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Great thread resurrection! I haven't taken my DSLR out in forever, but I've been shooting for several years off and on. Some of my older shots were taken with a Nikon D50, but right now I have a Nikon D200. Some of my more recent shots were actually with my iPhone 4S while I'm traveling abroad. The place I'm at right now isn't the place to bring a DSLR camera unfortunately. Not if you want to keep it.

Here is my Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/amnphotography/
I have a lot of different things, from automotive events, landscapes, nighttime cityscapes to model shoots.

And a few shots of my work.

2010 24hrs of Le Mans

DSC_9109e by amnPhotography, on Flickr

A wedding-style photoshoot I did in Germany

DSC_0155esm by amnPhotography, on Flickr

Ft. Walton Beach, FL

DSC_8104e by amnPhotography, on Flickr


Frankfurt, Germany

Frankfurt at Night - 2 by amnPhotography, on Flickr

Bordeaux, France

DSC_7607e by amnPhotography, on Flickr

Comayagua, Honduras (actually taken with my iPhone 4S)

Honduran Sunset by amnPhotography, on Flickr
 
flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/leekcalvin/

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Zaap said:
Thanks. So far I'm looking into the Nikon D5100 or a Canon T3i.
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Hi,

I just discovered this thread! Love it.

I guess by now you decided which. I'd love to know and why plus how you like your choice. Lenses of choice too.

I had the same two in mind and ended up with the Canon T3i and added my own lenses, a 10-22 EF-S and a 35-75 EF-S (I think that's the last one). Now I am drooling over a 200 to 300 but cannot decide between a prime or zoom.

BTW I got my body on eBay for $618 no tax, brand new, plus three year warranty from Canon and all extras. :)

My reason for going Canon was the manual control over video. Automatic focus sucks on this price range. I am originally a photographer part by training party by hobby who ended up in the digital video / shooting / editing world. The video cameras I used were all able to autofocus, auto expose and auto white balance on the fly without any hunting plus built in ND filters, unlike a DSLR in this price range. However, and hence my interest in using a DSLR, they couldn't change lenses and have the creative control now possible (even if it is very tricky).

I recently decided to get back into still photography now these babies shoot HD 1080p too and cannot get over the quality of the RAW stills from the Canon T3i.

However, after working in video both analog and digital for many years and as a user of FCPro since inception, I cannot get over how tricky video is from DSLRs. Most of the threads on the net are full of people either struggling or giving wildly inaccurate answers. Stuttering for example due to using ludicrously high frame rates, slow SD cards ... not knowing how to deal with the data conversion and most of all totally not understanding the power of a computer and disk drive speeds / connection speeds required to edit full HD! It is a mess out there from what I can read and I blame Canon and Nikon for not explaining very well to those new to HD video.

I am on week one and having to learn manual focusing on the T3i and also dealing with converting the .mov files it creates to Pro Res. All good fun.

I am also fascinated by the HDR and tone mapping in still photography and use a plug in for Aperture to play with this from three shots bracketed 1 or 2 stops apart. I am interested in how many folks seem to hate this when after all our eyes see a far wider range than standard photography and the amazing ability to widen the range seems to be a natural progression. The way light and shadow can become almost a third dimension in them is electrifying to me. Obviously overdone it moves into an art form which is subjective.

I wonder if anyone has thought of designing a digital movie camera capable of simultaneously shooting three data streams, each an f-stop or two apart and a plug in for FCPro to allow tone mapping on the video ... OMG would that require a few cores eh?

Sorry I am rambling ... I haven't had as much fun in years :)

p.s. Some amazing talent here in this thread!
 
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so there's was this fair down at my mall, and i decided to take some pictures with my ipod.. yep iPod :D and bought a bunch of apps to see what presets/filters/effects i could get and here they are :3..

and i'm no "professional" :p

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Digitalclips said:
Hi,

I just discovered this thread! Love it.

I guess by now you decided which. I'd love to know and why plus how you like your choice. Lenses of choice too.

I had the same two in mind and ended up with the Canon T3i and added my own lenses, a 10-22 EF-S and a 35-75 EF-S (I think that's the last one). Now I am drooling over a 200 to 300 but cannot decide between a prime or zoom.

BTW I got my body on eBay for $618 no tax, brand new, plus three year warranty from Canon and all extras. :)
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Sorry, just saw this post- haven't been on in a while.

I ended up going with the T3i as well. I love it. Believe me, I know I'll never be in league with any of the photographers in this thread, but so far the T3i suits my needs perfectly which is basically just taking nice photos of my son who's now a year old.

