Photogs: Those who take 'em and those who love 'em - Page 16

girl_dee · 11-04-2011, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Yellow band

LOL, TRUE...but the wrong camera can ruin the right person's photo opportunity.

so why do you want a DSLR? The investment in the glass is a nice big one.

Dominique · 11-04-2011, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Incubus

I would love a rangefinder (if only I could afford a Leica). Keeping it old school and simple. Less choice, more creativity. S'why I favour fixed glass. Too much choice and decisions to make with a zoom (although I do own a couple)

We all work differently though.

A good picture is about framing and composition not how many megapixels or 'modes' yer camera has.

mega pixels has NOTHING to do with it. Absolutely the glass is important. Thats the bad rap the Canon Rebels I asked about earlier have (poor glass quality) I'm mostly interested in Depth of field.....you can't modify that with a computer. P&S will still have a purpose.

girl_dee · 11-04-2011, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Yellow band

mega pixels has NOTHING to do with it. Absolutely the glass is important. Thats the bad rap the Canon Rebels I asked about earlier have (poor glass quality) I'm mostly interested in Depth of field.....you can't modify that with a computer. P&S will still have a purpose.

I love DofF and many times throw on my 300mm when doing an actual close up because I love the visual it gives.

11-04-2011, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Yellow band

mega pixels has NOTHING to do with it. Absolutely the glass is important. Thats the bad rap the Canon Rebels I asked about earlier have (poor glass quality) I'm mostly interested in Depth of field.....you can't modify that with a computer. P&S will still have a purpose.

I wasn't aiming the megapixels comment at you really Yellow band. It was a general sorta whinge about digital cameras because I believe the obsession with megapixels is just a marketing ploy to make folks upgrade.

I love mucking with dof too dee but use fast(ish) fixed glass to get the pics I like. My favourites are an old Sigma 28 2.8 and another old 35 1.4!!! Nikkor.

girl_dee · 11-04-2011, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Incubus

I wasn't aiming the megapixels comment at you really Yellow band. It was a general sorta whinge about digital cameras because I believe the obsession with megapixels is just a marketing ploy to make folks upgrade.

I love mucking with dof too dee but use fast(ish) fixed glass to get the pics I like. My favourites are an old Sigma 28 2.8 and another old 35 1.4!!! Nikkor.

Yes and although I notice a difference in the quality of photos between my Canon 40D and 60D, I don't contribute any of that to the increase of megapixels... my 10 megapixel camera had just as a sharp image as my 2 megapixel.

ButchEire · 11-04-2011, 06:35 PM

Unless you have some keen interest in blowing up your pictures to a massive level, 5 megapixels is plenty. Keep in mind that you are comparing apples and oranges when talking about digital versus film. Digital is based on interpolation and is a very different medium than film. Even top of the line digital prints are not acceptable by National Geographic, who continues to only accept film-based images.

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Originally Posted by Incubus

I wasn't aiming the megapixels comment at you really Yellow band. It was a general sorta whinge about digital cameras because I believe the obsession with megapixels is just a marketing ploy to make folks upgrade.

I love mucking with dof too dee but use fast(ish) fixed glass to get the pics I like. My favourites are an old Sigma 28 2.8 and another old 35 1.4!!! Nikkor.

girl_dee · 11-04-2011, 06:39 PM

I suppose I will need to break down and get Photoshop, but I don't want to.

ButchEire · 11-04-2011, 06:41 PM

Ummm, torrents?

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Originally Posted by Cajun_dee

I suppose I will need to break down and get Photoshop, but I don't want to.

girl_dee · 11-04-2011, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by ButchEire

Ummm, torrents?

Excuse my ignorance here but what is Torrents?

ButchEire · 11-04-2011, 06:47 PM

A way of downloading software.

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Originally Posted by Cajun_dee

Excuse my ignorance here but what is Torrents?

