Digital photography

The viewfinder will be critical to the Nikon DF. Will it have a split prism or some kind of focussing aid? Would be great if so. Any retro looks are besides the point; external/easily accessible controls are the benefits of new cameras like this and Fuji's X series.

It hasn't got a split prism. They haven't made it obvious if there is something instead to help with focusing using the old lenses, so I'm assuming there isn't. Which is stupid.

The viewfinder is a big fail. It doesn't even have a replaceable focus screen. It looks like the execs saw what Fuji was doing and just ordered some vintage-ish cameras to be made. Changing iso while looking through the viewfinder will be a pain. Also, the exposure comp dial is in 1/3 stops, not 1/5 stops. Ugh.

They haven't made it obvious if there is something instead to help with focusing using the old lenses, so I'm assuming there isn't.

Well since they built that thing compatible to all their MF lenses back to the fifties I'm pretty sure ther will be the usual focusing indicators in the finder, which do work really well.

Changing iso while looking through the viewfinder will be a pain.

Do not understand what's your problem.

Also, the exposure comp dial is in 1/3 stops, not 1/5 stops. Ugh.

Dude, I wish I had your problems.

Lol, I'm just being pedantic but it doesn't offer anything better with regards to ergonomics.

My exposure compensation comment sounds slightly insane but when one has used that function on a modern DSLR for so long, its easy to forget how small the increments are for fine-tuning. Its just a little detail.
Also, that ISO/EV dial has a lock button, so they can't be adjusted with one finger. Its just a camera, so it doesn't matter but they could have made it right and they didn't.

I'm pretty sure ther will be the usual focusing indicators in the finder, which do work really well.

Maybe I'm just shit at manual focus but I find it really difficult to use my lovely old f1.4 lens on my d7000. I much prefer the split prism. Are there any modern cameras that have one?

No DSLR is particularly good for manual focus, even the fullframes with pentaprisms. Some do focusing screens which somewhat help but crop cameras just aren't great at it unless you use live view with magnification.

playing around with some out of focus night time photography for something to use as a mellow desktop background

some crappy old canon with a bust up 8mm fish.

Been fairly obsessed with trying to photograph the stars the past few years. Living in the centre of a city and not having a car isn't making it easy. Found myself in the middle of nowhere over the weekend during a freezing cold but clear night. It was for a wedding so I only had 5 minutes but I managed to take this. You could just see the milky way with the naked eye.

The photo isn't great but its the best I have managed. My only camera right now is a Fuji X100 which is not great for this sort of thing meaning I couldn't get and of the earth in the shot. Also didn't have a tripod so just put the camera on a fence pointing upwards.

Think it was a 15 second exposure (cant do longer because of the 35mm focal length), ISO 2000ish, f2.0.

Really tempted to get a DSLR with a superwide and make a trip somewhere specially for this sort of thing...

I actually managed to take some sky photos with the X100 which did the job superbly if you use the bulb mode.

Get a tripod, a stop watch and a cable release;

I have a tripod. I did use bulb mode. The problem is that anything longer than 15 seconds results in star trails. Which look like shit 200% of the time (in my opinion).

Ah yeah, you can always use that advantage to take muiltple exposure and join them all in photoshop

So yeah, you just need to build one of these bad boys:

http://petapixel.com/2013/08/10/buidling-a-diy-barn-door-tracking-mount-for-long-exposure-astrophotography/

And it'll look like this:

And I'd recommend the coast in the Lake District. Fuck all light pollution up there.

So yeah, you just need to build one of these bad boys:

http://petapixel.com/2013/08/10/buidling-a-diy-barn-door-tracking-mount-for-long-exposure-astrophotography/

Rotating the camera to compensate for the spin? Sweeeeeet!

Check out the link, he got an awesome shot of a galaxy.

Google 'scotch' or 'barn door' mount ...

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dude this is sick! i was in the middle of arizona this year and tried to capture the milkyway with a 7D + 17-35mm L lens + tripod but it came out shite.

this is beaut! and it was only on an x100 and a fence, props.

Question... I have access to a large format printer while it's being tested at work, and I was thinking of trying to print some of my DSLR photos. What am I going to need to do to print one at 42 inches wide )42" roll of paper apparently)? How big will the image need to be?

Exporting from Lightroom, I have an 18mp EOS550D

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_EOS_550D says your max output resolution is 5,184 × 3,456 so assuming you want the largest print for that roll width, you'll get about 83 pixels per linear inch, or 3.2 px/mm, 0.3mm/px.

^^^ can anyone tell me what the point of those photos are? Or am I just being a prude in thinking that they are kind of objectionable as well as a bit meh ...?

A few photos I took over the summer. Just been looking through them again.

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3786/9469893607_16d696feab.jpg

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3752/9472678614_af34f09d48.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/271835_10201587584511859_1493835905_o.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/1074370_10201587585191876_1414951687_o.jpg

I guess the point will be why you think they're objectionable. And you may think they're meh because it's an awkward situation. Either way they're more than welcome IMO as it would be good to discuss photos at least as much as the cameras.