Photograph and Camera talk

[seanocono]

Great shots, Rafa.  I especially like the last one.

[Finn666]

@seanocono:

Great shots, Rafa.  I especially like the last one.

that's why I posted it as last ha but tbh. I have to admit I'm in love with it as well!

[Snowy]

1st one's got something about it too, caught utterly in the moment. His balance is great. Last once classically great. Amazing what happens when there's no internets :O. Well done Finn!

[Finn666]

have some more I need to edit, so this thread is getting some more love soon

and snowy, gonna answer your pm in the morning mate, haven't forgot

[Finn666]

not sure what i should think of this and the outcome/editing i did on it! opinions?

higher res:
http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/8031/bild011ce.jpg

[jacoavlu]

I don't think it adds anything to the photo
keep shooting finn and thanks for sharing

[natehate]

you know what would look cool in that photo finn is if you just left it black and white nd did his tie and pocket square in color

[Finn666]

yeah, after looking at it for a few more minutes/hours I'm not happy with the outcome at all…think I'm gonna do it all over again at some point! thx gents...

[Lucifer]

Did a portrait of the better half:

[Clint_D]

Does anyone have experience with a Sony DSC-RX100?  I'd like to get into photography and it seems to have a lot of good features for an amateur photographer and I like that it's compact enough that I would actually carry it regularly.  Any input or recommendations would be appreciated!

[Graeme]

Not a stills camera, but this is what I want for Christmas.

http://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/blackmagicproductioncamera4k/

It's a 4K camera for $4K. They write onto SSDs, use standard connections, and all the smarts are in the software. I can see exactly where they're coming from in the design, and it makes sense to me as an IT nerd.

They've also announced a pocket camera, which has a 2.5K resolution for $999. It takes Micro 4/3 lenses, but could be easily adapted for Leica glass.

http://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/blackmagicpocketcinemacamera/

[Snowy]

May have found some money in my company's books to enable a Canon 6D, 24-70 USM II L

[urbanwoodsman]

@Snowy:

May have found some money in my company's books to enable a Canon 6D, 24-70 USM II L

Just got a 6D. Love it so far.

[twin]

IT is spring time.

[Lucifer]

Nice twin!

Some shots lately:

[Snowy]

@urbanwoodsman:

@Snowy:

May have found some money in my company's books to enable a Canon 6D, 24-70 USM II L

Just got a 6D. Love it so far.

Awesome!

Lucifer, feeling the second one, a lot.

[supersalami]

hi guys, i find it very hard to find information online about this, or maybe i'm just not looking hard enough.. everyone's either trying to sell me something or blatantly lying to me… so well my question is,

What's the difference between a macro lens and a normal one?

I know for sure a macro lens can focus nearer objects, but what I want to know about is if it will fare the same as normal lenses? Like auto focus timing and all, I have a 100mm macro lens and it's so slow.. takes forever for me to focus on anything. I need a lens with a close focal distance and will fare well in day to day event documenting! I'm not sure what to get though.. Any suggestions guys? (I'm using a Canon body & open to 3rd party lenses)

[Lucifer]

Auto focus will often be a bit slower to focus than ordinary lenses. Some macro lenses have a focus limiter though, so I would recommend that! A few of sigma's macros are quite nice, the 150/2.8 for instance.

Some shots:

[jacoavlu]

many modern "normal" lenses can focus plenty close enough for most of our needs, and a macro lens is bound to have some trade off, be it higher cost, larger physical size, longer focus throw, slower AF, etc. so if you don't have a strong need for the macro performance I'd ignore them. Just my thoughts

[Megatron1505]

Entry level DSLR, which one….

Nikon D3000

or

Cannon EOS 400D

Help?