The CMOS chip in my 1D took a shit on me in the middle of the Canes game tonight. I don't even want to know how much that's gonna cost me.

12/18/2008 9:40:20 PM

12/18/2008 9:54:32 PM

Quote :

"I really want a 50mm lens but the 1.4 is obviously more expensive than the 1.8. Is there that much of a difference in the pictures between the two? Should I hold out for the 1.4?"

I'd upgrade your D40 to another camera that could focus either of the two lenses before you buy them. That or buy an old MF 50mm off ebay.

^Kiwi, what's with this vignetting gimmick? It gets old.

12/19/2008 12:13:28 AM

obsessed with it right now, just a phase, sry

12/19/2008 12:22:55 AM

drunk photo but it's kinda cool. had one of those light saber toys from sharper image. 30 second exposure w/ flash.

[Edited on December 19, 2008 at 3:08 AM. Reason : .]

12/19/2008 3:08:08 AM

sweet are you trying to write something?

12/19/2008 3:10:29 AM

^lol we tried but the combination of beer and getting the exposure timing right wasn't working out too well. the closest we got to anything with a pattern was my friend doing the four points, then quickly stepping to the left and doing the circle.







It was my friends point-n-shoot. Kinda cool though.

[Edited on December 19, 2008 at 3:18 AM. Reason : .]

12/19/2008 3:14:50 AM

i still wanna take one of you people with the fancy cameras on the boat fishing with me sometime to get me some baller desktop wallpaper stuff.

12/19/2008 3:17:36 AM

check out the resolution on this bass!!!!1

12/19/2008 3:19:00 AM

hahahahahahahahahahhahahaha

[Edited on December 19, 2008 at 3:19 AM. Reason : i was thinking more like landscapes and stuff. marshes, creeks, etc.]

[Edited on December 19, 2008 at 3:20 AM. Reason : i don't want myself on my desktop]

12/19/2008 3:19:21 AM

12/19/2008 3:21:47 AM

hahaha the look on the face of the guy on the right is 10/10

12/19/2008 3:22:20 AM

San Francisco Zoo couple months ago. Saw someone posted a mercat earlier so i figured i'd throw these in:







For some reason i can sit and watch funny animals for long periods of time and not get bored. I think these need to be captioned.

[Edited on December 19, 2008 at 3:49 AM. Reason : .]

12/19/2008 3:48:15 AM

^now i just need a TV and an annoying redhead wife


the nom is mine... you can't have it...


the fuck? where did frank go?

12/19/2008 8:01:28 AM

the third one makes me think of the william shatner rocket man video, where he basically makes a couple copies of himself who sing other parts of the song...

12/19/2008 4:22:11 PM

here's a sample of what my corrupted image files from my camera looks like. It's like yuck... All I want for Christmas is for someone to pay my CPS bill...

12/19/2008 5:17:07 PM

seriously, thats some fucked up shit, son

12/19/2008 5:19:48 PM

I don't even want to know how much this is gonna set me back. Before this, I was breaking even this month. Might be flipping burgers next week or something...

12/19/2008 5:21:04 PM

Quote :

"I really want a 50mm lens but the 1.4 is obviously more expensive than the 1.8. Is there that much of a difference in the pictures between the two? Should I hold out for the 1.4?"

I read some reviews and then took my camera to the store and tried both out to decide which one I wanted. I would recommend this approach, as everyone's opinion on "worthiness of cost" is going to be different.

12/19/2008 5:41:11 PM

I'm pretty sure southeastern camera's will have those two on hand for you to try out. Just bring your camera and test it out. Peace will do the same, but they just seem a little less friendly to amateurs when I started out. Plus southeatern will let you rent lens for cheap, even cut you a good deal if you are still a student.

12/19/2008 6:00:16 PM

Quote :

"All I want for Christmas is for someone to pay my CPS bill... "

Why would Canon charge you to fix this? Looks like their screwup...


In other news, my D40 works fine in below-freezing temps. Currently in Milwaukee with many snow piles and drifts taller than me...

12/20/2008 3:27:55 PM

Its a mkIIn.... originally sold in 2006 so its well out of warranty.

12/20/2008 4:13:20 PM

http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/20/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-review-roundup/

the MarkII reviews are finally out

12/20/2008 5:43:25 PM

Just bought a Canon XSi

12/20/2008 7:27:45 PM

Canon EOS Rebel XS vs Nikon D60, I'm partial to Nikon because my last camera was a Nikon but if the Canon is better I'm down for a change. Comments?

12/21/2008 12:22:57 PM

^ If you can spare the extra cash get the d90. If you are considering the d60 you may want to look at the d40 not much difference.

12/21/2008 2:39:36 PM

i'm fairly certain Maximillion has officially shit the bed

when i take a photo now it just says loading and does nothing

so i have the recurring threat of my photos coming out as corrupt data or not even transferring from the camera's buffer memory to the memory card

this sucks...

