cheese_cake said:
i've never used lightroom before. how is it different from photoshop?
It's more about actual photo-editing. And personally it's easier to use when working with pictures. Though I still use photoshop when I'm going to do some more "advanced" editing.
cheese_cake said:
i've never used lightroom before. how is it different from photoshop?
It's smaller and as Mistress Antika pointed out, completely for photo editing. Photoshop allows for more manipulating than Lightroom does. However, for most photographers, Lightroom will always be more than enough.
I use both. I prefer Photoshop, because I shoot RAW, thus I can use the same exact editing engine that's in Lightroom right in Photoshop. It's called Camera RAW and offers nearly the same exact options Lightroom does. Once I finish, I can open directly into Photoshop for additional tweaking and resizing. However, when I shoot with cameras that only offer Jpeg, I use Lightroom.
EDIT:
Lightroom also allows for cataloging and easier batch editing. It's nice to have all your photos in one place, nicely organized and ready to be edited at any time. You can pretty much do the same thing with Bridge and Photoshop, but it's not all integrated nicely like Lightroom. So Lightroom is pretty much CameraRAW and Bridge all in one small program.
cheese_cake said:
i've never used lightroom before. how is it different from photoshop?
lightrooms are great. I first used one when I took black and white photography in college. It's difficult, but very fun.
oh yay this thread is still alive to some extent.
I haven't been too active with my camera recently, but I got this a couple weeks ago.
fiji
The Avengers. I watched this movie. Pretty awesome.
Saw this cute picture. The painting is good.
For photography, it's not that good.
Kamakura, Japan.
chocobo said:
I haven't been too active with my camera recently, but I got this a couple weeks ago.
This is fucking great, what lens did you use?
too lazy to shrink the size.
antika said:
This is fucking great, what lens did you use?
Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G. It's pretty much the only lens I use.
JAMES is trolling us.
Went out today and shot some photos of the Turnip Beetles that were chilling in the long grass.
^Nice but the Frog picture was The Picture.
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I'm looking into underwater shooting. Any tips? I was thinking that buying a digital camera and then underwater protection would be the cheapest way to get good digital pictures. I'm not so keen on the thought of submerging my own canon 1000d into the water...
If you're serious about underwater photography, be prepared to drop some major cash. Good underwater housing for a DSLR is expensive. There are some cheaper plastic bag styled housing options for around $100, but they never get great reviews and generally aren't rated for deeper than 15ft. Not to mention the low quality plastic that goes over the lens makes focusing harder and can really degrade your image quality.
The better underwater housing for DSLRs usually start around $1000. In the case of Rebels, this housing is more expensive than your camera so to make that kind of investment, one has to be positive they'll get their money's worth.
If it's not something you think you'd be doing all that much or something you don't think you'd get really serious about, I'd recommend buying a point and shoot that is either already waterproof (Olympus Tough, for example) or one that has good, but affordable housing like the Powershot S90,S95, or S100. I think good housing for them is around $200.
http://tinyurl.com/bv6cfvc
If you go that route, the point and shoot is kind of expensive. The S90 used is about $150. The S95 used is about $200+. The S100 just came out recently and is about $375 new. All together you're looking at around $400-600 start up for a great point and shoot that can shoot RAW and it's legitimate housing from Canon.
Sorry for the long post, but there is a lot to consider.
No it's really just a test of sorts. We aren't looking for gorgeous pictures either, as long as they are "clear enough". We're still going for the "groggy" look. Just imagine someone swimming in high heels and the picture is supposed to be distorted.
Since that's what we want we actually though of those cameras you use once and then throw away which sounds like a great idea, but then again I never used one of those.
chocobo said:
Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G. It's pretty much the only lens I use.
I'm impressed by your shots on the 35mm. Such a short focal length, and really close up despite not using a macro lens.
I have the same lens. But I usually keep it in the bag in favor of my 50mm f/1.8 or 60mm f/2(macro).Maybe I should use it some more.
motaku96 said:
I'm impressed by your shots on the 35mm. Such a short focal length, and really close up despite not using a macro lens.
I have the same lens. But I usually keep it in the bag in favor of my 50mm f/1.8 or 60mm f/2(macro).Maybe I should use it some more.
The bugs were taken with the 18-55mm kit at 55mm. I don't think the 35mm would have been able to pull that one off.
I really love the 35mm f/1.8 though. It's on my D80 around 95% of the time. The kit lens is the other 5%. I don't really like it though because it's color profile isn't good and it's not as sharp as the 35mm, so I have to do more work in post. I like to keep my gear simple. My ideal DSLR setup would be 11-16mm f/2.8, 35mm f/1.4, and 70-200mm f/2.8. Those three lenses would be all I ever need.
chocobo said:
My ideal DSLR setup would be 11-16mm f/2.8, 35mm f/1.4, and 70-200mm f/2.8. Those three lenses would be all I ever need.
That'd be a mighty sexy package indeed.
I haven't used my kit lens in ages. The only time I think I'd pull it out is for a wide angle(it's got the lowest focal length(18mm) that I have).
Right now I'd say I would fall back on my 60mm the most, but that's probably just 'cause it's new and I'm having fun using it. Most practical is probably my 55mm-200mm f/4. I use it for video and if I expect to take random street shots.
I'll try using my 35mm sometime this week or next. I usually reserve it for use at conventions(fast enough for low light and short enough to get the whole body in a tight corridor).
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