Shazz December 6, 2007 Share Shazz Member December 6, 2007 Its a Nikon...hope you people are Nikon friendly. Cause I am a noob. I bought the D40 with two lenses. The 18-55mm and the new 55-200 VR lens (vibration reduction). Gotta sweet deal on it with a extra 4 hour battery and 5 year warranty (which isn't bad at all). Plus 4 uv and polar type filters...still noobish here. Anyway. Here is where I got some recommendation. Ken Rockwell is a well known photographer and here is what he said about it http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/recommended-cameras.htm also here is his dedicated page to the D40 http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/d40.htm Any tips or computer programs (advice) are greatly welcomed. I would also like to get one of those portable hard drives that you can put your SD card into and it will download all your picks onto it. Anyone know if those are worth the money? I don't wanna lug around my laptop for that. Plus backing up my photos. Tips on that I really need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymo December 6, 2007 Share anonymo Member December 6, 2007 LOL...I totally thought you posted this in the wrong forum because from the main forum view the topic title reads "well..just bought my first DSL..." I want a DSLR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unclean December 6, 2007 Share Unclean Member December 6, 2007 Awesome! DSLR's are a lot of fun. And it sounds like you're off to a good start -- the D40 is a good starter camera, and Ken Rockwell has a lot of good information. As far as the portable hard drives go, are you planning on taking a TON of pictures? Or a lot in RAW mode? If so, that'd be a good investment. Otherwise, skip the expense -- digital photography can quickly become an expensive hobby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubblegum Bandit January 18, 2008 Share Bubblegum Bandit Member January 18, 2008 Yep, I'm still shooting the D70, all good though. I found Rockwell's site several years ago, there's a wealth of info on there. Don't think I'll bother updating until I can afford the full frame digital. My next purchase is going to be a couple of lights for a home studio. As far as cards and storage goes. I have two 2-gig cards and I very rarely run out of space in one day. I shoot in the highest jpeg settings. If I'm out for the weekend or long for a vacation I just leave the lappy in the hotel room and when I'm done shooting at lunch or dinner or whenever I dump my pics, reformat, and I'm ready for the next day.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unclean January 18, 2008 Share Unclean Member January 18, 2008 So Shazzz, do you have any pictures online that you've taken? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shazz January 18, 2008 Author Share Shazz Member January 18, 2008 Nah, I really need to do that. I have tons on my computer but I have never uploaded them. What are some good sites to view photos? I know of photobucket, but again...I have never fooled with uploading them. So I am a bit noobish on photo sites. Any recommendations? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unclean January 19, 2008 Share Unclean Member January 19, 2008 Well, I'm a big fan of flickr -- there's a lot of flexibility there (creating albums, changing view layouts, searching/tagging photos, etc). I've also heard good things about Fotki and PictureTrail. If you do happen to end up going to flickr, feel free to add me. My ID on there is "number_five". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedah March 2, 2009 Share Sedah Member March 2, 2009 woot NIKON! nice, im sure you love it, and im sure weeks from now your gonna end up upgrading, thats what happened to me, lol d40 => D60 => now D90 and FLICKR is the way to go. share your picssss i got flickr as well, not as many pics as it should be but yeah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unclean March 23, 2009 Share Unclean Member March 23, 2009 Have you posted any pictures up yet? It's been about a year, time to hassle you s'more. And Sedah, what's your flickr page? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stutters March 23, 2009 Share stutters GC Alumni March 23, 2009 if you guys are looking for any educational info, you should check out one of my advisor's blogs: http://blog.acjohnsonphoto.com/ ...or not. your call. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedah March 24, 2009 Share Sedah Member March 24, 2009 hey unclean ive added you to my flickr buddy list. you should get a msg about it, dont mind the amounts of photos lol i often dont upload my pic unless i wanna get comments off em Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unclean March 24, 2009 Share Unclean Member March 24, 2009 Heh, I saw the email first, and thought "who is this guy?" Then hopped on here. I like your style - it seems like you're fascinated with DOF/patterns, and sometimes portraits. Do you have anything in mind as you're taking these pictures, or is it more of a "hey, I wonder what this would look like" kinda thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedah March 24, 2009 Share Sedah Member March 24, 2009 Heh, I saw the email first, and thought "who is this guy?" Then hopped on here. I like your style - it seems like you're fascinated with DOF/patterns, and sometimes portraits. Do you have anything in mind as you're taking these pictures, or is it more of a "hey, I wonder what this would look like" kinda thing? yea i loved dof/bokehs, and love wide angles, im waiting for a new lens to come in. :: 50mm f/1.4 fave lens for now I usually try to picture something out in my mind to how i want the pictures to turn out, then when that comes in I look for objects/subjects to take pics of and see if I can come out with the result I thought of. and sometimes I do take random shots, I mean, who doesnt right? and sometimes I end up liking them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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