Digital photography

Tina Kino takes great pizza abomination photos, that's for sure.

Speaking of which, Will, I really liked that polo picture you took the other day.

This Thursday i'm showing work at the freerange shows (in the Truman brewery) as part of a collective from my university course, i'll be showing work shot on both film and digital, The Digital work is a project called "neon lit youth" based on under 21s in Las Vegas, if you're free please come along. The whole place will be full of photography from this years graduates across the country and free beer/wine!

facebook event page is here

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..really like this picture!
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Can't come to the show as I'm not in London, hope you'll be having a good time though!

..nice one; though the other picture with the dogs you posted the other day is much stronger in my opinion.

Damn, wish my digital monochromes would look that nice.

thanks, the kid on the right was super awkward, he kept his eyes open for like the whole time i was taking their portrait, but i kind of like that about it.

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Lots of good shots on here these days. That one ^ is great. He's either blissfully unaware or caring of the environment or distraught.

I'm thinking of getting a new lens and wondered if anyone had any experience / opinions? I'm getting a D750 from a mate to replace my old DX sensor Nikon that I've had about 10 years. Most of the lenses I have are actually from my nikon film camera so will be fine on the full frame body. I've been looking for a prime for portraits and 'at work' shots. From what I can see the two main candidates are the 85mm 1.4 or the 105mm 2 DC. I can get them as an expense and they are both a similar price from one of the Hong Kong based UK officed sites, which is about the same or cheaper than 2nd hand. I'm leaning toward the 85 as it's faster and slightly wider but that 105 looks beautifully made. Anyone used either?

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Got my hands on a cheapo digital compact cam, taking random pics to test out some settings/features,

http://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/adapting-to-the-digital-revolution

Very interesting Ta..^^

Ha, thanks although i think they're meh. Thanks though! :)

Not having used either beyond having a quick play at the shop (do use the 85 1.8G though) -
guess it comes down do personal preference (both considering focal length as well as build).
The G lenses are a different world (a lot of plastic), I love mine though.
Also love being able to manual focus without having to move a switch, don't use this a lot of times, but when I do I really appreciate not having to switch between modes but being able to focus on shooting.
On the other hand I didn't think I'd miss having an aperture ring, now I realize I do as I basically can't use the G lens on my old Nikon SLRs...
I guess what I'm saying is they're both superb optically, I bet it would be tough to tell the difference in real world shooting, so it's more about usability & personal preference.

Depending on how technical you want to get, the 85 won for me simply because it shot when I wanted it, where I wanted it to. The 105 lagged noticeably to the extent where I thought it was faulty, but according to Calumet and Fixation, there was nothing wrong with it.
If you've obsessed with the creamy bokeh biz, go DC, though frankly, the only DC lens I'd want to hunt down is the all magical 135mm, which knocked my eyes sideways for the 5 minutes I got to use it.
Aside from that, only portrait stuff I used which topped the 85 was all medium format.

Just started using the Fuji system and I nearly shed a tear at having an aperture ring again. Fucking bliss.

Thanks for the input, always useful. I was leaning toward the 85 as I've seen the difference the DC makes on test shots and my philistine eyes couldn't really see much difference at all. Plus getting the extra space required indoors for the 105 might prove a bit troublesome. Will let you know what I end up getting.

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I have questions about bringing camera gear while traveling. I'm heading on a 2 week trip to scotland hopefully on Sunday and I am undecided on how much gear I should take. It is between my 5D with a 28mm 2.8 and just my compact S100. I was leaning more towards the S100 for convinience and weight but I'm starting to feel I'd be disappointed with the results compared to the 5D. Any thoughts/input?

Was replying to Will's link above my post.

Oops, sorry :)

This solitary building looked totally out of place in the center of Oxford st.....well it wont for long...prob gone by now.....

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Any thoughts/input?

I'd definately bring the 5D as well, even if I only had one lens for it.
When are you using it if not on trips like these?

Very true.. additionally I have spare batteries for the 5D, probably enough to last the entire trip without recharging which is handy. Thanks for a push in the right direction!

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