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      Nice shots, guys! Finn, I love how you seem to take your camera everywhere, something I should do far more often.

      @jacoavlu:

      Same to you Cris
      If you're like me 95% of your pics end up of your kids 🙂

      More grain…
      This is Fuji Neopan 1600 shot at about 1250 and developed in Diafine

      Woooh! Fellow film shooter! And Leica, too.  😘 I'm really not as good as you are, but film just gives me more satisfaction than digital. Doesn't mean film is better or anything, it's just my personal preference. I'm really looking forward to seeing more of this!

      Oh, and this is about photography in general, yeah? My personal hero:

      http://www.flickriver.com/photos/tommyoshima/popular-interesting/

      He is not extremely famous, but dude's a monster. To me almost all of his pictures have a certain magic to them. Maybe some of you can dig.

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        Can anyone give me some advice on a decent camera to get started with please?  One that won't cost me an arm and a leg but still a decent piece of equipment.  Thanks

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          barun
          most important, buy the one you will carry with you all the time
          if it's big and bulky you won't take it when traveling light

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          • derivative666D
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            Are you looking for a p&s or a slr?  Jaco is definitely right. Buy something you feel is comfortable to carry with you always.

            "honorable mention to the bearded giant aka derivative666 for being a stand up dude & not changing with the seasons since i've been around these parts" Monday

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            • barunB
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              point taken brother, I just don't know where to start.  Do I look for megapixels or what?  No clue

              the one I have now looks no better than my iphone and my iphone sucks

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              • derivative666D
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                Canon and panasonic make great p&s. I am impartial to Nikon for a slr

                "honorable mention to the bearded giant aka derivative666 for being a stand up dude & not changing with the seasons since i've been around these parts" Monday

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                  barun I would consider a Ricoh GR digital
                  a few reasons:

                  • compact, carry always
                  • fixed lens, 28mm, best way to learn to shoot, stick with on focal length and focus on composition, with a zoom you're messing too much, the fixed lens forces you to move, to think, to frame, and 28mm is a nice "photojournalistic" length, great for "situation" photography, landscapes
                  • Ricoh make nice "shooter" cameras, will have some manual settings you can tinker with as you learn, again a great camera to learn on
                  • as far as image quality, lens quality, will be plenty good enough for what you're doing
                  • f1.9 max aperture is very good, gives flexibility in low light / available light stuff, rare need for flash
                  • self timer for fit pics!
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                  • barunB
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                    Thanks a lot jaco, I really appreciate that.  it's been something that I have been wanting to do for quite a while but I just haven't taken the plunge.  good to have this forum of knowledgeable people.

                    thanks derivative too

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                    • Finn666F
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                      finally a new face in here…nice! great pic btw.

                      one more from me:

                      and one i did jff 🙂

                      what ya think guys and gals?

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                      • derivative666D
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                        Love the contrast.

                        "honorable mention to the bearded giant aka derivative666 for being a stand up dude & not changing with the seasons since i've been around these parts" Monday

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                            Gotta love Darh Vader, the dark sky in the first one's nice and scary (red filter?), the last one is not my cup of tea. A little HDR'ish, which I almost never like. But that's just me.  😘

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                              ^just looking into it and its one of the first hdrs i took/edited…so yeah...have to decide myself if i lik'em or not 😛

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                                I didn't wanna come off as a dick or something, HDR is just something I generally dismiss. Too much hideous shit out there, but there are definitely situations where it makes sense.

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                                  @holla:

                                  I didn't wanna come off as a dick or something, HDR is just something I generally dismiss. Too much hideous shit out there, but there are definitely situations where it makes sense.

                                  no not at all…i love feedback, no matter if pos. or neg. as long as it is constructive, its all good ;)... wasnt into HDR at all as i saw the first pics over at sufu, cuz i didn`t like that "spacey" look and do miss the natural look of the pics...but somehow some pics just look good after the "normal" editing as well as editing with hdr imo...

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                                    We can do anything

                                    http://bybeatle.com

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                                      ouch

                                      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                        I've never been one to take photographs in my years of life thus far. However, being forced to do so–albeit, in a very crude manner--for selling purposes and also having the pleasure of taking in the beautiful efforts of, well, she who need not be named (^) has me thinking that it could be an invaluable necessity when looking back on my life when I am grey and decrepit. That being said, what would you consider to be a quality introductory camera? I'm very big on durability as I am impatient and clumsy and thus tend to, well, break things…on occasion…

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                                          Lovely pics beats
                                          Bokeh!

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                                            Nice Beats…Bokeh on the 2nd and 4th pic is creamy!!!!!!

                                            Cris.

                                            RIP GEO

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