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Buying an SLR is like joining a religion. Not because of the body, but because of the lenses. I only have three lenses, but now, say in three years' time, when I need or decide to change the body, of course it will be another Nikon. And I'm sure I'll have another lens or two by then
For anyone who wants to check out how photocells work in minute detail: http://wearcam.org/photocell_experiment.pdf
But i will be retiring the Dark Room
All have their uses and as Eral says think about what yo want to use it for
The compact is good for carrying round - just in case a good phot comes along and for nites out ets
The Prosumer is a good comimise idf i want to veritility but dont want to carrl loads of gear and dont need to change lenses or require speed (including image buffering and right time)
The SLR(s) are used for profesional and similar use - wheer people pay me for quality, or wher i need to captre fast moving action or require to shoot on low light etc
Its all about what yoe want
I'd be interested to know how the quality of printer output compares to high end camera output. Are cameras already outstripping printers? At what point does camera output quality and printer output quality meet?
I also have a 19" monitor screwed to the kitchen wall and I rotate pictures on the screen saver which is lower definition than the prints of course.
But it's the big lens that gives the out of focus background and makes me look like a good photographer which I'm not!
I tend to keep eveything on my laptop & discs, I like your idea, Blackers, I could put a monitor with a slideshow in my bathroom!
In the end, I guess you just have to choose whether it's economically viable to get a top of the range printer (no need to go for a dye sublimation printer!), or know what quality of output you want, and muck about with the dpi's available for resolution when you're at the stage where you're ready to print. The quality of the image (i.le how blurred/clear it is) also has something to do with it, but that's another issue!
B/W photography- aesthetics, of course!
I use Paint Shop Pro, which I think is better value than Photoshop- it does what I want it to do- I dont need the professional 500 quid variety(you can pick up version 8 for 20 quid, 9 for 25 quid and the newest 10, for at 40 something. 9 does the job for me)
I next to never print my pictures but, but I do like to keep them in an online gallery which I pay for. For me, its really a way of accessing my pics from wherever I am at, not so much for showing people.
My Sony H1 nature gallery with fotopics
As a scrapbook, its also nice to see your skills develop and alter over time as you improve or get used to your new camera or whatever.
It lets you see what a picture looks like: most of mine need to be cropped but am needing to install the software again.
i havn't waded through posts, but got latest 'which' yesterday, canon eos 350D and nikon D50, got best marks for just about everthing. Canon a bit faster.
Its great to share, because it gives you so many ideas and you think 'I'll try that myself' or, 'that was bad, I'll learn from that and do it this way when I do it myself'.
My repertoire is very very limited, but as my knowledge of my camera grows, I am looking at moving slowly onto other subject areas. I just love animals and nature, so its no hardship to go out and experiment. For every shot that reasonably works, 100 dont, but I like that too, I like to learn from my mistakes.
It can be an advantage to specialize in a particular area. Have you thought of submitting pictures to a picture library or similar before? You've possibly heard of them before, the BAPLA (British Association of Picture Libraries and Agencies)and they also have some interesting vacancies listed with various organizations.
Maybe in time.
Shall investigate that link though, ta.
Have a good one!
1. I bought a Canon EOS 350D with a USM lens, a bag, a UV filter and 2 512 MB superfast cards.
2. I have no idea what any of that means really.
3. Thanks to everyone on here for responses.
4. In the right hands will my camera do ones as good as Dandans who is a fotography God?
5. I took some pictures of some guys cliff jumping in Dorset. I set the wodgit to the running bloke and pressed and held the go button for four seconds. Got 4 pictures of them in mid air before they hit the water and they asked me to email them with the piccies when they saw the results!
Have to learn the computer now.
It'll take ages, but thats the fun of having a hobby, isn't it!
You'll get some great people shots with that set up- dont expect close ups of ducks from a million squillion miles away though! That is the strength of my camera, each one has its own.
Find what your one does well, and do it. And most of all, enjoy it!!!
Hi Dan Dan, still haven't uploaded pics yet, I'm still choosing them, but yesterday I got a shot of a bumblebee in the middle of a purple flower (don't know types) I was really happy with!!!
Get 'em up!
I'm just uploading a last few before bed.
Really need to get mmy new version of Paint Shop as so many of the ones I have put on yesterday and today just need to be cropped to maximise their impact.
Its the only tinkering I like to do.