finally bought a new camera *finally a couple pics*

I bought a Nikon D70, and I love it.
A huge step up from a little point and shoot, I can't wait to take some real pics with it.

Johnny

Awesome. Now less typing, more pic clicking!

Haha, getting my DSLR here within a few weeks as well.

Post pics man.

I'll post pics as soon as I can, unfortunately the weather here sucks, and I'm just learning the cam, it's my first DSLR, and I'm a noob!

Hopefully I can't get some good pics within the next few days, as for pics of the camera, I'll dig out my point and shoot to take some pics of it.

Which lens did you get for it? I assume the kit one.

Hopefully ill pick up something for black friday (coming soon)

There is a guide that barnes sells it's like $20. It is a full color guide that is a must have with this camera, you'll love it.

Kwonrae wrote:

There is a guide that barnes sells it's like $20. It is a full color guide that is a must have with this camera, you'll love it.

Do you have the name of the book?
B & N is right down the street from me.

Tim wrote:

Which lens did you get for it? I assume the kit one.

A cool one!
Actually, I'm just to lazy to go over and look in the bag to see the lens.
I bought the camera off Craigslist used from a friend (turned out I knew the guy lol)
I was going to get a new rebel Xsi, but I just couldn't turn down this deal.

BlazenSentra wrote:

Kwonrae wrote: There is a guide that barnes sells it's like $20. It is a full color guide that is a must have with this camera, you'll love it. Do you have the name of the book? B & N is right down the street from me.

B & N is amazing!

This is a pretty popular book around the photography community:

http://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Exposure-Ph...ks&qid=1225863252&sr=8-1

SickWitIt wrote:

Haha, getting my DSLR here within a few weeks as well. Post pics man.

I'm trying to wrap my head around it with no success. But I am just completely thrown off at the thought of trying to successfuly take a picture of your camera.

http://www.amazon.com/Nikon-D70-Digital-Field-G...bxgy_b_img_b/182-8581175-4977530

mntndewboy69 wrote:

SickWitIt wrote: Haha, getting my DSLR here within a few weeks as well. Post pics man. I'm trying to wrap my head around it with no success. But I am just completely thrown off at the thought of trying to successfuly take a picture of your camera.

Most people that have a dslr/slr also have a point and shoot. I had three at one time until I lost one.

TRogers wrote:

mntndewboy69 wrote: SickWitIt wrote: Haha, getting my DSLR here within a few weeks as well. Post pics man. I'm trying to wrap my head around it with no success. But I am just completely thrown off at the thought of trying to successfuly take a picture of your camera. Most people that have a dslr/slr also have a point and shoot. I had three at one time until I lost one.

Yes, I have a point and shoot as well (Samsung Digimax 7.2 MP) I also have a Canon Rebel 35mm.

I'll take some pics of the camera tomorrow, and try to get a couple pictures off the new one.

Johnny

I don't get why people need to see the camera?



We want pictures taken by your camera, not the camera itself.

I'll take some pics this weekend of a concert I'm going to.
so far nothing really amazing to take pictures of that would be impressive, unless you want to see pics of my wife or my dog...

The lens on it is a Nikon 18-70mm 1:3.5-4.5G (no idea what that means)
I'm looking at getting a lens with a little more zoom on it.
This one in particular (a 55-200). http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=n...896081&ref=pd_sl_iuzdpsioh_b

I'm uploading pictures from the concert last night and nursing a sore back, so I'll try to get some up shortly here.

Look forward to them.

3.5-4.5 is your f/stop. and the G is the mounting type.

I tossed a couple pictures up in my gallery, click under the concert tab.
http://www.oznium.com/gallery/nissan/sentra/298/3285

Johnny

Kwonrae wrote:

3.5-4.5 is your f/stop. and the G is the mounting type.

Thanks!

Nice pictures.

Definitely need some sort of fill flash though. Direct flash is gross. Creates shadows, and whites out the subject.

Just some C&C though.

I've been tossing around the idea of a better flash, I would love to drop down the ISO a ton more as well, however it was as dark as could be in that room so it made it tough to get pictures.
Hopefully Santa will bring a nice flash this year!

Johnny

pics for the lazy...

If I'm correct, for low light situations, you need a low aperture lens?

I do recall reading Canon's "Nifty Fifty" lens can get as low as like 1.4, and thats what a lot of people use in low-light areas. However, the nifty-fifty is a prime, so no zoom.

Either way, nice photos.


Edit: Duh! Forgot you had Nikon. Disregard the nifty fifty statement.

Yeah, you need a lens with a 1.4 or 1.8 max aperture if you're doing concert photography. Using a flash is usually frowned upon, unless you know the band or something. You'll have to bump up the ISO and use AV mode, set to as high as it can go (1.2, 1.4, 1. for those low light situations.

SickWitIt wrote:

If I'm correct, for low light situations, you need a low aperture lens? I do recall reading Canon's "Nifty Fifty" lens can get as low as like 1.4, and thats what a lot of people use in low-light areas. However, the nifty-fifty is a prime, so no zoom. Either way, nice photos. Edit: Duh! Forgot you had Nikon. Disregard the nifty fifty statement.

No Problem, just set the pipe down from time to time

I've got a couple lenses I'm looking at, but the first thing is going to be a better flash.
I may get a lens with a better zoom as there's one on craigslist that's going for a great price.

BlazenSentra wrote:

No Problem, just set the pipe down from time to time

Haha, refering to marijuana?

Tim wrote:

Yeah, you need a lens with a 1.4 or 1.8 max aperture if you're doing concert photography. Using a flash is usually frowned upon, unless you know the band or something. You'll have to bump up the ISO and use AV mode, set to as high as it can go (1.2, 1.4, 1. for those low light situations.

to show how large of a newb I am, how would I search for these.
do you have a link to a couple that would work well?

Take a look at this website:

http://www.fredmiranda.com/

They have lots of lens reviews, and a great message board. You'll find some good prices on some used equipment there. I would buy from there over Craigslist anyday.

Check out the B&M store. I think they have a lens "searcher"

BlazenSentra wrote:

Tim wrote: Yeah, you need a lens with a 1.4 or 1.8 max aperture if you're doing concert photography. Using a flash is usually frowned upon, unless you know the band or something. You'll have to bump up the ISO and use AV mode, set to as high as it can go (1.2, 1.4, 1. for those low light situations. to show how large of a newb I am, how would I search for these. do you have a link to a couple that would work well?

Well, you're limited to prime lenses if you want an aperture that large. Prime means it's a fixed focal length. 30mm, 50mm, 80mm. It's the opposite of a zoom lens, which is what you have (18-70). I'm not very up to date on any Nikkor lenes, but this one might be a good purchase:

http://www.fredmiranda.com/reviews/showproduct....amp;sort=7&cat=12&page=2

It's a 50mm lens, which might be a bit long on your D70. I believe it has the same 1.6 crop as many Canon cameras do, so then lens will look like a 75mm or 80mm lens. It's quite fast too, with a max apeture of 1.4.

EDIT - The D70 has a 1.5 crop. Multiply the lens focal length by that and that's what you're actually going to get.

Here's a nicer lens, a 28mm 1.4. It will act like a 50mm lens, given the crop factor, and it's as fast as the above lens. It is a little more expensive with an average price of $1400.

http://www.fredmiranda.com/reviews/showproduct....amp;sort=7&cat=12&page=2