muikabochi 208 Posted May 25, 2012 Author Share Posted May 25, 2012 You'll have to keep the flask in your cabinet!. Until the real one arrives! Link to post Share on other sites
Criz 0 Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 I got good news today, well yesterday. I should have my new camera by Wednesday. To celebrate, I have got the Lee filter system + neutral density grad filter (soft) kit. Friend of mine uses that and has been recommending it for ages. After all I got the camera at pre-increase price! Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 Congratulations! I didn't know about the Lee system but it looks cool. Slidable/rotatable grad filters make a lot of sense. NDs also let you shoot at say F2 on a sunny day at a shutter speed your camera can synch a flash to. So you can have fill flash and a shallow depth of field. No flash on a very sunny day usually means some combination of shadows on faces and people with squinting eyes. More rumours of the D600 which sounds pretty good. Whether they will actually make more than one or two dozen a week remains to be seen! Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted May 27, 2012 Author Share Posted May 27, 2012 Great news Criz! And great buy with the Lee filters too. I have been reading about that a while now, and think it would be a great addition, it's on my list. Actually could really have done with it yesterday I took a fair few photos at Daigenta that had blown out skies, I think it would have worked a treat. Have you seen The Big Stopper as well, that one looks cool! Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted May 27, 2012 Author Share Posted May 27, 2012 Check this out. Amazing how manual the process of making them is Link to post Share on other sites
Criz 0 Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 Very interesting! I wouldn't have guessed so much manual work goes into it. Link to post Share on other sites
miller 1 Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 Nice one Criz, you must be excited. Those filters look interesting. And expensive! Not sure I would want the extra fuss that seems involed. I've just got to admit I can make do without getting to that level. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted May 28, 2012 Author Share Posted May 28, 2012 Thats the thing that puts me off about those. Can't say I'm keen on all the hassles, I'm not even keen on having to change lenses. But that hassle is unavoidable. Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 Some people seem to like a slow and considered approach to photography. From videos, some landscape folks can get great photos in situations where I can see nothing. I'm still having fun playing with my flashes off camera. Here's my first go at macro, just on an azalea next to the house. I was surprised how easy it is to take this kind of photo. It was taken at three in the afternoon. The black is just from underexposure. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted May 29, 2012 Author Share Posted May 29, 2012 Nice flower shot. And absolutely, I agree. It's one thing that I intend to get used to doing more of actually. My photos are almost always taken when 'out sightseeing', but I am going to give myself some days out on my own just dedicated to taking shots I think, slowing it down. It will probably be a very good learning process, as well as getting more used to the gear and a more considered approach. Have fun with your new camera tomorrow Criz! Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 And if you can seemingly take top shots like you can at will without much consideration, just think what you can get with more! Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 I'm dying for a macro lens for my Nikon D80. Taking pictures of my pens is a pain and very uninspiring without one. EDIT...yes I did SAY PENS...for all yous smartypants.. Also, I'd love to get a snoot. Some pretty amazing shots can be had for not that much invested. linky.. http://www.garyfonge...ml#.T8RrDL9g2eF Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted May 29, 2012 Author Share Posted May 29, 2012 What lens did you use Mr Wiggles? I have had the Nikkor 105mm micro for a few years but not used it as much as I should. Very nice lens. Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 Damn beat me to it with your edit. I was concocting a weiner themed response. As Morrissey said at the Hacienda though.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eF13--6zrdw There were effortlessly brilliant back then. Sadly Mozzers a bit of a dick now. (There's another weiner theme in there!) Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 whew......that was close.. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted May 29, 2012 Author Share Posted May 29, 2012 Also, I'd love to get a snoot. Some pretty amazing shots can be had for not that much invested. Interesting! Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 Also, I'd love to get a snoot. Some pretty amazing shots can be had for not that much invested. linky.. http://www.garyfonge...ml#.T8RrDL9g2eF If you can make your own guitars, I'm sure you could make something similar. I made a flash-head sized grid for one of my flashes last week. I used corrugated black plastic (called プラ段 "pura-dan" from plastic danboru) you can buy at the home center. Some folks use black straws bundled together. There are loads of different diy flash modifiers out there so google is your friend. I might have a go at a one called the David Tejada beauty dish. It uses a 100 yen planter and a CD-R box. For a simple snoot, you can just roll a piece of black paper into a tube. The grid itself is not that important. I think the most important thing is for the flash you stick it on to be off camera. Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 What lens did you use Mr Wiggles? I have had the Nikkor 105mm micro for a few years but not used it as much as I should. Very nice lens. That's just my Fuji X100 with the fixed lens. 23mm on a dx sensor, so 35mm equivalent for field of view, but optically only 23mm so there'll be a lot of barrel distortion in there at such a close focusing distance. It can be fixed to an extent with a program like PTLens or with a profile in the Adobe programs. Basically if the flower was someone's nose, it would look really bad. I fired the flash off camera with Cactus V5 triggers from HK. Link to post Share on other sites
miller 1 Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 Very inventive Mr Wiggles. :thumbup: Link to post Share on other sites
Criz 0 Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 Have fun with your new camera tomorrow Criz! Hope so! Tomorrow! Actually, tomorrow is today. If that makes any sense. 1:25am here. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted May 30, 2012 Author Share Posted May 30, 2012 Hope it is all ok there. I got my 70-200mm yesterday. Can you guess which it is, and which is the flask? Quite easy really but the flask does look really similar from a distance. Looks like I didn't line up the little rubber grip part on the flask as well. Link to post Share on other sites
Criz 0 Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 Looks good! And yes I got the camera and checked it for the famous left focus "problem" - all seems fine. Haven't really done much other than fondle/handle it so far, hopefully this weekend I will be able to get out. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted May 30, 2012 Author Share Posted May 30, 2012 Have fun! Link to post Share on other sites
miller 1 Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Awesome both of you. What lenses you got Criz? Is that your sexiest lens now muikabochi? Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted May 31, 2012 Author Share Posted May 31, 2012 No, I don't think so. Can't think that any lens can be sexier than the bulbously sexy 14-24mm. Link to post Share on other sites
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