so my dad does photography,

and got a new camera about a week ago, so I took it today, and i got a couple clear shots,

its sweet

The bst pictures, the truck my buddy rented to take his g/f out for a fancy dinner, which we then abused afterwards

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q254/VWSean66/DSC_0001.jpg

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q254/VWSean66/DSC_0002.jpg

a ferrari that was sitting on the peak of my garage roof since i was really little but was taken off by a storm and is now sitting on my "tire shed"

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q254/VWSean66/DSC_0008-1.jpg

the garage side of the patio

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q254/VWSean66/DSC_0013.jpg

a tree and buddah

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q254/VWSean66/DSC_0014.jpg

my perfect panels (bumpers on with 2 bolts for now)

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q254/VWSean66/DSC_0011-1.jpg

my cat on a bass amp

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q254/VWSean66/DSC_0016.jpg

the bmw emblem weathered and the hood with greasy handprints

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q254/VWSean66/DSC_0009.jpg

now the rest are the nice blurry ones......

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q254/VWSean66/DSC_0007-1.jpg

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q254/VWSean66/DSC_0015.jpg

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q254/VWSean66/DSC_0017.jpg

ORIGINAL: SKAR

The bst pictures, the truck my buddy rented to take his g/f out for a fancy dinner, which we then abused afterwards




i never saw the logic in renting a "truck" for fancy din din

nice pics tho

I'm not going to lie.

If You took these pictures with the intent of them looking very impressive then You failed.

But if You took them just to show a truck, toy car, cat, and tire then You won.

lol at late night delight in pic of cat

i didnt intend on them being amazing, my own camera is just a plain nikon 8 mp camera

this was like $1300 for just the body on sale, we wnt and spent like 4k at some show on stuff

i suck at using it, but like i was impressed with my picture of the truck, my hands shake a lot so i was surptised i got one that clear

and he rented it because it was his birthday, he wanted it to be fancy, and ther other option would be to take is nissan truck which is like a trail beater,

just took another one, the tabby cat was sleeping on the couch beside where im sitting right now, my mom set a pile of towels on the arm of the couch and the cat, my cat (the calico) always sits on clean laundry when left out,

soooooo

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q254/VWSean66/DSC_0019-1.jpg

what camera did you get? and whats your pops use for his biz?

currently my gear list is:

Canon 30D w/grip
28-135mm IS kit lens
50mm 1.4
70-200mm 2.8 IS
430 flash

im wanting to pick up the 24-70 2.8 lens but dont feel like dropping the $1200 on it yet haha. Currently my gear has its own insurance policy with everything adding up to ~$4300 (thats whats listed plus 2 bags and 3 compact flash cards, nothing else... i know its bad)

i have no idea

i got my new nikon for my borthday last week, im assuming he got it at the show he went to

the one he bought says nikon D200, and the lens is...... VR? nikon dx, af-5 nikkor 18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6g


and i have no ****ing clue what that means.........

theres a like 4 other lenses he bought too but no idea what they are

he does it as a hobby right now, used to do weddings and all that and other stuff when they lived in the yukon, and is wanting to start weddings this summer

and this is his first d-slr.....

no more dark room, lol

not to bad.


im not sure if i could go to a nikon ive only ever used canon and feel to comfortable haha

yea i love DSLR's ... being able to preview the picture is nice but the thing that kind of sucks with it is i find myself just snappin off pictures when im playing around and not being entirely technical when setting up the manual functions since i can just snap off another haha

4gb card i can fit anywhere from like 300 - 800 depending on how large of a file i save it as

yeah, he used to have a huge collection but sold or donated them to places,

i think we still have a waterproof canon, i havnt seen it in a long time, but its sweet for in clear water


but yeah

im not a camera person,

yeah my old digi camera, it could hold so many pictures i really never deleted any, just kept taking more......

your buddy rented a truck to take his gf out to a fancy dinner?[sm=icon_rofl.gif]

yeah?

so?

