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A_Str8
Number of posts: 865
Localisation: Philadelphia
Registration date: 2006-12-29
 |  Subject: Re: Get your camera out  Fri Jun 06, 2008 3:30 pm | |
| | swayyah wrote: | | [/Well...don't laugh, but i use a digital camera. a Nikon, 5 megapixels. |
There's nothing wrong with that - camera's can get expensive. When I first started, I got a manual, non-digital slr. I stopped using it because film/developing costs were too high. Ever since then I've been using a relatively cheap digital cam.
If you're trying to learn about photography, it's important that your camera allows manual control of the important settings. Unfortunatly, manual control complicates things, so it's not considered as important in most point&shoot digital cams. I dunno how much control your Nikon allows, but if it doesn't allow much, I'd recomend getting a new camera as soon as you can afford it.
The most important settings you should be able to control manually are:
- shutter speed - ideally with a range from at least several seconds up to 1/1500 or higher
- aperture - I think 2.8-8 is the biggest range you'll find in a cheap cam
- focus
Other manual controls that would be nice are:
- ISO - ideally with options for higher ISO settings like 800 and 1600
- Custom White Balance - this lets you shoot something white to set the balance properly
Canon's Powershot A line let's you control all that stuff and more and most of the models are under $200 (I just bought the A720). If your Nikon doesn't allow manual control of these settings and you can't afford a new camera right now, there's still things you can work on and learn without all the manual control. |
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swayyah
Number of posts: 277
Registration date: 2007-11-05
| | Subject: Re: Get your camera out Fri Jun 06, 2008 4:16 pm | |
| ok thanks so much. i'll look into it. |
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april
Number of posts: 307
Registration date: 2007-01-08
| | Subject: Re: Get your camera out Sat Jun 07, 2008 7:41 pm | |
|  black widow spider found in my garage. i couldn't put it down. kept it for a while. just amazed that such a tiny thing could cause so much fear and amazement in grown folks. tried to get the red triangle, but i was close enough as it was...
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april
Number of posts: 307
Registration date: 2007-01-08
| | Subject: Re: Get your camera out Sat Jun 07, 2008 7:47 pm | |
|  a barbershop on sunday morning.
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glory
Number of posts: 731
Localisation: over philly
Registration date: 2007-01-07
| | Subject: Re: Get your camera out Sat Jun 07, 2008 9:29 pm | |
| lawd, that's country! reminds me of when my family lived way out there... |
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A_Str8
Number of posts: 865
Localisation: Philadelphia
Registration date: 2006-12-29
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Tizzy Lizz^
Number of posts: 2317
Localisation: Illadelph
Registration date: 2007-01-03
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Tizzy Lizz^
Number of posts: 2317
Localisation: Illadelph
Registration date: 2007-01-03
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alyson
Number of posts: 1143
Registration date: 2007-01-04
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swayyah
Number of posts: 277
Registration date: 2007-11-05
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april
Number of posts: 307
Registration date: 2007-01-08
| | Subject: Re: Get your camera out Tue Jun 10, 2008 10:53 am | |
| The funny thing is that this is the improved barbershop. The one before that was virtually condemned. People used to joke about going in there and falling through the floorboards. This one is “swanky” compared to the one before. I love barbershops!
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A_Str8
Number of posts: 865
Localisation: Philadelphia
Registration date: 2006-12-29
| | Subject: Re: Get your camera out Tue Jun 10, 2008 11:13 am | |
| I'm curious about what it looks like inside |
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april
Number of posts: 307
Registration date: 2007-01-08
| | Subject: Re: Get your camera out Tue Jun 10, 2008 2:37 pm | |
| not as cool as it does outside i'm afraid. i actually made a film inside of the barber giving me a blow-out.
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swayyah
Number of posts: 277
Registration date: 2007-11-05
| | Subject: Re: Get your camera out Tue Jun 10, 2008 6:48 pm | |
|  On the plane coming back from Miami. |
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swayyah
Number of posts: 277
Registration date: 2007-11-05
| | Subject: Re: Get your camera out Tue Jun 10, 2008 6:51 pm | |
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I'm glad I wasn't the first person to say it, but yeah April...that is one country time barber shop, but the dude in the purple look like he has a little city swagger
