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So random question, the A99 my parents bought has an LCD viewfinder, and the salesmen told us it's nice because you don't have to switch to the back LCD to get video and you don't have to wait for the mirror to move out of the way. So, is the A99 mirrorless and not a DSLR?
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Feb 13, 2013 18:41
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After posting I decided to do a little digging myself, and apparently the A99 is full frame? I feel so shamed by my mom's camera now  On the other hand, she's spent 50% more than me and only has the kit lens (but with f/2.8 isn't that bad)while I've got two prime 1.8s, and also I love my D5100. Not gonna let camera envy get the best of me. I actually handled a D7000 at the store and I wasn't a huge fan, I thought it was too heavy. Also he said they're really hard to find new (all they had was used) so I'm betting the new D7100 or D7200 *has* to be on the horizon.
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Feb 13, 2013 19:10
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I checked out samples of it for Kindle, Nook, and Google Play, they were all bad.
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Mar 4, 2013 07:58
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CarrotFlowers posted:Some lenses are objectively sharper than others, but the difference to most people is negligible. Not to mention people talk about how awesome some exotic and expensive 85mm 1.2 is, then shoot wide open and miss focus anyway. Gotta get that bokeh I recently started using my 35/1.8 at 2.8 or 3.5 around the house and I feel pretty dirty for it.
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Mar 6, 2013 23:28
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So I think this is a begginner question, but I can go somewhere else if it's not... I'm looking to take some risque pictures of my wife, and I'm not sure where to start. I have horrid memories of doing this back in college with some $100 P&S with the flash on, so I get nervous thinking about how I'd do it now. I've got a D5100 with a 35/1.8 and 50/1.8, so I think I'm settled in that department. The only thing I'm not sure about is lighting. I'm thinking I'm going to need something like an SB-700 that I can bounce off the ceiling, since I don't want anything too harsh, right?
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Mar 25, 2013 23:19
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Got a friend that shoots Nikon with an SB-700 he'll let me borrow. Ironically enough he'll hand it over to the wife next time they see each other, which could very likely be for a risque shoot.
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Mar 25, 2013 23:40
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So I'm borrowing an SB-700, how the hell do I use this thing?
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Apr 12, 2013 15:18
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Don't worry, we're not.
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Apr 12, 2013 21:06
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Ugh, my battery wasn't charging for my Nikon and I popped into the local camera shop so I could see if it was the charger or the battery. $75 dollars later and now I have a brand new 3 ounce piece of plastic to charge my battery.
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Apr 13, 2013 22:30
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SoundMonkey posted:You do know chargers cost like $15 from GadgetInfinity, right? I was dumb and didn't think it would cost that much so I didn't even bother to look online. I figured it would be a little more expensive but it'd be OK because I could go to a store and figure out of it was the battery or the charger. Whelp.
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Apr 15, 2013 14:21
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It's a new in box Nikon MH-24 charger. I could have saved $20 getting it online, oh well, not that big of a deal.
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Apr 15, 2013 18:20
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I met my mom's boyfriend's grandson today (so, uh, potential nephew?) and he was having quite a bit of fun taking pictures P&S. I'm wondering if it's possible to get a really cheap older DSLR for him to play with? Like body + lens for a couple hundred bucks? I saw him moving around to take pictures of me from all sorts of different angles and I felt the need to teach him about the golden triangle.
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Jun 7, 2013 07:04
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Kodak! Oh wait...
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Jun 17, 2013 18:10
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Damnit, I saw some pictures taken locally with a 10mm lens, and now I want 10mm lense. And then I see a 10-24 Tamron for $250 on Craiglist. gently caress me.
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Jul 26, 2013 22:24
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Is there some kind of good guide for dummies on using the Auto-ISO on Nikon? I've been doing manual ISO on Aperture priority, and then manually adjusting the ISO until the meter gives me an exposure time I'll be happy with.
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Aug 30, 2013 23:00
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The camera shop I bought my camera from includes 4 free classes. I finally got around to taking the first one last night and holy poo poo I learned so much. This is gonna be a fun ride.
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Sep 17, 2013 16:19
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I went to National Camera in the Twin Cities (http://natcam.com/). My class was taught by an actual photographer. We started out with Auto is bad and went from there. Learned about P (Program mode), and then moved onto Aperture Priority and Shutter priority. The class itself is probably taught by 10s or 100s of different instructors, and has been basically since DSLRs existed, so they've got a lot of good photo examples. And not just "here's a picture I took in Shutter priority." Here's a shot I took in Program mode, doesn't that suck? Here I took it again with shutter 1/30th, oh that sucks for a different reason. Now here it is at 1/4000, that one's actually good. I'd already known about the magic triangle from Understanding Exposure, but there was some artistic stuff he taught as well. Like how fast shutter speed freezes motion, slow shutter speed captures motion (with the classic example of a waterfall, but also a ferris wheel and a few other things). I learned about focus points and focus mode (and he shamed Nikon's AFA mode, which I promptly switched out of). He talked about focus and composition, specifically the thing where you center the subject, focus on the subject, freeze your focus, and then recompose your shot so maybe your subject is on the side of the frame. I already knew that but I think it helped a lot of people there. My mom had gotten a Groupon deal for a class a year or two ago somewhere else, and she said that this 2 hour class covered more than the 3 2-hour classes she took previously somewhere else. It was pretty intense, which is my preferred pace. I can't wait for sessions 2 & 3. E: Also talked about using the pop-up flash as a fill flash even when it's light out. I wasn't super happy about the color of the subjects when using the fill flash, but there certainly was a lot more detail in the pictures with fill flash vs the ones without. FISHMANPET fucked around with this message at 21:28 on Sep 17, 2013 |
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Sep 17, 2013 21:01
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Spoiler alert, I didn't read understanding exposure beyond the magic triangle chapter.
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Oct 3, 2013 06:55
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 So I got a lens on ebay, and it came with a UV filter and I took that poo poo off because screw that. It's a wide angle lens and I got all up in my cat's face and she rubbed on it and then I pokked it and left those smudges, and I'm wondering if they can be cleaned off or if I've damaged the coating or something. The pictures still look fine, so worst case scenario I put the UV filter back on and don't worry about it. It's a Sigma 10-20mm if that matters.
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Feb 26, 2014 20:24
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Also it's manual focus, if that matters.
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Jul 18, 2014 17:39
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Simple question about video and exposure. I understand the exposure triangle of ISO, aperture, and shutter speed. How does it work with video? Is it the same triangle, but your shutter speed is fixed at 1/30th (or 1/24th, or 1/60th, whatever)? If that's the case, does 60fps require twice as much light as 30fps, all things being equal (and 24fps requiring a little less than 30?)?
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Jun 23, 2015 17:53
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I'm betting if I watch my camera record I won't see the physical shutter moving, but it's probably doing some software tricks to only capture light on the sensor for whatever shutter speed you're at. Keep in mind, that even at 1080p you're only doing ~2.1 megapixels (compared to my D5200's 24 megapixels) so the camera's got a lot of extra processing power leftover to do stuff. I also found this video which explains it some: https://vimeo.com/videoschool/lesson/56/frame-rate-vs-shutter-speed-setting-the-record-straight
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