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equetefue

06-11-2013, 09:58 AM

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http://equetefue.zenfolio.com/img/s1/v6/p1053445812-2.jpg (http://equetefue.zenfolio.com/p990497077/e3eca4eb4)

equetefue

06-11-2013, 10:01 AM

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http://equetefue.zenfolio.com/img/s3/v7/p619390807-2.jpg (http://equetefue.zenfolio.com/p798025160/e24eb2757)

http://equetefue.zenfolio.com/img/s3/v8/p531435686-2.jpg (http://equetefue.zenfolio.com/p798025160/e1fad10a6)

http://equetefue.zenfolio.com/img/s11/v3/p684072615-2.jpg (http://equetefue.zenfolio.com/p673431482/e28c61ea7)

MrClean

06-11-2013, 10:05 AM

All of those are great shots Edwin, but I really love this one.:tu

http://equetefue.zenfolio.com/img/s2/v1/p1024416207-2.jpg (http://equetefue.zenfolio.com/p803306783/e3d0f59cf)

issues

06-11-2013, 10:29 AM

Some great stuff Edwin!

This was a 5 picture panoramic I took during a storm at Indian Beach in Oregon.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v45/issues1975/Photography/Honeymoon/panorama1_zps2b4b70f7.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/issues1975/media/Photography/Honeymoon/panorama1_zps2b4b70f7.jpg.html)

This one was printed and now hangs in my livingroom.

emopunker2004

06-11-2013, 10:41 AM

Very nice guys!

OLS

06-11-2013, 11:07 AM

The part I like about the space shuttle one is the odd juxtaposition of the shuttle launch
and the bee going in for a taste of nectar in the next photo....it reminds my brain of some
kind of spacewalk where the bee is being guided into position....of course it is NOT THAT,
but that's what the position of the two photos rorshach'ed into my head.

MrClean

06-11-2013, 11:14 AM

HAHA! Love that observation Brad, and it does look like that!!

OLS

06-11-2013, 11:17 AM

Can't we all just get along???

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/grizzly4xxxxxxxx_zpscfe8b582.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/grizzly4xxxxxxxx_zpscfe8b582.jpg.html)

These two were literally at it the whole time i was around. Every activity had to be vetted first through this
pecking order battle...swimming, getting OUT of the water, walking over to the tree tangle. Always a very
small fight over who's idea it was or who went first. Just enough camera shake here at the long end of a 210
to make it less than crisp, but this was the one that best captured the agitation and also had the best relative
position. I have sharper ones, but not ones I like more. When they got out, it came to a head and the one
who was out of the pool splashed the crap out of his sibling and that one was a great shot, but its all water drops.

OLS

06-11-2013, 11:26 AM

Chilling out on the Memphis Savannah

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3688/9002264282_52d576f656_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/57220843@N08/9002264282/)
Lioness (http://www.flickr.com/photos/57220843@N08/9002264282/) by MemphisBrad (http://www.flickr.com/people/57220843@N08/), on Flickr

This is why I should never have gotten the D700, which comes in tomorrow.
There is no way of knowing the shutter count at this point, and to llook at
this shot off of the D90, I am really wondering why I even went to the trouble
and expense of ORDERING a D700. This is my current best camera with about
my worst lens. But now I am torn....is it crap after all?
It is a Nikkor 70-300 G lens which is super slow, and all plastic (and glass)
but on the D90, it suddenly looks a lot less crappy. Once I took the D90 to
New Orleans for the first time, I finally realized what a super camera it was.
But seeing this shot, which is probably one of the best photos I ever took,
I am starting to think a bit better of that new-fangled G lens. It cost me a
whopping $69 refurbished. Hell, I'd give $69 for a poster print of the damn Lion shot.

OLS

06-11-2013, 11:35 AM

Waterfowl are about my favorite photographic subject, so those shots are really great for me.
They are TINY, but I can see the quality dripping off the shots...wonderful color and dynamic range in the
feathers, and of course, great captures of moments in time, especially the feeding Cormorant or Anhinga.
Great work for sure.

emopunker2004

06-11-2013, 12:18 PM

Brad, the answer to the d700 thing is, just wait til you go shoot the streets of NO at night and u need to jack that iso up. You'll be glad you got the d700.

OLS

06-11-2013, 12:22 PM

Brad, the answer to the d700 thing is, just wait til you go shoot the
streets of NO at night and u need to jack that iso up. You'll be glad you got the d700.

I certainly am aware of THAT part of it, but the part that is making me go all wishy-washy
is the damn IQ. I KNOW the D700 has great IQ, and I KNEW the D90 had it too, but even though
I spent on the very bottom end of 'used D700 money', I am looking at that lion shot and thinking,
'damn.....I didn't need to spend even THAT money." If the thing has under 35k shutter actuations,
I will keep it and shut my mouth and just shoot with it. But it IS beat to hell condition-wise, so
I ain't holding my breath. :tu If it is much over 60k, I am just gonna ship it back and count myself lucky
to be dealing with a place that has a generous return policy.

hotreds

06-11-2013, 12:42 PM

https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/184411_10151952817763238_1458858325_n.jpg

OLS

06-11-2013, 12:56 PM

Fish theft in three...two....one....

issues

06-11-2013, 01:07 PM

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v45/issues1975/Photography/Backyard%20Nature/DSCN1400-1_zps2cf2df41.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/issues1975/media/Photography/Backyard%20Nature/DSCN1400-1_zps2cf2df41.jpg.html)

emopunker2004

06-11-2013, 01:21 PM

I certainly am aware of THAT part of it, but the part that is making me go all wishy-washy
is the damn IQ. I KNOW the D700 has great IQ, and I KNEW the D90 had it too, but even though
I spent on the very bottom end of 'used D700 money', I am looking at that lion shot and thinking,
'damn.....I didn't need to spend even THAT money." If the thing has under 35k shutter actuations,
I will keep it and shut my mouth and just shoot with it. But it IS beat to hell condition-wise, so
I ain't holding my breath. :tu If it is much over 60k, I am just gonna ship it back and count myself lucky
to be dealing with a place that has a generous return policy.

D700 expected shutter life is 150K. I say if it has under 75k keep it My :2

OLS

06-11-2013, 02:29 PM

But that's what they WANT me to do.....50k is my final offer.
Anyway, I'll know tomorrow. An really, for what I paid, even if
it was 80k, all I would really need to do is remember that I do not
have to treat it like its my only camera. I can use it when I have
to have the low light capability and use my very capable stable of
other bodies to take up the slack. I like what I get out of the D200
and the D90 both. Not enough to keep me off the sales sheets, but
you know what I mean, lol.

OLS

06-11-2013, 02:51 PM

While we are on the subject of photography, lol, does anyone know why it seems like Nikon pulled all their
old speedlights and is only selling odd-numbered ones now? Not sure if its a i-TTL issue or what, but all of
the major online retailers now seem to be out of the business of selling SB-200, 400, 600, 800 etc. Well, they
actually still sell a SB-400 for enthusiasts.

emopunker2004

06-11-2013, 02:53 PM

New models? Why make old and new?

emopunker2004

06-11-2013, 02:55 PM

Took a trip to the zoo today with the wife. Here's some of the keepers...

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3678/9018288383_06d3d2b59a_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9018288383/)
IMG_0331-2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9018288383/) by emopunker2004 (http://www.flickr.com/people/thestemens16/), on Flickr

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5451/9019983556_50ace1fd2b_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9019983556/)
IMG_0277 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9019983556/) by emopunker2004 (http://www.flickr.com/people/thestemens16/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8137/9019373764_2396152489_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9019373764/)
IMG_0346 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9019373764/) by emopunker2004 (http://www.flickr.com/people/thestemens16/), on Flickr

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3809/9019797620_dfcff0880e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9019797620/)
IMG_0298 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9019797620/) by emopunker2004 (http://www.flickr.com/people/thestemens16/), on Flickr

emopunker2004

06-11-2013, 02:56 PM

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3687/9019175234_6e4c5b23ab_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9019175234/)
IMG_0377 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9019175234/) by emopunker2004 (http://www.flickr.com/people/thestemens16/), on Flickr

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2825/9018021561_699e8316ba_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9018021561/)
IMG_0373 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9018021561/) by emopunker2004 (http://www.flickr.com/people/thestemens16/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7436/9019596968_e95b58eec2_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9019596968/)
IMG_0327 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9019596968/) by emopunker2004 (http://www.flickr.com/people/thestemens16/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7457/9018229595_61974126cb_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9018229595/)
IMG_0339 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9018229595/) by emopunker2004 (http://www.flickr.com/people/thestemens16/), on Flickr

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3699/9019877096_f434d008d1_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9019877096/)
IMG_0292 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9019877096/) by emopunker2004 (http://www.flickr.com/people/thestemens16/), on Flickr

MrClean

06-11-2013, 02:59 PM

Nice shots Justin!

This was shot Monday morning as I was leaving for work. From the end of our driveway looking east. And it's been hammered on in LR :D
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5345/9019966942_5bde82a64c_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcarroll01/9019966942/)
Morning fog (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcarroll01/9019966942/) by Jeff Carroll01 (http://www.flickr.com/people/jeffcarroll01/), on Flickr

OLS

06-11-2013, 04:09 PM

Yeah, Justin, I think it is new models versus old models. So to Nikon I say.....

ITS A FU(&ING LIGHT! WHAT KIND OF NEW FEATURES CAN THEY COME OUT WITH?
High resolution LIGHT?
Increased SPEED of LIGHT?
More megapixels??
Bigger HOTSHOE fitting?

Gimme a break.

emopunker2004

06-11-2013, 05:10 PM

Wife got a haircut and color. Chance to play with my portraiture software

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7416/9021227724_0c6d1a3f46_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9021227724/)
Crystal Hair 1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9021227724/) by emopunker2004 (http://www.flickr.com/people/thestemens16/), on Flickr

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3728/9021254030_ed06d88868_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9021254030/)
1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9021254030/) by emopunker2004 (http://www.flickr.com/people/thestemens16/), on Flickr

Mr.Weeee

06-11-2013, 06:22 PM

the Green sand beach on the big Island of Hawaii and a water fall

https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/215904_119282988232063_4237607_n.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/46196_119609748199387_1934033489_n.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/179348_119285004898528_915634945_n.jpg

OLS

06-12-2013, 08:35 AM

Justin I would rag you about your apparent new Canon point and shoot, but I live in a glass house.
So I will not rag you for your CAS.....My NAS went into hyperdrive last night. Ado put up another
D90 yesterday that was priced too low to leave alone....it was not in top condition, but as may be
apparent now to some, I am building a hedge against Nikon after the release of a 36 MP camera.

