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Re: Friday Photoblog (none / 0)

Oh, I picked up that D200 and two batteries for it. I can meter with my manual lenses again!

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Thu Feb 28th, 2008 at 02:16:20 PM EST
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Oh cool! Have fun getting to know it.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Thu Feb 28th, 2008 at 02:20:33 PM EST
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First order of business: swapping aperture control onto the thumb wheel. Who wants shutter control there?

Nice shutter sound though.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Thu Feb 28th, 2008 at 02:26:17 PM EST
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It is a very convincing shutter shound. My friend said "that sounds like a real camera!"

I think I have shutter speed on the thumb wheel and aperture on the first finger wheel. My friend has the D200 and we get horribly confused using each other's cameras since we have our set ups fairly different.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Thu Feb 28th, 2008 at 02:48:46 PM EST
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I almost always shoot aperture priority, so the thumb wheel makes much more sense to me than the front wheel. And it lets me put exposure compensation directly on the other dial without pressing any buttons. Excellent ...

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Thu Feb 28th, 2008 at 03:21:31 PM EST
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I usually shoot manual. I need to make more use of aperture actually.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Thu Feb 28th, 2008 at 03:44:53 PM EST
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I ordered the cheap 50mm f/1.8 nikon lens you (or I?) referred to a few weeks back. I'll give that a try next weekend. Might do a trip up to golden gate park (the area just north of the bridge).

you are the media you consume.

by MillMan (millguy at gmail) on Thu Feb 28th, 2008 at 02:27:48 PM EST
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People. Aim it at people. It's a lovely portrait lens wide open (i.e. at f1.8).

It's also good in low light, obviously.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Thu Feb 28th, 2008 at 02:33:08 PM EST
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Taking photos of strangers is something I have to get used to. I found a link to a bunch of pictures taken with the lens, and yes, the portraits were great. I want to experiment with shallow depth of field as much as anything, though.

you are the media you consume.

by MillMan (millguy at gmail) on Thu Feb 28th, 2008 at 02:38:17 PM EST
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Re: Friday Photoblog (none / 0)

Well, you could take pictures of people you know!

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Thu Feb 28th, 2008 at 02:42:36 PM EST
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I know people?

Kidding, kidding. I will do that, yes. Luckily the person driving me up there like to model.

you are the media you consume.

by MillMan (millguy at gmail) on Thu Feb 28th, 2008 at 03:11:48 PM EST
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Re: Friday Photoblog (none / 0)

LIKES. Ugh.

you are the media you consume.

by MillMan (millguy at gmail) on Thu Feb 28th, 2008 at 03:12:14 PM EST
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Which bay area universe has golden gate park north of the bridge? North of the San Mateo bridge?

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin

by Crazy Horse on Thu Feb 28th, 2008 at 02:44:54 PM EST
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alright, alright, "golden gate national recreation area."

you are the media you consume.

by MillMan (millguy at gmail) on Thu Feb 28th, 2008 at 03:10:50 PM EST
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wow, and i totally forgot that north of the bridge is the GG natrec area. i was part of installing a 25 kw windmill above 101 and Sausalito, so it could be seen by everyone driving north. those were the days.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin

by Crazy Horse on Thu Feb 28th, 2008 at 03:30:24 PM EST
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I really love my 50mm, especially for low light. It's a lens you can really enjoy using.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Thu Feb 28th, 2008 at 02:51:49 PM EST
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