Getting used to the new equipment - Scifi-Meshes.com

**Darkness** · 10-13-2007, 05:51 PM

Gentlemen,

ol' Darkensau has had a lot of fun with photography over the last few months. He went from ****ty compact camera to Fujifilm S6500fd (a so called bridge camera). Now he made the step, no, leap further - ol' Darkensau got himself a DSLR (pretty much killing his bank account in the process).

So, for documentary reasons, here's a ****ty picture of Darkensau's new equipment, taken with his cellphone:

And here is a bunch of pictures that he took today. There's hundreds more but a few are enough for now. No "killer pictures" but not all too bad either ... so he hopes.

Regards.

**TheGreatRaja** · 10-13-2007, 05:58 PM

very nice
Guess that puts a big crimp in your Hoff Collectibles budget

Mr. Wilde · 10-13-2007, 06:13 PM

Cool stuff. How much did Darkensau pay for this?

JRL3001 · 10-13-2007, 06:46 PM

Ahhh sweet man!

D80, 18-200mVR, 90mm 2.8, 17-50mm Good choice in lenses and camera dude

Where did you pick up your gear? I work in the camera industry and am curious. The 18-200 is still a bit interesting to get ahold of in some places :P

Fantastic pictures man

I love the macro stuff of the argonath statue! I also love the dragonfly. Nice detail and color. Good stuff

...makes me tempted to take a pic of my camera gear :P

**Guerrilla** · 10-13-2007, 07:12 PM

Moving to Photo forum.

**Darkness** · 10-13-2007, 08:42 PM

Ahh damn. Thanks for that.

JRL3001 - Actually, it's the 55-200VR. No need for a "superzoom", really. Would be a nice lens for holidays though, all in one ...

**Martocticvs** · 10-13-2007, 09:32 PM

Very nice. The ones of the sweetcorn and the dragonfly type thing are particularly good I think. You'll be having a bit of fun with all that I do believe!

**Samurai** · 10-14-2007, 01:39 AM

Yup, the cornfield pics are the best of the bunch- though invest in a polarizer at some point, you'll see the benefit straight away.

**Spry** · 10-14-2007, 06:27 AM

How'd you get so close to the fly and Dragonfly? For me, those are by far the most impressive and are reminiscent of the kind of photography I'd love to do.

**Darkness** · 10-14-2007, 09:23 AM

Spry - Well, for one the 90mm is a decent macro lens, the magnify power is 1:1 at max. That means it projects the object just as large on the CCD as it really is. And as the CCD is pretty small - the result is a nice closeup. In reverse that means that even from a little further away you still get decent magnification. And the dragonflies let ye ol' Darkensau get relatively close, obviously he's not that scary.

*e* By the way. All pictures are just scaled down except the closeup of the dragonflie's head, that's a 100% crop.

Greggles - Yepp, it's definately planned. As are the DR-6 Right Angle Viewfinder, battery grip and a new tripod. But that will have to wait, Darkensau needs a few bucks for gas and cigarettes, too ...

10-13-2007, 05:51 PM	#1 (permalink)
Darkness You hassle, you die. Realname: F. Schnackenpfefferhausen Join Date: May 2006 Age: 21 Posts: 913	Getting used to the new equipment Gentlemen, ol' Darkensau has had a lot of fun with photography over the last few months. He went from ***ty compact camera to Fujifilm S6500fd (a so called bridge camera). Now he made the* step, no, leap further - ol' Darkensau got himself a DSLR (pretty much killing his bank account in the process). So, for documentary reasons, here's a ****ty picture of Darkensau's new equipment, taken with his cellphone: And here is a bunch of pictures that he took today. There's hundreds more but a few are enough for now. No "killer pictures" but not all too bad either ... so he hopes. Regards.
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10-13-2007, 05:58 PM	#2 (permalink)
TheGreatRaja SFM Fanfilm Attack Dog Join Date: May 2006 Location: On your Computer.. Looking at your Porn! Age: 44 Posts: 1,383	very nice Guess that puts a big crimp in your Hoff Collectibles budget
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10-13-2007, 06:13 PM	#3 (permalink)
Mr. Wilde SFM Guru Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 563	Cool stuff. How much did Darkensau pay for this?
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10-13-2007, 06:46 PM	#4 (permalink)
JRL3001 SFM Guru Realname: James Join Date: May 2006 Location: Over there...points Age: 25 Posts: 295	Ahhh sweet man! D80, 18-200mVR, 90mm 2.8, 17-50mm Good choice in lenses and camera dude Where did you pick up your gear? I work in the camera industry and am curious. The 18-200 is still a bit interesting to get ahold of in some places :P Fantastic pictures man I love the macro stuff of the argonath statue! I also love the dragonfly. Nice detail and color. Good stuff ...makes me tempted to take a pic of my camera gear :P
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10-13-2007, 07:12 PM	#5 (permalink)
Guerrilla Worldwide Phenomenon Realname: Mika Join Date: May 2006 Location: Helsinki Age: 25 Posts: 2,910	Moving to Photo forum.
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10-13-2007, 08:42 PM	#6 (permalink)
Darkness You hassle, you die. Realname: F. Schnackenpfefferhausen Join Date: May 2006 Age: 21 Posts: 913	Ahh damn. Thanks for that. JRL3001 - Actually, it's the 55-200VR. No need for a "superzoom", really. Would be a nice lens for holidays though, all in one ...
	HALT! HAMMERZEIT! Last edited by Darkness; 10-13-2007 at 08:45 PM.

10-13-2007, 09:32 PM	#7 (permalink)
Martocticvs Moderator With Rocks In Join Date: May 2006 Location: Southampton Age: 25 Posts: 1,188	Very nice. The ones of the sweetcorn and the dragonfly type thing are particularly good I think. You'll be having a bit of fun with all that I do believe!
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10-14-2007, 01:39 AM	#8 (permalink)
Samurai This time you see Join Date: May 2006 Location: (Northern) England Posts: 4,119	Yup, the cornfield pics are the best of the bunch- though invest in a polarizer at some point, you'll see the benefit straight away.
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10-14-2007, 06:27 AM	#9 (permalink)
Spry Lt Col Comrade Boris Spry Realname: James Join Date: May 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 1,431	How'd you get so close to the fly and Dragonfly? For me, those are by far the most impressive and are reminiscent of the kind of photography I'd love to do.
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10-14-2007, 09:23 AM	#10 (permalink)
Darkness You hassle, you die. Realname: F. Schnackenpfefferhausen Join Date: May 2006 Age: 21 Posts: 913	Spry - Well, for one the 90mm is a decent macro lens, the magnify power is 1:1 at max. That means it projects the object just as large on the CCD as it really is. And as the CCD is pretty small - the result is a nice closeup. In reverse that means that even from a little further away you still get decent magnification. And the dragonflies let ye ol' Darkensau get relatively close, obviously he's not that scary. e By the way. All pictures are just scaled down except the closeup of the dragonflie's head, that's a 100% crop. Greggles - Yepp, it's definately planned. As are the DR-6 Right Angle Viewfinder, battery grip and a new tripod. But that will have to wait, Darkensau needs a few bucks for gas and cigarettes, too ...
	HALT! HAMMERZEIT! Last edited by Darkness; 10-14-2007 at 09:29 AM.

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