I have surrounded myself with bodies that are getting near what I consider a reasonable MPixel limit and
that all use the same battery. My embarassing collection of cameras now consists of EIGHT NIKON BODIES
that can all use the same battery. None of them are over 13 MP. It fits my idea of what a reasonable MPixel
limit is, as well as offering me total flexibility with power. While I would tolerate the 24 Mpixels of the D600,
the battery kills it for me. For an indefinite period of time, I can wall off progress and just take photos.
If a D200 or D90 dies, I have a sibling there to donate parts from should there be none available. From
what I hear, Nikon is no longer selling parts to repair dealers. Not sure if that is still true or not, but it
gives me pause. You have to send every repair that needs parts to Nikon. that is not WHY I have
2 D200s and 2 D90s, but its a comfort nonetheless.

OLS

06-12-2013, 09:02 AM

OUCH....look what I wrote in this thread 15 months ago.....

"As I told you all before, I am willing to own a DSLR, but I am not willing to own
a lot of lenses. I draw my mania line right there."

Wow.....what complete and utter Bull5hi+.

MrClean

06-12-2013, 09:43 AM

emopunker2004

06-12-2013, 10:50 AM

Point and shoot brad?

The **** you say?

OLS

06-12-2013, 11:36 AM

Point and shoot brad?

The **** you say?

That little Canon on your Flickr page isn't a new point and shoot? The amount of knobs it has
or how much control it gives you does not disqualify it for P&S status, might I remind you. :)

emopunker2004

06-12-2013, 11:42 AM

Lol. I've had that. I'm selling it. That's why there are pix of it

MrClean

06-12-2013, 11:44 AM

Any camera can be a point and shoot. Like when I hand the 6D to the wife and put it on Auto mode, then, it's essentially a point and shoot. :)

OLS

06-12-2013, 11:47 AM

I have yet to finish charging the battery so I can find out the shutter count on this
D700, but I did get to see just how bashed up a G-rated D700 looks. "Good"...not Very good.
This thing has been beaten to death, the first time I have SEEN such an abused camera
from them, so now I know how the other half lives. I think when you are paying over a
thousand dollars for a camera, you should TRY to factor in the spare 3-400 bucks it would
take to never have to SEE this kind of abuse. But there is a part of me that KNOWS that
abuse marks like this are NO MORE useful in determining how much a camera was used
before it was sold off. There are people, and I have said this before, who will use the
last ounce a camera has to give and still sell it for top dollar cause they were simply more
CAREFUL in the way they used it up. So without further ado, I need to stick a card in this pup
and see how bad it is. Hell, this person used the camera so hard that most of the buttons
can't even be read anymore. I had to look at a pic online to see what the hell was where.
Luckily by now most of them are second nature for me.

equetefue

06-12-2013, 11:58 AM

good looking D700. Thats the way a properly used body should look. I used to own a 1D2 that look like that. I loved the battle scars on it

emopunker2004

06-12-2013, 11:58 AM

**** that ****! I'd return it and sell some of you other camera bodies and buy something better

equetefue

06-12-2013, 11:59 AM

No way Justin. You know what that sensor has seen! lol

emopunker2004

06-12-2013, 12:08 PM

No way Justin. You know what that sensor has seen! lol

Way too ****ing much that's what!

OLS

06-12-2013, 12:26 PM

**** that ****! I'd return it and sell some of you other camera bodies and buy something better

You wanna buy a mint condition D70? I can offer you your pick of lenses
to go with it.

As is usual lately, Ado sent me some bull5hi+ chinese wall charger for the battery.
RIGHT NOW I can't get the battery to charge on it. If that continues, I will likely
send it back and stop trolling the dregs.

Picked up a few stars, though....180mm 2.8 ED manual focus lens, a 105mm 2.5 manual
focus lens and a 85mm 2.0 manual lens. My D200 is fully capable of using those lenses
to their potential, so I am not cutting this thing any slack. But I still have so much to test
before I jump to conclusions. I am such a maroon....I thought last night to bring a fresh
batt to have with me today, but thought, "nah, they will send a charger with the battery
and camera." Which they did, but it ain't gettin it. Had I listened to my own counsel,
I'd already know the shutter count. I have a D70 and battery on hand, but of course, I can
use a D700 batt in a D70, but not vice versa.

emopunker2004

06-12-2013, 12:29 PM

You wanna buy a mint condition D70? I can offer you your pick of lenses
to go with it.

:r no i have 3 slrs right now. I'm good.

Photography on the net, ebay, craigslist

equetefue

06-12-2013, 12:31 PM

whats ur username in Photo on the net... mine is same as here hit me up over there

emopunker2004

06-12-2013, 12:36 PM

whats ur username in Photo on the net... mine is same as here hit me up over there

Same as here

emopunker2004

06-12-2013, 12:47 PM

sold the point and shoot. used the money to buy a used 40mm f/2.8 pancake lens :noon

OLS

06-12-2013, 01:07 PM

Ahh, so that photo was stored there for sales porpoises.....
It specced out pretty good when my nosy instinct kicked in and I had to go
out and read about it. It would be nice to have in 2013. My pocket cam is
about 2002 vintage. And all the times I troll the Ado listings, I see great
cheap used pocket cams, but I guess I don't care how well I take pics in
places where I can't easily bring a DSLR....at least not enough to buy something
newer.

OLS

06-12-2013, 01:08 PM

sold the point and shoot. used the money to buy a used 40mm f/2.8 pancake lens :noon

man, I've heard of specialty lenses, but a lens just for making breakfast??
Now THAT is yuppie Americana.

As for selling off my D70, nah...I mean I would sell one to YOU HERE, but outside
that, I will keep it for family members that might want one. It has too little value
to even bother with all the logistics and rejection that selling and shipping such a
camera entails. Besides, the sucker has a 1/500th flash sync speed! I lent it to
a girl here at work to test drive before buying it, and this person is perpetually broke,
so were it not a spare D70, I would have thought that a bit useless....she took some
damn good pics with it, just family snaps, but VERY colorful and crisp and well exposed
in terms of both contrast and level. I bet if she could see them bigger than 1.5 inches,
she might buy it. Hell maybe she DID USB em out of the camera already before she
returned it. Both outdoors and inside with the flash, PERFECT exposure and focus.

emopunker2004

06-12-2013, 01:16 PM

No brad :sl

http://www.seriouscompacts.com/attachments/f38/3680d1364681077-empire-strikes-back-canon-announces-rebel-t4i-650d-40mm-pancake-lens-20120608_thumbl_ef40lens_3q.jpg

OLS

06-12-2013, 01:21 PM

emopunker2004

06-12-2013, 01:23 PM

Yeah i was just funnin ya. Wondering why you need a pancake lens in the
first place. Having trouble sticking the 6D in your pocket? Of course you
could ask me why I need half a dozen manual focus lenses for a auto-focus
camera......

Makes it a light walking camera. Less intimidating take street shots of people. It also has great IQ. Silent focusing as well

equetefue

06-12-2013, 01:27 PM

Justin,

have you used the 40mm on an APS-C body yet? Looking to see side by side of full frame vs APS-C FOV from same location.

Whats the minimum FD on it? wonder if I should just stick to my 50mm

MrClean

06-12-2013, 01:32 PM

No brad :sl

http://www.seriouscompacts.com/attachments/f38/3680d1364681077-empire-strikes-back-canon-announces-rebel-t4i-650d-40mm-pancake-lens-20120608_thumbl_ef40lens_3q.jpg

We call it..........Stubby!!

emopunker2004

06-12-2013, 01:33 PM

Nope. I sold my 60D so no APS-C camera anymore. Once I take delivery I can get with my Co-worker and we can shoot from the same spot and I can show you the images.

equetefue

06-12-2013, 01:34 PM

u rock thx

emopunker2004

06-12-2013, 01:38 PM

I just looked up the min focus distance. For the 50mm it's 1.5' and for the 40mm it's .98'

So it would stand to reason that with the 40mm you can make the same object bigger on the frame.

OLS

06-12-2013, 01:40 PM

You saying my used 180 2.8 is gonna intimidate people??? :D

equetefue

06-12-2013, 01:41 PM

correct. Ill charge the 5Dc tonight and give a whirl tomorrow with the nifty fifty to see how I like it for cigar pics while im smoking.

Need to buy a APS-C body. Need flash

emopunker2004

06-12-2013, 01:42 PM

You saying my used 180 2.8 is gonna intimidate people??? :D

Maybe. Maybe worse IQ too...and louder to focus...:sl

equetefue

06-12-2013, 01:44 PM

Talking about intimidating peeps... old blast from the past

http://s152588970.onlinehome.us/PiCs/Lenses/Wimberly/Full%20Wimberly%20+%20500L%20+%20Me.JPG

emopunker2004

06-12-2013, 01:47 PM

OLS

06-12-2013, 01:47 PM

I was tempted to pick up a 50mm 1.8 (E rated) today for $50, with fungus.
I had been watching youthube videos on how to disassemble them in case I ever saw
a great deal on a simple lens with fungus or vapor or haze, thinking I could take it apart,
clean it and put it all back together and save a hundred bucks....but RIGHT above it was
a $52 lens in Very good conditon, and I thought, why bother? hehe. Plus I already
have a 50mm1.8. But you know how it is when you are camera shopping online, these
things make sense in some odd way.

OLS

06-12-2013, 01:48 PM

Edwin, a lens like that should AUTOMATICALLY generate the line "or are you just glad to see me..."

emopunker2004

06-12-2013, 01:52 PM

my cat is silly

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8275/9028490376_886e5f81d4_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9028490376/)
IMG_0389 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9028490376/) by emopunker2004 (http://www.flickr.com/people/thestemens16/), on Flickr

OLS

06-12-2013, 01:54 PM

You know, I can sell you a cigar box to sit that TV on to clear the sound bar....
The Jacksonville ambulance chaser is named Doc Tony??? What a great name.

Blak Smyth

06-12-2013, 01:54 PM

Justin, quick close the door and walk away for a week. Pest problem solved.

emopunker2004

06-12-2013, 01:55 PM

Justin, quick close the door and walk away for a week. Pest problem solved.

STFU Shane! Go away hater! :sl

:r

Blak Smyth

06-12-2013, 01:56 PM

I come here for the pictures, I stay for the cat insults.