12/21/2008 2:40:36 PM

My D40 works great in the cold. Took a few shots, nothing amazing, I just think the snow here is crazy. Still in Wisconsin, right now it's -3F outside w/wind chill of -30F. Earlier today it was -8F w/ wind chill of -35F.








[Edited on December 21, 2008 at 5:33 PM. Reason : ]

12/21/2008 5:32:41 PM

^up your exposure by 1/3-1/2 a stop. Snow throws off the in camera metering.

12/21/2008 5:37:21 PM

Yeah -- the shots were pretty dark over the past day or two. However, it's interesting trying to do that with 30mph winds whipping snow around and thick gloves on.

12/21/2008 6:38:30 PM

So it was kinda dark and I guess I should have been paying better attention but I managed to get that giant cock on the wall and its really distracting.. but funny.



[Edited on December 22, 2008 at 3:06 PM. Reason : .]

12/22/2008 3:04:53 PM

Quote :

"Canon EOS Rebel XS vs Nikon D60, I'm partial to Nikon because my last camera was a Nikon but if the Canon is better I'm down for a change. Comments?"

I have the XS. Spec-wise it's on par with the D60. Canon seems to handle noise better than Nikon at this price point from what I can tell. I shoot at ISO 800 all the time and have yet to notice any noise. The guy across from me at work has a D60 and I can see all kinds of grain in some of his shots. That's just my opinion though, could be totally wrong...

Best bet is to go to a store and hold both of them. That makes a big difference. A lot of people complain that the XS is cramped but I have no problems. Also check out dpreview for more details.

12/22/2008 3:08:30 PM

hey all i know this is an SLR thread, but i know this is where all the photog's hang out.

i have a Sony DSC-H5, which is an SLR-like and i've posted a few photos in here, but it's still a bit big (and expensive to replace) to take on 'active' trips like skiing, snowshoeing, etc, where there's a possibility of me falling on it, or it getting wet so i'm looking for an good ultra-compact for <$120, i'm not looking for anything over that.

Here are my top 2 picks:

Nikon Coolpix S210 Digital Camera
http://www.buydig.com/shop/product.aspx?sku=NKCPS210K

Fujifilm FINEPIX J10 8 MP Digital Camera
http://www.buydig.com/shop/product.aspx?sku=FJFPJ10K

what would you guys recommend?

12/22/2008 9:25:44 PM

May want to check into these too. http://www.amazon.com/Canon-PowerShot-SD1100IS-Digital-Stabilized/dp/B0012YC7AE/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1229999672&sr=8-1

I've seen them on sell for around 120. From my experience with point and shoots Canon is very good.

12/22/2008 9:40:06 PM

^^They look about identical. Those're great prices, though, especially since they include a memory card.

12/23/2008 12:10:36 AM

^^can't find it for under $145, anywhere.

while i don't doubt they are good cameras, at $150, that's 50% more than the current price range i'm looking at. i would probably get it if i didn't just need a small cheap camera, thanks though for the recommendation.

12/23/2008 12:22:14 AM

looking also at:

Sony Cybershot DSC-W120 (DSCW120/B)
http://www.amazon.com/Sony-Cybershot-DSCW120-Digital-Optical/dp/B0011E67BA

12/23/2008 12:57:10 AM

The Nikon S210 is really slim. It's one of the slimmest cameras I've held. ^Great price for that camera too. Really, just go with any of the three cameras, they'll all take perfect fine mediocre pictures.

12/23/2008 1:36:57 AM

set em up

12/23/2008 10:02:18 AM

ninety-five

^^thanks

12/23/2008 10:20:49 AM

Happy Holidays!

My daughter and her BFF

12/23/2008 10:39:39 AM

that's awesome!

wish the plug wasn't in her face though

[Edited on December 23, 2008 at 10:40 AM. Reason : +]

12/23/2008 10:40:27 AM

Ask and you shall receive, photo nerds.

12/23/2008 1:04:52 PM

BTW, got the Sony W120 direct from Sony for $109 (w/ SONYCAMSAVE15B coupon)

12/23/2008 2:17:41 PM

^^nice shop! wow.

12/23/2008 2:18:27 PM

Photoshop? No. No. You see, this is the point where a professional photographer deletes the original and claims he shot it in 35mm. In any case, it beats my day job as an ex post facto fluffer.

12/23/2008 3:04:18 PM

muy bien!

[Edited on December 23, 2008 at 3:07 PM. Reason : +]

12/23/2008 3:06:59 PM

Thinking about picking up a Canon Rebel XSI for Christmas, I can get one for about $675+tax for the body and the 18-55 lens. Any comments about this camera? This would be my first DSLR, but I reallly would like one for my trip to europe this summer.

[Edited on December 23, 2008 at 7:41 PM. Reason : yep]

12/23/2008 7:39:43 PM

That's what I have now, it's my first slr.

I <3 it.

12/23/2008 7:41:06 PM

or a nikon d60... What should it be folks?

12/24/2008 2:48:40 AM