CalvinBall wrote:any good quick reads to help me understand some basics? for example, full frame sensor and some other terms i dont fully know.

Full-frames are big money, so don't worry about that if you're just starting. As mentioned in this thread, dpreview.com is a huge resource.

http://www.dpreview.com/articles/330166 ... -beginners

I borrowed an L-series to take a photo of our Board Prez and man, you can't beat that background blur

From my recent trip to Hawaii (Part 1)

Sweet stuff. Love that macro shot. I have a ton of unprocessed pics to go through from the last 6 months. Really been slacking.

Those are great. Tell me how to do that.

killer stuff

great photos

Warszawa, what's your setup?

So I took this photo a few years ago off of my boat. Always liked it and the original post process version that I had printed is great. I'm currently designing a simple website for a local CPA and I thought it would look good as the background for the main page...

Original Process:


New Process:


Website:


Any thoughts? It's an AC firm so I thought the new process with AC architecture would work. Probably need to move the header to the left more but I'm more concerned about the photo.

gr wrote:Warszawa, what's your setup?

I keep it pretty simple.
I have a Pentax K-3 and use three lenses and two filters (CP, ND)
For basic shots I use a Sigma 17-50mm f/2.8
For most telephoto I use a Pentax 60-250mm f/4
When I feel like carrying a heavy load I'll bring my Sigma 150-500mm f/5-6.3
I also have a modified Lumix camera converted to take Infrared.
For post-processing I use Lightroom 5.

Which lens did you use for the macro?

thoughts on canon rebels? decent deal on amazon with the camera and three lenses and some other stuff for 670

http://www.amazon.com/Canon-EOS-T5i-Pro ... =canon+t5i

i know some photo friends that have all started switching to nikon. what is a decent starter camera with them?

Two of those "lenses" aren't actually lenses. The only lens is the EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6.

do they just attach to the EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Lens it comes with?

I think the trend in midrange digital photography is away from SLRs and towards mirrorless cameras, which are substantially more compact and at least theoretically cheaper than their SLR equivalents. If I were looking to buy into a camera system at this point I'd certainly lean that way, because otherwise you might find yourself with a lot of suddenly obsolete gear if Canon or whoever discontinues that line.

The Canon Rebels are DSLRs. They have a mirrorless line but it seems like they're not really selling them in the US.

CalvinBall wrote:do they just attach to the EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Lens it comes with?

Which are trash and degrade your photos.

momadance wrote:

CalvinBall wrote:do they just attach to the EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Lens it comes with?

Which are trash and degrade your photos.

that is good to know. blast.

the mirrorless ones seem great but the luminix one is like 700 bucks. i cant really find any ones cheaper than that are worth buying.

phatj wrote:I think the trend in midrange digital photography is away from SLRs and towards mirrorless cameras, which are substantially more compact and at least theoretically cheaper than their SLR equivalents. If I were looking to buy into a camera system at this point I'd certainly lean that way, because otherwise you might find yourself with a lot of suddenly obsolete gear if Canon or whoever discontinues that line.

The Canon Rebels are DSLRs. They have a mirrorless line but it seems like they're not really selling them in the US.

This. Mirrorless 100%. Olympus and Sony mirrorless systems are legit.

CalvinBall wrote:

momadance wrote:

CalvinBall wrote:do they just attach to the EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Lens it comes with?

Which are trash and degrade your photos.

that is good to know. blast.

the mirrorless ones seem great but the luminix one is like 700 bucks. i cant really find any ones cheaper than that are worth buying.

Look into the Olympus OM-D E-M10

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1 ... micro.html

would the Alpha a6000 be the comparable sony model?