OLS

06-12-2013, 02:00 PM

Shane, one thing you can always count on is cat insults.....at least in this thread.

emopunker2004

06-12-2013, 02:11 PM

Buncha haters.

OLS

06-12-2013, 02:14 PM

I will admit I am NOT a cat fancier......but your dozens of hi-res photos have made
me a changed man.

OLS

06-12-2013, 04:19 PM

DAMMIT! Why is trying to stick with what you say SO DAMN HARD!
Not only is the D700 NOT under 40k, its not under 50k, 60k, even 70k!
Now it comes down to REALLY thinking about this practically. I know from reading, and of course, Justin, that the D700
has supposedly been designed to operate to 150,000 actuations, and half of that is a pretty reasonable gauge on whether
or not to keep it. But what about 83,160? Its closer to 75k than 150k. But it IS WAY OVER the halfway mark.
Now do I send it back and try to think a little more about the wisdom of buying a used D700 at the very bottom of the entry price?
Or do I admit that I got it at it's lowest price point and I should be happy it still shoots for what I paid? Its a tough call.
There is no guarantee that buying a E or a E- will get me any fewer actuations. That's what makes it tougher. If I bought
one off of Amazon, I could cherry pick a shutter count, but those are all 1500-1800 bucks. I paid 1150 for this one.

Scattershooting amazon, $1350 for 117,800....$1539 for 115,000.........$1700 for 58,000........$1720 for 40,000........its only
at about $2000 that you start getting below 40,000 clicks. So I guess I am KIND OF lucky on this one, but its still too high
to sit well with me. I guess I need to STFU and shoot it.

equetefue

06-12-2013, 04:26 PM

Shutter replacement is a few hundred dollars so is really a gamble if u keep this body. If u swap it for a better condition one at least you will know that it will look better

OLS

06-12-2013, 05:38 PM

OUCH, DAMMIT, CRAP!
Just to make me feel bad, I went back to a few images I had saved from when the store sent me the D700
by mistake, instead of the D100 I ordered. 8330 shutter count...ouch. It was only $1525. I should have KEPT it
and told em to BILL ME!

shark

06-12-2013, 07:44 PM

That sucks, Brad!

OLS

06-12-2013, 08:08 PM

Yes it does suck, but I have also accepted it as being par for my own course.
I ALWAYS make the worst decisions first and then take plenty of time to evaluate them
after the fact. But on that camera, I don't dwell on what I should have done. If I had
even the slightest HINT of what I actually had in hand then, I would have spent that 1500
right then and saved the same or better money with all these bargain basement DX cameras
I bought since that week in history. I would have had the top dog, (relatively speaking)
and not felt compelled to keep searching for better cameras than the crap I started with.
But it was the cheaper plan, go with the D70, look at the reviews. lol. Its awesome!
And it WAS.....back when. The internet has an amazing ability to bend time and space to
whatever result you are looking for. For me it was buying the cheapest, decent DSLR I could find.

hotreds

06-12-2013, 08:10 PM

https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/5597_10151953202088238_1507057305_n.jpg

hotreds

06-12-2013, 08:12 PM

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/1003121_10151952716103238_1349325012_n.jpg

hotreds

06-12-2013, 08:15 PM

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/601929_10151952717473238_122442951_n.jpg

shark

06-13-2013, 04:30 AM

OLS

06-13-2013, 05:13 AM

In fact I would strongly urge that you NOT upgrade. The D90 is the perfect camera.
Light, powerful, excellent image quality.... I made a decision to stop buying things a few months ago,
and it was because my lenses were NOT the pro style, low light, heavy glass lenses. Why did I want to go full frame
and expose every single flaw around the edges? MANY times I successfully talked myself out of it.
Exorbitant price, even at a used discount, no decent lenses to throw at it, every good argument there was.
But in the end, not only did I pick one up, but I picked up some good lenses for it. STILL, deep discount
on manual focus lenses, but MORE money piled on top of more money when I had a PERFECT picture-
making machine in my hands already. NOT a good story.

equetefue

06-13-2013, 07:45 AM

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/1003121_10151952716103238_1349325012_n.jpg

What body/lens combo you using?

emopunker2004

06-13-2013, 07:53 AM

MrClean

06-13-2013, 08:21 AM

My wife just got back connected with some friends from a while back. It's a couple and the guy recently got hired on with us at the Sheriff's Office.

We went out to dinner with them last night and Angela(the friend) was talking about how she's interested in photography and recent bought an advanced P&S but really wants a DSLR. I asked what her budget is and her husband said $450. So I found a Canon T3i with 18-55 kit lens for $415 direct from Canon as a refurb.

I'm an enabler.

Yes you are! The T2i was my first, I'm hoping the 6D will be the last camera I bought. I like the Txi's as entry level bodies. I have a coworker who was interested in getting a DSLR, he got a T3i a few weeks ago. Turns out there are a lot of :adam in life. :D

emopunker2004

06-13-2013, 08:56 AM

Yeh I figured that being new to dslrs that the t series would serve her fine. And in reality it's something she can grow with and no need to really upgrade anytime soon.

emopunker2004

06-13-2013, 10:20 AM

Well just downloaded LR5! The heal/clone tool is a large improvement over the one in LR4

OLS

06-13-2013, 12:29 PM

You know, Justin, you should have told her that you know a guy that would glady sell her
THREE Nikon D70's for that budget! One for the trunk, one for the house and one for the office.
BUT NOOOooooo. You enable THEM and not ME. You need to ENABLE me to get rid of my
D70's. THAT'S enabling, buddy. I would have thrown in three lenses....

emopunker2004

06-13-2013, 12:35 PM

Rofl brad

equetefue

06-13-2013, 01:29 PM

Yo!

so I updated my big computer to Win8 and need to get new software for processing pics. I've always used Adobe CS, but open to suggestions. What you guys use and why?

Edwin

emopunker2004

06-13-2013, 01:40 PM

Yo!

so I updated my big computer to Win8 and need to get new software for processing pics. I've always used Adobe CS, but open to suggestions. What you guys use and why?

Edwin

PM send :D

emopunker2004

06-13-2013, 01:43 PM

A re-edit of a shot I took when I first got the 60D and kit lens

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3769/9033923885_0724178caa_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9033923885/)
IMG_1097 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9033923885/) by emopunker2004 (http://www.flickr.com/people/thestemens16/), on Flickr

issues

06-13-2013, 01:53 PM

Awesome pic Justin, love the high rez!!!

Really wanted a DSLR when I got my Nikon but the wife kept my budget in tight check. It takes great pics but at full rez it is still grainy.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v45/issues1975/Photography/Honeymoon/bampw1_zpsaf9fab41.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/issues1975/media/Photography/Honeymoon/bampw1_zpsaf9fab41.jpg.html)

emopunker2004

06-13-2013, 01:53 PM

:D :D :D :D

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3733/9036817912_f583704965_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9036817912/)
LR5 woo (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9036817912/) by emopunker2004 (http://www.flickr.com/people/thestemens16/), on Flickr

emopunker2004

06-13-2013, 01:54 PM

What Nikon Tony?

issues

06-13-2013, 01:58 PM

Coolpix P510

emopunker2004

06-13-2013, 02:05 PM

Looks good Tony. The main advantage of a DSLR is Sensor size (not necessarily MP) and RAW files which enable better manipulation in post process.

OLS

06-13-2013, 02:31 PM

You know.....I know a guy that could have hooked you up with what you almost wanted,
and for the same price.
You could have the DSLR experience without the benefit of recent progress.

emopunker2004

06-13-2013, 02:33 PM

Lol is his name, Brad? :r

OLS

06-13-2013, 02:57 PM

I think it IS.....or was. Did you see what I did in that last line in #2846??

emopunker2004

06-13-2013, 03:02 PM

I did

hotreds

06-13-2013, 03:50 PM

https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/998250_10151953225498238_85043623_n.jpg

MrClean

06-13-2013, 04:30 PM

Well just downloaded LR5! The heal/clone tool is a large improvement over the one in LR4

LR5?!?! Is it a free upgrade? I just checked for updates the other day and there wasn't any.

Damn you Justin! I could have stayed in the dark and been perfectly happy.......instead, I'm downloading LR5, this is totally on you!! :)

emopunker2004

06-13-2013, 07:57 PM

Jeff, PM sent

OLS

06-14-2013, 08:42 AM

Jeff, PM sent

Which in Justin-speak means, 'shhh...its bootleg, brah'. :r

My Summer Yard Work Treats, minus the Fresh-squeezed Valencia Orange Juice I had with it.
(Nikon D70 with Nikkor 35-80mm 4-5.6............I had previously, erroneously, called it a 3.5-5.6.)

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/Nikon%20D70%20DSLR%20with%20Nikkor%2035-80mm%20zoom%20lens/Chicos_zps32b4a4c5.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/Nikon%20D70%20DSLR%20with%20Nikkor%2035-80mm%20zoom%20lens/Chicos_zps32b4a4c5.jpg.html)

issues

06-14-2013, 08:54 AM

Saliva-inducing shot there Brad, love those little guys!!!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v45/issues1975/Photography/DSCN1630-1_zps5a32b6b4.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/issues1975/media/Photography/DSCN1630-1_zps5a32b6b4.jpg.html)

OLS

06-14-2013, 08:55 AM

Available office light, no tripod, not too crappy for a dino-cam.
I ain't going back to D70 anytime soon with all the other crap
I have picked up since, but one day Tony is gonna find a dope
dealer's wallet on the pavement and give me a call....not about
my WALLET, about my camera.

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/Nikon%20D70%20DSLR%20with%20Nikkor%2035-80mm%20zoom%20lens/Chicoscu_zpsf51e7044.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/Nikon%20D70%20DSLR%20with%20Nikkor%2035-80mm%20zoom%20lens/Chicoscu_zpsf51e7044.jpg.html)

OLS

06-14-2013, 08:56 AM

I feel more relaxed already....and on a FRIDAY, no less!

Saliva-inducing shot there Brad, love those little guys!!!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v45/issues1975/Photography/DSCN1630-1_zps5a32b6b4.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/issues1975/media/Photography/DSCN1630-1_zps5a32b6b4.jpg.html)

Blak Smyth

06-14-2013, 09:13 AM

Justin, your challenge... should you choose to except it:

A close up high res image of a cats eye, without any glare or reflections.

issues

06-14-2013, 09:13 AM

The Japanese gardens are definitely serene. That is until there are a bunch of people vying to take pictures and talking far too loudly!

equetefue

06-14-2013, 09:45 AM

Justin, your challenge... should you choose to except it:

A close up high res image of a cats eye, without any glare or reflections.

