Man, that's an incredible portfolio....the whole 'The Forgotten' series is just mind blowing. Absolutely awesome.
Cheers for that Shiato
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Man, that's an incredible portfolio....the whole 'The Forgotten' series is just mind blowing. Absolutely awesome.
Cheers for that Shiato
one of these ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Hans Voralberg
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indeed nice use of light and PP :DQuote:
Originally Posted by ibm
My advice is to go down to your local jessops and play around with the Canon 400d and the Nikon d40. Both are great entry level DSLR's and should serve you well in the beginning, no point in spending too much on the body at first (maybe even buy second hand).
You'll soon come to realize that buying the body (and maybe the kit lens) is only the beginning of your SLR adventure and that most of your money would/should be spent on lenses later on.
I can see you have quite a few lens there Zawer :P
indeed he does, but its not what you got but how you use them, always remember this.
So true.
A word of warning, When Nikon designed the d40, they left out the motor that lets you use AF-D lenses in autofocus mode. This includes most cheaper lenses, and virtually all older designs that you will find on eBay.Quote:
Originally Posted by zawer612
Without that motor, you are restricted lenses with built in focus motors, these will be three or four lenses designed specifically to be launched with the D40, and another dozen or so high end (£1000 plus) pro lenses. Most of the other 50 or so lens designs that Nikon have released over the years will be restricted to manual mode.
As an example, I have a 50mm f1.8 prime, that I got from an eBay reseller for about £60. It has a very wide aperture that makes it good for portraits or dim light, but because the design was old, it was quite cheap, I don't know if an equivalent internal motor design version is available yet, but if it was (and judging by cannon's pricing) it would be at least £350.
If you won't be buying many extra lenses, or if you have deep enough pockets to use only high end stuff, you should be OK, but otherwise, I would also consider at D50, a second hand D70, or even a D80 (I have one and it is great).
agreed, i have seen some stunning pictures from very talented photographers using nothing but a basic kit lens, and some ok pictures from people with £1,000 L lenses (i guess i'm in between :) ) but at the end of the day a kit lens is only a kit lens.
As you become familiar with your equipment you'll also become more aware of their limitations too, and this is where SLR's shine, you can have different lenses for different jobs.
heh heh i might have a tad too many lenses there (it's maybe an addiction), but i got them all from HK though (around 30% cheaper than over here) so it's not as expensive as you think for example the 70-200L is £1200-1300 here and it's 'only' £850 in HK!
I'm selling off my 350d+18-55 kit, 50mmf1.8 (not used much since the 85mm f1.8), and 420ex flash after my next job in june. Might buy a 30d though as the 70-200 f2.8 is very hard to handle on a 350d/400d body either that or a battery grip :)
Even the 30D it is still kinda unbalance to handhold the 70-200, I have it with grip and I'm shooting with the 70-200 quite frequently so you can take my word for that
oh BTW forgot to say, go here http://www.camerapricebuster.co.uk they list the cheapest prices for slr and lenses in the uk.
70-200 fits snug on my body ;) wonder how it is on the 5D
Pretty much the same as on the 30D :), heavier towards the lens without grip. You're using the 1DMKII shiato, of course it fits :P
what I mean is its balanced very nicely on mine... and yes :P
Tamron's 28-300 is a nice comfy lens. I swear by mine !
bsodmike is selling his 20D for a good price if anyone is looking for a good DSLR body going cheap