Couple of images of Zoos from the Frag Swap

[astrogazer]

 

[thesaent14]

wow i love the blue one thos pics are really nice

 

[astrogazer]

Thanks, I know ... I very rarely shoot under strictly actinic lighting, I'll have to work a bit more with it.

 

[Bret61081]

Very nice Dean(both the pictures and the Zoos!!

 

[Kewlworm]

Wow, the one w/ the actinics are very nice! I have to learn how to do that w/ my cam.

 

[Rogger Castells]

UNREAL! Great Pictures Dean

 

[astrogazer]

Thanks, thanks and more thanks...
I shot those in RAW mode with a white balance setting of that close to open shade. The exposures varied from 1.5 seconds to about 6 seconds with a varied aperture of f/18-22

 

[ek9vboi]

Um... yeah you need to teach me how to use a camera. lol I missed that meet where you were a guest speaker.

Any recommendation for a nice camera that can zoom and is easy to use? I was thinking of the Canon SD630...

 

[Abengochea]

those look so nice they almost look fake. Like computer made images they are really beautiful

 

[astrogazer]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8066831#post8066831 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ek9vboi
Any recommendation for a nice camera that can zoom and is easy to use? I was thinking of the Canon SD630...

The SD630 is a nice little camera, the butons are kinda small and close together, if you have large hands this can be a problem. the camera images well, although I'm not quite sure how well it performs in its macro mode. at this price point I tend to prefer the Finepix line by Fuji. I believe the S9000 has a 12:1 zoom ratio.

 

[thesaent14]

i guess ill be looking for one in a pownshop lol wowo its $$$$$ money lol

 

[ek9vboi]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8067146#post8067146 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by astrogazer
The SD630 is a nice little camera, the butons are kinda small and close together, if you have large hands this can be a problem. the camera images well, although I'm not quite sure how well it performs in its macro mode. at this price point I tend to prefer the Finepix line by Fuji. I believe the S9000 has a 12:1 zoom ratio.

From what I heard and saw at Best Buy, its an awsome camera. The worker showed me how it zoomed in and as it gets closer, it actually makes it clear unlike the other cameras with digital zoom and so on. Do you mind checking out this camera yourself and giving me some input on it please!!!? Also, with the Canon cameras, I've noticed that it sucks when taking night time pictures with the flash on, but with this camera it has been fixed with some new tech. I'll be looking into the S9000 as well.

Thanks

 

[Speckled Grouper]

Dean, are you available for private lessons? I think that's what I need, lol.
I have had a Canon PowerShot S2IS for over a year and all I have gotten out of it are mediocre pixs. I know it's not the camera, especially with the super macro feature, it should take awesome pictures.

 

[bckane]

Great shots dean
Brian

 

[bawla47]

eric. the sd630 is a good camera, but if you can, id opt for there newer line they came out with.


the sd700 has image stablization, and 4x zoom. but the main dif will be the IS.


you can find it for about 350$ online. shipped. but you have to wait for a small sale.

i have an SD500. very similar to all of them, it takes awesome overall pics and macros. check my gallery for some pics.
im going to be selling that and getting the sd700 soon though.


GREAT pics btw dean, they justkeep getting better and better!

 

[ek9vboi]

Thanks bawla, my girlfriend has the SD500. I guess I will be borrowing her camera to take some pictures. I'm in no rush to buy a camera right now, my sony is great for what i need it for. All I am really looking for is a camera that can take nice macro shots.

 

[Rogger Castells]

Eric, the old Nikon 850 coolpix is one of my old time favorites to take macroshots, it is a discontinued old model no more than 3 megapix but you can still snatch one on ebay from time to time for arround $80-100, this camera is awesome taking macros.

 

[astrogazer]

Most of the models you'll are speaking of have the ability to use "helper" lenses, while I don't usually reccomend them, they tend to lend themselves to this type of photography. I've seen some very impressive results from powershots with macro adapters. Also try to avoid using the "digital" zoom feature of your respective cameras, you'll have consistently better results doing your 'digital' zooming in photo processing software after the fact. Also some of the newer sensors show very low noise at ISO 400, and this will give you 2 stops over ISO 100 for either increased aperature or increased shutter speed (either, or both are good). High ISO will show up as 'noise', otherwise known as rather colorful, but very unpleasant looking 'snow' randomly spaced all over the image.

 

[CiroFuentes22]

wat camera are you useing.

 

[astrogazer]

Imaged with a Nikon D200 and a Sigma 105mm Macro.