Oh crap... I see in the near future a posting with a sh*tload of cat pics :r:r

OLS

06-14-2013, 10:11 AM

nah, that was also in the past, lol....

emopunker2004

06-14-2013, 10:29 AM

:r maybe sometime this week Shane

Brad, wtf is with using photobuckrt and not Flickr! :sl

emopunker2004

06-14-2013, 10:41 AM

Justin, your challenge... should you choose to except it:

A close up high res image of a cats eye, without any glare or reflections.

Not gonna happen. Only way for me to achieve that is with a big soft box to put the cat in with a hole for the lens. Don't have one and surely not going to buy or build one :r

Blak Smyth

06-14-2013, 10:55 AM

Not gonna happen. Only way for me to achieve that is with a big soft box to put the cat in with a hole for the lens. Don't have one and surely not going to buy or build one :r

Just line one of these with tissue paper!
https://www.dunkindonuts.com/content/dunkindonuts/en/menu/beverages/hotbeverages/coffee/boxojoe/jcr%3Acontent/block/image.img.png/1361774618749.png

emopunker2004

06-14-2013, 11:06 AM

:r not the same. Lights not gonna penetrate the brown board. I still need light, just soft light not harsh direct light.

equetefue

06-14-2013, 11:13 AM

Just line one of these with tissue paper!
https://www.dunkindonuts.com/content/dunkindonuts/en/menu/beverages/hotbeverages/coffee/boxojoe/jcr%3Acontent/block/image.img.png/1361774618749.png

No no you did not recommend a box o'joe :sl

:r:r:r

Blak Smyth

06-14-2013, 11:51 AM

:r not the same. Lights not gonna penetrate the brown board. I still need light, just soft light not harsh direct light.

Yah I was kidding, although you could cut out the sides and apply tissue paper. At least that is how the youtube instructions do it :r

emopunker2004

06-14-2013, 11:55 AM

Then I have to get te cat to not freak out and hold still...

Blak Smyth

06-14-2013, 11:56 AM

Then I have to get te cat to not freak out and hold still...

Or drug it. :banger Dialted cat eyes!

emopunker2004

06-14-2013, 12:02 PM

:sl

MrClean

06-14-2013, 12:09 PM

Or drug it. :banger Dialted cat eyes!

I have a huge jar of cat-nip. It's the only time I like our cats.....when they are high as kites. :D

hotreds

06-14-2013, 12:18 PM

https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/5249_151832023237_5596_n.jpg

hotreds

06-14-2013, 12:19 PM

https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/5249_151832098237_1819775_n.jpg

OLS

06-14-2013, 12:42 PM

Looks like a sharp-shinned hawk...

OK question answering time.....
A.) Justin already built a soft box, not sure how he liked it considering he says he has none.
B.) I think of Flickr as more of a 'portfolio' website, and the Bucket is more of a
dump site. The only things that I put on Flickr are things I want to be associated
with in terms of what I do artistically. The bucket is more for putting test images,
images to link to for the Asylum....cat pics, stuff like that.

OLS

06-14-2013, 12:48 PM

I will say one thing abotu soft boxes, I never realized how expensive a decent one light soft setup was til I quit working
for TV stations. Every commercial production department I ever worked for, we had one or two. The other day I went
looking for a decent one for my side venture and I almost pooped a wombat. Those things, the kind you mount to
a tungsten lamp fixture on a lightstand, OUCH! I didn't want one so bad anymore. I looked at one just now, 16x22",
no lamp or stand, $175. Well, after poking around, I CAN get a flourescent one from a cheaper maker for $50. But still....

emopunker2004

06-14-2013, 12:50 PM

Lol it Sucked brad. It's gone

issues

06-14-2013, 12:52 PM

Some backyard nature.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v45/issues1975/Photography/Backyard%20Nature/DSCN1299-1_zps83c883ba.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/issues1975/media/Photography/Backyard%20Nature/DSCN1299-1_zps83c883ba.jpg.html)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v45/issues1975/Photography/Backyard%20Nature/DSCN1283-1_zps0ef12d82.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/issues1975/media/Photography/Backyard%20Nature/DSCN1283-1_zps0ef12d82.jpg.html)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v45/issues1975/Photography/Backyard%20Nature/DSCN1257-1_zpse6551f9b.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/issues1975/media/Photography/Backyard%20Nature/DSCN1257-1_zpse6551f9b.jpg.html)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v45/issues1975/Photography/Backyard%20Nature/DSCN1258-1_zpse477be6c.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/issues1975/media/Photography/Backyard%20Nature/DSCN1258-1_zpse477be6c.jpg.html)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v45/issues1975/Photography/Backyard%20Nature/DSCN1412-1_zpscebe501b.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/issues1975/media/Photography/Backyard%20Nature/DSCN1412-1_zpscebe501b.jpg.html)

OLS

06-14-2013, 01:03 PM

I'll give that P510 credit, it has a LOOOoong zoom lens on it. If I am not mistaken its 1000mm equivalent.
I can name all those species, provided that is a river otter and not a beaver.

OLS

06-14-2013, 01:37 PM

Some butthole messed up the display....can't you buy your beans over in the bean aisle?

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/_DSC0020_zpsca1b77c1.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/_DSC0020_zpsca1b77c1.jpg.html)

OLS

06-14-2013, 01:43 PM

And I let the feet make me wrong....that's a COOPER'S HAWK.....sorry.

issues

06-14-2013, 01:44 PM

I'll give that P510 credit, it has a LOOOoong zoom lens on it. If I am not mistaken its 1000mm equivalent.
I can name all those species, provided that is a river otter and not a beaver.

Correct it is a river otter which was by far the hardest pic to take. Little bastard kept going under and popping up out of range!

The gators were actually kind of close so I didn't have to zoom it out too far but you're right, it does have a hell of a zoom. The zoom was the only way to get a picture of this little guy:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v45/issues1975/Photography/Backyard%20Nature/DSCN2091-1_zps215fb8d5.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/issues1975/media/Photography/Backyard%20Nature/DSCN2091-1_zps215fb8d5.jpg.html)

emopunker2004

06-14-2013, 07:24 PM

So my buddy is shooting a wedding tomorrow and I let him borrow my 6D. He got home with it from meeting up and was dicking around just taking pix in his house. He hates me now cuz he wants one after seeing how clean the images are at 3200 iso :r

MrClean

06-14-2013, 07:59 PM

emopunker2004

06-14-2013, 08:03 PM

Justin 'The Enabler' strikes again :D

He won't be buying one anytime soon. He just sold his 60d and bought my 60d cuz it had less clicks. And he bought a used 7d also :r

MrClean

06-15-2013, 09:33 AM

He looks huge, but probably about the size of a half dollar.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7341/9051182852_647bfb62dc_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcarroll01/9051182852/)
Spider (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcarroll01/9051182852/) by Jeff Carroll01 (http://www.flickr.com/people/jeffcarroll01/), on Flickr

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2885/9051181734_36f275fee9_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcarroll01/9051181734/)
Spider (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcarroll01/9051181734/) by Jeff Carroll01 (http://www.flickr.com/people/jeffcarroll01/), on Flickr

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5477/9051179260_b214e4274f_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcarroll01/9051179260/)
Flowers (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcarroll01/9051179260/) by Jeff Carroll01 (http://www.flickr.com/people/jeffcarroll01/), on Flickr

pnoon

06-15-2013, 09:47 AM

Some butthole messed up the display....can't you buy your beans over in the bean aisle?

Some folks have no consideration for their fellow man.
:2

shark

06-15-2013, 10:59 AM

Some folks have no consideration for their fellow man.
:2

And us shutterbugs know that for a fact! I've b!tched about it before about how people will step right in front of you when you're framing a shot. I'm not talking accidentally, but they see you getting ready to shoot but they walk right into it and stand there. :sl :sl

shark

06-15-2013, 11:00 AM

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p42/ronman_2007/DSC_1548_zps5233c541.jpg (http://s125.photobucket.com/user/ronman_2007/media/DSC_1548_zps5233c541.jpg.html)

shark

06-15-2013, 11:17 AM

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p42/ronman_2007/DSC_1550_zps7ccda670.jpg (http://s125.photobucket.com/user/ronman_2007/media/DSC_1550_zps7ccda670.jpg.html)

shark

06-15-2013, 11:21 AM

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p42/ronman_2007/DSC_1553_zps920463c5.jpg (http://s125.photobucket.com/user/ronman_2007/media/DSC_1553_zps920463c5.jpg.html)

pnoon

06-15-2013, 11:26 AM

And us shutterbugs know that for a fact! I've b!tched about it before about how people will step right in front of you when you're framing a shot. I'm not talking accidentally, but they see you getting ready to shoot but they walk right into it and stand there. :sl :sl

I was making a general statement way beyond photography.

shark

06-15-2013, 11:42 AM

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p42/ronman_2007/DSC_1559_zps9adbfaa1.jpg (http://s125.photobucket.com/user/ronman_2007/media/DSC_1559_zps9adbfaa1.jpg.html)

shark

06-15-2013, 11:54 AM

Shelby GT500 from 1969 (or 1970?)

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p42/ronman_2007/DSC_1561_zps58807d9a.jpg (http://s125.photobucket.com/user/ronman_2007/media/DSC_1561_zps58807d9a.jpg.html)

The other Shelby is a 1968 GT500KR. KR meant King of the Road, and boasted the 428 Cobra Jet engine. Rated at 335 horsepower, tests showed that Ford wayyyy under reported the output of that one. Actually that engine probably put out over 400 HP

shark

06-15-2013, 12:05 PM

or how about a sweet 1969 GTO?

