somewherre
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I made a small web page with some before and after images of pictures I've taken using my sister's Nikon D80 with the 105mm micro lens. I'd love some evaluation of both the raw and processed pictures. You can find them here:
http://www.bluesplace.net/photos/comps.html
Up until last night, I was pretty much decided on a D300 as my camera - going so far as to buy the micro lens before buying the camera itself. But then I came across the pictures in this thread...
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1343429&perpage=25&pagenumber=1
...and holy cow! So I'm asking for some advice from the Canon advocates - how much is due to the camera and lens and how much is due to the person? I look at those pictures, and then I look at mine, and part of me thinks I should give up before I even start! :lol:
I'm not too worried about the $$ spent on the lens - I can sell it to my sister and recoup most of the cost. And the cost, for example, of the camera, lens, and light that Titusville uses (taken from a posting of his in here somewhere) is still less than the cost of the D300 body. So I'm kinda back to square-1 in the "which camera to buy" debate.
I haven't looked into Canons too much. Is there an equivalent to the D300? The photos in the link above were taken with the Rebel XTI - what's the general consensus on that model vs others?
My primary focus is for macro shots, both of the tank and other things. I'd also like to take "normal" pictures, but definitely macro is probably how I'll shoot 80% of the time.
http://www.bluesplace.net/photos/comps.html
Up until last night, I was pretty much decided on a D300 as my camera - going so far as to buy the micro lens before buying the camera itself. But then I came across the pictures in this thread...
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1343429&perpage=25&pagenumber=1
...and holy cow! So I'm asking for some advice from the Canon advocates - how much is due to the camera and lens and how much is due to the person? I look at those pictures, and then I look at mine, and part of me thinks I should give up before I even start! :lol:
I'm not too worried about the $$ spent on the lens - I can sell it to my sister and recoup most of the cost. And the cost, for example, of the camera, lens, and light that Titusville uses (taken from a posting of his in here somewhere) is still less than the cost of the D300 body. So I'm kinda back to square-1 in the "which camera to buy" debate.
I haven't looked into Canons too much. Is there an equivalent to the D300? The photos in the link above were taken with the Rebel XTI - what's the general consensus on that model vs others?
My primary focus is for macro shots, both of the tank and other things. I'd also like to take "normal" pictures, but definitely macro is probably how I'll shoot 80% of the time.