Digital photography

so far so good I guess. It's taking me a while to get used to all the settings, but it certainly takes a lovely photo!

(well, I think so anyway!)

So far so good, it seems to handle low light incredibly well... figured out how to shoot in raw & jpeg, and ignoring auto iso for now.

Really, really impressed. (Then again, I've come from a horrible 10 year old canon thing, iphone 4 and a couple of goes on a canon dslr!)

Only got RAW editing at work though, so I can see quite a lot of unproductive monday mornings :D

So far so good, it seems to handle low light incredibly well... figured out how to shoot in raw & jpeg, and ignoring auto iso for now.

Really, really impressed. (Then again, I've come from a horrible 10 year old canon thing, iphone 4 and a couple of goes on a canon dslr!)

Only got RAW editing at work though, so I can see quite a lot of unproductive monday mornings :D

What editing software do you have at home? You could convert from RAW to DNG or TIFF at work then edit in the comfort of your own home.

I've been really tempted by the x100 but I'm just not convinced it'd out perform my NEX to such a level that it justified the price tag. It is a lot prettier though.

Erm, I might actually have cs5 knocking about... would just need to find the x100 raw plugins again.

So would converting to tiff keep most of the raw data that you can adjust in cs5, or would it be destructive 'editing'? I was amazed by how much detail you can lift from shadows through raw. It's absolutely insane.

I'll post up a before and after on monday of a shot I honestly thought was doomed!

get lightroom, so much nicer and quicker than PS

or capture one.

I'm thinking of upgrading to a nikon d7000, anyone had any experience with one?

I currently have the d5000, so I thought it would be a nice step up without making anything I have redundant and open up more options for new lenses in the future

I'm thinking of upgrading to a nikon d7000, anyone had any experience with one?

I currently have the d5000, so I thought it would be a nice step up without making anything I have redundant and open up more options for new lenses in the future

I have one. I think it is brilliant. A massive step up from the D80 I had before. The image quality is very high. Though I am not an expert and am willing to be told that the crisp, detailed photos I have taken are actually unusable.
The meter is wonderfully accurate, I like the colors it produces straight out of the camera and virtually everything can be tweaked and adjusted. It is more adjustable than I need it to be really. The screen at the back is the same as the D3 and it has a couple of modes, U1 and U2, that you can set to your own settings; I use one for B&W so I can switch to that made just by turning a dial.
The menus are quick and easy to use. I don't have high-spec lenses but it still focuses quickly. Silent mode does make it really really quiet too.
I don't want to get in to the full-frame versus non full-frame argument and it would be lovely to have full frame if only to avoid the magnification issue but the difference in price is too much for me. I have not found the smaller view finder to be a problem either.
The D7000 feels a lot more solid than the D80/D90 etc and I have used it in wet weather with no problems.

This photo is jpeg straight out of the camera with no post-processing

http://www.flickr.com/photos/36707747@N07/5673182371/sizes/o/in/set-72157626640186514/

Cheers! I wasn't worried about going full frame, it's not worth it for my needs and it would mean that I could really use the lenses I already have

I'm getting really tempted, I have the money burning a hole in my pocket!

Though I'd share a little project I put together for my wedding last year. It's recently been out in service again at another wedding and I'm quite proud of how it has worked.

It's a photo booth set up so folks can take there own picture. It has a canon 20D, a portable telly, a flash and a remote control. All put in a box together.
This is what it looks like inside

and from the front

After it had been make it looked so much like a speed camera that it had to be painted yellow.
Results;

The pictures came out really lovely. Having a big dedicated flash in a controlled setting makes it so easy. I managed run the camera at iso 100 and set the lens just where I wanted it. The lens is a canon ef 35mm f2 with a cheap fisheye converter screwed on the front. The fisheye works well in this setting, the "booth" can be kept small and you can cram a load of people in. Also it is easy to focus and you can leave the AF off. This is a plus as the AF can be tricky in low light - a problem in a marquee after the sun has gone down.

It would be nice to get a propper fisheye for the job, maybe a peleng or samyang. Perhaps just a very wide lens would also do, but getting multiple lens' seems like a step too far into camera geekdom.

getting multiple lens' seems like a step too far into camera geekdom.

From the man who has made a portable photo booth?! :)

Great stuff, like the idea a lot.

Reading this thread reminds me I really should use my 5D more.

The images straight out of the camera on that are incredible;

Harold that is an awesome idea. Top work. I think you should try and rent it out to other weddings and events, would go down a treat.

Don't suppose anyone has a 50mm ef lens for sells?
Also, are these always 52mm or are some 58mm?

just took a few shots for work, and after pondering on selling my 5d in favour for a 35mm voigtländer bessa... i might have changed my mind... again

I'm considering upgrading my 450D for the sake of the much improved sensor and processor in the newer models. I love my 50mm F1.4 lens, but it does suffer from noise above ISO 800. Problem is I can't decide whether...

a) It would be worth getting a 550D, which feature-wise is pretty much the same camera but with the new sensor and video.

b) I can justify forking out 50% more cash for a 60D, given that the IQ will be pretty much identical to the 550.

Any thoughts? (preferably ones that don't mention anything xD)

First day back from uni and I am already bored....

40D / cheap zoom

just took a few shots for work, and after pondering on selling my 5d in favour for a 35mm voigtländer bessa... i might have changed my mind... again

Not sure I could give up a 5d for 35mm, what if you need it for work again?

Yeah true. I dunno. I just want a bessa and i'm trying to justify it to myself... nothing wrong with having one good digital and one good analogue camera is there?

#certainlynotsir,goaheadandbuy

Do it, you deserve it.

that's what I thought, just needed verification

repped

Do it, you deserve it.

Mind if I use this with regards to my own dilemma? Cheers.

I trick myself with it all the time.

Would anybody be interested in a Nikon 35mm AF-S? I love it but I don't use my digital camera and DX is no use with my F100 unfortunately.

I could be tempted, how much do you want for it?