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p42/ronman_2007/DSC_1562_zpse756dd3a.jpg (http://s125.photobucket.com/user/ronman_2007/media/DSC_1562_zpse756dd3a.jpg.html)

shark

06-15-2013, 12:23 PM

Or an oddball AMC AMX

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p42/ronman_2007/DSC_1563_zps27940d21.jpg (http://s125.photobucket.com/user/ronman_2007/media/DSC_1563_zps27940d21.jpg.html)

shark

06-15-2013, 12:27 PM

Anyone remember these? Dad had one, a 1973 that he kept in immaculate condition:

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p42/ronman_2007/DSC_1570_zpsd1211bbf.jpg (http://s125.photobucket.com/user/ronman_2007/media/DSC_1570_zpsd1211bbf.jpg.html)

shark

06-15-2013, 12:30 PM

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p42/ronman_2007/DSC_1578_zps9e79f849.jpg (http://s125.photobucket.com/user/ronman_2007/media/DSC_1578_zps9e79f849.jpg.html)

shark

06-15-2013, 12:38 PM

I want one of these:

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p42/ronman_2007/DSC_1630_zps252338a7.jpg (http://s125.photobucket.com/user/ronman_2007/media/DSC_1630_zps252338a7.jpg.html)

This one had the 440 engine.

shark

06-15-2013, 12:51 PM

OK, now this is a rare car, if not necessarily a tire melting demon:

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p42/ronman_2007/DSC_1635_zpsd333753d.jpg (http://s125.photobucket.com/user/ronman_2007/media/DSC_1635_zpsd333753d.jpg.html)

shark

06-15-2013, 01:05 PM

Another Mercury Cyclone Spoiler, and more Roadrunner Superbirds:

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p42/ronman_2007/DSC_1638_zps163f6eb7.jpg (http://s125.photobucket.com/user/ronman_2007/media/DSC_1638_zps163f6eb7.jpg.html)

shark

06-15-2013, 01:14 PM

How many Plymouth Roadrunner Superbirds have YOU seen in one place?

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p42/ronman_2007/DSC_1639_zps1901a65f.jpg (http://s125.photobucket.com/user/ronman_2007/media/DSC_1639_zps1901a65f.jpg.html)

shark

06-15-2013, 01:27 PM

New Corvettes are nice, no doubt, but gimme a classic one like this. She is BEAUTIFUL!

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p42/ronman_2007/DSC_1641_zps5e81940d.jpg (http://s125.photobucket.com/user/ronman_2007/media/DSC_1641_zps5e81940d.jpg.html)

shark

06-15-2013, 01:34 PM

Pretty clever. A retractable hardtop

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p42/ronman_2007/DSC_1642_zps9584eb96.jpg (http://s125.photobucket.com/user/ronman_2007/media/DSC_1642_zps9584eb96.jpg.html)

shark

06-15-2013, 01:42 PM

Holyyy SH!T! You do NOT see these often. A Shelby Cobra, this one with the 289 engine (NOT a replica, but original, and supposedly the only one in that color)

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p42/ronman_2007/DSC_1646_zps196ae6d8.jpg (http://s125.photobucket.com/user/ronman_2007/media/DSC_1646_zps196ae6d8.jpg.html)

shark

06-15-2013, 01:43 PM

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p42/ronman_2007/DSC_1647_zpsc1413325.jpg (http://s125.photobucket.com/user/ronman_2007/media/DSC_1647_zpsc1413325.jpg.html)

emopunker2004

06-15-2013, 04:03 PM

:r my buddy is gonna "rent" my 6d for $20 a wedding. He doesn't make much for his wedding shoots and he splits that with his partner. He doesn't do too many of them so it's not like he'll run it into the ground either

emopunker2004

06-16-2013, 04:10 PM

Trying out the new 40mm f/2.8 pancake lens on the 6D

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2853/9062541278_7cb427abd9_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9062541278/)
IMG_1821 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9062541278/) by emopunker2004 (http://www.flickr.com/people/thestemens16/), on Flickr

hotreds

06-16-2013, 05:06 PM

https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/5361_10151964615893238_431522449_n.jpg

MrClean

06-16-2013, 06:23 PM

I think I like it Justin.

emopunker2004

06-16-2013, 06:47 PM

I think I like it Justin.

Thanks. Applied a radial filter with exposure reduction applied outside the circle in LR5

emopunker2004

06-16-2013, 08:03 PM

@ ISO 12800 and cropped a little

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5495/9061694037_abc672e237_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9061694037/)
IMG_1836 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9061694037/) by emopunker2004 (http://www.flickr.com/people/thestemens16/), on Flickr

shark

06-16-2013, 08:14 PM

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p42/ronman_2007/DSC_1709_zpsda71865d.jpg (http://s125.photobucket.com/user/ronman_2007/media/DSC_1709_zpsda71865d.jpg.html)

shark

06-16-2013, 08:15 PM

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p42/ronman_2007/DSC_1716_zps8fc9204f.jpg (http://s125.photobucket.com/user/ronman_2007/media/DSC_1716_zps8fc9204f.jpg.html)

MrClean

06-16-2013, 08:37 PM

Justin, what the heck is the cat doing??

emopunker2004

06-16-2013, 09:03 PM

Justin, what the heck is the cat doing??

:r I had a stick with about 4" of string attached. She was going after it and missed. I cropped it in enough that it wasnt in the image. :tu

pnoon

06-16-2013, 09:04 PM

Justin, what the heck is the cat doing??

Auditioning for the Metropolitan Opera?

emopunker2004

06-16-2013, 09:06 PM

Auditioning for the Metropolitan Opera?

:r

OLS

06-17-2013, 10:21 AM

I was making a general statement way beyond photography.
He's talking about ME, Justin.

Dave128

06-17-2013, 01:07 PM

Awesome car pics!

hotreds

06-17-2013, 02:29 PM

https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/1618_10151966584613238_1564917388_n.jpg

OLS

06-17-2013, 02:51 PM

Ah, what the hell, he ain't gonna run me off.

Justin, this is the new lens I picked up last week. 180mm 2.8 AIS, an old Manual Focus Nikkor. Combined with
a rare plumbing of the depths of ISO, I could shoot pretty easily in the Tropical Bird House. For some reason
I was hesitant to use ISO for fear it would kill me with noise, but while it is certainly evident, it doesn't bother me.
SWEET lens.

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/_OLS2304-sml_zpsb36542d2.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/_OLS2304-sml_zpsb36542d2.jpg.html)

Works just as well outside....ISO turned down to 400 to still give me a fast shutter speed with this long and heavy lens.

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/_OLS2233sml_zps02dcd250.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/_OLS2233sml_zps02dcd250.jpg.html)

Another great shot with the 180mm 2.8. I know not everyone can use these lenses, either through Canon issues
or Nikon camera model issues for metering, etc, but I highly recommend these old Nikkors. Suckers are CHEAP for
really nice optics.

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/_DSC0149small_zpsa105c405.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/_DSC0149small_zpsa105c405.jpg.html)

emopunker2004

06-17-2013, 03:14 PM

Sweet brad! What body?

OLS

06-18-2013, 06:05 AM

Sorry, the land lady passcoded her wireless, so I only get to surf at work, lol.
It was the D200. (That D700 is for nightclub gigs and other no light sitchos.
It has so many actuations that I have to conserve it :) ). The D200 works very
well with those old lenses, and I can beat on my new one that is kind of in the
same boat as the D700.

Speaking of D200s, an offer you can't refuse (http://www.adorama.com/US%20%20%20%20567971.html)...(provided you have a tube of auto trim adhesive)

.

pnoon

06-18-2013, 06:24 AM

Ah, what the hell, he ain't gonna run me off.

Really?

emopunker2004

06-18-2013, 08:01 AM

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b282/Mtnbkr16/bth_Troll_Bashing_emoticon.gif

OLS

06-18-2013, 09:30 AM

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/ball_zpsf51ec4e5.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/ball_zpsf51ec4e5.jpg.html)

Dave128

06-18-2013, 10:02 AM

https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/1618_10151966584613238_1564917388_n.jpg

In a year or so, those are gonna be a couple tasty critters! :dr

OLS

06-19-2013, 08:23 AM

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/RedPanda_zps25714ec1.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/RedPanda_zps25714ec1.jpg.html)

emopunker2004

06-19-2013, 09:15 AM

My wife's Grandmother passed away on Saturday. Funeral was yesterday and after most of us went back to my in-laws house to visit and talk, including my nieces. The following posts are from that.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7442/9081741388_495a7bde53_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9081741388/)
IMG_2156 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9081741388/) by emopunker2004 (http://www.flickr.com/people/thestemens16/), on Flickr

emopunker2004

06-19-2013, 12:23 PM

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7434/9081798686_19cb0aa49e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9081798686/)
IMG_2143 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9081798686/) by emopunker2004 (http://www.flickr.com/people/thestemens16/), on Flickr

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5548/9079557281_309d253827_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9079557281/)
IMG_2144 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9079557281/) by emopunker2004 (http://www.flickr.com/people/thestemens16/), on Flickr

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5487/9079533553_d326b4c16b_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9079533553/)
IMG_2146 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9079533553/) by emopunker2004 (http://www.flickr.com/people/thestemens16/), on Flickr

OLS

06-19-2013, 12:48 PM

Those girls are always photogenic when you really need it, aren't they?

emopunker2004

06-19-2013, 01:02 PM

:r pretty much. Most of the time they love having their picture taken

emopunker2004

06-19-2013, 01:03 PM

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7306/9085518989_003a5749e8_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9085518989/)
IMG_2163 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9085518989/) by emopunker2004 (http://www.flickr.com/people/thestemens16/), on Flickr

OLS

06-19-2013, 01:38 PM

Might want to have that one pad removed. It is pink and not black. Butter knife should do it.

issues

06-19-2013, 01:51 PM

Absolutely love the red panda pic Brad!!!

emopunker2004

06-19-2013, 02:03 PM

Might want to have that one pad removed. It is pink and not black. Butter knife should do it.

My wife calls her pads jelly beans

OLS

06-19-2013, 02:29 PM

Thanks for the compliment....I enjoy shooting animals, shame they have to be zoo shots,
but I don't get out much. Its like Zoo Tycoon and Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis...
People will pay good money for shots of your dinosaurs that do not include fencing, lol.

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/_OLS1946sml_zpse2309b9a.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/_OLS1946sml_zpse2309b9a.jpg.html)

OLS

06-19-2013, 02:40 PM

And for our california brethren who like to drop in and visit, the REGULAR KIND of Panda.

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/_OLS2252sml_zps5754f035.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/_OLS2252sml_zps5754f035.jpg.html)

Dave128

06-20-2013, 09:33 AM

Someone needs their eyebrows trimmed.....

OLS

06-20-2013, 09:54 AM

Is it ME? Cause I had a real Andy Rooney thing going a while back, and finally remembered
to hit em with the beard and mustache trimmer setting on my dog clipper.

OLS

06-22-2013, 03:40 PM

Well today I got to combine both of my vices into one. Took some meat to smokyland, washed and
waxed the car, even polished out a scratch I put in the paint with the damn car wash hose, lol. Never shot
my "What's in your smoker" pics with a DSLR before, I usually use my little compact. I should have stopped
down some, I'd say there is not enough depth of field for the subject matter. But I never think about what
I am doing til its shot. Ralph actually posed today, I thought that was cool. Ralph is my 'cats', Justin.