it was his birthday, he wanted to,

he has a 3rd gen maro, but just got it saftied and is bringing it home from his parents midas (lol) this week sometime

so id imagine he would of taeknt he mulletmbile if it was ready

and yeah a truck, its 4wd, so we took it on some mild trails,

are girls down there not into trucks?

up here its sad

girls like trucks more than cars

its retarded

see redass, im not the only one who takes their gf out to a nice place in a truck!! ...i didnt rent it though, i just borrowed it from my dad

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i82/SaleenSS90/CIMG0101.jpg

This is rollin Semi Pro with a Canon EOS XTi 10.2mp

taken at a shop in Houston called Muscle Carz
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/02F150Sport/Mustang/IMG_1444.jpg
Taken the day after the camera was delivered, still figuring it out, it was nice to have an all access pass to stand next to the track
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/165/358764110_4094fb548c_b.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/02F150Sport/Mustang/IMG_1422.jpg
Again taken day 2 of owning the camera, complicated overpriced thing lol
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/119/273572983_e91cdcbc28_o.jpg

yeah i havnt messed with aNYTHINg i just know how to turn it on, push the button, focus it, and get the pictures on my laptop

i think its 14.something mp

and i like the picture at night

Dude, I play with the settings on mine all the time, but I honestly think I need to take some classes on it. I know so little about this thing that I don't even know what it is I don't know.

well its not mine so i dont want to **** with it:D

i think i got my 8mp nikon for my bday to make me leave his camera alone

I did the same thing for my gf, and we needed something that wasn't HUGE!

Had a D80. My 40D blew it away...hands down.

local://upfiles/21520/E081F014E931458C882A8BA67B2A54AF.jpg

so whats the d200 in comparison? better or worse?

The D200 probably compares to the 40D. I won't own another Nikon unless its the D300. Even then I might still prefer the 40D.

still really means nothing to me[&:]:D

heres the camera i got

http://img361.imageshack.us/img361/7721/pic001ok0.jpg

i figure it will be good for car shows and the track

I don't understand. Your post title says DSLR. That is not a DSLR.

nooooo

the pictures i used my dads new dslr

and last week for my birthday he bought me that camera/\ probably so id leave his new one alone

the D200 is compared to the 30D in a way. or atleast they are related in a sense that they were last years model and the D300 / 40D are this years models having just come out towards the end of '07


get some photography books and read up on shutter speed, aperture,ISO, rule of thirds, sunny 16 and youll get a good basic idea.

oh and theres some CRAZY photography sites like there are car forums. the canon sight im on ( photography-on-the.net ) has many pro's on it that do nothing but photography for a living ... fredmiranda.com has a really good forum and then nikoncountry.com is a good nikon to my knowledge

Ahhhh. Gatcha.

SLR was a great change for me. I started out with a D40x and found that the controls were too tight. You had to enter menus to change basic settings like shutter speed, ISO and Ap. Very annoying. The D80 was much better and allowed for many settings to be adjusted without entering any menus. However, it felt small in my hands and was rather slow (only about 3 FPS.) The 40D felt much stronger and was quick as hell (6+ FPS.) I love it. Fantastic camera.

i think im going to stick with the hole

point and click method with my camera and leave my dad to his, hes been in photography for over 20 years, not even sure how long, this is his first dslr but hes starting to get used to the menus and what not

he also bought a massive photo printer

that ive been printing off car pictures with

which i think im going to get in trouble for eventually

Photography is a blast, man. Gives me a reason to get my ass off the couch and get outside.

i also have a hobby thats like that for me \/:D

i agree about the photography being a blast ... i love heading downtown chicago and just walking around with the camera. its funny the comments / conversations that get started when i have my 70-200mm lens with the lens hood on and im walkin around. the lens + hood is like 12" long then i have the extra grip on the camera so i can have 2 batteries & do portrait style shots more easily.

good times haha.

oh and if you havent looked into getting the grip for your 40D check it out. its about $200 but you get the benefit of using 2 batteries & it gives you a second set of controls so you can take a portrait style shot with your right hand in the same position as if the camera were in a standard landscape orientation (if that makes sense)

i know my dad bought one of those, it was on the camera when i took it,