That's an excellent price you got! I paid right around $100 more than that, but I also got the 18-55mm kit lens with it. I also bought a Canon 50mm f/1.8 which I think is an absolute must-have for photo-dads like me. It makes taking beautiful portraits with nice soft-focus backgrounds fairly easy even for rank amateurs like me. I also got an M42 screw mount that lets me mount older cheap manual lenses. I use a few Pentax lenses I got at a camera show more than the Canon lenses.

Now I'm on the lookout to step it up in quality of lens. I need to rent a slew of lenses first and get a feel for what I'd want to own for the duration.

I love shooting video with the T3i- that's one of the reasons I bought it as well. A few vids I've shot of my son with 50mm lens/tripod at 24fps look just amazing (to me anyway). Almost like film. I prefer the manual focus as well. A wider lens would definitely make it a lot easier, but I just love the look the 50mm delivers on video. (Video with the kit lens looks pretty flat and dull to me.)

I'm curious what is your need to convert the movie files to ProRes? One thing I love about the files the T3i creates is I just drop one on a timeline in FCP 7 (without importing anything else first) and click 'yes' to the dial asking to use the clip's settings as the project settings, and *poof* RT kicks in and I can edit without rendering. None of my old P&S cameras created files that were this easy to edit. The quality at 1080p looks amazing to my eye. Does converting to ProRes preserve even better quality?

Sorry to further derail the thread!

As usual, I'm humbled by people that actually know WTF they are doing, and with far better equipment. Great stuff!
 
This thread makes me want to buy an expensive camera and go outside. But I guess I should practice with my existing as of now... Thank you all for the inspiration!
 
MattZani said:
I'm a Photography Degree student, but I don't really have 1 place I can show my work at the moment, its something I really need to work on!
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Carbonmade ;)

My website (just a carbon made folio with a domain name)
http://www.simeonjonesphotography.co.uk/

My flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/simeonjones/

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Starfighter said:
This thread makes me want to buy an expensive camera and go outside. But I guess I should practice with my existing as of now... Thank you all for the inspiration!
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The price of your kit dont make any difference to your photography.

Some of my best shots were on cheap plastic cameras or freebies from freinds.
 
Starfighter said:
This thread makes me want to buy an expensive camera and go outside. But I guess I should practice with my existing as of now... Thank you all for the inspiration!
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Yep, yep. What that guy said up there: It's not about the camera, it's about the material and also the editing. With the right editing, a photo taken with a cell phone can look 100% better than a photo taken with a professional camera. Photos don't come out of the camera as clear and such as you would imagine.

I take photos with my iPhone all the time, and they're pretty ok.
Here is a shot I took with my iPhone 4S.

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And I have a thread on here for photos only taken with iPhone 1. (Not high quality, but definitely gives a unique character to the photos.)
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MattZani said:
I'm a Photography Degree student, but I don't really have 1 place I can show my work at the moment, its something I really need to work on!
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Facebook is a good place too, believe it or not. I love Flickr, but two bad things about that:

1.) It cost money for a Pro account
2.) Anything you upload will be added to your front page / stream.

Facebook allows you to categorize your photos and have photos displayed purely in those categories, rather than to just be thrown into sets aside your main stream. It keeps it organized.

I just made my Facebook a few days ago, it came out pretty nice. It's in my signature if you want an example of a Facebook Photography page. I would definitely recommend it. It's free anyway.
 
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Here's a few i got yesterday afternoon.
 

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SPNarwhal said:
Yep, yep. What that guy said up there: It's not about the camera, it's about the material and also the editing. With the right editing, a photo taken with a cell phone can look 100% better than a photo taken with a professional camera. Photos don't come out of the camera as clear and such as you would imagine.

I take photos with my iPhone all the time, and they're pretty ok.
Here is a shot I took with my iPhone 4S.

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And I have a thread on here for photos only taken with iPhone 1. (Not high quality, but definitely gives a unique character to the photos.)
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Facebook is a good place too, believe it or not. I love Flickr, but two bad things about that:

1.) It cost money for a Pro account
2.) Anything you upload will be added to your front page / stream.

Facebook allows you to categorize your photos and have photos displayed purely in those categories, rather than to just be thrown into sets aside your main stream. It keeps it organized.

I just made my Facebook a few days ago, it came out pretty nice. It's in my signature if you want an example of a Facebook Photography page. I would definitely recommend it. It's free anyway.
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As far as paid sites, i like www.500px.com best. The most expensive plan is only $50/year.
 
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