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/DSC_0005x_zps5912153f.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/DSC_0005x_zps5912153f.jpg.html)

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/DSC_0014x_zpsee2fd548.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/DSC_0014x_zpsee2fd548.jpg.html)

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/DSC_0016x_zps3b4efb82.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/DSC_0016x_zps3b4efb82.jpg.html)

emopunker2004

06-22-2013, 08:50 PM

Nice brad. I kinda like the shallowish DOF on the BBQ

shark

06-23-2013, 06:16 PM

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7440/9118189069_6994f4bfd4_c.jpg

shark

06-23-2013, 06:17 PM

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7316/9118171703_0a25529ff0_c.jpg

shark

06-23-2013, 06:19 PM

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3774/9118215709_cbc05b0410_c.jpg

shark

06-23-2013, 06:20 PM

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3828/9118236191_058bbb3330_c.jpg

shark

06-23-2013, 06:22 PM

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7416/9118297265_6951744cab_c.jpg

shark

06-23-2013, 06:38 PM

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7414/9122341316_6265896935_c.jpg

shark

06-23-2013, 06:46 PM

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3809/9118265835_db55443c55_c.jpg

MrClean

06-23-2013, 07:24 PM

Nice shots Ron!

emopunker2004

06-23-2013, 09:45 PM

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5333/9121256837_e0d8981ee7_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9121256837/)
IMG_2294 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9121256837/) by emopunker2004 (http://www.flickr.com/people/thestemens16/), on Flickr

emopunker2004

06-23-2013, 09:46 PM

OLS

06-24-2013, 12:23 PM

Thanks Ron, you know I love the animals.......

Win for me this weekend. I bought my sister a 50mm 1.8 Nikkor so she'd have a decent low-light lens,
and for fun, I picked up this lens for me.....

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/142_1_zps77269483.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/142_1_zps77269483.jpg.html)

It was $20, and the aperture was stuck. Now I do not have a very great history of taking things apart and
putting them back together, but over time, I have had a few victories on stuck mechanisms on old tape
decks and such that did not require anything but some jiggling and maybe a little dis-assembly. Problem is,
these lenses are pretty complex inside, so I REALLY figured I would most likely destroy it, giving me a few
lenses to burn ants with, and if I got it to work, I would have a cheap 70-300 to carry around when I didn't
want to get something better ruined. On the day it was delivered to work, I tried to take it apart and found
I needed a finer screwdriver than I had here once I got past the mount.

So on Friday after work, I took it further apart, and got the aperture unstuck, put it back together and took it out
for a quick test shoot. Halfway down the greenway, the thing looked like it was gonna break in half. I got it home
and took it down again, this time a little further. Apparently the previous owner had tried to fix it, and couldn't,
but half re-assembled it for a quick sale to the used dept. There were three screws that were loose inside. I tightened
them up and put it all back together and it worked fine. It has a REALLY nice macro feature with 4 settings, it is a
so-so focuser speed-wise, but for the most part is sharp enough. While it is extremely cheap in overall build quality,
I bet it is worth $100-$125 new, so I septupled it's value, lol. I am not going to buy any more beat lenses, although
I did want to try and de-fungus a short prime instead of this one, but that prime 50mm was 60 bucks. Not worth trying that.
I like a $20 project much more.

emopunker2004

06-24-2013, 02:43 PM

Kitty!

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5342/9129810840_135492bac1_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9129810840/)
IMG_2382 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9129810840/) by emopunker2004 (http://www.flickr.com/people/thestemens16/), on Flickr
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3756/9127619359_3fc8c290b9_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9127619359/)
IMG_2372 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9127619359/) by emopunker2004 (http://www.flickr.com/people/thestemens16/), on Flickr
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3703/9129864460_a3c13e74a3_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9129864460/)
IMG_2365 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9129864460/) by emopunker2004 (http://www.flickr.com/people/thestemens16/), on Flickr
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7322/9129883480_1f5d41285b_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9129883480/)
IMG_2353 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9129883480/) by emopunker2004 (http://www.flickr.com/people/thestemens16/), on Flickr

OLS

06-24-2013, 02:49 PM

CATS!
I thought that show closed?
Damn those eyes look WILD.

emopunker2004

06-24-2013, 02:50 PM

CATS!
I thought that show closed?
Damn those eyes look WILD.

Yeh she has awesome eyes! Those were all shot at ISO 6400. :tu

OLS

06-24-2013, 05:14 PM

I wish I could just randomly pull out MY full frame camera and shoot with it. But that sucker stays in the
closet til I HAVE TO USE IT, lol. It's like the Iron Shiek's knees (http://sports.yahoo.com/news/iron-sheik--the-man-behind-the-mask-224707360.html), it ain't got many flexes left in it.

On that note though, I finally got around to checking the shutter count on my NEW old D90. 8069. That made me
VERY happy. That means two D90s and only about 15k shutter acts between them. Whew. I love the idea of
full frame A LOT, but that D90 REALLY pleases me in real time situations. I am always happy with what I come
home with even though I sometimes force it to create bad shots. What I most want is to STOP SPENDING MONEY
on camera stuff and just take pics. If I had listened to Justin, I'd be buying a house by now.

GWN

06-24-2013, 05:47 PM

Couple of garden pix shot with my P7000. Left the D200 in the bag.

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w149/GWNJeff/photocopy_zpse3386238.jpg (http://s175.photobucket.com/user/GWNJeff/media/photocopy_zpse3386238.jpg.html)

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w149/GWNJeff/photo_zps5ba952a5.jpg (http://s175.photobucket.com/user/GWNJeff/media/photo_zps5ba952a5.jpg.html)

MrClean

06-24-2013, 06:25 PM

Nice pics Jeff!

OLS

06-25-2013, 07:10 AM

OLS

06-25-2013, 07:21 AM

City Park "Storyland", New Orleans, LA

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/200-DSC_9434-little_zpsbcb40765.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/200-DSC_9434-little_zpsbcb40765.jpg.html)

GWN

06-25-2013, 03:10 PM

Ahh, another D200 user. I love mine. YES its OLD, but only in dog years. And man do I love being able to
strap on an $60, old, heavy, optically juicy lens on it and shoot away with full metering functions. Great
camera.

Nice pics, too, I ALMOST bought one of those 7000s this morning surfing the used market, but in terms
of point and shoots, I guess I am gonna keep my ten year old model. I wish I was the kind of guy that actually
needed the 'slip it into a pocket' ability my brain seems to think I need to complement my DSLRs, but if that day
arrives and I need a pocket cam, I doubt I will be fussing about my little ELPH's lack of this or that. I am just
happy it still WORKS, lol.

http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae23/JAMpromotionsMKTG/sd200_front_blk_zps7d4e767d.jpg (http://s954.photobucket.com/user/JAMpromotionsMKTG/media/sd200_front_blk_zps7d4e767d.jpg.html)

I've been thrilled with the P7000's performance, especially after firmware upgrade.
Bought it to travel with as I didn't want to lug around a full bag of gear and it's been great for that and more. Pretty much same guts as D7000 and many of same features, albeit it requires a little more fiddling with submenus. Even does CLS if you have a couple of recent Nikon flashes.
Briefly looked at specs of P7100 and appears to me the main upgrade was the flip-out screen. Better to save some bux and buy the 7000.

shark

06-25-2013, 03:24 PM

This one was shot through the window and mesh screen in my in-laws back door! :tu Focus was on the eagles face and I used f/4 so the screen wouldn't show up. Wish I coulda used like f8 or f9

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5500/9123461140_5197ba28e7_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9123461140/)
IMG_2316 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9123461140/) by emopunker2004 (http://www.flickr.com/people/thestemens16/), on Flickr

Ahhh yessss, that's what I needed to do to help with my dilemma at the zoo. If you look closely at the tiger pic, you can see the distortion from the fencing. That's the problem with most zoos that I've been to as far as photography is concerned. naturally you don't want animals getting out, or people getting into the pens, so whatcha gonna do?

OLS

06-25-2013, 04:01 PM

I was looking at that bokeh, that was some distracting stuff. What lens was that, not the 18-55, was it?
You have been quiet about what lenses you have picked up. I guess its its all a matter of distance, how far
to the fence from the focus point, how far you are from the focus point, what lens you have mounted.
But that is the same bokeh I get with my 70-300mm G lens, scary distracting. God I hate saying bokeh.
Freaking word of the year. Hell, I hate talking about OOF areas, you should go back and read my posts from
right before Justin goaded me into a DSLR (lol). I was spouting stuff like "that concept is over-rated." What a di(k.
I always think I am right about everything. Its hard being me. :D

I know that with your D90, you can DEFINITELY get into some of the higher ISO numbers which should free up
both a smaller aperture and a good, fast shutter speed, if you are having trouble at wide open apertures. Your
camera will take it. Not sure about the relation between tighter apertures and better rendering of out of focus
areas, but I would imagine there is SOME correlation. Check the EXIF data on pics you do not like and you can
see what you were doing when it happened. That should give you a good basis for correcting it, or at least
experimenting towards correcting it. You can see it easily enough, although pitifully incomplete, by just right-
clicking on the pic in Windows explorer and selecting Properties.

I wish I had just gotten a $45 zoom membership. I figured it would all to soon be too hot to shoot there, and I
blew it off for now, thinking SURELY I would be free of Memphis at the end of summer. But I am at exactly $45
spent at the zoo to this point, so regardless of if I ever went again, I am at the same dollar amount. :td

emopunker2004

06-25-2013, 04:12 PM

Ahhh yessss, that's what I needed to do to help with my dilemma at the zoo. If you look closely at the tiger pic, you can see the distortion from the fencing. That's the problem with most zoos that I've been to as far as photography is concerned. naturally you don't want animals getting out, or people getting into the pens, so whatcha gonna do?

Best way to cure that. Shoot at the widest f-stop possible, as close to the fence as possible and the longest focal length possible. If the animal is far away from the fence that will help a great deal too.

