Photography II

by **momadance** » Tue Jun 08, 2010 09:56:39

TheDude24 wrote:I just looked up that camera and lens. Not a cheap product- but I suppose you have to pay for quality.

The lens makes all the difference in the world. But the Olympus stock lenses are nice. I use 40-150mm that comes with the camera for the baseball pics.

by **scottdg** » Tue Jun 08, 2010 10:15:53

momadance wrote:
phatj wrote:I was figuring you used a fisheye lens for the Wall St. shots... I guess that was done in post-processing?

Yep. Did it in Photoshop. CS5 does is pretty nice. Though I think the fisheye lens is next on my list.

Clearly I don't know what I am talking about.

by **phatj** » Tue Jun 08, 2010 10:37:11

scottdg wrote:
momadance wrote:
phatj wrote:I was figuring you used a fisheye lens for the Wall St. shots... I guess that was done in post-processing?

Yep. Did it in Photoshop. CS5 does is pretty nice. Though I think the fisheye lens is next on my list.

Clearly I don't know what I am talking about.

14mm on a Four Thirds camera (as his Olympus is) is equivalent in field of view to 28mm on a full-frame camera, so it's wide angle, but not ultra-wide. I think you shoot a Nikon DX format, right? Your equivalent lens would be about 18 or 19mm.

by **scottdg** » Tue Jun 08, 2010 11:33:00

phatj wrote:
scottdg wrote:
momadance wrote:
phatj wrote:I was figuring you used a fisheye lens for the Wall St. shots... I guess that was done in post-processing?

Yep. Did it in Photoshop. CS5 does is pretty nice. Though I think the fisheye lens is next on my list.

Clearly I don't know what I am talking about.

14mm on a Four Thirds camera (as his Olympus is) is equivalent in field of view to 28mm on a full-frame camera, so it's wide angle, but not ultra-wide. I think you shoot a Nikon DX format, right? Your equivalent lens would be about 18 or 19mm.

Yea, I wasn't even doing the conversion. I think my D80 is about 1.5 times the focal length. I will see some curvature with my 10-20mm which is really 15-30mm which is probably why I made the comment at first without doing the conversion on his lens.

by **td11** » Fri Jun 11, 2010 15:49:16

i've always been really interested in photography, so i took a b/w film photography class this past semester. got some decent prints so of course now i want to get an entry-level DSLR. any thoughts?

note that i basically know next to nothing about photography.

by **Woody** » Fri Jun 11, 2010 15:55:28

I may be able to sell you a Canon XTI if you want. Three years old, mint condition

by **The Dude** » Fri Jun 11, 2010 15:57:09

wodd, my brother's camera just got stolen so he might want a replacement. if td doesn't want it, i'll talk to my bro

by **Woody** » Fri Jun 11, 2010 16:04:44

Cool. either of you guys let me know. My wife has since upgraded to a 7D so I'm sure she'd be willing to part with it, and we need to finish our basement. I think it was a good starter SLR. Easy to use, not too huge, etc...

There are lots of reviews on the web (note that its full name is the Canon EOS Rebel XTI--sometimes referred to as the 400D)

p.s. we also have 2 lenses for it above and beyond the kit lense it came with

by **The Dude** » Fri Jun 11, 2010 16:07:16

alright, I just emailed my sis-in-law. I'll let you know what she says, pending TD's answer

edit: I don't know anything about cameras, but this is what was stolen:

Canon G5 PowerShot

by **td11** » Fri Jun 11, 2010 16:28:51

pm sent

by **scottdg** » Sun Jun 13, 2010 00:42:48

Sorry about the size...I am too tired to mess around with them anymore

Edit: A little easier to view now.

by **phatj** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 08:38:29

Some stuff from my vacation so far:

Taughannock Falls, near Trumansburg, NY:

The Corning Museum of Glass offers some neat opportunities for (semi-)abstract stuff:

Upstate NY is a few weeks behind the Philly area in terms of climate, so the flowers are gorgeous right now:

This is the dock attached to our house on Seneca Lake:

by **phatj** » Sat Jul 03, 2010 23:15:17

We're on a fuckin' boat:

Sunset on Seneca Lake:

Some stuff from the ridiculously beautiful Watkins Glen State Park:

by **Scarlett** » Sun Jul 04, 2010 10:48:50

PhatJ your photos are amazing, really beautiful. Thank you!

by **meatball** » Sun Jul 04, 2010 11:35:11

Yeah, these are amazing. I used to go up the Finger Lakes as a kid. My parents would drag me around to a bunch of wine tastings (awesome for an 11 year-old), but Watkins Glen was always great.

Are you gonna swing by Cooperstown?

by **phatj** » Sun Jul 04, 2010 17:14:52

Nope, we're home now. My wife and I did Cooperstown a few years ago and it was fun but not really a good trip for photography.

by **Woody** » Mon Jul 05, 2010 00:18:37

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by **WilliamC** » Mon Jul 05, 2010 00:22:39

Yeah so your pictures are definitely better than my cellphone snapped pictures in State College tonight.

They were incredible though(the fireworks, not my pictures).

by **Stay_Disappointed** » Mon Jul 05, 2010 00:39:53

Scarlett wrote:PhatJ your photos are amazing, really beautiful. Thank you!

by **phatj** » Mon Jul 05, 2010 08:32:12

Thanks all.

Woody, your fireworks shots are great. How close were you? There were fireworks on the lake the night of the 3rd but they were all the way on the other side, which was about a mile and a half away, and I couldn't get any useful shots.

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