The Photography Megathread 2

[Katadeus]

I was sad :c

You are sad.

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[carolcat]

What kind? Mine is just a point-and-shoot.

Turns out my mom wouldn't let me get one because she had no coupons. But she says it HAS to be a Nikon or Canon, otherwise I can't get one.
Even though the Sony and Panasonic cameras had everything I was looking for and the others didn't.

[Fredulus]

quit being an starfish

well its the truth, sorry it hurt poor sirrus' feelings

[Extrude]

well its the truth, sorry it hurt poor sirrus' feelings

You're a major cigarette.

Turns out my mom wouldn't let me get one because she had no coupons. But she says it HAS to be a Nikon or Canon, otherwise I can't get one.
Even though the Sony and Panasonic cameras had everything I was looking for and the others didn't.

Nikon and Canon are pretty good, I've only used Fuji cameras but I highly recommend Nikon. Are you getting a fixed lens or DSLR?

[Fredulus]

nikon/canon are the two good brands for midlevel cameras
midlevel being $500-$8000 or so for the body, without lenses.

also, people in this thread need to learn to take criticism. if youre just posting here for some quick compliments and an ego boost, get the forget out. sirrus, turning your pictures upside down doesnt make you artsy or different. if it takes someone time to figure out what you did it just means they're dumb, not that you made a really awesome picture. you need to improve your actual skills to make better pictures, not just do weird things to them to make them different. take some more classes, study well-known photographers some more, etc. hopefully youre doing both these things already, but with weird "effects" like that idk. admittedly i was rude when i first pointed it out, but i wasnt just trying to be rude, its the truth. you have talent and if you apply it correctly you could do well, just dont pull stuff like that.

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Anything over $1,000 dollars is usually designed to be used with serious flash systems. You don't have to spend more then $700 dollars to get a super awesome camera. The new Nikon 1 cameras are great.

[Fredulus]

Anything over $1,000 dollars is usually designed to be used with serious flash systems.

No, but they do have that capability. Flash is generally only used for specific types of photography, generally portraiture or commercial work, and like... flower shots and stuff (blegh). Portraits and commercial work are an extremely small part of photography.

[Extrude]

I know. The only difference between a $700 dollar Nikon S1 and a $1,500 Fujifilm S5 Pro is how massive the Fuji is, and how many acessories it has.

Big expensive cameras are usually designed for that kind of stuff.

[Fredulus]

big expensive cameras are designed for people that need (not want) high quality pictures. and thats that.

[Extrude]

ie professionals






 

[Fredulus]

yup, thats what im sayin.. professionals or amateurs hoping to get some work displayed at shows, etc

[Sirrus]

I bought a Nikon D5100 for $860, and it has served me very well.

But honestly, if you're interested in photography but already have a camera, I cannot stress enough that the first step is to be a good photographer with whatever you have. Your camera is not the only thing that's impeding you from artistic glory- a photographer can work with anything they're given (I regularly shoot with my iPhone when I don't have my camera with me), and the thought that if you buy a more expensive camera you'll take better pictures, is just plainly incorrect.

By the way, pictures.

[carolcat]

My mom won't allow me to get anything more expensive than $500, because she thinks I'm just an beginner photographer. I'll more than likely be getting a fixed lens camera, my mom doesn't want to spend a ton of money to get me an SLR but she wants a new one for herself. Currently the only thing I have to take pictures with is my mom's old Nikon D70, and it's starting to get picky (i.e it sometimes won't take pictures).

When we went to Best Buy, the guy in the camera showed us the new Nikon and told us that the compact Nikons aren't that great, so if I was going to get a Nikon, I should shoot for getting one of their SLRs.

[Swholli]

Seriously, if anyone says anything bad about the last crop of images Sirrus just posted, they clearly know nothing about art or photography and no longer should be taken seriously.

I mean that with all seriousness.

[Colten]

Seriously, if anyone says anything bad about the last crop of images Sirrus just posted, they clearly know nothing about art or photography and no longer should be taken seriously.

I mean that with all seriousness.

His last batch was pretty mediocre. The only one that stood out was the column one.
A nice camera doesn't mean they're nice pictures