I just bought an Olympus EVOLT E-510. It’s such a nice bang for the buck, but I found this about three days ago:
http://www.bestpricecameras.com/prodetails.asp?prodid=901958
I dunno because even for just the body it seems too good to be true. Otherwise use this thing: http://dcresource.pricegrabber.com/search_attrib.php/page_id=48
Now it’s my turn to ask a question!
Are there any sites better than Flickr? I think I’ve read on this thread that Flickr changes the way photos look.
i have been using picasa to distribute photographs en masse; i think there’s still plenty of reduction going on, but you may want to look into it to see if it suits your needs. i wouldnt be able to compare the two since ive no experience with flickr
as for good prices for cameras, myself and some friends resorted to craigslist to pick up ours at semidecent prices. might be kind of a gamble but you do have the benefit of thoroughly checking out the goods before making the jump; i think pretty much everywhere else you could expect to pay near msrp? again, im no expert
i also wanted to share with the community this project i found on lifehacker:
i am thinking of putting one together soon - i wonder if anyone else has tried to make one from a box?? i’d sure appreciate any tips and such about how to make the best one for as small of a budget as possible
I just dug up my old photographs from high school (years & years ago):
http://classes.design.ucla.edu/Spring03/161A/projects/ronnie/revised/final/
Click on thumbnails to view full image.
No photoshop work done on the images except the inverted (negative) images, and the guy walking down the hall with the zoom effect.
enjoy
avoid bestpricecameras like the plague. they scam suckers into credit fraud.
flickr uses a different color profile. i think they do this to optimize transfer rates through the internet. picasa is an alternative, but i dont know if its any better with the color situation.
http://classes.design.ucla.edu/Spring03/161A/projects/ronnie/revised/final/for%20web/film.jpg
i like this one the most.
how long have you been going to UCLA? for design?
I’ve been using Fotki forever. You have to pay for a premium account, but its pretty cheap. You can try it out for free though.
what would be the best way to take concert photos (indoor) with a crappy digital camera?
ie: this http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoAct&fcategoryid=145&modelid=10599
zoom in as much as you can.
try to avoid using the flash for several reasons. (you get more dynamic lighting without it, sometimes the venue wont allow flash photography, but if they let you in with a camera like that, im sure they wont mind.)
if you do use flash, try to keep things out of the frame between you and your subject. so no misc. hands and heads in the way, because the camera will meter the flash off that subject and your subject will be under-exposed.
kinda like this.
might as well just keep it in the auto settings they have. maybe put the camera in landscape mode(the mode with the mountains as the icon).
which also reminds me… you can rotate your camera to portrait angle, vertically.
I graduated years ago. I was there for 4 yrs.
Yeah it was for Design.
I just picked up a new lens today for my Nikon D50:
Nikkor 50mm, 1.4
That lens is an absolute beast:
No special lighting, just straight up office lighting.
That thing is freaking sweet. I want to build one now.
Does Fotki compromise image quality? It looks like the free account only gets 50MB… oh well. Anyone have experience with Zooomr?
Flickr doesn’t seem to actually be messing with the color of my photos as much as it use to. I remember not to long ago having crazy issues with desaturation, but these look fine…
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2037/2322798639_747d0bfd06.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3204/2322811977_012797bbfe.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2108/2322802655_c72f2be5a6.jpg
finished my lightbox – you can look at the result here along with some test shots:
i think i need a stronger lamp, but overall i’m pretty satisfied
Why not use the sun?
So I received my Olympus a couple days ago and finally got around to unpacking the stuff. I have two lenses:
http://www.four-thirds.org/en/products/standard.html#01
http://www.four-thirds.org/en/products/telephoto.html#02
I guess one has more zoom than the other, but I’m still a little confused with the numbering (14-42 vs 40-100). Should I never use the telephoto lens for macro shots? Yes I am a newb.
So I went and shot at the Anti-war protest on the 15th in LA. I found it really annoying, because the whole thing felt too much like a social event a lot of the time. Anyway…
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2256/2342810626_6afaedaaf0.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2370/2342813174_00b1b4bf36.jpg
bumpage…
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2192/2363690980_41a828737e.jpg
Finally got a chance to print some of the shoots I got from the anti-war demonstration on film. Still have a ton more to get through…
Found this online this morning. Any one up for a man date tomorrow?
http://blog.epicedits.com/2008/03/20/laguna-beach-photowalk-march-30/
It’s not super close to me but I’d be willing to make the drive if anyone from SRK shows up.
Derek Daniels
I know this is probably lame, but I was messing with “light sculptures”, as it was called in the article I read.
I know its crappy looking, but I was just testing it out…
I’m using a 20D, does anyone know how I can set my shutter to be open for longer than 30 seconds? Also, I have no idea how to set both the shutter speed and f/stop at the same time, its usually one or the other. Sorry for my noobness, you’d think after a year I’d know how to do these things :-/
To set the shutter and the f/stop at the same time, you put the camera in manual mode. (M) Once in that mode, the top dial selects shutter speed, rear dial selects f/stop. Once you are in manual mode, use the top dial to go all the way to bulb mode. Bulb mode will keep the shutter open as long as the shutter button is pressed.
You can buy a locking shutter release cable for about 15~20 bucks. (Canon Remote Switch RS60 E3) This will let you open the shutter and walk away if you want. You can also build the same thing for about 2 bucks worth of materials and some solder.
