more experimental tank pics

[Reefugee]

Tim - great shots! Is this your camera or a borrowed one? Santa got my wife an XTi for Christmas, and the thing has been attached to her. I want to get a macro lense for the camera.

 

[tfp]

minh, how funny - my wife got herself the xti for Christmas!
i'm just trying to get a feel for it. i dunno about getting a macro lense, them things are expensive .

 

[mpoletti]

You can get a sigma for about 350-400, or 2 frag packs

 

[Reefugee]

My wife wants a Canon EF 70-200mm f2.8 IS USM lense.

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It's a sweet lense. I think photography is going to be our "expensive" hobby.

 

[mpoletti]

Minh- It can get more expensive than this hobby. I have three lenses now, a tripod, a shutter remote, and a few other goodies as well.

After all that, you have to process the pictures and they don't look anything like they should. It gets really frustarting.

 

[bobaking]

great pictures Tim!!
- Jason

 

[Justin74]

Hey bro, the day your pics get boring is the day coral itself is boring to us all. I dont think that's happening anytime soon

Everything looks exceptional! :thumbsup:

-Justin

 

[cwegescheide]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11559336#post11559336 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Marko9
Minh- It can get more expensive than this hobby. I have three lenses now, a tripod, a shutter remote, and a few other goodies as well.

After all that, you have to process the pictures and they don't look anything like they should. It gets really frustarting.

Well it looks like I won't get into photography.. The last thing I need is ANOTHER frustrating, expensive hobby!! :lol:

 

[Balgie]

Nice shots, keep em coming!

 

[tfp]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11559336#post11559336 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Marko9
Minh- It can get more expensive than this hobby. I have three lenses now, a tripod, a shutter remote, and a few other goodies as well.

After all that, you have to process the pictures and they don't look anything like they should. It gets really frustarting.

mark, i haven't done the raw mode yet which requires the processing . one of these days i will.

and whats up with all these reef-related "hobbies" being so dang expensive?! i couldnt imagine being a reefer, photographer and diver . i envy those that can do it all!

 

[mpoletti]

I still shoot in JPEG fine for that exact reason.

 

[bladeruner143]

So do you like the camera? I was thinking of getting my wife one also

 

[tfp]

blade, i don't think i've even scratched the surface on its potential . but the pic's she's taken of family stuff have come out really nice .

i'm used to our canon powershot a95 (point and shoot) and have a lot to learn. btw, she got it costco as a bundled package.

 

[Reefugee]

If you guys want to talk about an expensive hobby - try underwater photography. My wife is part of an underwater photography club. Right now she uses a point and shoot. But she wants an underwater SLR unit. The problem is that the underwater housing cost $2400. The lense port costs $400+, and you need a different port for different lense. Don't forget the underwater strobe at $800 each - and they recommend two of them! Add on the scuba gear equipment ($1400) and the drysuit ($3K). Well - my reef hobby seems really cheap compared to her new hobby.

Bladerunner - It's a nice beginner SLR. The lense that comes with it is kind of cheap. But any decent lense will cost $$$. I bought my wife a Canon EOS XTi with a Sigma 18-200 f3.5-6.3 DC OS and a Speedlite 580EX II flash . Actually that Sigma lense isn't great either, but I like the wide zoom range (which is nice for a beginner).

 

[Reefugee]

Shot in raw AND JPEG. It's much easier to adjust your image when it's in raw mode. My uncle (a professional photographer) did my wedding last year. He gave us all of the pictures in both RAW and JPEG. While the JPEG looked nice, we were able to use the RAW files in order to modify exposures on portions of the picture. I recommend a program like Adobe LightRoom.

Also - if you might want to purchase this following book. It's a pretty good intro book.

http://www.amazon.com/Canon-Digital-Rebel-Field-Guide/dp/0470110074/ref=pd_sim_e_img_19

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11559617#post11559617 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by tfp
mark, i haven't done the raw mode yet which requires the processing . one of these days i will.

 

[Blu50Stang]

Tim, those pics look great. As always, seeing your stuff keeps me motivated.