Photograph and Camera talk

[Finn666]

sounds damn tempting

…and congrats on the D3, i'm sure you're going to love it! pm'd jesse about it as well, happy to see it stays in the family!

[derivative666]

Great camera, congrats

"Obstacles are stepping-stones
guide us to our goals"

[Graeme]

My brother's currently shooting with a Nikon D800E, and that might make a nice partner for the D3.

[Giles]

Think I am going to enjoy the D3…

[ohighyo]

I have a d5000 and not once have I broke it out for IH photos. I need to get on it. No more crappy I phone pics

[Giles]

I need a carry case for the Nikon D3 and the 28-300 lens.  Suggestions please?

[ohighyo]

Something with some size. It's nice to have different lens options in one bag.
It's technically my wife's, a Christmas present, she uses it quite a bit. I keep telling myself I am going to learn how to use it, but I just take photos which autofocus. My wife wishes she had a larger bag so she can keep multiple lenses with her if we go on trips

[Jesselirola]

@Giles:

I need a carry case for the Nikon D3 and the 28-300 lens.  Suggestions please?

Billingham makes classy timeless bags, and artisan and artist makes amazing stuff as well.

Come to think of it this seems like the perfect time for us to collaborate on an iron heart camera bag run.

But in the meantime a Hadley series by billingham should get you going, I've been using a Hadley pro for my go to leica small kit to shoot concerts and the bags going strong on 7 years now with constant use.

They're in the UK as well.

A&A is Japanese, go figure.

Cheers

Jesse

[Snowy]

Gr & Gi, lovely photos, for different reasons, obviously ::)

[Graeme]

Snowy, that's one of my brother's shots. I can't take credit.

Given the interest in both photography and mechanical watches on this forum, I thought that I'd draw attention to Kwanghun Hyun's clockwork pinhole cameras. They use a re-purposed Unitas movement to drive the shutter.

The photos produced live up to the hoary cliche of being dreamy.

More at:

http://wornandwound.com/2013/05/20/heartbeat-by-kwanghun-hyun/

[Lucifer]

Roadtripping in the US at the moment:

New York:

Hannibal:

St. Louis:

Cairo:

[Giles]

You have a very good eye…..

[derivative666]

Nice work Lucifer, especially like the soft light on the lamp.

"Obstacles are stepping-stones that guide us to our goals"

[Finn666]

@Giles:

You have a very good eye…..

hopefully he has more than one
seriously, super great shots though L.!

[Lucifer]

Thank you very much guys! appreciate it!

[Morose_Penguin]

sees what he's up against… slinks of again quietly

But before I do... How is it possible to do this??

I suspect it's to do with the auto-focus not kicking in before the timer goes off, but how?

ducks head, runs off

[Snowy]

MP that's a new high, even for you :).

I think it's focused close to the camera, not past you, as if it was infinity, something would be in focus. As such, it's focused on something before you got in front - correct. My SLR's focus at the moment the self-timer's engaged. What camera do you use? I'd like to nut out the problem

[Morose_Penguin]

^ At the moment, Canon Powershot G12

[Snowy]

Answered; it focuses when the self timer button is depressed, not when it takes the photo;
http://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3134535

Same problem I had with my SLR's which is why an IR remote comes in handy.

http://www.amazon.com/NEEWER-Wireless-Shutter-Release-Digital/dp/B005LT2ENG/ref=pd_sim_sbs_e_7
is a $20 solution

http://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/37772451 is a thread with more options on the fix.

[Snowy]

PS I don't understand who on earth would ever want to focus at the moment self-timer was set….