Photography Chat and Questions Thread

[JJ!]

Was that taken handheld as its not in focus? I wouldnt say its noisy though.

 

[Niall]

Niall knows more about this than me though. He works at the head office of the global distribution centre for circular polarisers.

LOL! the 18-55 is a 58mm filter thread, so it’ll be quite annoying having to buy two different sized filters unless you decide which one to get it for.

As for Landscape I’ve never particularly found the need for a CPL, I like reflections in water etc but if you want to darken the blues in the sky then they’re useful, apart from the fact that you can do that in PP. Really, polarisers are the most useful for automotive stuff, Eddie. I’ll show you what one does when I do those photos of your E21

 

[Coby.]

I've had a delivery, Now I've got to figure out what I'm doing with it.

Off to the guides.....

 

[Niall]

I took delivery of my Sigma 15mm F2.8 fisheye today, it's incredibly wide on Full Frame!

 

[Ay Ay Ron]

My mate has just picked up an 8mm fish eye which I'll have a play with on Thursday.
Got a full day and some of the evening in Liverpool planned.

 

[Cup_Phil]

I took delivery of my Sigma 15mm F2.8 fisheye today, it's incredibly wide on Full Frame!

Uh huh! Me and my mate played with one on his 5 mkIII. Insane.

I'd love a proper fish eye lens at some point

 

[Niall]

Yeah I’m loving it from a quick play around with it in the house. I can’t wait to get it to London in a few weeks.

I know that fisheyes split opinion, but personally some very interesting and striking images can be produced with them

 

[Cup_Phil]

Yup I really love the effects you can get for architectural photography with them.

One of my mates played with one years ago in London (but on a crop body) - got some lovely shots with it

 

[Niall]

Yeah looks good! The tube stations will probably suit it with long tunnels and escalators that look good with a wide angle.

 

[riz]

This is going cheap on TP.

http://www.wexphotographic.com/buy-tokina-12-24mm-f4-at-x-pro-dx-ii-nikon-fit/p1526710

Wide angle would be nice but I've never used a fixed aperture before. Not worried that I can't use it but concerned about limitations?

 

[planetx]

Fixed Aperture? What are you on about!!!!!

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

I assume he means it being f4 throughout the zoom range. Why you'd worry about that I don't know.

 

[Niall]

You do know that a constant aperture lens just means that it is (in this case) f4 whether you're at 12mm or 24 mm unlike a lens that is f4-5.6, which as you zoom in makes the aperture smaller. So you can change the aperture to whatever you want, it's not 'fixed'.

 

[riz]

Erm I do now..

I read a review on the lens and misunderstood a bit then.

If in going wide angle on my D90, I assume it would be better to go 10-20 or is this 12-24 lens adequate?

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

An extra 2mm is quite a lot at that range, but I would get the best quality lens.

You certainly wouldn't miss the extra 2mm if you got the 12-24.

 

[riz]

This Tokina is apparently pretty good.

I have

35mm
50mm
18-200 ( I got off Dan years ago and don't use much anymore as its bulky, but really good)

I was thinking of adding a wide angle to the lot, so I may get it then.

 

[Niall]

I had the 10-20 and it was fantastic, I know it's one of if not the most popular choice for crop bodies. The Tokina is probably good too.

 

[dajones]

How come when I take a picture, particularly at night with stars and stuff, the photo looks pretty special on the cameras display. But when I import it onto my iPad the photo is nowhere near as good lighting wise. Pretty much impossible to get it to look the same as on the camera itself without bringing noise.

 

[Niall]

I think it’s probably the screen on the camera being set too bright, it’s giving you a false impression of what it will look like essentially, whereas the computer will show the actual exposure.

I might not be right though with that looking like such a huge difference.

 

[Habitual]

Come on Niall, you've had your Fish Eye for two days now and we've not seen a picture yet. What are you playing at man?! Where's test cat?!

You got a CPL for it yet?

 

[Cup_Phil]

So this sort of happened today....

Woops

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

I hate it when that happens.

 

[JamesBryan]

Come on Niall, you've had your Fish Eye for two days now and we've not seen a picture yet. What are you playing at man?! Where's test cat?!

