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Tesladownunder

Sun Jun 15 2008, 03:21PM

Registered Member #10 Joined: Thu Feb 02 2006, 09:45AM
Location: Bunbury, Australia
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I won my Nikon D70s in a Newspaper photo competition (with a TC photo of course) in 2005.
I recently wrote to the paper suggesting that they do an article on my stuff documenting the best of the 15,000 photos I have taken since with that camera.
Of all the things I have done the most unique are the use of long exposures, PLUS the movement of the source of the sparks. This enables you to paint a Xmas tree, make a forcefield around a car or recreate a fictional Tesla coil. I still don't know anyone else who has done significant work in this area, but it is fertile for further interesting stuff. You have to have the long exposure, manual capabilities, remote triggering etc though.

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flannelhead

Thu Feb 12 2009, 01:56PM

Registered Member #952 Joined: Mon Aug 13 2007, 11:07AM
Location: Finland
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Let's bring this topic up.

I've recently started thinking of buying a dSLR, as my interest in photography has been growing. Looking at different brands and models, Nikon D80 Kit with AF-s 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 VR lens seems to have quite a high price-quality ratio. The dirt cheap Nikkor AF-D 50mm f/1.8 lens also seems like a good addition to the toolbox.

I will probably buy these items when I have enough money. Those things are actually very expensive. But until that, I will take my photos with a Canon Powershot A710 IS camera, which is not bad at all for a compact camera. It has a full manual mode, where you can control exposure and aperture. RAW pictures can be taken as well using CHDK. The biggest problem is the high amount of noise in the pictures especially at ISO400-800. I suppose this is quite a common problem with compact cameras.

Kizmo

Thu Feb 12 2009, 03:09PM

Registered Member #599 Joined: Thu Mar 22 2007, 07:40PM
Location: Northern Finland, Rovaniemi
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I bought Casio EX-F1 some time ago

Real Hi-speed cameras are way too expensive but this one was affordable. Soon we will see some 600-1200fps HV related shots :)

Bjørn

Thu Feb 12 2009, 03:16PM

Registered Member #27 Joined: Fri Feb 03 2006, 02:20AM
Location: Hyperborea
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The D80 is great if you get it at the right price. My only problem with it is that the auto exposure is not always 100% consistent.

I got the Nikkor AF-D 50mm f/1.8 and it is a great lens. What speaks against it is the that focal length is too long for most subjects and too short for most of the the remaining subjects. Even if it is not a great all round lens it works very well on usual 4HV shots that are typically some device at half distance. With some cheap adapter rings it can be reversed and it will work as a macro lens.

Mads Barnkob

Thu Feb 12 2009, 04:18PM

Registered Member #1403 Joined: Tue Mar 18 2008, 06:05PM
Location: Denmark, Odense C
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I bought a cheap used Canon 350D and a new lens EFS 18-55mm IS (the kit lens from the 450D)

Despite it being a older model, it have all the features I need, except HD video :)

One of the vttc pictures:

Proud Mary

Thu Feb 12 2009, 04:37PM

Registered Member #543 Joined: Tue Feb 20 2007, 04:26PM
Location: UK
Posts: 4992

I have a Nikon D50 by way of digital, but my favourite camera is still the all-mechanical Olympus OM1, of which I have several fine examples.

I also have several dedicated microscope cameras. (My main microscopes are a Biolam with a trino head, a Vickers metallurgical, and a general purpose Meiji stereo 5x/10x/20x.)

101111

Thu Feb 12 2009, 06:55PM

Registered Member #575 Joined: Sun Mar 11 2007, 04:00AM
Location: Norway
Posts: 263

I don't have a real camera besides the one on my crappy phone. But I do borrow my fathers Nikon D200 allot.

Tom540

Thu Feb 12 2009, 07:06PM

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I have a Nikon Coolpix 4500 and a JVC HDD camcorder. I'm looking to upgrade. The Nikon can take insane macro shots and has a focal length of about .250"

Tesladownunder

Thu Feb 12 2009, 11:57PM

Registered Member #10 Joined: Thu Feb 02 2006, 09:45AM
Location: Bunbury, Australia
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Well my trusty Nikon D70s finally died (see top post this page) after 15,000 shots of which 10% made it to my website.
I now have a Nikon D300 which is a step up to 12MPixels. Cost is about AUD $2000 for the body only and I can use the old lenses.
My website is changing to be more video oriented however, the process to get video to the website is still a tedious one involving 3 different programs and pasting code into the site. I use a Sony digicam with hard disk storage.

rp181

Fri Feb 13 2009, 12:21AM

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I have a simple kodak 10MP digital camera. I wish i had this:

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