detection autofocus. Phase detection is fast, contrast detection is slow.
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I should be receiving a Yongnuo 468 in the mail soon. Although lacking in some features, it has e-ttl ii support and only cost me $100 off ebay.
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Rated PG-34 posted:I should be receiving a Yongnuo 468 in the mail soon. Although lacking in some features, it has e-ttl ii support and only cost me $100 off ebay. I have this. It's a great little flash, and surprisingly well made.
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Just tossing out there that KEH is hilarious. I ordered a BGN lens and had to spend good minute looking at it before I found a single scuff mark. The glass seems to be crystal clear too.
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ChiTownEddie posted:Just tossing out there that KEH is hilarious. I ordered a BGN lens and had to spend good minute looking at it before I found a single scuff mark. The glass seems to be crystal clear too. It might be haunted though... Watch out for ghosting when you shoot with it
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Well I feel silly. I ordered a set of coloured filters for B&W work with my DSLR only to discover the day that they arrived that I can use picture styles to do the exact same thing. Oh well, at least I didn't pay much for them and I can still use them with my film cameras.
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The gently caress? Also you can adjust the B&W colors in LR.
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big cheese posted:Does anyone have any recommenations for a filter system for ND & ND grad stuff? The only one that I have been able to see in the stores around here is the Cokin P-series but there wasn't a great deal of selection in terms of the filters they had in stock. Does anyone have any first-hand experiences of the difference between circular and linear polarizers (for non-AF SLR cameras)? I have heard the linear kind are more effective and cheaper if the polarization doesn't mess with your meter/AF, but these days it's harder to find a linear polarizer than a circular one.
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evil_bunnY posted:The gently caress? Also you can adjust the B&W colors in LR. Choose a user-defined picture style, choose monochrome and then you can choose the filter effect and some other stuff.
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Paul MaudDib posted:Does anyone have any first-hand experiences of the difference between circular and linear polarizers (for non-AF SLR cameras)? I have heard the linear kind are more effective and cheaper if the polarization doesn't mess with your meter/AF, but these days it's harder to find a linear polarizer than a circular one.
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Hotwax Residue posted:Linear ones are either on or off where circular ones allow you to adjust the amount of polarization This is a really common misconception, but both types of polarizer are adjustable. The difference is what direction the light's traveling when it exits the polarizer. Imagine for a minute the polarizer's position is fixed: How are you going to use it? It's only going to polarize light at whatever random setting it ended up screwed onto your filter threads. You'd have no control over composition at that point and you'd have to wander around flailing about until everything lined up just right for the polarizer to work. Linear or circular, they both rotate to let you adjust the effect, and a circular polarizer's just a linear with an extra element to change the directionality of the polarized light. The captured image will be materially identical with either one. If you're totally destitute maybe the cheapness of a linear's a benefit, but that's about it as far as tangible differences.
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I may be wrong but one of the major issues with a linear polarizer is that AF will not work with it on, or at least I remember being told this at one point. Edit: linear polarized wont work with TTL metering or AF from what I can tell.
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I was given what I think is a Manfrotto 754 carbon fiber tripod (can't find a model number anywhere) without a head. After doing some research it is a "video tripod", is this okay for still camera use? Any suggestions for an affordable ball head that would match up well? I use a 40d and my longest lens is a 70-200 F4L. http://www.digitalfotoclub.com/prod...076#Description
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