11-04-2011, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by ButchEire

Unless you have some keen interest in blowing up your pictures to a massive level, 5 megapixels is plenty. Keep in mind that you are comparing apples and oranges when talking about digital versus film. Digital is based on interpolation and is a very different medium than film. Even top of the line digital prints are not acceptable by National Geographic, who continues to only accept film-based images.

I'm not comparing apples with oranges. I'm not comparing digital to film in any way. I'm talking megapixels and digital only. My Nikon D100 is only 6MP...I've had large prints from it. Ex.Mrs.I is a fine art medium format photographer so I sorta 'get' the difference about how they look when compared

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Originally Posted by ButchEire

Ummm, torrents?

Isn't that illegal?

girl_dee · 11-04-2011, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by ButchEire

A way of downloading software.

Well my fear is that I will become less concerned about taking a good pic, which is an adrenaline rush for me and not interested in spending more time editing photos than I do taking them.

My other issue is that it's so expensive.

So how do you use Torrents?

ButchEire · 11-04-2011, 06:52 PM

I used to edit and it drove me nuts. I chose instead to become more adept at taking a good shot, the first time, using natural light.

You would download a program like utorrent and then locate a photoshop torrent file and let it run. TECHNICALLY, torrents are not illegal, although it is a grey area. Unlike direct full file download, torrents are packets of information that are extracted from hundreds of individual sources and put back together into a single program.

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Originally Posted by Cajun_dee

Well my fear is that I will become less concerned about taking a good pic, which is an adrenaline rush for me and not interested in spending more time editing photos than I do taking them.

My other issue is that it's so expensive.

So how do you use Torrents?

ButchEire · 11-04-2011, 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Incubus

I'm not comparing apples with oranges. I'm not comparing digital to film in any way. I'm talking megapixels and digital only. My Nikon D100 is only 6MP...I've had large prints from it. Ex.Mrs.I is a fine art medium format photographer so I sorta 'get' the difference about how they look when compared

HUGE difference, isn't it?

Isn't that illegal?

Um, not as such, no.

girl_dee · 11-04-2011, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by ButchEire

I used to edit and it drove me nuts. I chose instead to become more adept at taking a good shot, the first time, using natural light.

You would download a program like utorrent and then locate a photoshop torrent file and let it run. TECHNICALLY, torrents are not illegal, although it is a grey area. Unlike direct full file download, torrents are packets of information that are extracted from hundreds of individual sources and put back together into a single program.

I have Frostwire, I've seen the Torrent option, but had no idea what it was for.

ButchEire · 11-04-2011, 06:55 PM

Torrents are really only useful if you have a high-speed internet connection and have a lot of time to leave the PC running (a day at the most). Another option is dhgate.

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Originally Posted by Cajun_dee

I have Frostwire, I've seen the Torrent option, but had no idea what it was for.

11-04-2011, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Cajun_dee

I have Frostwire, I've seen the Torrent option, but had no idea what it was for.

iPhoto is pretty good nowadays Dee, especially for those that like to keep their photo editing actions fairly simple (like me). I like it handles RAW files now. I've heard good reports of Aperture
http://www.apple.com/aperture/

girl_dee · 11-04-2011, 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by ButchEire

Torrents are really only useful if you have a high-speed internet connection and have a lot of time to leave the PC running (a day at the most). Another option is dhgate.

Yes I do, and I will check that out, thank you.

girl_dee · 11-04-2011, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Incubus

iPhoto is pretty good nowadays Dee, especially for those that like to keep their photo editing actions fairly simple (like me). I like it handles RAW files now. I've heard good reports of Aperture
http://www.apple.com/aperture/

I have Aperture, I paid a fortune for it and I hate it.

Picasa is a GREAT and free simple program that I use to resize and do color corrections on. I may just want to leave it at that. I love using it to import and organize my pics, I have about 10,000 on my mac and twice that on external hard drives....

I will check iphoto out. I am lazy and should have done that by now.

dee

11-04-2011, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by ButchEire

Um, not as such, no.

I do believe downloading copyrighted material is actually illegal.

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