What camera do you own?

[Bracken]

Originally Posted by Son Of Coco

Has anyone used the old SLRs? Was wondering what the go was with focus etc. Obviously the dSLR's tell you when you're underexposed or overexposed when you look in the viewfinder. What did they use in the old SLRs? I've never used one so I have no idea. Was it just a matter of knowing which settings to use in a given environment or was there in-camera help?

Both. The later SLRs had TTL (Through-the-lens) light meters, so there'd be an exposure indicator within the viewfinder. Obviously, they were mostly analogue- a typical light meter indicator was a +/- scale along the side of the finder, with a needle swinging between the two as you adjusted you exposure.

Older SLRs had no internal light meter. Your options were to either use an external light meter or you had to rely on your eye and a few general rules (like the Sunny 16 rule, for example) to expose properly.

[godofcricket]

I am back. These were taken in malmo, sweden. One is the main mosque in the city and a picture of my friends living their.








I will definetly post more pictures when i visit cricketweb again.

[Langeveldt]

Originally Posted by Son Of Coco

They're great to use, I was always a little scared of them But they're pretty easy to use when you get the hang of it. Much steeper learning curve than point and shoots obviously but the sooner you start the sooner you get better.

Has anyone used the old SLRs? Was wondering what the go was with focus etc. Obviously the dSLR's tell you when you're underexposed or overexposed when you look in the viewfinder. What did they use in the old SLRs? I've never used one so I have no idea. Was it just a matter of knowing which settings to use in a given environment or was there in-camera help?

Saw a camera shop in Busan (a city 45 mins from here) that sold second-hand lenses for the old-style cameras. There were Hasselblad lenses there, which are ridiculously expensive for digital cameras, and they were about a thousand dollars for the ancient versions. The one I saw had 'Made in West Germany' on it so I wondered if it was a collector's item

With old DSLRs you usually use a light meter, kind of like the one an umpire would have, and then set your camera up accordingly.. I've used them a bit

[Craig]

Bought a tri-pod a month or so ago. A Manfrotto.

[Scaly piscine]

Various pictures from Johor Bahru:

Picasa Web Albums - dark_elf_1998 - Hotel Views

Got a nice range so far, but no violent thunderstorm yet.

Haven't decided what camera/lens I'm getting, but will definitely get some more professional gear next year. Also have to decide where to get it from - obviously stuff is way cheaper in America for instance than rip off Britain. Current camera is a Canon 40D with a 70-300mm 4-5.6f lens. I hardly spend any money so doing a bit of photography along with Scrabble is very feasible for me.

[Langeveldt]

Have been enjoying some good results with my Canon 400.. managed to do this while flying the plane too

[GIMH]

Love that top one Hingeh

[godofcricket]

Excellent pics Langeveldt..!!!!
I am posting a few pics from my trip to malmo and manchester..a mixture of both...with friends..!!

[sledger]

Good stuff, both of you.

[Son Of Coco]

Originally Posted by Scaly piscine

Various pictures from Johor Bahru:

Picasa Web Albums - dark_elf_1998 - Hotel Views

Got a nice range so far, but no violent thunderstorm yet.

Haven't decided what camera/lens I'm getting, but will definitely get some more professional gear next year. Also have to decide where to get it from - obviously stuff is way cheaper in America for instance than rip off Britain. Current camera is a Canon 40D with a 70-300mm 4-5.6f lens. I hardly spend any money so doing a bit of photography along with Scrabble is very feasible for me.

Yeah I'm currently looking at rearranging the lenses I have slightly. I say currently, I think it started as a pimple on my arse about 6 months ago and is now a festering boil that will probably never go away again.

I currently have the 17-85mm 4.5-5.6 (or something like that), the 50mm 1.8 II (early Christmas present, got it today), 100mm 2.8 macro and the 70-200mm f4 L...am looking to get rid of the 17-85mm at some stage and get the 24-105mm f4 L IS. I think I just saw one at the camera store here for a reasonable price, but I have to go back and check its got IS. I'm justifying this due to the fact that if I eventually upgrade camera bodies then the 17-85 is an EF-S lens and won't be usable on a 5D Mk II etc.

Pissweak reasoning to spend a possible $1200, but anyway. An addiction can't be fully conquered.

I was going to get rid of the 100mm macro, but I like the idea of having the f2.8 and it's a really nice lens. Came close, but then decided to keep it.

Then I have to find something that covers the wide angle range. Would go for the Canon 10-22mm but that's an EF-S lens too. Will have to do some research.

Also like the 17-40mm 2.8L but that's about $400 dearer than the 24-105mm. I've been bitten by the L lens bug I think. The 70-200mm is an absolute cracker. I find myself looking at my 17-85mm like it's the ugly stepsister, but it still serves a purpose.

And nice photos guys, are some of those shots HDR godofcricket?

[Craig]

This is making me motivated to go out and take a whole lot of photos tomorrow.

[Son Of Coco]

Originally Posted by Craig

This is making me motivated to go out and take a whole lot of photos tomorrow.

Haha, me too! What say we meet up at Ulsan Bridge at 1pm!?

Been heading out a bit this week befor work, just throwing on a different lens and taking whatever shots I can. Looking forward to trying out the 50mm, I want to take more portrait shots as I lean towards scenery and knowing how to take a good shot of someone would be great.

[Craig]

Originally Posted by Son Of Coco

Haha, me too! What say we meet up at Ulsan Bridge at 1pm!?

Been heading out a bit this week befor work, just throwing on a different lens and taking whatever shots I can. Looking forward to trying out the 50mm, I want to take more portrait shots as I lean towards scenery and knowing how to take a good shot of someone would be great.

I knew there was a reason why I had to be Korea. I'm probably going to go up to Q1. I have a yearly pass and I should use it a bit more since it will expire soon.

[Son Of Coco]

Originally Posted by Craig

I knew there was a reason why I had to be Korea. I'm probably going to go up to Q1. I have a yearly pass and I should use it a bit more since it will expire soon.

So you can build up as much dust as possible in all your lenses? My 17-85mm has a speck of dust on the inside of the lens which shows up on some pics. I'm blaming Korea. I have to get it removed if possible. The fact the 70-200mm f4 IS was dustproof almost persuaded me to pay the extra $600 over the non-IS because I knew I'd have it here in Korea. Was a reason why I avoided the extendable barrel on the 70-300mm too. It's thick over here (the dust that is).

Here are some pics from Korea and my Australian trip. I met up with Craig one afternoon at Burleigh and we took some photos of surfing etc:

Flower @ the Onggi Pottery Factory in Ulsan



Kids on a temple wall in Busan (posted this before in B&W



The rock wall at Kingscliff



Cheeky little bastard at Lorne, Victoria on our Great Ocean Rd trip



Skimming rocks on the beach near the sign for the start of The Great Ocean Rd

[Son Of Coco]

And...almost forgot the Burleigh shots:

Some bloke surfing at Burleigh



Another bloke surfing at Burleigh



'He's drowned love, you'd better come home with me!'



Blackhawk Down over Burleigh



Engaging stalker mode again. This time in Lorne, Vic.



And, the moon



Sorry for getting a bit carried away, had a heap of shots from travels etc and thought there were a few decent ones.