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Birdie Boy

Birdie Boy

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Jun 17, 2011
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As previously stated, I am beginner to this but definitely having fun, please be gentle. Just stuck a few photo's on flickr, http://www.flickr.com/photos/80177168@N04/ any constructive advice greatfully received.

I went down to the West Pier last Sunday, there was a great sky, unfortunately I am very disappointed with the pictures. I think some of them I have good composition but depth of field is not correct, others I have got depth of field correct but composition not great. I have not put any of these pic's on flickr yet but did go to the Brighton Eye afterwards and posted a couple of these. The rest are from my garden the other day, all taken without a tripod. I went back inside, checked the photo's grabbed the tripod and the dew had all gone! Only afterwards a friend said he uses a water spray bottle, wish I had thought of that!
 




Doc Lynam

Doc Lynam

I hate the Daily Mail
Jun 19, 2011
7,209
Birdie Boy said:
As previously stated, I am beginner to this but definitely having fun, please be gentle. Just stuck a few photo's on flickr, http://www.flickr.com/photos/80177168@N04/ any constructive advice greatfully received.

I went down to the West Pier last Sunday, there was a great sky, unfortunately I am very disappointed with the pictures. I think some of them I have good composition but depth of field is not correct, others I have got depth of field correct but composition not great. I have not put any of these pic's on flickr yet but did go to the Brighton Eye afterwards and posted a couple of these. The rest are from my garden the other day, all taken without a tripod. I went back inside, checked the photo's grabbed the tripod and the dew had all gone! Only afterwards a friend said he uses a water spray bottle, wish I had thought of that!
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Really good stuff loved the pink Brighton eye, keep it up.
Also some really good Autumn picture's here. Your Pictures: Autumn - Yahoo! News UK
This is my favourite Ashridge Ladys Walk 2012 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
 




Uncle C

Uncle C

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Jul 6, 2004
11,687
Bishops Stortford
A recent HDR picture - Shopping trolley in the River Stort

Trolley in the Stort HDR - jpeg.jpg
 


Bold Seagull

Bold Seagull

strong and stable with me, or...
Mar 18, 2010
29,841
Hove
Birdie Boy said:
As previously stated, I am beginner to this but definitely having fun, please be gentle. Just stuck a few photo's on flickr, http://www.flickr.com/photos/80177168@N04/ any constructive advice greatfully received.

I went down to the West Pier last Sunday, there was a great sky, unfortunately I am very disappointed with the pictures. I think some of them I have good composition but depth of field is not correct, others I have got depth of field correct but composition not great. I have not put any of these pic's on flickr yet but did go to the Brighton Eye afterwards and posted a couple of these. The rest are from my garden the other day, all taken without a tripod. I went back inside, checked the photo's grabbed the tripod and the dew had all gone! Only afterwards a friend said he uses a water spray bottle, wish I had thought of that!
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I was at the West Pier last Sunday, only had my iPhone with me though.

I was sat with my 2 yr old and someone asked to take a photo of us sat in the foreground if their shot of the sunset beyond the pier. Very polite I thought, and gutted I didn't ask for an email for a look at the shots!

Anyway, the iphone didn't do too badly with my other 2 kids...

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tinx

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Jul 6, 2003
9,198
Horsham Town
Does anyone have any experience of the Sigma 18-250 lens? I want a walk around lens which means I don't always have to take all my kit out with me and this fits the bill at a reasonable price in comparison to the equivalent Nikon version.

Anyone got or used one?
 


£1.99

£1.99

Well-known member
Mar 3, 2008
1,194
If anyone's interested i got a canon fit sigma 17-35mm f2.8-f4.5 for sale.
Will work well on older canon but for newer canon would need to be re-chipped
 




S

Sussax

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Aug 31, 2012
2,399
Brighton
Do any of you know a place to buy a 20.3 MP camera for around £250?
Found a couple of Sonys for that price at 18.2 MP.
 








SeagullSongs

SeagullSongs

And it's all gone quiet..
Oct 10, 2011
6,937
Southampton
Jay Cartwright said:
Do any of you know a place to buy a 20.3 MP camera for around £250?
Found a couple of Sonys for that price at 18.2 MP.
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Megapixels are a bit of a gimmick. It's more about the sensor than the number of pixels. You could get an old Canon Eos with 6MP that takes a better picture than most of these compact cameras with 15-18MP, although technology is catching up very quickly...
 


S

Sussax

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NSC Patron
Aug 31, 2012
2,399
Brighton
SeagullSongs said:
Megapixels are a bit of a gimmick. It's more about the sensor than the number of pixels. You could get an old Canon Eos with 6MP that takes a better picture than most of these compact cameras with 15-18MP, although technology is catching up very quickly...
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Ok then, What's the best Camera for around £250?
In terms of picture quality.
 


SeagullSongs

SeagullSongs

And it's all gone quiet..
Oct 10, 2011
6,937
Southampton




Triggaaar

Triggaaar

Well-known member
Oct 24, 2005
50,234
Goldstone
Jay Cartwright said:
Do any of you know a place to buy a 20.3 MP camera for around £250?
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Jay Cartwright said:
Is that shit? I don't really know much about cameras...
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You only need a lot of MP for massive prints (or crops). As above, don't assume more pixels is better, with cheap cameras it's not the case.

Are you after an automatic compact camera, or a DSLR, or in between?
 


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Sussax

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perseus

perseus

Broad Blue & White stripe
Jul 5, 2003
23,458
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SeagullSongs

SeagullSongs

And it's all gone quiet..
Oct 10, 2011
6,937
Southampton
perseus said:
This is a bridge camera. I wish I had bought this one instead of my Canon SX40. I am not sure these types of camera are very good for close-ups. And the very long lens does not produce very clear pictures.
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I had a Fuji S100FS and it could focus on my finger when it was touching the lens. The long shots were pretty good when I went on a safari too.
 




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