OLS

06-25-2013, 04:18 PM

While I am here, I think this is a cool, but sick, pic. This was my money hole right before DSLRs.
My mom used to have a LARGE stainless steel frying pan and lid from Revere Ware when I was a kid, still does.
It is REALLY nice cookware, or it used to be before they sold out and started skimping on materials.
But if you know what stamps to look for on the bottom, you can get the old stuff. This is where I stopped
after I had what I thought was enough Revere Ware. I still need the huge frying pan, the one in this pic is
a VERY late one, with a totally different composition than the one I want, made in the 40s-50s. I saw the
pic on my desktop and thought I'd pop it in here...IT IS a photo, lol.

http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae23/JAMpromotionsMKTG/thesickshowsofar_zpsdd9e966e.jpg (http://s954.photobucket.com/user/JAMpromotionsMKTG/media/thesickshowsofar_zpsdd9e966e.jpg.html)

OLS

06-25-2013, 04:25 PM

Justin is certainly right, WIDE apertures, I mis-spoke. Of course, zoomed way in makes for
a pretty high aperture number, even wide open, usually about 5.6. Still enough to get it done
with the right lens. So I guess the higher ISOs would give you mostly the higher shutter speeds
needed to keep your subjects crisp, even zoomed way in. And at the zoo in broad daylight, you
might be able to get it done at base ISO. When i started back in Photography, I tended to listen
too much to Ken R*ckwell, mostly his preaching that on these Nikons, you should stay in auto-ISO.
I was reading his reviews to help me choose the best used, cheap camera, and I just got too into
letting him tell me stuff. GREAT RESOURCE, and a great guy to give it all up for free, basically. But
he is also a freak show that deals in a lot of hyperbole. But for auto ISO, I am now not on board with him.
I have found that while that is SAFE, its rarely best FOR ME. I like to only bump ISO when I just can't get a
decent shutter speed. Other than that, I end up getting noise when my 'smart' camera tries to give me a happy
medium on all the settings, which I don't necessarily want. I have taken to using Aperture priority almost exclusively,
trying to make sure that at a minimum, I get the depth of field I am looking for. I used to be so excited to
start shooting, that I rarely concentrated on what the 'smart' camera was choosing for me. And I still
forget to pay attention sometimes.

emopunker2004

06-25-2013, 04:38 PM

Brad that's the benefit of more expensive lenses with a wide aperture across the whole focus range. Like my 70-200 f4 L

shark

06-25-2013, 05:32 PM

shark

06-25-2013, 05:36 PM

OLS

06-25-2013, 06:08 PM

And I noticed too with long exposures, say 1 second or longer, at higher ISO's, I get a lot of I guess dead pixels in the image. They look like multicolored stars, and all are in the same spot from frame to frame.

Yeah, those sensors in the Nikons do that in certain conditions....high heat, longer exposures,
I have yet to document all the times it tends to happen. That's how I got my 2nd D200 for $150.
"DEAD PIXELS ON SENSOR" I couldn't order it fast enough. Now the joke would have been on me
if there had been a ton of em, and at all times. But I was pretty sure I knew what I was gonna get.
The D200 is the worst I have seen, but you won't see it much on the D90. But since I process files pretty
easily through Photoshop, I can take care of them on the most important files in about 15 secs per shot.
If I don't plan on printing them I usually blow em off. You can go to the menu and use both Long Exposure
Noise Reduction and High ISO Noise Reduction and see how you like what that does. It targets em pretty
well, but I don't use it since I fix em myself. i'd rather not have a copomputer fix my pixels, though I ought
to test it to see how much other problems it does or does not cause.

OLS

06-25-2013, 06:20 PM

I have switched to mostly old manual focus fixed lenses for zoo stuff. The out of focus rendering on my 'new' 180mm 2.8 ED
is PERFECT. Of course, I have to be johnny on the spot with the focus, which is REALLY a long throw. It seems like 360
degrees of rotation, although i bet it is less. I miss some stuff when I shoot with it. But the shots look perfect.
I will admit it was a more expensive choice than my usual $40-$60 used lenses, but WHAT A LENS! As close to the
perfect lens as I have found, as is the 105mm 2.5. That one was $99, which was distasteful enough, but the 180 2.8
was even worse. I think it set me back $150, and it was only in 'very good' condition, but once I shot with it, I could
have cared less about the price.
Plus of course there is NO 70mm end, lol. But I always carry two cameras at the zoo. Hell...everywhere. So I always
mount at least one auto focus zoom lens on my second body. I carry a nice little holster that I picked up used at Ado.
for 20 bucks it was a great buy. This little sucker is SUPER USEFUL (http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/195226-REG/Tamrac_51501_515_Compact_Zoom_Pak.html) and perfectly sized. it hangs there and holds my
spare really tightly, securely and in a small 'footprint'. if you can get one used at B&H or Ado, I certainly recommend it.

OLS

06-25-2013, 06:37 PM

This is the 180mm 2.8 ED AIs manual focus lens....

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/_OLS2233sml_zps02dcd250.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/_OLS2233sml_zps02dcd250.jpg.html)

As is this one, I THINK.....

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/_OLS2304-sml_zpsb36542d2.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/_OLS2304-sml_zpsb36542d2.jpg.html)

The only caveat with it is that you REALLY need a D200, D300, or D700 or newer to
get ALL the metering choices you would get with a modern lens. But you can hook it up
to any modern Nikon and use the LCD screen and adjustments to get what you want.
Takes a little longer that way, but once you bolt on a 105 2.5 or one of the other super-
classics from the old Nikkors, it does tend to make you smile. I only suggest it in a situation
where you can't stomach paying for one of the modern FAST Nikkors that essentially give you
similar or even better optics, fast-ness, and of course, autofocus. I have found some GEMS
in that Ado used rack.

OLS

06-25-2013, 06:56 PM

not the worst lens, but why take this one over the 180...
http://www.adorama.com/US%20%20%20%20401645.html

Unbelievable lens. 2nd best buy I have made since I started messing with this stuff.
http://www.adorama.com/US%20%20%20%20568548.html

here is the real deal....this one is NON ED, which might be OK, but for only $5 more,
EVEN with it being only a "good" lens, I would take the ED version ALL DAY long.
http://www.adorama.com/US%20%20%20%20535707.html

The ED version, in Good condition
http://www.adorama.com/US%20%20%20%20551374.html

In every case, to me it is a better deal than going for the modern, "please give me
your $500 now, thank you" lenses Nikon is selling now, although I am sure they are
really great lenses and certainly fast. I like fast as much as the next guy, but I just
can't stomach the price. Manual focus is a bit of a pain in the butt when you find
yourself in a autofocus situation, but the quality of the lens, coupled with the price,
just too hard to say no....for me. And all these lenses are fast.

MarkinAZ

06-25-2013, 07:15 PM

My plumeria opened its first bloom today. I'm excited because I've been nursing this sucker for a couple of years and she finally produced blooms for me...

http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg271/markinca1953/IMG_0176_zpsd67a2c94.jpg

http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg271/markinca1953/IMG_0178_zpsba1881ab.jpg

OLS

06-25-2013, 07:34 PM

I am kind of like that....I seem to find a new plant every time I go to the Smokies area, and I have been growing
them here, sadly in much lower, hotter conditions. But my backyard, with it's tall fence, tree cover and the pond
and waterfalls, seems to provide JUST enough cooling and moisture in the air to keep them at the edge of happy.
And the winters are much less harsh for them. I love plants. I am not a hobbyist, but I do enjoy trying to expand
the growing zone a bit to see if I can pull it off. Same with St. Augustine grass. It doesn't belong up here, it is a
gulf coast type of turf, but dang that stuff loves it here in West TN. it feels like a carpet when it gets nice and
lush and you put a nice medium length cut on it. I need to photograph my latest pickup from Banner Elk, NC. it is
very photogenic, and it has put up some tails that could be flowers or seed heads....we will see.

MrClean

06-25-2013, 07:54 PM

Beautiful plumeria Mark, and I love the softness of the photos too.

s15driftking

06-25-2013, 08:24 PM

Iphone pics

https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/988665_10101608346447854_1215268997_n.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/1009741_10101608347206334_944449981_n.jpg

MarkinAZ

06-25-2013, 08:46 PM

I am kind of like that....I seem to find a new plant every time I go to the Smokies area, and I have been growing
them here, sadly in much lower, hotter conditions.

My problem with this plumeria has been during the winter months, I've neglected to get my arse in gear and move it inside away from the frost/freeze. Its a hardy plant and has withstood the freeze, but loses its leaves and it has to start all over again. Who knows, maybe that's what it needed was just a couple of good freezes:D

Beautiful plumeria Mark, and I love the softness of the photos too.

Thank you Jeff!

OLS

06-26-2013, 05:14 AM

WOW, I read the wiki article on it and that sucker is no picnic to grow well.
And yes, it does seem that certain genus drop their leaves annually, so you probably
have one of the ones that does that. There are severall cool facts in there, the one
about the sphinx moths was very cool....it's heavy scent attracts the sphinx moth,
looking for nectar, but the flowers produce no nectar, so it frustrates the poor idiot moth, lol.

OLS

06-26-2013, 10:09 AM

Fluckr has sent me a head-scratcher of a email about being respectful to other users
and that my images may be inappropriate and possibly reportable to authorities. Since
I have no offensive or illegal images that I could detect, I decided to act on my previously
stated opinion on the 'new Fluckr' and GTFO of there. It has become a giant clone of
a bad idea, it is unwieldy, obnoxious and slow, and I do not want to be associated with it.
I have to apologize for the hideous, large white blocks of "we're sorry, this FLuckr image no
longer exists" that people will have to see associated with any images I posted here from Fluckr.
While I do not urge anyone else to take such drastic action, the surprise, vague and unsubstantiated
email this morning left a bad taste in my mouth and that finally capped it for me. Its a real shame
considering how great it used to be to me.

shark

06-26-2013, 03:49 PM

That's interesting. Seems like a bunch of whiners who get offended over anything and everything to me.

MrClean

06-26-2013, 04:17 PM

That's interesting. Seems like a bunch of whiners who get offended over anything and everything to me.