You got a CPL for it yet?

Can you even get CPL's for fisheye lenses, with the front element sticking out?

 

[Niall]

Come on Niall, you've had your Fish Eye for two days now and we've not seen a picture yet. What are you playing at man?! Where's test cat?!

You got a CPL for it yet?

Haha I know. I have some car stuff coming up in the next week so I might leave it until then.

As James said you can’t put filters on it, there’s no thread for a filter. So no beloved CPL

 

[JamesBryan]

Do they accept rear drop in filters?

 

[Niall]

Yeah the gelatine filters, but that’d be more for an ND or coloured gelatine.

 

[Habitual]

Very nice Phil! What made you go for a 28mm mate?

Can you even get CPL's for fisheye lenses, with the front element sticking out?

Haha I know. I have some car stuff coming up in the next week so I might leave it until then.

As James said you can’t put filters on it, there’s no thread for a filter. So no beloved CPL

I was just joking guys.

 

[wozza182]

Went out today and bought my first DSLR - the Canon 600D from Currys.
Came with 2 lenses and a bag.

Are there any other bits and pieces that will come in handy for me as a beginner, and any literature that I can read to get some good tips and to learn the basics.

 

[ukaskew]

This is it now All fits nicely in my small-ish Crumpler for NYC in a few weeks time...

 

[JJ!]

How much was the 180mm? Any on camera piccies?

D600 really does rock! ISO performance is pretty damn good!

 

[Brazo]

Lol its 'it' for the next few weeks at least

 

[ukaskew]

How much was the 180mm? Any on camera piccies?

D600 really does rock! ISO performance is pretty damn good!

180mm was £325 used, an absolute steal. I had the funds for a 70-200, but I love primes and wanted something I can take everywhere, it was even smaller than I expected when it arrived. Will get some on-camera pics later.

 

[Šįk]

With a budget of £700 at the VERY most.. What's the best all round Canon body & single lens that money can buy? Can't be a fixed lens. Lens needs to range from atleast 30-80mm and be sharp as possible. New or used I'm not fussed.

Ino its a tight call & not ideal but it's what I need.

Currently looking at 50d & Canon EF-S 15 - 85 mm f3.5-5.6 IS USM Lens.. Thoughts??


thanks in advance.

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

With a budget of £700 at the VERY most.. What's the best all round Canon body & single lens that money can buy? Can't be a fixed lens. Lens needs to range from atleast 30-80mm and be sharp as possible. New or used I'm not fussed.

Ino its a tight call & not ideal but it's what I need.

Currently looking at 50d & Canon EF-S 15 - 85 mm f3.5-5.6 IS USM Lens.. Thoughts??


thanks in advance.

Got that lens with my 7D .. nice bit of kit.

As for the question .. not really sure ! Check out Wikipedia page .. I'll find in a second. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Canon_EOS_digital_cameras

Get the newest one in budget, highest up the list towards the pro level.


PS: Just worked out who the f**k you are/were

 

[Šįk]

Ha, thanks for the link & advice mate

the lens takes priority over the body tbh.

 

[JHead]

Been sat outside for 1hr 30mins so far.... Just starting to get chilly and lonely! Hope some of them come out ok!!

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

Been sat outside for 1hr 30mins so far.... Just starting to get chilly and lonely! Hope some of them come out ok!!

Star trails I assume from TIL thread .. How'd it go ?

 

[Coby.]

With Fireworks night coming soon what settings should I be looking at using to capture decent shots?

 

[JHead]

Errrrr it went ok... I'll upload them when I put them on the pc! I just wish I had opted to point the camera to the north rather than south, and had more battery! I took 3 roughly 30min exposures... I think there's an issue with my lens /camera though you'll see what I mean when I upload the pics!

 

[Ay Ay Ron]

You done one exposure of 30 minutes? What settings were you using and on what camera?
I don't know anyone that does it that way, I imagine due to the risk of not have having a shot come out and wasting 30 minutes on it, when you could have got 60 good 30 second exposures.
Look forward to seeing the results though.

And yeah, always try to get polaris on the shot, or at least close to it.