Whats really strange, is Fluckr allows some pretty explicit photos to be uploaded as long as they are set to their equivalent of 'NSFW'. That prompts any potential viewers to click and agreement box to allow it to be displayed. It's almost like someone complained and they sent out that warning without researching the complaint. Now I never saw Brad's pics on Fluckr, but I'm inclined to agree/believe what he says is true, versus what they are claiming. My thoughts are, in my case, I pay for my account so they better not tell me what I can and can't upload, as long as it doesn't violate any laws. They have an option to set pictures/sets as 'private' so no one can view them but the account holder. I've been happy with the service, and while I'm not fond of the update, I'll continue to pay for it so I don't have see their stupid ads. :2

OLS

06-26-2013, 04:48 PM

Well, Shark, anyone who knows me from here knows I am an a55hole, so I guess I can't know how or who or what.
All I could possibly recall is telling what I imagine was a high school girl how she could better balance her camera
so her pics had less noise. She said in her comments that she wanted to shoot portraits for money for friends at school
and maybe others. But she was shooting entire series of people in 3200 ISO with a 1/2500 of a second shutter speed
and f/11 on a entry level Canon DSLR. I was giving her (unsolicited) advice on how to set things for cleaner pics and a more
portrait-like effect. MAYBE that was it, maybe she felt like she was being harassed. She certainly never asked for advice.
I did it in the mail function so no one had to see me telling her that stuff. She never commented back so it could
have gone either way for all I know. Maybe she complained of harassment. She never said anything to me, so who knows.
I can say without a doubt that it couldn't have been anyone else. That's the only time I ever came close to saying anything
remotely un-called for. They simply quoted from the user agreement the two sections I had supposedly violated. I sent them
an email telling them that it would be more useful if they tried to be more specific about what I had supposedly done. The
message had as part of the title a 'case number', so it was somebody saying something. But it really doesn't matter. I am not
interested in participating in Flickr going forward. Its a useful tool, but I no longer feel like it was for me.

shark

06-26-2013, 06:28 PM

Brad, you big meanie! You made that girl cry! For SHAME!!! ;)

MrClean

06-28-2013, 06:49 PM

It's times like this one, last night, that I really hate myself for not carrying my camera!!! So I'm stuck with crappy cellphone pics that don't even do this justice. It was an amazing sky last night.
http://i1290.photobucket.com/albums/b533/Mr_Clean69/20130627_205511_zps53a286e6.jpg
http://i1290.photobucket.com/albums/b533/Mr_Clean69/20130627_210128_zps28456409.jpg

hotreds

06-28-2013, 08:32 PM

The only flying B-29 in existence. Sexy "Fifi!"

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/1011888_10151992617948238_606419498_n.jpg

OLS

06-29-2013, 07:54 PM

You know Hugh, I need to send you some pics my dad took....they will mean less to you since they are just plane pics,
taken by someone else's dad, but my Dad was meteorologist during the Berlin Airlift, and he flew along on a lot of missions.
he took some really neat pics in flight. I just scanned them for my mom along with the actual family pics. I will load
them up to a sharing site and post em up here tomorrow or tonight. I was thinking B-24, but some of them are of planes
I am not familiar with at all.

OLS

06-29-2013, 08:10 PM

Sorry about the fungus, these are really old. I wanted to clean em, but I really had to scan em first, in case
I screwed it all up. These are mostly just for Hugh, but if anyone is interested, there you go. NOT SURE the
aircraft, but it sure looks like its set up for refueling. If he wasn't LONG GONE, I would ask him. A little poking
around seems to indicate KC-97s....SAC seems to have taken delivery of their first KC-97s in 1951, and that
makes these planes practically brand new in these photos.

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/PIC_0132_zpsc1bc1145.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/PIC_0132_zpsc1bc1145.jpg.html)

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/PIC_0133copy_zpsdba0e862.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/PIC_0133copy_zpsdba0e862.jpg.html)

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/PIC_0040_zps393a7b91.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/PIC_0040_zps393a7b91.jpg.html)

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/PIC_0131copy_zps954f1d9b.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/PIC_0131copy_zps954f1d9b.jpg.html)

OLS

06-29-2013, 08:23 PM

This is one that is a REAL trip...obviously not taken by my dad, lol, scrounged of the net, but you talk about juxtaposition.
These are Texas ANG A-10s and their KC-97s. End of one era, start of another..

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/051128-f-1234p-025_zps2f16fa72.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/051128-f-1234p-025_zps2f16fa72.jpg.html)

And here is the old man in Goose Bay Labrador....this was a place where the USAF was stationed to
make for the easiest, shortest, landfall in North America from Europe. I guess flying over water is no
fun, they want to get over land ASAP...

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/PIC_0232_zps540c193e.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/PIC_0232_zps540c193e.jpg.html)

How they get around in Goose bay.....

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/PIC_0229_zps1a595582.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/PIC_0229_zps1a595582.jpg.html)

My dad's Team....Nina, Pinta and Santa maria, lol....

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/PIC_0122_zps256440f1.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/PIC_0122_zps256440f1.jpg.html)

MrClean

06-30-2013, 12:18 AM

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2889/9170589617_8f52b6b666_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcarroll01/9170589617/)
Ready to eat (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcarroll01/9170589617/) by Jeff Carroll01 (http://www.flickr.com/people/jeffcarroll01/), on Flickr
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2840/9170618231_d2586fdff2_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcarroll01/9170618231/)
Shoes, total happiness (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcarroll01/9170618231/) by Jeff Carroll01 (http://www.flickr.com/people/jeffcarroll01/), on Flickr
I wish I was this excited about anything :r

OLS

06-30-2013, 05:12 PM

Dammit, I hate to post something right now, I KNOW that my pics are gonna put Taryn's party pics on a previous page.
So I guess I will do the bulk of this post tomorrow. But what I wanted to do was to show how freaking unbelievable
this Nikkor 180mm f/2.8 lens is. I have never experienced something like this, a big old long lens, but still so fast I can
hand hold it. And used to boot, in scratched up condition on the outside, but perfect where it counts, in the glass,
picked up for a song, basically. I'd spent so much on crap, that I almost cancelled this order, I did not need to spend
money right now. but I couldn't find a single bad thing said about it online. Glad I rode out the worry. Super sharp,
even hand-held. I know there are lots of lenses out there that are fast and long, but I sure never had one, and I damn
sure will never own one new. I hate to admit it, as superbly skilled as I am, :r, I am probably a hobbyist for life.
I have to leave the $2000 lenses for the hoi polloi

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/OLS_0980_zps4feda123.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/OLS_0980_zps4feda123.jpg.html)

OLS

07-01-2013, 06:38 AM

What do you do when you wake up on a day that should be 80 at 7am and find that it is about 66 degrees?
Head for the place where every creature is as surprised and determined to get outside and enjoy it as you are...

BLENDING IN

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/OLS_0851_zps903c2a53.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/OLS_0851_zps903c2a53.jpg.html)

OLS

07-01-2013, 06:40 AM

OR ROLL AROUND IN THE DIRT IN UTTER JOY.....

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/OLS_0306_zpsd145cd77.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/OLS_0306_zpsd145cd77.jpg.html)

MrClean

07-01-2013, 07:45 AM

Brad, that lens is a keeper for sure! No worries about bumping her pics back a page, she's been the center of attention for far too long anyway. :r

OLS

07-01-2013, 07:51 AM

No worries about bumping her pics back a page, she's been the center of attention for far too long anyway. :r
Its out of respect for my fellow posters...MANY times on these large image-heavy threads,
I have posted a comment and had relevant stuff be bumped to a has-been page while my single
smart-a55 comment is the first thing on a new page. It takes the viewing of items intended for the
enjoyment of others to second-class status in one shot. Only the people intent on seeing what
they missed usually ever go back several pages and see that stuff. The majority of people look at
the last page and move on. Watch, I bet this comment ends up being the first one on a new page, lol....

As far as the lens is concerned, I know photographers of skill and means would look at the pics and
say, "you call THAT sharp?...its KINDA sharp, but nothing like you can get with XYZ lens." I have to
keep stressing that I began this DSLR journey intending to only buy the cheapest body I could get,
and only taking used lenses that were basically being given away. And the main reason I am so knocked
out is the price, yes, but the fact that I had to focus it manually, WITH MY OLD EYES, and against all
odds, hand held, I could still get a shot that looks as good as those do. THAT is why I can't stop talking
about it, lol. You can take a great photo with any camera or lens, obviously, but as much as I did not
want to ever admit it, there IS a difference with a well-designed, no compromises lens. I am just happy to
have at least one, and now two, that I can be proud of, and mostly stole em, lol.

This is my favorite thread. There are only a few of us here, but we keep it interesting. I appreciate
all the sharing everyone does. It's "what's in your smoker" without the meat.

emopunker2004

07-02-2013, 05:31 AM

Love that tiger picture brad

OLS

07-02-2013, 06:10 AM

Love that tiger picture brad

The bass terds NEVER get up during business hours, they lie in one spot all day.
When this cool morning came, I knew I had to go to the zoo, but it was an extra bonus
when I came to the enclosure first and saw all three walking around. The White
Tiger quickly took it's spot, then the Melanistic cross tiger took it's spot, and only
the Big Bengal stayed up, and he swam, and he paced, and he swam and he shook and
he paced and he swam some more. It was a treat. Another treat was the friction between
the Bengal and the Melanistic cross-bred, everytime the bengal passed the other, the
MC-B tiger got low, flattened his ears and ROARED at the Bengal...this happened 10
times while I was there, and it was easy to warn the kids standing there, "Watch what is
about to happen in the corner over there, the Tiger is gonna roar." When it happened,
all the kids squealed with delight, especially for having been warned to see it happen
as it happened, not to look over after the fact. That was cool.

Congratulations on the sweeping Canon victory today, with the specs on the new Canon 70D.
If y ou don't know the specs, here is the long version (http://www.bhphotovideo.com/indepth/canon/news/canon-eos-70d-new-sensor-refined-af-and-wireless-connectivity). ALL CROSS-TYPE AF sensor array,
that's impressive, as are the rest of the specs, and the price is right, too.

I have a great photo of the cross-bred tiger, but it is not on my flash drive.
I'll pop it up later.

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/OLS_0055_zps815a728f.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/OLS_0055_zps815a728f.jpg.html)

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/OLS_0066_zps63966960.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/OLS_0066_zps63966960.jpg.html)

Blak Smyth

07-02-2013, 06:54 AM

Brad all those moldy airforce pictures are amazing, I prefer them dirty.
Thank you for sharing them.

OLS

07-02-2013, 07:09 AM

Brad all those moldy airforce pictures are amazing, I prefer them dirty.
Thank you for sharing them.

I have some that I took back in the early 80s, F-4s, B-52s and KC-135s that I will post later in the month.
Kinda boring though, End of Runway kind of shots, but I was quite surprised to see them in my family's
slide collection. I do not recall shooting slide film back then. My mother must have stored them for me
without my knowledge. When I scanned the entire box of slides for her last month, I was all :confused: :sh :)

Blak Smyth

07-02-2013, 07:13 AM

I have some that I took back in the early 80s, F-4s, B-52s and KC-135s that I will post later in the month.
Kinda boring though, End of Runway kind of shots, but I was quite surprised to see them in my family's
slide collection. I do not recall shooting slide film back then. My mother must have stored them for me
without my knowledge. When I scanned the entire box of slides for her last month, I was all :confused: :sh :)

Nice surprise :tu